How to make tooth paste, mouth wash & hair growth tonic with just 3 ingredients

We all know that toothpaste has fluoride in it right? But how many of us actually do something about it? The solution is way simpler than you might imagine and if you are mixing up a batch of tooth paste it is very easy to mix up the other products while you are at it. How do you like my little presentation shot above? This is a batch I prepared yesterday.

No matter the product we choose to use, creating our own natural version of it is always the best way and there is one ingredient in particular which seems to come up time and time again.

The 3 magic ingredients

You guessed it... Coconut oil (cold pressed organic)
Sodium Bicarbonate
Peppermint essential oil

The first thing to do is leave your coconut oil in a bowl of hot water if it is not already a liquid. It won't mix well as a solid.

The tubs I have used hold 130g of baby food and I have filled them around two thirds of the way. So, am estimating around 80g of coconut oil went in each.

Tooth paste

First we add around 10 to 15 drops of peppermint oil.

Then add the bicarb. Some people recommend a 50/50 mix while others suggest adding a smaller amount of bicarb. I prefer the 50/50 mix despite its salty flavour.

Mix the ingredients thoroughly and that's it!

Can be used as a mouth wash too.

My three year old loves this tooth paste and is always excited to use it. I think this is especially true because both the kids were involved in the creation process. Here I am showing them the peppermint drops :)

Mouth wash

In truth what I mean by mouth wash is flavoured Oil Pulling.

All you have to do is add 10 drops of peppermint oil to the liquid coconut oil and you will get the added benefit fresh breath after your oil pulling session.

I tend to get this done in the mornings (gently swilling for 15mins) and more than anything I am growing conscious that it is very refreshing (in a busy household) to put yourself in a position where you cannot speak. These 15mins are important to me now.

Oil pulling has multiple benefits the first of which is its ability to pull toxins not just from your mouth but from your whole body.

Once you are done with your 15mins it is always a good idea to clean the excess (toxin filled) oil from your mouth. This can be done with the tooth paste you just created. The bicard will do the cleaning if you swill in your mouth for just 30 seconds.

And you will still have that peppermint breath when you are done :)

Hair growth tonic

Many claim that coconut oil combined with certain essential oils has done wonders for their hair.

It is made using exactly the same mix as the mouth wash but I keep it in a separate tub to avoid getting hairs in my mouth.

Rosemary essential oil is also said to be good for the scalp and by default, good for hair growth. I actually made two hair tonic tubs in the end. One with peppermint and one with rosemary.

I've been using these every few days for the last 3 weeks and I am starting to get a few spots on my scalp which I believe may relate to the coconut oil. Perhaps because I've not been washing the oil out of my hair enough?

I suspect it is also because I am massing my scalp regularly at the moment with this brush.

I am doing this to encourage hair growth in the areas where I am receding. And it is working very well so far. If you want to know all the details about how I am re-growing my hair, check my post here.

My gut feeling is telling me that I don't need to put any thing at all in my hair and will consequently stop using the hair tonic. As is usually the way in nature, assuming that the body is healthy, the hair will look after itself.

There are so many of these coconut memes! I had no idea.

I will be looking into re-mineralising tooth powders in the coming weeks. My teeth could do with some re-mineralising love

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