Sustainable Living
Why we make our own toothpaste (with recipe)
In Sunseed the water we use for cleaning goes directly back to nature, therefore we only use biodegradable hygiene products. But also for ourselves it’s better to take care what we are using to stay healthy and beautiful.
Most toothpaste, for example contains of a lot of harmful things, that we would not need at all. Such as fluorides, silica, triclosan an others.
This side describes very well what the problem with common toothpaste is, and what you should bare in mind: http://www.dentalbuzz.com/2014/12/30/toothpaste-can-do-more-harm-than-good/
Natural, healthy toothpaste exists but most of the time it’s very expensive. That’s why we make it on our own. It’s really easy and you only need a few ingredients.
When I came to Sunseed I was very interested in self-made toothpaste because my tries I had before went a little bit wrong. My teeth didn’t feel clean, I had a smelly breath and the worst thing was, when my usually white teeth got a yellowish color.
But the toothpaste I have used here for about 3 months now is perfect. It tastes great and cleans your teeth perfectly. It’s even a little foamy, which many of us like.
Here is the recipe we use for about 1kg:
450g Calcium Carbonate
500g White Clay
10g Stevia
15g Xylitol
20g Salt
15 pinches of Grated organic soap
15 drops Essential Oil Cinnamon
30 drops Essential Oil Mint
We mix everything together and that’s it. You have a lot of healthy, wonderful good tasting toothpaste with almost no work!
If people prefer cream instead of powder they can mix it with fresh aloe vera, which is also good against infections on your gum. But you have to bare in mind that it will only last for a short time so don’t mix too much at once.
