Best Non-Toxic Homemade Sunscreens and Sun block Creams
Many readymade sunscreen lotions we use
contain chemical components than necessary, which can speed up your premature
skin aging and also cause skin cancer. Some sunscreen lotions also contains
omega-6 rich oils like sunflower and soya oils, this may imbalance the fat
level and also resist oxidation. So try out following simple homemade sunscreen
lotions.
1. Coconut, beeswax, zinc-oxide sunscreen
Ingredients
3 tablespoon pure Coconut oil
5 tablespoon Almond or Olive oil
3 tablespoon Beeswax (made from the
honeycomb of the honeybee)
2 tablespoon Zinc oxide
3 tablespoon Shea Butter (Natural SPF
5-6)
2 tablespoon Vitamin E oil
Preparation
1.
Take 3 tablespoon
Shea Butter in small pan and place over low heat, then grate beeswax and add it
in the shea butter, beat it gradually and gently till the beeswax and shea
butter is totally melted and mix up properly. Stir it regularly.
2.
When all
ingredients are totally melted, add 3 tablespoon of Coconut oil, 5 tablespoon
of Almond or Avocado oil. Mix them properly.
3.
Then add 2
tablespoon Zinc oxide and mix it completely with other ingredients. Never
inhale or touch the zinc oxide with bare hands, so wear gloves during entire
preparation.
4.
Remove the pan
from heat after 1 minute of adding zinc oxide. Make sure that the all
ingredients are completely mixed and melted.
5.
Let the mixture
comes to room temperature, then add 2 tablespoon Vitamin E oil in it and blend
the mixture in blender to make it smooth.
6.
Store the mixture
in the glass bottle or jar.
7.
Apply the mixture
as regular sunscreen. Do not use it after 4 months.
Remember
1.
This homemade
sunscreen lotion has SPF 20 (approximately) because we are adding 2 tablespoon
Zinc oxide, but adding more Zinc oxide will increase the SPF of the lotion.
2.
Always use Zinc
oxide instead of titanium dioxide, as it is less reactive than titanium
dioxide.
3.
You can add more
beeswax to prepare thicker sunscreen lotion and less to make smooth sunscreen
lotion.
4.
You can add
lavender essential oils or few drops of rose water for classy fragrance.
5.
Store the mixture
in a cool, dry place or store in the refrigerator.
6.
If you are using
olive oil then keep the lotion in refrigerator.
2. Avocado oil, Cocoa sunscreen
Ingredients
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
2 tablespoon or Avocado oil
3 tablespoon pure Coconut oil or Jojoba
oil
2 tablespoon Zinc oxide
2 tablespoon rose water
Preparation
1.
Heat 3 tablespoon
pure Coconut oil or Jojoba oil and 2 tablespoon Avocado oil on slow flame for 3
minutes and add 2 tablespoon cocoa powder to it, mix them completely and let
them cool.
2.
Then add 2
tablespoon Zinc oxide in the above mixture and mix all the ingredients
properly.
3.
Store the mixture
in bottle and use it as your regular sunscreen lotion.
Remember
Do not touch Zinc oxide with bare hand
and do not inhale in also, use gloves and mask while handling it.
3. Grapeseed oil, emulsifying wax sunscreen
Ingredients
3 tablespoon Coconut oil
1 cup Carrier oil such as Grapeseed oil,
Jojoba oil
2 tablespoon Emulsifying wax
2
tablespoon micronized Zinc oxide
Preparation
1. Grate emulsifying wax in bowl.
2. Heat the Coconut oil and Carrier oil (Grapeseed oil or
Jojoba oil) on the slow flame and add grated emulsifying wax to it.
3. Let the wax melt in oil
completely, stir the mixture regularly.
4. When wax completely melt,
remove the pan from heat and let it be cool.
5.
Then add 2 tablespoon micronized Zinc oxide in the mixture and blend the mixture in
blender to make it smooth.
6.
Apply the mixture
as regular sunscreen lotion.
Remember
Do not touch Zinc oxide with bare hand
and do not inhale in also, use gloves and mask while handling it.
