WHILE homemade recipes and projects can often save time and money, not all things are meant to be DIYed.
Sunscreen is one of those things.
Nara Smith and her husband Lucky Blue, two TikTok influencers, are once again causing a commotion on the internet with their homemade recipes.
Smith, who has over seven million followers, often goes viral sharing the meals she makes for her family.
The foods she’s prepared in the past, such as homemade Oreos, have confused her viewers.
In a new viral video, Smith (@naraazizasmith) teamed up with her husband to make sunscreen from scratch.
He added coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter, cocoa butter, and jojoba oil into a glass bowl to get started.
Lucky Blue then placed the bowl over a pot of boiling water to melt the butter and oils.
Next, he added zinc oxide powder to the liquid solution, whisked it together, and transferred the “sunscreen” into a mason jar.
TikTok viewers thought the DIY beauty recipe was not the greatest idea.
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“Okay, now I’m seriously concerned,” wrote one commenter.
“Homemade sunscreen is insane!” another agreed.
“Every time Lucky is out, the DIY is actually so unhinged,” said a third.
“Yeah homemade sunscreen is also homemade melanoma,” griped a fourth.
“You guys have reached a new level,” added one exasperated viewer.
TikTok user @uadaskin also weighed in on the recipe in his own video.
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“Nara Smith can do whatever she wants to do, but I’m gonna tell y’all right now, don’t try to go make that DIY sunscreen she just made,” he warned.
“Y’all are gonna be f****d up this summer.
Others shared their disbelief in the comments.
“The whole video, I was like, where is the stuff that will protect you from the sun?” asked one viewer.
“Yeah people are gonna be cooking and sizzling in the sun with that homemade sunscreen this summer,” said another.
While Smith claimed that the sunscreen was adequate for use, dermatologists said otherwise.
Adarsh Vijay Mudgil, a board-certified dermatologist, called the homemade sunscreen a “terrible idea” while speaking to Glamour.
“But these may be an SPF 2 or 3, not SPF 30, which is what I recommend my patients use — and ideally one with a mineral component like titanium or zinc.”
Mudgil recommended viewers avoid making their own sunscreen and opt for purchasing a reputable brand instead.
When shopping, he urged consumers to look for sunscreen with a minimum of SPF 30 and mineral ingredients, such as titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide.
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