Comments on: Homemade natural sunscreen anyone?

By: sesame

sesame — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:55:15 +0000

You can add for all products as long as you don’t mind that your products will be a tad oily.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:52:28 +0000

Dear Sesame,
I would like to know if we can add Grapefruit Seed Extract in all our handmade products (like the kung fu panda eye mask ^^) to make them last longer or is it espacially for sunscreen?
Thank you.

By: Lyn8

Lyn8 — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:02:46 +0000

I grow my own aloe Vera under trees to protect them from frost in winter. I know others grow them in pots on verandahs. They multiply themselves for ongoing supply. Break off a leaf(?) at the base of the plant. Slice the prickles off the two side ridges with a sharp knife. Then cut approximately 2-3inches off one end, and slice this thru the middle. Rub the gooey gel all over the exposed skin. When it looks like it has all gone, you can release a lot more by cutting crisscross thru the gel to the skin, and keep using it, but it looks like snot if a lump accidentally comes off. The gel dries or seals quite quickly and invisibly on the skin. An old gardener friend told us he had used it all his life on his bald head quite successfully as a sun block. I find it works, but would dearly like to know the science of it, like what is in it that makes it work. The rest of the leaf or stalk can keep in fridge till next needed. It seals itself up. I believe that any sunblock needs to be reapplied every two hours, but I never seem to remember. Our mentor friend only ever gave himself a generous application at the beginning of his work day, and sometimes again at lunchtime. I use it on kids too, of all hues. But my daughter will only use commercial preps on her blondies. Calls me a witchdoctor…. Mmm.

By: sesame

sesame — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:54:16 +0000

I know what you mean. It’s annoying. Most sunscreens out there are chemical based and few of the mineral ones with zinc oxide can be used frequently because of the texture. The only way I see it is to avoid the sun where possible so that we don’t have to apply so much.

By: Lala

Lala — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:26:55 +0000

I hate the fact that sunscreen is the only thing that can protect us in the sun well, but sunscreen contains chemicals that are harmful to us.
Look at the ingredients, and you’ll find that it should contain something along the lines of “octyl methoxyccinamate”. that chemical gives you a risk of having reproductive problems (esp in women). at least for skin cancer, you actually know you have it because you can see it on your skin. It’s a bit ironic to know that something that’s meant to protect us from cancer actually can lead to cancer elsewhere. But we’ll just have to keep on using sunscreen, won’t we.