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Does anyone make their own beauty products

After getting a Book for Christmas a couple of years ago - Neal's Yard Recipes for Natural beauty - I now make my own beeswax lipbalms, body scrubs and cleansers. I was hoping to start making my own moisturiser but during the day I like to wear an SPF. Does anyone know of any natural (?) ingredient I could add to give my moisturiser an SPF. I note products made by Liz Earle and Origins don't, so perhaps there isn't such a thing. But I would love to know if there is an alternative.

It seems a bit ridiculous to spend time making a lovely natural moisturiser, to put another one with SPF on top.

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  • Gigervamp
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    Zinc is one thing that gives some spf, but not much. Any other ingredients that give lotions their spf would have to be bought from a chemical supplier.
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