How to Use Baking Soda as a Deodorant to Neutralize Body Odor

How to Use Baking Soda as a Deodorant to Neutralize Body Odor

As we all know, deodorants market is flooded with many types and brands of deodorants.  Use of deodorants may also cause allergies and skin problems. So, make your own homemade deodorant using home-available ingredients. You can use various ingredients for this purpose but one commonly used item is baking soda. Baking soda deodorant helps neutralize the body odor. You can also use it to make various other beauty recipes like body scrub, hand cleaner, exfoliating scrubs etc. Given below are some ways on how to use baking soda as a deodorant to neutralize bad body odor and to get rid of excessive sweat naturally.

How to Use Baking Soda as a Deodorant

• After having your bath, apply a small amount of baking soda on your underarms. You can use powder puff for its application. Now, wait for some time till your armpits get completely dry.
• You can mix an equal amount of cornstarch with baking soda to make this recipe even safer for people with sensitive skin. To make fragrant based deodorant using baking soda, just mix a few drops of your favorite essential oil in it.
• In southern parts of India people often use a mixture of baking soda, corn flour and coconut oil.

There were some tips on how to use baking soda as a deodorant to neutralize body odor. It is an inexpensive but effective remedy that you can easily make and use at your home. Don’t use this recipe if you are allergic to baking soda or any other ingredient mentioned above or if your skin type is too sensitive.