Home-made deodorant

Yes, you read it right, homemade deodorant! I am so, so in love with this stuff that it's ridiculous.
I used to use Dove, or Garnier, or whatever was going. Sometimes I even used Dove Clincal Strength, as I'm a pretty heavy lil' sweater, and I like to exercise. But of late I was finding that most things weren't working properly, and by three or four in the afternoon I had that sticky feeling under my arms, and smelled....not BO, but that sweet/sour sort of icky smell. I've never used a natural deodorant before, but five minutes of net surfing found the answer.
This recipe was ridiculously easy to research, and find reviews on, so it's by no means new, unique, or my idea.

You'll need;
One glass jar/plastic container/whatever, preferably reasonably airtight.
Some Cornflour
Some Bi-Carb
Coconut oil
Essential Oils of your choice

It really doesn't get any easier than this. I used equal parts of bi-carb and cornflour, I guess a tablespoon of each, and melted a tablespoon of coconut oil. I blended the dry ingredients, then popped in about five or so drops each of Orange, Lavender, and Patchouli essential oils. Mixed the coconut oil in until it was sort of like, hmm, a solidy block of white playdoh. It's cold here in Melbourne at the moment, so coconut oil is solid.
You could use more or less bi-carb or cornflour as desired, although straight bi-carb can be irritatin to the skin.
To use, I take a little piece about the size of half a pea, and gently smooth it under my arms.
Annnd, it works! It keeps me dry and non-smelly, which is really all I want in a deodorant. Add to that the benefits of not using aluminium under my arms, and the fact that when I sweat I smell like Patchouli and Lavender-WIN!!

My only caution with this product would be to maybe keep it under your hat, at least until you've been using it for awhile. As soon as people find out you are using it, they want to smell you, or are grossed out. I used it for two weeks before I told anyone, and their first response was "But you'll have BO!" My response was, "I've been using it for two weeks-did I have BO?" To which they said, "No. Hey...will you make me some?"



****EDIT*****

Ok, so I'd been using this happily for months....and then I developed a red mark under one arm. Thought nothing of it.
Then both arms were red....then the skin under both arms was red, stinging and sore.

Research told me that Bi-Carb can become too harsh for some skins, and so I am currently working on a reformulation/reimagining with more of the mild cornstarch and less of the irritating Bi-Carb.