With a few simple ingredients and ten minutes of time sunscreen can be made. Let’s talk about the simple ingredients. If you’re already making homemade products, you probably own a few homemade sunscreen ingredients.
On the stove-top, add 1 cup of water to a small saucepan. Place a heat-resistant glass bowl on top of the saucepan. Bring the water in the saucepan to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. This creates a homemade double broiler to keep ingredients from over-heating.
In the glass bowl add: coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax. Melt the ingredients, stirring frequently.
Remove the bowl from the heat, add to the coconut oil mixture: almond oil, carrot seed oil, and zinc powder. Stir.
Once removed from the heat the beeswax will begin to set.
For an on-the-go option: using a dropper pour into lip balm tubes [(like this)|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DQNFFDA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00DQNFFDA&linkCode=as2&tag=livsim07-20&linkId=ZJNSQIVV5SCFM2I7]. This option produces a small amount of sunscreen per tube, but I like the portability of this option. I keep a small tube in my purse (wrapped in a Ziploc bag) for just-in-case summer moments.
The sunscreen will solidify after about five minutes. The final result will be a spreadable lotion.