Homemade Sunscreen

Step 2 An Easier Recipe

If you want your sunscreen NOW, and you don't want to mess around with making your own lotion, just buy your favorite lotion from the store, and add your zinc oxide or titanium dioxide to that!

This means you can make sunscreen that's sensitive enough to use on delicate skin, or is already your favorite scent or creaminess.

• 8oz lotion
• Zinc oxide or titanium dioxide (see shopping link above) - follow chart below for appropriate portions, and following the remaining directions

_{the reason I suggest using a new container rather than the original lotion container, is that unless you can remove every single drop of lotion from the original container, the sunscreen will mix with the non-sunscreened lotion in an unreliable way. It's up to you, but you run the risk of exposing yourself to UVA/UVB with un-sunscreened lotion.}

Comments

[rafitcho]

Or you can just wash the original container thoroughly and let it dry for a few hours.