3 homemade after-sun recipes | Health Magazine

Even if you make sure you apply sunscreen to protect yourself from UVA / UVB rays, after sunbathing, the skin is heated with feelings of tightness. Who says heat, says perspiration, the skin loses its water content, result: it dehydrates quickly, crocodile skin in the key. In addition, sea salt, chlorine, wind, rubbing sand mistreat it and can cause minor irritations.

All these inconveniences require the use of a after-sun care to accelerate skin healing, soothe, nourish and repair it. Its action is not limited to comforting and regenerating the skin with hydrating, soothing and repairing active ingredients (aloe vera, bisabolol, avocado oils, shea oils, glycerin, etc.). It also allows to prolong tan maintaining a homogeneous distribution of melanin on the surface of the skin with a very uniform tan. Rich in antioxidants (vitamin E, cocoa butter, nut oils, apricot kernels, buriti, etc.), it turns out to be a major ally to slow skin aging and preserve the elasticity of the epidermis.

A set of essential actions for healthy, soft, smooth, toned skin and a harmonious tan !

Apply it on clean skin, cleared of sunscreens and all impurities. After the beach, a simple rinse is not enough, wash with a soap-free gel, ideal for cleaning up without attacking the hydrolipidic film of the skin. Dry yourself with a soft towel that you gently dab.

We take care to treat the fragile and very exposed areas well (face, neck, décolleté, feet, hands) and massage with gentle movements, a pleasure ritual as a bonus.

Back from holidays, even if we no longer expose ourselves, we do not abandon it.

We apply the homemade after-sun morning and evening until the bottle is finished to take advantage of its benefits and optimize the cell renewal of the skin.

Store it in the fridge, the right boost to boost its soothing action.

• 110 ml organic aloe vera gel
• 14 ml of organic German chamomile hydrosol
• 1.3 g burdock powder
• 1.6g ginseng extract
• 2.6 g hazelnut mica mother-of-pearl
• 26 drops of Cosgard preservative

1. We start by pouring the aloe vera gel into a bowl.
2. Gradually add all the other ingredients, mixing well between each addition using a mini whisk.
3. Transfer the preparation to an airtight bottle.

This gel is good for fragile and sensitive skin, also those lacking tone. Sound +: a powerful immediate soothing effect.

Aloe vera gel is moisturizing and anti-inflammatory, it is ideal for this type of recipe. Chamomile hydrosol calms skin suffering from tightness and itching, its smell is sweet and honeyed, very pleasant. Burdock powder is soothing, it reinforces the effect of the treatment. Ginseng extract is restorative, it also has the advantage of toning the skin. The hazelnut mica mother-of-pearl has shimmering bronze reflections that illuminate the tan of the tan with a satin effect on the skin. The Cosgard keeps the formula.

This treatment is applied in the morning and in the evening, it is perfect to sublimate the neckline and the curve of the legs. It can be kept for two months in the refrigerator.

• 5ml buriti oil
• 5g shea butter
• 10 ml oily calendula macerate
• 20ml aloe vera gel
• 5ml vegetable glycerin
• 1 teaspoon of beeswax
• 20 drops of fine lavender essential oil
• 10 drops of Cosgard preservative

1. Start by melting the shea butter and the beeswax in a bain-marie while gently mixing them with a mini whisk.
2. Add the buriti oil and calendula macerate and mix again.
3. Off the heat, add the other ingredients, mixing quickly so that the emulsion sets. (source 2)

This treatment is ideal for dry to very dry skinalso good as a tanning starter treatment.

Buriti oil, rich in carotenoids and antioxidants, fights dehydration, prepares and prolongs the tan.

Shea butter is ultra-regenerating. Oily calendula macerate has a powerful soothing and revitalizing action.

The glycerin is moisturizing and softening, the aloe vera gel also, here it is not necessary, we remove it as well as the Cosgard. Beeswax is regenerating, rich in vitamin A, it nourishes the skin, protects it and is healing. Lavender essential oil has soothing properties and offers a relaxing scent to the treatment. Add 5 drops of vitamin E.

This care has a pleasant balm texture to massage, to apply in the evening. Pregnant women can use it provided the HE is removed.

Men will appreciate it to calm shaving fire. It is kept for a maximum of 3 months.

• 10ml avocado oil
• 110 ml oily calendula macerate
• 110ml perilla oil
• 110 drops of noble chamomile EO
• 110 drops of spike lavender essential oil

1. Pour the avocado and perilla oils, the oily calendula macerate into a well-sealed bottle and mix everything together.
2. We add the EOs of noble chamomile and aspic lavender and mix again. (source 3)

This oil is good for mature, sensitive and dry skin.

Avocado oil is restructuring and regenerating, it restores elasticity to the skin.

The oily macerate of calendula completes it wonderfully to soothe the epidermis.

Perilla oil rich in omega-3 combines softening, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and restorative actions. Noble chamomile essential oil calms irritations, its smell is very enveloping and pleasant. We remove the essential oil of lavender, it is relaxing but its smell does not go well with that of the essential oil of chamomile. To optimize the effectiveness of the treatment, you can incorporate 10 drops of bisabolol, an active ingredient renowned for its soothing and restorative properties.

Add 5 drops of vitamin E.