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If there’s one thing model andTikToksensation Nara Smith loves to do, it’s DIY.
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But wait … whereisthe SPF in this recipe, exactly?
Can you actually DIY your own sunscreen effectively?
Making your own sunscreen is a terrible idea.
But if you make sunscreen wrong, you’re going to get burned.
And there are a few key reasons why.
The first is the way their ingredients are combined.
That causes an uneven spread of zinc, which would lead to pockets or spots of sunburn later on.
When it’s professionally done, the zinc oxide is spread out into an even film, he explains.
(Dermatologists generally recommenda minimum of SPF 30for daily sun protection.)
It’s challenging enough for us chemists in laboratories to make a very good sunscreen, Dobos says.
But there’s no such thing as a natural sunscreen, Dobos says.
Despite what the name may suggest, even store-bought mineral sunscreen formulas are not natural.
(You should still be wearing sunscreen on exposed areas, of course.)
She also recommends mineral formulas fromLa Roche-PosayandAvene.
Romanowski likesBurt’s BeesandAveeno.
All it takes is one bad sunburn to double your risk of melanoma.
This is not a place to joke around.
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