This week we are making toothpaste!

Everything can be found in your kitchen cabinets.

No fluoride. No chemicals. No preservatives. No fillers.
And ps, it's cheaper...SCORE!

If you haven't read the label of your toothpaste, I suggest you do. Standard toothpaste has all types of harmful ingredients including formaldehyde, detergent, paraffin, glycerin glycol, saccharin, food coloring and all types of artificial flavors.

Here's what you will need:

- 6 tsp Baking Soda (we use Bob's Red Mill as it's guaranteed to be food grade... others are fine, but there is rumored to be a difference in processing).

-1/4 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide

-2 Tbsp Coconut Oil (make sure it's in liquid form for mixing)

-10-12 drops of high quality Peppermint Essential Oil

-Stevia to taste (start with just a sprinkle!)

I am super excited to be introducing to you a new (to me) company of high quality essential oils... I'll be doing a whole post on them and why I prefer them over the other two bigger brands (just hint, there's a price difference, but not a quality difference!!)... but that's for another time. If you are looking for oils in the meantime, please look up Native American Nutritionals.

An awesome reader suggested them to me and my commitment-phobia self and I'm not turning back!

Back to the toothpaste...mix all ingredients together.

Transfer mixture to a glass jar.

Either put in the fridge or let it sit at a cooler room temperature to let the mix harden a bit.

The texture is not much different than toothpaste.

It's a tiny bit runnier, and you can fix that by adding more baking soda, but your kids may not approve.

Store in an air tight container, keep a small spoon available and brush away!
It may take a little while to get used to...like everything else, a leap into natural may come as a shock, so if it helps, mix some of your current toothpaste with it.

Gradually wean off of the chemicals and on to what's naturally effective.

And there you have it!