Comments on: Natural Homemade Toothpaste

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:23:56 +0000

that helps alot! I didn’t feel right putting that much peppermint “essential oil” in. i will use extract! THANKS!

By: Sayward

Sayward — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:51:24 +0000

@ Melissa – Well, my bottle says ‘flavor’, but it’s sold along with the extracts, like for baking, so I’d say it’s an extract. It’s peppermint oil in safflower oil, basically food-grade peppermint oil. Does that help or is it even more confusing??

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:05:01 +0000

question: when you refer to peppermint oil, do you mean essential oil or extract…. or something else entirely? having fun today making toothpaste and deodorant!

By: Sayward

Sayward — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:23:38 +0000

@ Liz – I’d say about a 1/4 cup. It lasts me quite some time!

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:21:16 +0000

How much does this recipe for toothpaste make?

By: Kurt Poeppelman

Kurt Poeppelman — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:12:12 +0000

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By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:58:35 +0000

Like the rest of you who have made this, I love it! But I had the same problem as Gingersnap where it got really hard due to the fact that we keep the house at about 59 degrees and it needed to be run under hot water. Right now I am currently using a toothpaste that is 1/4 c baking soda 1/4 vegetable glycerin and mint to taste, which also works very well. Thanks for all the great things you are doing to make us more aware.

By: gingersnap

gingersnap — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:57:42 +0000

Thanks for the info, FairMaiden. You are almost certainly correct, because the temperature in our bathroom is around 50 degrees! (I know, makes you just want to pack up and move to Vermont, doesn’t it?) So I’ll just deal with the crumbly stuff for now and look forward to summer!

By: FairMaiden

FairMaiden — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:39:54 +0000

Gingersnap – I have used coconut oil exclusively as my deodorant (mixed with baking soda) for several years now. It’s also the only oil I use to cook with, so I’m pretty familiar with the way it “acts”. Your toothpaste is probably just getting too cold. Try running the container under hot water for a bit – then remixing; or soaking the container in some warm water and remixing. Also, coconut oil starts to melt at around 70 degrees F, so if your bathroom gets really warm in the summer, the toothpaste might get liquidy.

Sayward, I just discovered your blog and have been enjoying chasing down your various recipes. I’m looking forward to picking up supplies at my health food store and making some dishwasher detergent- I’m almost out of my Ecover, and I was starting to wonder about that. I might try this toothpaste recipe once I run out of my IPSAB Tooth Powder(finely milled salt, baking powder, prickly ash bark and peppermint oil), altho’ I do love the stuff and one bottle has lasted me almost 2 yrs! I have done “oil pulling” with my BS/coconut oil mix after brushing my teeth, tho’ – and they stay amazingly squeeky clean!

By: Sayward

Sayward — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:20:16 +0000

@ gingersnap – That’s really strange, coconut oil shouldn’t do that! Did you keep it covered?

Mine slowly (very slowly) loses moisture over time, but it never gets ‘hard’. I’m sorry, I don’t know what to tell you! You could try adding more oil and remixing?