The Natural Sunburn Soother Recipe Everyone Should Have

If you get into a bind with a sunburn, hopefully it was an accident. I can't stress enough how important it is to avoid the sun as much as possible to help prevent all types of skin damage. I think that you will find that if you are looking for that healthy "glow" on your skin, it's more beneficial to use good products on it, and consume healthy, organic whole foods in your daily diet to help promote that glow, instead of tanning.
But, like I said, if you did get yourself into a bind with a sunburn, there are natural options to help ease the discomfort.

Sunburn Soother Recipe

1/4 Cup Fresh Aloe Gel

1/2 Teaspoon Lavender Essential Oil

Directions: Slice off an outer leaf of an aloe plant, peel (as much as possible with a vegetable peeler), and place into a blender. Add lavender essential oil and mix. Apply to affected area. Store in fridge. To make this last a little longer, you can add some powdered Vitamin C, but will still need to store it in the fridge. You can add this mixture to cool bath water and soak your body to help relieve discomfort caused by the sunburn, and you can also add the mixture to a spray bottle (or one of your previously used glass cobalt blue toner bottles work great for this) and gently mist the body as well. You can also apply it by massaging it directly on the skin.

Aloe gel is believed to have anti-inflammatory effects and is used topically to soothe burned skin and to help heal wounds. The thick, jelly-like substance found in the leaf of the plant, aloe vera gel is soothing probably due in part to anthraquinones (natural analgesics). Aloe plants are imperative to keep at home. The Aloe plant is both aesthetically pleasing and useful in home remedies such as this, so be sure to pick one up if you don't have one already. I keep mine outside on the front porch (in the shade), and move it sometimes a little further out where it loves to be soaked by fresh rain (like today).

Note: This mixture also works well with any of our powdered facial masques as the liquid base.