How to use Zinc Oxide for homemade sunscreen | DIY SPF Lotion Recipe
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- This simple recipe will show you how to add zinc oxide to a homemade body butter to add SPF to it! Use this thick lotion as a hand, face or body cream to protect and moisturize your skin naturally.
* the SPF in this recipe was not tested in a lab, the exact SPF value is not known.
What You Need:
1 cup Ivory Shea Butter
1/2 cup of Coconut Oil
10+ drops of Essential Oil of Choice
1 Tbsp of Zinc Oxide
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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
Today we're going to be making a very simple SPF hand cream using our Ivory Shea Butter, some Coconut Oil, Essential Oils and our Zinc Oxide.
What's great about this recipe is that there is no melting required, just whipping.
This recipe is very simple, we're gonna go by volume and not by weight.
So you need 1 cup of Shea Butter, 1/2 a cup of coconut oil, and we're going to be putting them in a bowl and soften them up together. So I'm going to mash together Shea Butter and Coconut Oil until they're ready to whip.
After whipping for 2 to 3 minutes until it's soft and fluffy, you want to add essential oils. Start with 10 drops and then go from there, you can add more if you like
So sometimes depending on the weather outside of the temperature, you see tiny little grains in your whipped body butter and they are from the Shea Butter. There is nothing to worry, about they're completely fine. It's just the weather makes the butter get a little bit grainy. It will not affect at all how good it is for your skin
To add SPF to this lotion, you simply add 1 tbsp of zinc oxide. So make sure that when you put in this zinc oxide you incorporate it with a spatula, and you do not use your electric mixer right away or the powder of the zinc will puff up.
Now that we have incorporated the zinc oxide really well and you can put it in your jars of choice.
This SPF hand cream is ideal if you do a lot of gardening or if you drive, if your hands are exposed to the sun a lot. Because it is a lot easier to prevent sun spots than to treat them.
So all you need is a little bit and it spreads very easily and my hand will be soft and protected from the sun.
Be responsible when exposing yourself to the sun for long periods of time, this video is not intended to cure, prevent or diagnose any condition.
I am not using this for sun protection (and for good reason), but rather as healing body cream.
I doubled the Shea and Zinc to make it a bit thicker and it worked out well. I used uncoated and non-nano zinc oxide with a mesh size of 325 nm (44 microns) and sprinkled it in very slowly, while mixing with a spoon, then switch to a spatula to cream the zinc particles into the butter, like you do when making cookies, and finally whipped it again and let it set harden in the fridge. (I also tempered my grainy Shea butter a day prior).
What does uncoated zinc oxide mean
@@sunshinegold3652 Zinc oxide has natural anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties so it is good for helping to heal various skin conditions.
Absolutely beautiful!! Thank you for sharing.
How long it will take to expire ?
Take a look at the ingredients you’re using, and since we are not adding waters or gels, you can take the product that has the soonest expiration date, and that will be the end product’s expiration:)
What SPF number is it and can you put it on your face or make a face cream for us?
You can use this on face and body as well! The SPF wasn't tested, but we believe it's about 20 SPF - the important thing is to re-apply your sunscreen regularly and be aware not to expose your skin to the sun for too long regardless of SPF.
@@BetterSheaButter Awesome... thank you soooo much!
I want to share this vid with Dr Dray OK?
@@kehcat1 Share away! Thank you for watching :)
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So glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing this!! As a substitute for the coconut oil, would jojoba or raspberry oil be a good alternative?? I have the adverse effect from the coconut oil, elevates my cholesterol. Thank you 😊
Hello Rosalinda, you're very welcome! That's a great question -- It may change the texture somewhat because coconut oil is a solid oil and jojoba or raspberry oils are liquid. We haven't tested those specifically but we've definitely heard customers say that they have substituted oils in this formulation without an issue. If it becomes too runny it may help to add a little more shea butter.
So instead of using solids of the butters, can use liquids and instead of having it a cream, it turns into being a oil that I can apply to my body, coconut oil, Shea, butter, oil, and the zinc because I want to make a protective oil, not a cream.
Hello Frances, thank you for sharing this variation of the recipe!
Nice video! Thanks for the information! I tried this out but end product was liquifying, instead of staying being creamy. I used all 4 ingredients here but not sure where I went wrong.
It sounds like you may need more butter - but is the end product liquid, or does it melt into your hand when in use? Big difference, so I need to know in order to help ❤️
@@BetterSheaButter thanks!
The end product first stands as a cream to my satisfaction but later say after a day or 2 then becomes liquid to the point that I can see the zinc separated from other ingredients.
@@philtrechakamba6783 I would do more Shea & less coconut oil - it will help a lot! Ingredients vary, especially natural ones - so sometimes depending on what you have it will turn out a bit differently. You can probably add more zinc and butter to what you’ve already made instead of starting over ❤️
@@philtrechakamba6783 - you will need emulsifying wax to keep everything together
Can I use mango butter in place of the Shea butter?
Yup!
Hi Ashley.Instead of shea butter ,and coconut oil,can i make this deoderent out of olive oil carot oil and sunflour oil ,and zink oxide,and make it a spray deoderent,will it work the same? Thank you!!
Hi Mary, I apologize but we have not tested those ingredients in this formula so I am not sure how it would turn out. Others who have tried this recipe mentioned that it can work to substitute the jojoba for another carrier oil
Can it also be used on the body?
Absolutely!
@@BetterSheaButter what can we use as preservative?
@@Iseinnovation This recipe does not require a preservative as there is no water in it. It should last about 6 months when stored away from heat and/or moisture
@@BetterSheaButter love your channel.
Thank you so much, @@Iseinnovation 💖💖
Hi if we add more zink oxide will we have more protection from the sun?If not what could we do to have a higher protection like 50 spf ? Thank you.
Hi Mary, we are not able to determine the SPF of this recipe without lab testing, but customers have mentioned that they have found ratios of zinc that can be added to achieve more protective value. We have also heard of folks using ingredients such as raspberry seed and carrot seed oils that contain some natural sun protection.
Hey thanks for sharing can I add this to my homemade niacinamide serum?
Go for it! I don't see why not :)
How many cups did this recipe make?
where did u get the green jars and what oz size are they? curious how much this batch yielded
Amazon, well that’s where I get mine. I have brown ones. Hope that helps. Have a wonderful day. ❤❤❤❤
Can I use coconut oil liquid form
We haven't tested the liquid coconut oil or MCT oil, so it may change the texture somewhat, but when doing so customers tell us they like to add a little bit more butter or wax to help solidify the recipe
hey there do you know how much zinc oxide is needed in ounces/pounds for 15-20?
Hello, there is no way for us to know the exact SPF without lab testing, but we believe this formula to be around 20.
is it safe to melt the ingredients all together with the zinc oxide? or is it not safe to heat the zinc oxide?
So basically, you get rid of many beneficial effects by doing so and can affect the product quality - I certainly wouldn’t recommend doing it that way. I hope this helps!
@@BetterSheaButter thank you so much for your reply. So just melt everything, cool the ingredients and then add in the zinc oxide when you about to whip everything that way it's not heated up and loses its quality? ...I saw your large batches of body butter at home tutorial and it is my favorite! Thank you so much for showing the steps you are amazing. where are you from? super random but noticed your accent =) I really appreciate your help and have been using your products for a very long time now.
Es nadamás para las manos?
You can use it elsewhere, but it's thick enough to stay on your hands :)
U cant use this for the rest of ur body?
It might be a bit thick for the rest of the body. I use 1-to-1 shea and coconut on my body which is pretty thick already, so 2-to-1 might be hard to apply.
Did you ever think to use non nano zinc?
Our Zinc Oxide is non-nano, link is under the video :)
I read the following "There are concerns that nano zinc oxide can penetrate through the pores of your skin and enter your system. While zinc is good for you, zinc oxide in this form is not" (Haynes, Allyson. Immunity Superheroes: Powerful Natural Solutions & Optimal Vitamin Dosing To Strengthen Your Immune System Defense (Kindle Locations 319-320). Kindle Edition).
Wjat if u add more zinc oxide like 2-3 spoons
20% zinc oxide for the volume of whatever you're putting it in gives you around 20 SPF, putting in more would just make it higher. so if you have 100g of lotion, you'd put in 20g of zinc oxide, which would give you 20 SPF lotion
@@MissTexZilla so if I wanted 70 SPF, I'd put 70g of zinc oxide into 100g of lotion, for example?
Can i put some cocoa butter in it too? Please answer
You absolutely can - just know that it will harden the recipe