{"id":29451,"date":"2019-05-05T17:45:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T17:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eternahealthfood.com\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2019-05-05T17:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T17:45:32","slug":"did-you-know-that-coconut-oil-can-be-used-as-a-sunscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/weekly-health-tips\/did-you-know-that-coconut-oil-can-be-used-as-a-sunscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know That Coconut Oil Can Be Used As A Sunscreen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Coconut Oil<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Did you know that Coconut oil can be used as a sunscreen? Amazingly enough it can because I\u00a0 has a natural Spf. of 4-5. When combined with other simple ingredients it becomes an effective, natural way to protect our skin for the suns harmful UVA &amp; UVB rays. Here is a simple recipe to make your own natural and non- toxic sunscreen.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">MATERIALS <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">1 ounce coconut oil <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">1 ounce beeswax (adds waterproof properties but does not make it 100% waterproof)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a01 ounce butter (i.e. shea butter, mango butter, or cocoa butter) <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">20 drops of carrot seed oil<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a01\/2 ounce raspberry seed oil<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a01 teaspoon vitamin E oil<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">INSTRUCTIONS In a double boiler, over low heat, melt the coconut oil, beeswax, and butters. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly prior to adding the carrot seed, red raspberry, and vitamin E oila. Pour into a glass jar or BPA free plastic jar. Allow to cool and harden on the counter overnight and then you\u2019re good to go! NOTES During times of heavy sun and swim exposure be sure to reapply often for the best coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know? Coconut Oil Did you know that Coconut oil can be used as a sunscreen? Amazingly enough it can because I\u00a0 has a natural Spf. of 4-5. When combined with other simple ingredients it becomes an effective, natural way to protect our skin for the suns harmful UVA &amp; UVB rays. Here is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eternahealthfood.com\/HealthStore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}