Re: Re: Ideas on sunscreen

[Guest guest]

I believe zinc oxide cuts out the UV rays completely, so that would explain

no tan at all.

Since a certain amount of sun is actually beneficial, as long as we don't

burn, if it were me, I'd be using the 2 months to safely build up a bit of a

tan (in my case, a very small bit of tan that would still look white to

everyone else!). Start with 5 mins a day each side, around about 11am if

poss, on as much of your body as poss, and build up to 10-15 (or more if

you're dark skinned).

Then you will be able to take a certain amount of sun exposure, and have

less risk of burning. And when you now you're going to exceed tour safe

amount, and can;t cover up with clothes, then use something like 's

zinc oxide cream. Coconut oil is good for some people for after sun, but

isn;t a sunscreen.

Deb

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From: downwardog7 [mailto:illneverbecool@...]

>

> I seem to have read somewhere that commercial sunscreen was just as

> bad as sun itself (for skin that is). It might have been Dr.

> who said that. I believe he suggested taking skin cream and

> combining it with vitamin C to make one's own sunscreen. Does that

> really work? Could coconut oil be used successfully??

>

> Any ideas are greatly appreciated,

Magda,

I make my own sunscreen with a couple ounces of powdered sinc oxide

blended into some vco. A more sophisticated cream can be made adding

hot water and stearic acid but I haven't yet bothered.

I went to Hawaii in January for ten days and came back with

absolutely zero tan, which I blame on my homemade sunscreen.

B.

[Guest guest]

> make my own sunscreen with a couple ounces of powdered sinc oxide

>blended into some vco.

Where do you get the zinc oxide powder? Every pharmacy I've asked at says

they've never heard of it, and that they carry only the ointment.

>

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[Guest guest]

Canfield wrote:

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>> make my own sunscreen with a couple ounces of powdered sinc oxide

>>blended into some vco.

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>Where do you get the zinc oxide powder? Every pharmacy I've asked at says

>they've never heard of it, and that they carry only the ointment.

>

>

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Steph