After Sun Skin Care DIY Recipes
Our “After Sun” relief recipes — 3 relief gels and 1 bath soak — will come in handy now that summer is here and you’ll be spending more time outdoors.
After Sun Skin Care Relief Gel #1
DIY Suncare may come in handy when you spend time outdoors
Materials
- 2 Tablespoons Aloe Vera gel (or roughly the amount extracted from one fresh leaf)
- 2 Tablespoons brewed Chamomile Tea or Green Tea
- 3 drops Lavender Essential Oil
Instructions
- Mix Essential Oils, tea and aloe in a clean glass bowl.
- Apply with fingers directly on sunburned or mildly irritated skin.
- Use immediately. Do not store.
After Sun Skin Care Relief Gel #2
DIY Suncare may come in handy when you spend time outdoors
Materials
- 2 Tablespoons aloe vera (pure gel)
- 2 Tablespoons Witch Hazel
- 1 Teaspoon Glycerin
- 1/2 Teaspoon kelp powder
- 2 drops Chamomile Essential Oil
- 2 drops Lavender Essential Oil
Instructions
- Blend each of the ingredients together and decant into a dark glass (recommended) or a plastic dispenser bottle.
- Shake well before use.
- Best stored in a cool place, where it will last approximately 3 months.
After Sun Skin Care Relief Gel #3
DIY Suncare may come in handy when you spend time outdoors
Materials
- 1 cucumber, rough chopped
- 2 Tablespoons aloe vera (pure gel)
- 1/4 cup Glycerin
- 1/4 cup Rosewater
- 2 drops Rose Essential Oil
Instructions
Method
- Place cubes of cucumber into a lemon juicer or garlic press, to extract as much juice as possible. Reserve. Save cucumber for another recipe.
- Mix juice with remaining ingredients.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
After Sun Skin Care Relief Bath
If you are fortunate enough to have a VitaMix, you don't need to heat the mixture on the stove. Add the oats and milk to your VitaMix and blend on the soup mode until it is warm and ready for your bath.
Materials
- 2 cup oats (fine cut) or oat bran
- 2 cups milk, whole fat
- 10 drops Lavender Essential Oil
Instructions
- Combine milk and oatmeal in a blender and blend thoroughly.
- Add this mixture to a saucepan and heat until slightly warm and mixed -- do not boil or cook to the same point as when you are preparing it for a meal -- you're just making a lukewarm slurry.
- Remove from heat and add lavender oil.
- Add ingredients to a lukewarm or cool bath.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
If you are fortunate enough to have a VitaMix, you don't need to heat the mixture on the stove. Add the oats and milk to your VitaMix and blend on the soup mode until it is warm and ready for your bath.
First published in 2007; updated in 2013.
Photo courtesy Audrey Magazine