Summer is coming, which means a lot more time outside and the potential for sunburns. Learn how to make an all natural lavender cocoa sunscreen that is perfect for the protecting your skin from the Summer sun.
Course DIY Tutorials
Cuisine American
Keyword diy sunscreen, homemade sunscreen
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Additional Time 3 hourshours
Total Time 3 hourshours5 minutesminutes
Servings 1
Author Lisa Bass
Cost 5
Equipment
Glass bowl
Saucepan
Whisk
Silicon spatula
Storage jars
Ingredients
1/2cupolive oil
1/4cupshea butter
1/4cupbeeswax
1/4cupcoconut oil
1/4cupnon-nano zinc oxide
1/4cupcocoa butteroptional
10drops lavender essential oil
Instructions
Put all ingredients, except zinc oxide and lavender essential oil, in a glass bowl and place over a pot with a little boiling water in the bottom.
Heat until melted.
Allow to cool before adding in zinc oxide and lavender.
Whisk in the remaining ingredients. I just left mine out on the counter for a few hours, going over occasionally to give it a whisk. This gave it a whipped effect without me actually having to use my mixer.
Pour ingredients into a glass jar and seal with an airtight lid.
Notes
Try to use as few dishes as possible because this stuff is very water resistant and hard to clean.
It's great when your kids jumps in the pool and it doesn't wash right off, but not so great when you are making a batch.
I love adding lavender essential oil to this recipe, but you can use a different essential oil like peppermint (for a cooling effect, but only use a few drops). Don't use any photosensitive oils like orange, lemon, etc.