Beach trips and sunbathing are the key ingredients for a great vacation. Unfortunately, too much sun can also leave skin dry, tight and peeling a few days later. If you've spent a long day in the sun, your skin may feel dry and tight afterward.
You need to keep a friend by your side to get you through it: an aloe vera based moisturizer.
Aloe Vera Cream Before Your Skin Starts Peeling
After a long day in the sun, don't wait. Have a cool shower, pat dry, and then apply aloe vera cream generously.
Then keep reapplying several times, even once an hour (see our after-sun skin care routine).
Remember, peeling usually shows up a few days after too much sun, and it can feel most unpleasant. Dry, flaky skin can feel rough and look dull.
Moisturizing regularly keeps dry skin feeling soft.
A good tip is to always bring aloe vera cream when you go on beach trips or spend long days outdoors. Keep it handy so your skin stays moisturized.
Aloe Vera: Natural Care for Peeling Skin
OK, so your skin is peeling already. Now what?
- Cleanse it gently – very gently – with a light cleanser (not soap!) and rinse with cool water. This gently cleanses the skin.
- You can even keep soaking the skin in cool water or apply a cool, wet compress.
- Apply a generous amount of Corium 21 Aloe Vera Cream. Rub some in and let more absorb in. For a refreshing feel, keep the cream in the fridge for a while first.
- Re-apply the cream regularly. Cleansing can be done a few times a day but not too often that it might strip your skin harshly.
- Skip heavily fragranced products on dry, sensitive skin.
- Drink lots of water.
Proper Care to Avoid Peeling Skin
Sun protection is the best way to keep skin looking its best.
First, apply a sunscreen with at least a 30SPF about half an hour before you go in the sun. Then reapply every two hours or immediately after sweating or getting wet.
All year long, keep skin moisturized with a cream that has certified organic aloe vera as its first ingredient.
The aloe vera extract is the key natural ingredient. It has been valued in skin care for centuries. It even used to be included in the skin ointments applied to Egyptian Pharaohs before their mummification and burial. Then the plant was given to them as a burial gift. After all, the Egyptians did call aloe vera the “plant of immortality”.