DIY Sunscreen–Ditch the Chemicals!

It’s sunscreen season folks! This Keto family spent all day in the water trying to beat the heat. To us summer is another opportunity to keep toxins off our bodies (after all your skin is your largest organ) while still protecting us from the suns rays. 

I’ve been working on a natural sunscreen formula with naturally derived protection from essential oils for UVA and added non-nano zinc oxide for UVB rays. Coconut oil and Shea butter adds to the SPF and beeswax makes it water proof!! ALSO...added powdered cocoa (just a little) for a brown tint (woohoo!)— if you’re dark skinned like us, most all natural sunscreens on the market are super white and pasty and hard to spread. 

This was easily spreadable and the color blended in perfectly into our tan complexions!! The results? 1 initial application, 6+ hours of direct sun/swimming and ZERO burns!

Here’s some interesting facts about the naturally occurring SPF of certain oils and ingredients:

• ☀️Almond oil: SPF around 5
• ☀️Coconut oil: SPF 4-6
• ☀️Zinc oxide or titanium dioxide: SPF 10-20 **depending on how much is used**
• ☀️Red raspberry seed oil: SPF 25-50
• ☀️Carrot seed oil: SPF 35-40
• ☀️Shea butter: SPF 4-6

What is so bad about normal sunscreens?
??‍♀️Many sunscreens on the market contain hormone disrupting chemicals that inhibit or interfere with our own body’s hormones and cell receptors. They are shown to contribute to organ system toxicity and even reproductive toxicity as well as contain pesticides. Not to mention their effects on the aquatic life are detrimental.

The main 3 bad-news chemicals are:

1. ❌Oxybenzone
2. ❌Octinoxate
3. ❌Homosalate

Why make your own?

• ☀️ Ditch the chemicals! Our bodies are inundated with toxins from our food, water and the products we use on our bodies. Many years of Toxicity overload leads aging, chronic conditions and disease... cut out the chemicals when you can!!
• ☀️ Customize for your needs: I wanted something that was easily spreadable and didn’t turn my skin white ?

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Recipe Yields: Approximately 6 oz of sunscreen

Ingredients:
1/4 cup Shea butter
1/2 cup fractionated coconut oil (for double batch, only use 3/4 cup coconut oil)
2 tbsp beeswax (optional for water proofing)
2 tbsp non-nano zinc oxide
1/2-1 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa** (optional for a tint or use Savvy minerals foundation)
20 drops raspberry seed oil
15 drops carrot seed EO (about 1 tsp)
10 drops Royal Hawaiian Sandlewood (optional)
10 drops Geranium or Lavender

Steps:

1. In a double boiler, melt beeswax, shea cocoa butter and coconut oil.
   
2. Once melted, remove from heat and transfer to a food processor to help mix your ingredients.
3. Allow your mixture to cool slightly (but not solidify) before adding your essential oils. 
4. Add non-nano zinc oxide and cocoa powder and blend until smooth.
5. Add more coconut oil to thin out the mixture.
6. Pour the sunscreen in a lotion container and you're ready to rock!!

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