Lucky Blue and Nara Smith are slammed for ‘insane’ DIY beauty recipe
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.
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Nara Smith and her husband Lucky Blue, two TikTok influencers, are once again causing a commotion on the internet with their homemade recipes.
Smith, a TikTok content creator with over seven million followers, often goes viral sharing the meals she makes for her family.
The foods she’s made in the past, such as homemade Oreos from scratch, have confused her viewers.
In a video, Smith teamed up with her husband to make sunscreen from scratch.
In a glass bowl, the two added coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter, coco butter, and jojoba oil.
Lucky Blue placed the bowl over a pot of boiling water to melt the butters and oils.
Next, he added zinc oxide powder to the liquid solution, whisked it together, and transferred the “sunscreen” into a mason jar.
While Smith claimed that the sunscreen was adequate for use, dermatologists thought otherwise.
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Adarsh Vijay Mudgil, a board-certified dermatologist, called the homemade sunscreen a “terrible idea” to Glamour.
“Many things applied to the skin have some degree of SPF, including some of the ingredients Nara used,” he said.
“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 a sunscreen with a minimum of SPF 30 and mineral ingredients, such as titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide.
Like Mudgil, TikTok viewers thought the DIY beauty recipe was not the greatest idea.
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“Okay, now I’m seriously concerned,” said one commenter.
“Homemade sunscreen is insane!” said another.
“Every time Lucky is out, the DIY is actually so unhinged,” said a third.
Others suggested ideas for projects the couple could take on in the future.
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“All I need is a recipe for money,” joked one commenter.
“Nara, how to make an iPhone 15 Pro Max screen protector, please?” added another.
