An excellent home remedy to relieve the burning of the sunburn is to apply a homemade gel made with honey, slug and lavender essential oil, as they help to moisturize the skin and thus accelerate the skin recovery process, alleviating the symptoms of burn.
Another option to treat sunburn is to make compresses with essential oils as they help to refresh the skin and relieve the symptoms.
Honey Gel, Aloe and Lavender
This gel is great for relieving the symptoms of sunburn, as honey is able to moisturize the skin, the auxiliary aloe in healing, and lavender can accelerate the recovery of the skin, favoring the formation of a new and healthy skin.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons of honey;
- 2 teaspoons of slug gel;
- 2 drops of lavender essential oil.
Method of preparation
Open a slug leaf and cut it in half, towards the length of the leaf and then, remove two tablespoons of the gel that is present inside the leaf.
Then place the honey, the slime gel and the drops of lavender in a container and mix very well until it is even cream.
This homemade gel can be applied daily in areas burned by the sun until complete recovery of the skin. To use it simply moisten the region with cold water and then apply a thin layer on the skin, leaving it to act for 20 minutes. To remove this gel it is advisable to use only cold water in abundance.
Compresses with essential oils
An excellent home remedy for sunburn is to take a cold water bath with essential oils such as chamomile and lavender essential oil because they help to refresh the skin.
Ingredients
- 20 drops chamomile essential oil;
- 20 drops of lavender essential oil.
Method of preparation
Simply mix in a bucket with 5 liters of water the aforementioned ingredients and mix well. Throw this water all over the body after bathing and let the skin dry naturally.
Chamomile, a medicinal plant in the Asteraceae family , has anti-inflammatory and soothing properties that relieve pain caused by sunburn and reduce skin irritation.
