Hygiene Health Week!

After doing the eco-friendly baby week last week I have been inspired to do a “Hygiene Health Week” set of articles. During hygiene health week you will come across eco-friendly goodies such as toothpaste, mouth wash, deodorant, etc.

Now, to start off “Hygiene Health Week” I am going to introduce you to homemade eco-friendly toothpaste. Don’t worry, though, just as always information will be available for those who prefer to buy their own eco-friendly toothpaste instead of making it.

Follow the following recipes in order to learn how to make your own eco-friendly toothpaste:

Make Your Own Tooth Powder

Thoroughly mix 3 parts baking soda (the cleanser and sweetener) with part salt (the abrasive) and funnel the compound into a short small-mouthed container such as a pop or beer bottle. You’ll find that the creation has a satisfying, different taste and leaves your mouth feeling very fresh and soothed. If you’d like, add a few drops of peppermint or wintergreen oil to the concoction – or mix the home “brew” half-and-half with a commercial tooth powder – to give the dentifrice a more pleasant flavor.

Make Your Own Toothpaste
This formula is simply an extension of the tooth powder recipe: To each half cup of homemade powder, add 3 teaspoons of glycerin, 10-20 drops of flavoring (peppermint, wintergreen, anise, cinnamon or whatever) and 1 drop of food coloring. Mix the ingredients thoroughly in a bowl and add just enough water to make the concoction “tooth-pastey”. Spoon the substance into a small refillable plastic squeeze bottle or any container that dispenses easily and won’t leak. VoilÁ! Toothpaste!

These recipes can be found at http://mizar5.com/toothpst.htm.

Toothpaste

Ingredients:
Baking soda, 5 teaspoon [whitener]
Salt, 1/4 teaspoon [antiseptic, abrasive]
Vegetable Glycerin, 5 teaspoon [base]
Peppermint or Spearmint or Pudinhara, 10 drops [fresh breath]

Directions:
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Adjust the quantity of glycerine to get toothpaste consistency. Store in a wide mouth bottle.

Toothpaste For Sensitive Teeth

Ingredients:
Vegetable Glycerin, 1/2 cup [base]
Cosmetic clay, white, 1/2 cup [mild abrasive]
Tincture of myrrh, 35-40 drops [gum inflammation]
Peppermint or Spearmint or Pudinhara, 7-8 drops [fresh breath]
Clove essential oil, 7-8 drips [mild anesthetic, for toothache]

Directions:
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Adjust the quantity of glycerine to get toothpaste consistency. Store in a wide mouth bottle.

These recipes are by fatfreekitchen.com. Please visit their website for more ideas.

Now, for the toothpaste that can be bought premade. Check out Sparkling Sea Toothpaste, Now Foods Platinum Mint Toothpaste Gel, and Nature’s Gate Cool Mint Gel Natural Toothpaste.

jennl | My Bio & Articles

Jennifer is a freelance writer, and has written for various health and environmental blogs, which includes running her own green living blog. Currently she is studying to become a C++ Programmer.