If you find your lobster-hued skin screaming for hydration and relief post-sun, slather on Pevonia After Sun Soothing Gel, $39, for immediate cooling relief. Green tea and chamomile calm painful, sunburned skin. Use on face or body -- or even post bikini wax to calm irritated skin.
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The Green Smoothie for Your Skin
A day at the beach can leave skin more than a little thirsty. Coppertone Sport After Sun Moisturizer, $7.49, rehydrates parched skin with cocoa butter, soothes sunburns with aloe and chamomile and feeds skin with nourishing papaya, mango and apricot fruit extracts. It gives skin the moisture it needs, and helps heal damaged skin with antioxidants like vitamin E. Think of it as your skin's green smoothie. Plus, that fresh mango scent will have you feeling all sorts of tropical.
Created with aloe and an array of other naturally soothing ingredients (think: cucumber, calendula, green tea and lavender), Alba Botanica Cooling Aloe Burn Relief Spray, $10.94, provides temporary relief when you're feeling the heat of a nasty sunburn (or minor burns and insect bites). Don't worry about those hard-to-reach places; this cooling aloe product comes in a spray, ensuring you won't miss even an inch of your body (much like the damn sunburn didn't).
As if sunburn wasn't bad enough, now you've got the annoying itching to go along with it. To hydrate burnt skin and stop scratching, try CeraVe Itch Relief Moisturizing Lotion, $15.99. Originally designed for people prone to eczema or psoriasis, this lotion works just as well as a sunburn treatment when your skin starts to drive you into an itching frenzy.
Ultra-gentle baby products like this one are perfectly tailored to treat our tender, sunburned skin as well California Baby Aloe and Arnica Cream, $13.99, is a non-greasy, hydrating lotion that works perfectly as a sunburn treatment, providing sunburn relief via aloe, calendula, allantoin and essential oils.
