Zinc Oxide Powder | Uncoated, Non Nano Zinc Oxide | Pure, Pharmaceutical Grade | Use in Homemade Sunscreen Lotion | Diaper Rash Cream, Deodorant DIY, Ointment | 1 LB by Better Shea Butter

My friend told me about purchasing Zinc Oxide for foot odor. It worked!!! I would not believe it if I had not tried it! I treated my tennis shoes that had the smelliest foot odor from using my shoes 6 hrs a day on the court. I treated my feet for four nights and rubbed this powder on my feet before I went to bed. It is like rubbing baby powder all over. I placed my socks on and went to bed. I also treated my shoes with a thick coating under the insert on the inside base of the shoe and then coated the insert both under and over. It looked like major powder in my shoe but after I used them the first tme...the powder did not show anymore. It absorbed in my shoe. This is an antibacterial powder. It works wonders. I would not believe it if I hadn't done it!!! After 4 days not only did my feet not smell anymore...neither did my shoes. Believe me...they were so bad, I had to put them in the garage every night just to help my family not gag ha ha!!! Now I have my shoes in my closet with no smell!!! It is amazing!!! I am not embarraced anymore when I go to peoples homes and have to take off my shoes. I feel confident this will work for you!!!! There are so many other uses for Zinc Oxide but this is one they should actually market for stinky feet!!! It is curable!!!! If not...you may want to see medical help LOL!! Oh I forgot to mention...I have had to wear a knee brace because I tore my mcl and meniscus and the brace was starting to smell so bad no matter how many times I washed it. I thought...hey if it cured my stinky feet, it may work for the brace. So I super coated it with Zinc Oxide and rinsed it off. It has not smelled since either. I just wonder now if I soaked my athletic clothes that after so many uses...just naturally stink....if it would take out that smell too. My next project. There is so much Zinc Oxide that comes in the pouch...it could last for a lot of things and making your own sunblock too :)

I bought this powder to make my own sunscreen because store bought natural zinc oxide sunscreen is stupidly expensive. Though I came across other, cheaper 1 lb. bags of zinc oxide in my search, the fact that Better Shea Butter says clearly in the description that their powder is made in the US, non nano, and uncoated, I figured it was worth the extra money for the peace of mind. With most sunscreen recipes calling for only a few tablespoons of zinc oxide for an eight ounce yield, this bag will make about a gallon of sunscreen, if my math is right. Is it right? 1 TBSP = .5 oz, 16 oz in a pound, 2 TBSP per 8 oz of sunscreen, 16 cups in a gallon-yes. AT ANY RATE, it will make a lot. This is the recipe I followed/modified (though, I'm sure a lot of people have already come across it): http://wellnessmama.com/2558/homemade-sunscreen/ I used: ¼ cup grapeseed oil ¼ cup olive oil ¼ cup shea butter 1/8-1/4 cup beeswax (I used leftover bits of old tealights) 3 TBSP zinc oxide (I wanted a higher SPF...though how much higher it is, I have no idea) I followed the instructions about heating and everything came together nicely! It's a pretty thick consistency but it spreads easily, sort of like Vaseline. I will note that I was impatient and made the base before my powder arrived, and mixing it in after the fact yielded a slight lumpiness, but it's not too bad and is my fault completely. I suppose I could have reheated it but eh! Obviously, there's no reason not to just add this powder to a lotion you already have, but I already had all of this stuff on hand and wanted the slight waterproofing effect of the wax. FULL DISCLOSURE: I have not actually tried this sunscreen yet, but there's no way it's any different from other sunscreens, except that it's cheaper and has the ability to make other, lesser people fear your DIY prowess, probably. UPDATE: I went to the beach for two days, slathering my skin with this sunscreen the entire time; it was fairly heavy and sort of streaky, but seeing as I wasn't heading to a SI bikini photo shoot, I didn't really mind. I was out for about three hours the first day and I reapplied once; I got burned. The second day, I was out for four hours and reapplied at least three times, but ended up getting burned worse. It's possible that perhaps the sun was just insanely strong or that the beach was the wrong place to expose my skin for the first time in about a year, or that I didn't dump enough powder into my mixture, but I would just be wary. I've used Badger sunscreen at the beach before without much incident, but that was in September, so who knows! Maybe natural sunscreen just plain isn't as effective as chemical. Don't stray too far from the shade if you go this route!

This has been a great powder for keeping my feet dry. I sprinkle a little in my shoes and my feet stay dry all day. I would highly recommend this product. It's basically the same stuff they use in these high over the counter products.

As a mother of a 4-month-old, I am naturally super-duper-careful of everything that comes in contact with my baby boy. I have always been a label-reader... and now I do it even more. Well... I had been struggling with all the choices of lotions and potions to put on his delicate skin. Diaper rash one day, out in the hot California sun the next day. And when you start reading labels, you start to realize that all the "natural" products out there aren't really that. Call me neurotic, but when I saw all that un-pronounceable junk they put in "baby" sunscreen, diaper rash cream, and even "baby" lotion, I decided to make my own concoctions. Soooooooo.... here we go! I started my experiment with sunblock and got a bunch of very effective and natural recipes on the internet. Since zinc oxide is the core ingredient of any good sunblock, I wanted the good stuff. So I started researching that, too. I had no idea that there were different qualities! From my research I learned, you want to stay away from the "nanonized" stuff because it is absorbed by the body and could potentially cause cancer. The jury may still be out on this, but I don't like to take chances when it comes to my little one. So I got this stuff. But does it work? I made my sunblock at what I estimated to be about 30SPF and I tried it on myself first. My Irish skin is prone to eczema breakouts and cooks to a bright red hue in about 2 minutes flat in the California sun (especially June). I put on a thin layer but due to the nature of zinc oxide, couldn't get my skin to absorb the stuff completely. So I took my clown-face outside... and 1 hour later I'm still a pale-faced Irish girl :) I have worn many sunscreens, and even Neutrogena's SPF 100 doesn't protect me this well. So yes, I would definitely recommend this product... it works almost even too well!

I mix this in my lotions for a affordable and minor sunscreen (long sleeves and sun protectant clothing still applied of course) And I think by far this is the easiest and best zinc oxide I’ve had in being able to blend them in! Great quality and doesn’t clump up.

Let me start this review off by saying I’ve only used this once so far. I bought this product from the seller BETTER SHEA BUTTER due to it being NON-NANO, UNCOATED, Pharmaceutical grade, made in the USA and best of all…PRIME!. These features are important to me due to the following reasons. I wanted NON NANO so it doesn’t pass through the pores in the skin and get inside the body. I wanted it on top of the skin for sun protection. Also Pharmaceutical grade due to it being pure as possible and made in the USA goes without saying. Plus being a prime member..score! I made homemade sunscreen using this zinc oxide along with BETTER SHEA BUTTERs Shea butter, pure 100% almond oil and organic extra virgin coconut oil, and beeswax that I DID NOT purchase on AMAZON. I bought it from the candle bee farm in WI. And its amazing and smells awesome! I didn’t trust the beeswax on amazon since the reviews were all over the place and doing my homework persuaded me to look elsewhere. Anyways, my kids smell like honey all day, not slathered in chemical filled sunscreen made in some country that has no health standards and most importantly they’re not getting sunburned. NOTE: I am having a difficult time getting the zinc oxide to dissolve completely in my sunscreen. I think it’s because I just dump it in while making it and shake it instead of slowly stir it in. But hey, I’m a busy Dad and “aint nobody got time for that!” I’m kidding, I’m just impatient. We’ll see on the next batch if I can get it to dissolve better. I will let you know. Overall: Good product and a great seller here Amazoners! I gave it 4 stars for dissolvability(is this a word?)..if it turns out to be my fault..then i will upgrade it to 5.

I bought this zinc oxide powder for my first attempt at making my own sunblock. I followed a recipe which involved combining coconut oil, beeswax, water, and zinc oxide. It was actually pretty easy to make. I've used it all summer and it has worked very well. I only got sunburned once - on my back in the places I accidentally missed when I applied the sunblock myself. It clearly worked in all the places where I actually did apply it correctly. I was worried that the zinc oxide would make my skin noticeably white after applying it, but it really doesn't happen too badly. It's only noticeable if you've not rubbed it in well and you look very closely. For reference, the amount of zinc oxide I added to the sunblock was 10% by weight. That seemed to be effective while remaining unnoticeable. I appreciate the peace of mind of actually knowing what's in my sunblock and that nothing is harmful. Since the powder is non-nano, it's large enough to not get absorbed in the body - it just remains on the surface of your skin. I feel better putting this stuff on my kids than store-bought sunscreens. Our pediatrician said it'd be okay to put it on my youngest son even before he was six months old (which is when they generally say it's okay to start putting sunscreen on infants).

I purchased this product for my granddaughter who was going on vacation shortly after she received the product. She has a beautiful 7mth old daughter and she makes her own food for her. Since she wanted to make her own sunscreen for her, she found a recipe for it and secured all the items she needed. She was able to make it before they went on vacation. I heard from them and she said it was easy to make and it was working great. When she returns I will get more information from her. So far she was very pleased. She wants to make her own deodorant, as well as sunscreen for the adults. We were so happy to see that the zinc oxide she needed was offered on line. We checked every local store and pharmacy around us and no one could give us much help. One pharmacy said they could order it for us for 59.00, and it would take up to 7_10 days to come in. So, needless to say, she was thrilled to find it at a much more reasonable price. I am pretty sure, if she plans to make even more things as her daughter gets older, she will go back to ordering items from you.