Whatever the season is, sunscreen is the best friend of your skin. Yes, the definition of hot body is changing today and instead of a fair and white skin, people are more attracted to the beautifully tanned body. But whatever your skin type is, your ultimate goal is to get a healthy skin. Use sunscreen regularly to keep your skin protected and follow few tips to make home made sunscreen to nourish your skin.
Too much exposure to the sun can hamper the growth of your skin cells; the UVA and the UVB rays are also harmful for your skin. Here, sunscreens come as a savior. Attend a beach sport or a pool party at day time, if you apply sunscreen evenly throughout your body, shorts and bikinis are the best you can wear.
Sunscreen Lotion Tips For The Summer Sun
Now, as it is mentioned before that sunscreen is the best friend of your skin, so it is clear that most of you know about the usage of it. But the sunscreens available in market have certain chemical ingredients which can be infectious to you. Overall, you may not have idea about the level of the SPF that you exactly need.
So, how to solve that problem? You can make your own sunscreen at home! Yeah! Does it seem impossible? If you get to know the steps and tips to make homemade sunscreen, then nothing is difficult there. Do you know how to make homemade sunscreen using butter? Here are some tips to make homemade sunscreen-
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Ingredients of Homemade Sunscreen
Before knowing the tips to make homemade sunscreen, you need to know how to make homemade sunscreen using butter. Not only butter but there are some other ingredients also to make homemade sunscreen-
1. Coconut oil
2. Carrot seed oil
3. Lavender or Eucalyptus oil
4. Shea Butter
5. Zinc Oxide
6. Vitamin E oil
Now here are some tips to make homemade sunscreen.
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1. Heat The Water
Turn your stove on high flame and set a pan on it. Fill it with water and let it boil. If you use double boiler system then the water will not burn.
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2. Heat The Oil And Butter
Now you will get to know how to make homemade sunscreen using butter. Just add the coconut oil and Shea butter with the water and boil until it melts completely.
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3. Add Vitamin E Oil And Essential Oil
Is the butter melted properly? Now put off the heat and add the vitamin E oil to it. You can also add essential oils like lavender or eucalyptus, but never use citrus oil as it causes burning.
4. Put Zinc Oxide In It
Zinc oxide is the main ingredient of making homemade sunscreen. The level of the SPF of the sunscreen is based on the proportion of this. Mix it with the mixture appropriately.
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5. Carrot Seed Oil
It is time to add this oil in the mixture. Heat the carrot seed oil and distilled water properly and add it to the mixture. So, each ingredient is used in a right proportion.
6. Whisk It
Have you followed all above tips to make homemade sunscreen? Now what is the next step? Now, whisk the mixture well so that all properties mix well with each other and you get a thick creamy substance.
7. Store It
When you have gone through all these steps, it is time to store it. Put it in a container and let it be cool and congealed. You can also put it into the freeze to settle the liquid.
So, you have some ideas to make homemade sunscreen. You can use it whenever you get out in the sun. If you swim regularly then your skin is exposed to get more tan than anything. Beside, the chlorine in swimming water also damages your skin cells. So apply this sunscreen liberally throughout your body and jump into the water.