Sunscreen is necessary if you are outdoors often during summers. However, finding the right sunscreen that suits your skin type is essential. Many sunscreens end up causing irritation to the skin, acne problems, rashes or excessive oily skin. Some of these sunscreens are high on the budget too. Moreover, you have to constantly worry about their expiry dates, sometimes the fear of reaching the expiry date making you use the sunscreen more than prescribed. In many cases, brands or sunscreen lotions that suit you may not be available in the market.
However, did you know you could make you own sunscreen lotion at home? It is easy and quick to make and does not have any side effect. They smell amazing and not to forget these oils are natural sun protectants too. Read on for the recipe.
Combine a quarter cup of Shea Butter with a quarter cup of coconut oil and quarter cup of beeswax in a jar.
Heat the mixture keeping the jar immersed in a saucepan containing water until the ingredients in the jar melt. Remove it from the flame and keep the jar aside to let the ingredients cool. Add 2 tbsp of zinc oxide powder to the jar. Care should be taken to avoid inhaling the smoke created during the mixing of zinc oxide. The smoke is toxic. Next, place the jar in the fridge for 20-30 minutes and let the mixture cool off.
Keep it in the fridge till the texture of the mixture is becomes such that it can be whipped easily. Add 20 drops of carrot seed oil, 1 tsp raspberry seed oil, Vitamin E oil and 1tsp of vanilla extract. Whip the mixture together and let the mixture be perfectly mixed. Care should be taken to mix them evenly to get complete protection by the ingredients in harsh sunlight too.
Put this mixture into smaller containers for use. This natural sunscreen can be refrigerated and stays fresh up to six months. This sunscreen lotion should be applied after a gap of 2-3 hours daily. This will keep the sunscreen effective.
This sunscreen is a natural lotion and has fewer chances of any side effects. It can be made fresh whenever you are finished with the earlier stock. Hence, wondering about the about to expire chemical based sunscreen lotions available in the market can be eliminated completely.
Summary
The above easy to make natural sunscreen lotion is surely a boon to many who suffer from side effect due to chemical based sunscreens.