Making homemade toothpaste is cost-effective, easy and works just as well (if not better) than natural store-bought toothpaste. I’ve created this natural toothpaste recipe with white clay and peppermint essential oil. Creating beauty and self-care products yourself is an excellent way to control the ingredients (and the toxins!) that you expose your system too.
It follows then, that toothpaste, which you ingest a bit of no matter what with each use, should be a high priority item for creating your own homemade products.
I am sure why it took me so long to share this natural toothpaste recipe it with you but in any case, I hope it was worth the wait!
DIY toothpaste uses inexpensive, effective and toxin-free ingredients like xylitol and bentonite clay to polish the surface of the tooth and remove build-up and residue between teeth. At-home recipes allow you to control the quality of ingredients that you put into your mouth and also prevent you from ingesting unwanted chemicals.
As an added bonus, you can customize your homemade toothpaste with xylitol to suit your unique taste buds!
It’s strange to think that a product that everybody uses once, twice or more times a day could be detrimental to your health – but the truth is that commercial toothpaste brands are loaded with toxic ingredients. Because your mouth is highly absorbent, these chemicals get into your bloodstream quickly.
Common ingredients found in store-bought toothpaste are triclosan, sodium lauryl sulfate, propylene glycol, and diethanolamine – just to name a few. Triclosan is an antibacterial agent added to toothpaste to prevent plaque build-up and gingivitis. Sounds good, right? Wrong, because triclosan has been linked to cancer, can help create antibiotic-resistance and can also disrupt your endocrine system.
Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) is another known endocrine-disruptor that can lead to unwanted weight gain, irregular menstrual cycles, and issues such as chronic fatigue. Surprisingly for something that we use in our mouths, SLS is also a registered insecticide!
Propylene glycol is a skin, eye and lung irritant that is also used in antifreeze, and diethanolamine is a known endocrine disruptor that has also been linked to stomach, liver and bladder cancers.
These are just a few of the toxic ingredients that find their way into commercial toothpaste!
Clearly, store-bought brands come with some health risks, so why not make your own natural toothpaste recipe? You can make a great homemade toothpaste alternative with natural ingredients like white clay, xylitol and peppermint essential oil.
White clay or also called Kaolin clay is an absorbent, mineral-rich clay often used in toothpaste. It is mined all over the world and helps to pull impurities out of the gums and areas surrounding teeth. As an added benefit, white clay has traditionally been used to help aid digestion, so if you swallow some of it, no harm will be done! I like to use A.Vogel clays which are extracted from ancient sea floor deposits and contain natural minerals and trace elements. They are 100% natural, without additives or preservatives.
Bentonite clay is similar to white clay, but it is made from the ash around volcanoes. It is slightly more absorbent than white clay and has natural antibacterial properties. It helps to detoxify heavy metals and removes unhealthy substances from the teeth and gums.
Xylitol is a natural sweetener derived from plant alcohols, most often from corncobs and birch trees. It not only helps to bring a sweet taste to natural toothpaste but naturally disinfects the mouth from bacteria that can lead to tooth decay.
Peppermint essential oil is a plant oil derived from peppermint leaves, and is often added to natural homemade toothpaste, in part for its flavor, but also for its purifying benefits! Peppermint oil is naturally antiseptic, has a cooling effect on the mouth and also freshens breath.
Coconut oil is derived from the kernel of coconuts and is a natural antiseptic, antifungal oil that can be used in toothpaste to create more of traditional toothpaste consistency. Coconut oil also works to combat bacteria that cause tooth decay.
Baking soda is a chemical compound made up of sodium bicarbonate and has been used as a cleansing agent for at least two hundred years. Baking soda is mildly abrasive, so as its rubbed against your teeth, it gently removes plaque and polishes your teeth.
Now, I’d love to know if you are making your own toothpaste at home already and what do you think of this natural toothpaste recipe?
This can last up to a month with no preservatives.
Please let me know in the comments below!
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Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your brilliance! I absolutely love this toothpaste and it's so incredibly easy to make and clean up
Hi Eve, What container do you suggest I put this toothpaste in, because shop bought toothpaste comes in a tube, so what should I put this toothpaste in, as there are 3 people in my household all using the same tube of toothpaste. I would like something that we can pour onto my toothbrush.
Thank you for a great recipe. I just wanted to know when you say sweet green mint essential oil is that spearmint (Mentha spicata) or field mint (mentha arvensis)?
Great recipe! I was wondering if I can only use the peppermint oil listed and if it that will preserve it enough to make it last a month?
Thanks so much!
yes, it lasts a month!
this is a wonderful recipe. i've either used peppermint and mandarin, or wintergreen. both are awesome. thank you.
Hi.it seems amazing although i have not make it yet.what can i use instead od sweet mint and xylitol?tnx
Hi Eve, thank you for sharing your recipes. I was wondering do i need to add any preservatives and how long can it last? Thank you and appreciate your reply.
Your answer is in the VERY last sentence of the whole article.
Hi Sarah, no need for preservatives for this recipe, this can last up to a month.
Eve,
What can you do to make it last longer than a month?
Hi Melissa, yes you could use one of the natural preservatives I recommend here: https://www.organic-beauty-recipes.com/top-3-natural-preservatives-diy-beauty/
What can we add to make it foam,atlest to make it have quality of the paste we buy in the shop
HI there, fab recipes thank you, and I read somewhere, that coconut oil and tumeric mixed together, cleans and whitens the teeth, and is also excellent for gums as it is an anti inflammatory. Is it possible to add tumeric to this recipe?
hi belinda, for sure, you can use tumeric but keep in mind it stains the skin and clothes, so use with care!
Recently subscribed-however I've been following your recipes for a few months. I've had a HUGE success with homemade toothpaste. I did change it up some after reading up on some other ingredients I had. I make mine with coconut oil,(endless benefits as you know) bentonite clay(restorative/detox properties), activated charcoal(whitening/detox properties), bamboo extract (powder form is the ultimate polisher--less abrasive than baking soda, safer for the enamel, so many more interesting perks) and then I use spearmint, peppermint, or cinnamon E.O. for flavor.
awesome! thanks for sharing :-)