Day 257- DIY Sunscreen

I hate putting store-bought sunscreen on.  It's full of toxins and chemicals.  I don't want to put that on my skin, but I also don't want to get skin cancer either.  I knew that there had to be a way to make my own sunscreen that would be more natural.  I have always wanted to make sunscreen, but I haven't found a recipe that seemed legit until now. 
 I saw this recipe on Pinterest and it looks super easy.  Supposedly, it has an SPF of about 30.  You can make the SPF higher if you add more zinc oxide.  This sunscreen is also waterproof because of the beeswax in it.  

Ingredients:

3 Tbsp. Beeswax pellets (about 1 oz.)
1/2 cup Shea butter
1/2 Coconut oil
4 Tbsp. Zinc Oxide (about 2 oz.)

Directions:

1. Start a double broiler by placing a glass bowl over a boiling pot of water.  Add your beeswax, Shea butter, and coconut oil.  Add the coconut oil after the other oils melt because you don't want to burn the coconut oil.  You can stir with a wooden stick to speed up the melting process.

2. Remove glass bowl from double broiler and add zinc oxide.  It may bubble and fizz slightly.  Stir with a wooden stick and then with a hand mixer or stick blender until nice and smooth.  Make sure you clean all utensils right away with a paper towel or the beeswax will stick and be very difficult to clean later on.

3. Pour sunscreen into a glass or plastic jar and let it sit for several hours until it cools.  This can also be poured into an old deodorant tube and used as a stick.  Make sure you label and date it so that everyone knows what it is!  It should keep for up to a year.  

4. When you are ready to use just scoop some out with your fingers and apply as normal or rub over skin if you are using it as a stick.  It may take a bit more rubbing in cooler weather, but it will otherwise go on very smoothly.