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Small changes made to our daily habits can add up. This week, with help from the Eco-Dentistry Association, we'll provide tips to help you green your dental hygiene routine. Store-bought toothpaste can include some questionable ingredients and it's easy to concoct your own paste with a few simple ingredients. Baking soda is central to most DIY recipes. Adjust flavor and texture by adding peppermint oil, spearmint oil, cinnamon, or salt. Care2 offers a good basic toothpaste recipe to get you started. INGREDIENTS 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, finely ground 1 drop peppermint, spearmint, sweet orange, clove, or cinnamon bark essential oil A few drops tap water Combine ingredients in a small bowl and mix them thoroughly with a toothbrush, your finger, or a small spoon until a smooth, thick paste forms. The paste shouldn’t be too runny; it has to stay on your toothbrush. Dip your toothbrush into the paste and use as you would regular commercial toothpaste.
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12/2/2020 10:04:12 pm
Well, I never thought that we can come up with our own toothpaste, that's why I was really surprised with this. The only thing that I know that we can do is the soap. Nowadays, everything became easier and we can do everything that we want to do as long and we have the ingredients! I would love to see more from you, especially the DIY stuff because that's going to be a key for me to save more money; which is a thing that I need to do nowadays! DIY toothpaste looks pretty amazing! Leave a Reply. |