*Be advised, zinc oxide CAN stain clothing and strollers. Spot test on a cloth item you are concerned about. It also DOES leave a white color on the skin (see picture). I find this discoloring helpful when I’m using it as diaper balm and sunscreen for very young children so that I know it’s there, but some people don’t like it.*
Here is the recipe I use for DIY diaper balm and sunscreen for my kids:
1/2 oz. cocoa butter
1 oz. shea butter
1.5 oz olive oil
1 oz. zinc oxide
All Measurements done according to weight. Melt all ingredients together into a double boiler until smooth. Cool, whip, store in old baby food jars, or other small containers (see picture).
This recipe is cloth diaper safe. It creates a 25% concentration of zinc oxide. Desitin is 13%, and Desitin Extra Strength is 40%. I also use this as a sunscreen on my <6 month infant with success. Granted, I am very careful to keep the baby covered, but this balm helps me feel better just in case her skin gets exposed.
Really, you can create any recipe just using olive oil, zinc oxide, and beeswax but I like the one above because I don’t trust beeswax on my cloth diapers (even though it’s technically cloth diaper safe). Here is a recipe I used to use until I had leaking problems on my cloth diapers. Honestly, I think the elastic in my diapers was the culprit (in hindsight) but I quit the beeswax around the time I switched brands of cloth diaper. The below recipe goes on the skin a little smoother than the above recipe, but both of them go on smoothly.
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup beeswax
1/3 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup (45 g.) zinc oxide
2 T. Jojoba, Vitamin E, or olive oil
10 drops of lavender essential oil. (Optional).
^This recipe is 20% zinc oxide.
I hope this helps some other tired moms!
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Good for DIY diaper cream or sunscreen
*Be advised, zinc oxide CAN stain clothing and strollers. Spot test on a cloth item you are concerned about. It also DOES leave a white color on the skin (see picture). I find this discoloring helpful when I’m using it as diaper balm and sunscreen for very young children so that I know it’s there, but some people don’t like it.* Here is the recipe I use for DIY diaper balm and sunscreen for my kids: 1/2 oz. cocoa butter 1 oz. shea butter 1.5 oz olive oil 1 oz. zinc oxide All Measurements done according to weight. Melt all ingredients together into a double boiler until smooth. Cool, whip, store in old baby food jars, or other small containers (see picture). This recipe is cloth diaper safe. It creates a 25% concentration of zinc oxide. Desitin is 13%, and Desitin Extra Strength is 40%. I also use this as a sunscreen on my <6 month infant with success. Granted, I am very careful to keep the baby covered, but this balm helps me feel better just in case her skin gets exposed. Really, you can create any recipe just using olive oil, zinc oxide, and beeswax but I like the one above because I don’t trust beeswax on my cloth diapers (even though it’s technically cloth diaper safe). Here is a recipe I used to use until I had leaking problems on my cloth diapers. Honestly, I think the elastic in my diapers was the culprit (in hindsight) but I quit the beeswax around the time I switched brands of cloth diaper. The below recipe goes on the skin a little smoother than the above recipe, but both of them go on smoothly. 1/2 cup olive oil 1/3 cup beeswax 1/3 cup coconut oil 1/3 cup (45 g.) zinc oxide 2 T. Jojoba, Vitamin E, or olive oil 10 drops of lavender essential oil. (Optional). ^This recipe is 20% zinc oxide. I hope this helps some other tired moms!
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*Be advised, zinc oxide CAN stain clothing and strollers. Spot test on a cloth item you are concerned about. It also DOES leave a white color on the skin (see picture). I find this discoloring helpful when I’m using it as diaper balm and sunscreen for very young children so that I know it’s there, but some people don’t like it.*
Good for DIY diaper cream or sunscreen
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2016
Here is the recipe I use for DIY diaper balm and sunscreen for my kids:
1/2 oz. cocoa butter
1 oz. shea butter
1.5 oz olive oil
1 oz. zinc oxide
All Measurements done according to weight. Melt all ingredients together into a double boiler until smooth. Cool, whip, store in old baby food jars, or other small containers (see picture).
This recipe is cloth diaper safe. It creates a 25% concentration of zinc oxide. Desitin is 13%, and Desitin Extra Strength is 40%. I also use this as a sunscreen on my <6 month infant with success. Granted, I am very careful to keep the baby covered, but this balm helps me feel better just in case her skin gets exposed.
Really, you can create any recipe just using olive oil, zinc oxide, and beeswax but I like the one above because I don’t trust beeswax on my cloth diapers (even though it’s technically cloth diaper safe). Here is a recipe I used to use until I had leaking problems on my cloth diapers. Honestly, I think the elastic in my diapers was the culprit (in hindsight) but I quit the beeswax around the time I switched brands of cloth diaper. The below recipe goes on the skin a little smoother than the above recipe, but both of them go on smoothly.
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup beeswax
1/3 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup (45 g.) zinc oxide
2 T. Jojoba, Vitamin E, or olive oil
10 drops of lavender essential oil. (Optional).
^This recipe is 20% zinc oxide.
I hope this helps some other tired moms!
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