Homemade Natural Sunscreens: It is very important to protect the skin from the hot sun in summer. Sunlight and ultraviolet rays can cause a lot of damage to the skin. Sunscreens are used to avoid them. But the skin of many people is very sensitive and they are afraid to apply it. Because of this, there can be problems like rashes, redness and pimples on the face. That’s why if you want, you can make and use indigenous sunscreen at home. Homemade sunscreen does not contain chemicals, so it does not have side effects and the skin also remains beautiful by avoiding the sun. Learn how to make natural sunscreen at home…
Ingredients to Make Natural Sunscreen
- Coconut oil – 1/4 cup
- Shea butter – 1/4 cup
- Zinc oxide powder – 2 teaspoons
- Beeswax balls – 1 teaspoon
- Oil for fragrance – 10 drops
Simple way to make natural sunscreen
- First of all, heat water in a vessel.
- Put coconut oil, shea butter and beeswax pellets in this heat safe bowl and boil till it melts.
- Now keep this mixture to cool down a bit.
- When it cools down, mix zinc oxide powder well in it.
- Now for the fragrance of this sunscreen add drops of oil of your choice and mix it well.
- Store this mixture in a clean container or jar.
- Keep the sunscreen in such a container that light does not reach it.
- When it cools down and solidifies well, you can apply it.
How to apply natural sunscreen
- Before going out in the sun, apply homemade sunscreen cream on the exposed skin.
- Reapply this cream every two hours or more after sweating.
- This homemade sunscreen has less SPF (Sun Protection Factor) as compared to the sunscreens available in the market.
- Patch test is advised before applying homemade sunscreen, so that any material lying in it does not have the opposite effect.
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