My girlfriend, sensitive Sue’s been mixing together baking soda, tea tree oil and peppermint oil to concoct a Do It Yourself blend of toothpaste. After just a handful of uses, her pearly whites are brighter, and her dentist even complimented her on how great her teeth looked when she visited him last week. She prepares enough paste for about a week, and stores it in a clear glass jar. Gotta get me some peppermint oil and start DIY-ing. (see comments for proportions)
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very cool. i’m going to try this!
Hey Maureen you always find the most interesting posts – love your style! :) Very nice idea on the baking soda – I have tried brushing with baking soda before but never tried adding tea tree oil and peppermint oil. What benefits other than minty fresh breath do they add?
Tea Tree Oil works as what I’d call an antibacterial agent. It’s good for keeping gums healthy.
The environmental benefit to the DIY approach is that there’s no empty tube being tossed into a landfill.
do you know the proportions she uses? I’m interested in making this but I’d love to know how much of each thing to use. I even have a little glass jar I think would be the perfect size all ready to be put to use.
It’s very simple:
3 Tablespoons Baking Soda
10 drops of Tea Tree oil
10 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
it lasts about 2 weeks.
Let me know what you think! It doesn’t taste like much, but it should make that smile brighter, lighter and cleaner.
thanks. I’ll let you know how it works when I get a chance to try it out. I just got my teeth cleaned this week and I’m curious to try out new toothpaste recipes while they’re still in that fresh condition.