DIY Sunscreen

DIY Before and After Sun Skin Care

You can get fancy, complicated or just keep it simple. I like simple but if you want the more complicated fancy body butter recipe you can get it on this blog.

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Choose Your Base

Many nut butters and veggie oils have natural SPF qualities to them. Red Raspberry and Carrot Seed oil have upwards of SPF 28-50. Shea butter and avocado oils have SPF 8. Coconut oil, hemp, macadamia nut, and sesame have SPF as well.

Choose Your Application Method

Since homemade beauty products have no preservatives we run the risk of mold, bacteria, and other factors of yuck. So the less you have to stick your finger in the jar the better. For this reason I choose to use a spray bottle to house my sun oil. When choosing your application method, consider consistency (shea butter is thick and won’t work with a spray top), frequency of use, price point, and available supplies.

Choose Your Essential Oils

Some oils like helichrysum have been studied for their ability to block out some of the suns rays, but it is the skin regenerative attributes of the oils that really excite me! Oils like frankincense, myrrh, sandalwood, patchouli, lavender, geranium, and helichrysum are amazing at repairing damaged skin, reducing wrinkles, and returning elasticity to our skin. Choose one or more of these oils for your sun oil. If you have the blend Immortelle then that is perfect as it has almost all of the above oils plus Rose.

Mix It All Up

I like to recycle my old essential oil bottles. So I take the label off the 15ml brown bottles and boil it for 30 mins to remove any bacteria. Then I add my carrier oil and about 3 -6 drops of essential oils to the 15ml of carrier oil. Top it off with a spray top (available for purchase at aromatools.com) Shake and it’s ready to go! Re-apply often for best results.

Why doTERRA Oils?

doTERRA oils are the purest, most effective, most sustainably harvested essential oils available today. No other essential oils touch my body EVER! They are simply the best.