5 Natural Creams to Protect Your Skin from the Sun

Since the skin of the skin is very delicate it is convenient that the ingredients we use in our sunscreen are of the best quality and as natural as possible

The neckline is usually common in women's clothing. The problem with using them is that the skin is exposed to the sun, which worries many women.

To avoid skin damage it is necessary to use some cream that helps to protect it. These can be prepared in the comfort of your home with easy-to-get ingredients. The best thing is that making them is cheaper than buying them. Know these 5 natural creams to protect your neckline from the sun.

Why protect the skin from the sun?

Exposing yourself to the sun has many benefits because it revitalizes and provides vitamin D to fix calcium in bones. However, a prolonged and unprotected exposure has as a main consequence the possibility of suffering from skin cancer at an advanced age.

The American Cancer Society explains that simple moles can be an indication of melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer.

In addition, with the passage of time, the skin will be more prone to wrinkling and irreversible spots appear. UV rays degenerate the cells that protect the skin and dehydrate it. Thus, they can affect it in a way that can be irreversible.

How does a sunscreen work?

UVA and UVB rays break chemical bonds generating free radicals that react easily with DNA and cause mutations.

The vitamins E and C are one of the enzymes that neutralize these free radicals. That is why they are always added to the sun creams, along with other natural antioxidants.

For a sunscreen to work properly, it must have a very good capacity to absorb ultraviolet radiation. In the same way, you should enjoy compatibility with the rest of the ingredients in the formula.

In addition, it is important that it has good resistance to water and sweat, stability against the sun and not cause allergic reactions.

5 natural creams to protect your skin from the sun

According to the Guide to Sunscreens published in 2012 by the Enviromental Working Group, not all sunscreens are effective. To avoid acquiring a harmful protector, one of the best options is to make a natural sunscreen.

Among the most appropriate options you can choose:

1. Coconut oil

Coconut oil has multiple properties, with applications in the kitchen and for beauty , especially in the capillary world. However, in the protection of our skin has much to contribute. +

Instead of buying it, we can make it ourselves.

Ingredients

·         1 coconut

What should I do?

·         Drill 2 holes in the visible holes of the coconut to extract the water and pour it into a container.

·         Open the coconut to remove the pulp and grate it as thin as possible.

·         Extract the milk from the pulp with a strainer.

·         Add some coconut water to the pulp, wait for it to be absorbed and squeezed with the colander and repeat the process.

·         When the coconut milk has been obtained, add it in a pot and heat it to a simmer, while stirring the mixture. This will separate the oil from the milk.

·         We will remove the oil, put it in a glass container, and let it sit.

·         Then we can use it as sunscreen.

2. Avocado oil

The avocado or avocado has multiple uses and benefits, which are not only nutritional.

This green fruit, tasty and effective for the proper functioning of the organism also has many applications in the aesthetic field and skin health. As in the previous case, we will obtain your oil naturally.

Ingredients

·         2 avocados

What should you do?

·         Cut the avocados in half, remove the bone and remove all the meat.

·         In a baking tray, spread the pulp with a spatula without leaving clumps.

·         Put the tray in the oven at about 50 ° C until the avocado turns brown. This allows the pulp of the avocado to be completely dried.

·         Let the tray cool and then remove the dried avocado with a spatula.

·         Wrap the pasta with a cloth or gauze to squeeze it. In this way the avocado oil will be extracted.

This process may take a while. Once we obtain a green liquid, which is the oil, we will pour it in a totally clean glass container, we will close it and store it in the fridge.

3. Cream based on zinc oxide

Zinc is a mineral that can help protect the skin, especially in the neck area, so you can use it to take advantage of these important properties.

In addition, this cream not only includes zinc, but other helpful ingredients such as coconut, vitamin E and grapefruit.

Ingredients

·         1 cup of solid coconut oil (200 g)

·         1 tablespoon of beeswax (15 g)

·         2 capsules of vitamin E oil

·         5 teaspoons of pure zinc oxide (25 g)

·         1 tablespoon of aloe vera gel (15 g)

·         10 drops of grapefruit seed extract

What should you do?

·         Heat the coconut oil to the bain-marie next to the beeswax. Mix them and, once melted, turn off the heat and add the vitamin E capsules.

·         Next, add the tablespoons of zinc oxide and aloe vera.

·         Mix well and store the cream in a glass container.

·         To use it, just  take the necessary amount to apply it on the skin .

4. Cream of oil, honey and butter

This cream can provide a good level of care to your neck after exposing it several hours in the sun, especially at those times of the day when the intensity of ultraviolet rays is higher.

Ingredients

·         2 tablespoons of sesame, coconut or carrot oil (30 g)

·         2 tablespoons of pure honey, or failing that, wax (50 g)

·         3 tablespoons of cocoa butter (60 g)

What should you do?

·         Add all the ingredients to a pot and mix them with the help of a palette. If it is too solid, you can add a little water.

·         Next, heat the whole mixture to the water bath.

·         Let stand a few minutes and mix again.

You can leave it overnight and, the next morning, introduce it to the refrigerator for a few hours so that it solidifies.

 5. Carrot oil

It is also possible to apply the carrot turned into oil in our skin. Many bronzers include it as one of its main ingredients. This is because the application of pure carrot oil to the skin can be very helpful.

Ingredients

·         2 ripe carrots

·         1 cup of oil (of your preference) (200 g)

What should you do?

·         Pour into a pot at least one cup of the oil of your choice. Once it is hot, add the carrots and wait until they become dehydrated and acquire a yellow hue.

·         The carrots should be dissolved and, if you do not want lumps left, you can strain the oil.

·         In the end, you just have to wait for it to cool and store it in the freezer.

Leave areas of the neckline unprotected is common, but it is important to know that there are a variety of creams that can be used to prevent damage.

The manufacturing process and the ingredients may vary. So what's important is that each provides good protection to sunbathing and are beneficial to the skin.