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DIY natural toothpaste
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* This is not medical advice. This is just me sharing my opinion on what we use and how we like it. *
For over 8 years now we have switched from commercial toothpaste to a natural toothpaste and we couldn't be happier!
Since making the switch our oral health has improved so much and our dentist has been impressed, so we continue to use this toothpaste.
Here is our recipe:
5 ounces bentonite clay
2 ounces baking soda
3 ounces xylitol
4 ounces organic coconut oil
4 1/2 ounces distilled water
Mix all your ingredients together in a non-metal bowl and using a non-metal utensil. I like to use a glass bowl and either a wooden spoon or a spatula.
First, combine all of your dry ingredients: the clay, xylitol and baking soda. Then you will want to soften up your coconut oil. This is the hardest part because coconut oil doesn't really become liquid unless it is at room temperature. If you live in a warmer climate this will be much easier than for those of us in colder climates. I like to warm up my oil in a small saucepan on the stove on the lowest heat just enough to get it to a more liquid consistency. Once it has softened I add in my water and stir it together. Then pour your mixture of oil and water into your dry ingredients and mix it until it is all combined. It will NOT be smooth and creamy like toothpaste. It will be thicker than toothpaste and will be a bit runnier until your coconut oil starts to thicken back up.
If yours is too runny, add more bentonite clay.
If it's too thick, add in a little more distilled water.
This will just be a trial and error process and how you like your toothpaste once you are used to it. I prefer our toothpaste a little thinner, so mine usually has more water.
Once you have it to a good consistency, this next part is optional. I like to add about 10 drops of peppermint essential oil
just to give it a little bit better of a flavor and because I hate the
taste of coconut oil. This part is entirely up to you.Now it's time to add it to your toothpaste tube.
Some people keep theirs in different containers such as glass jars or different pump type bottles. You can also store it in an empty container tube
.This
is entirely up to you. I like to store mine in an emptied out
toothpaste tube so that it feels more like toothpaste. That, and it's a bit more
sanitary than everyone in the family dipping into a glass jar. It
also made it much easier to
transition my kids to our new toothpaste by telling them it was "real" toothpaste.
I placed a plastic lunch baggie into a cup and then scooped my toothpaste into that bag. Then I cut the corner of the baggie and squeezed the toothpaste into the tube.
While you are squeezing it from the baggie into your tube, it may plug up from a chunk of coconut oil that didn't blend in well. Just pull that chunk out and throw it away.
Once you have your toothpaste tube filled up, store the extra in a glass jar that has a good seal so the toothpaste stays fresh.
This batch usually makes 2 toothpaste tubes worth of toothpaste.
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