DIY After Sun Spray with soothing essential oils
Use this DIY After Sun Soothing Spray with essential oils to cool, soothe, and heal red tender skin.
This is a must have if you overdid it at the pool or beach and your skin is red, inflamed, sore, and itching.
Use this After Sun Spray as soon as possible after being in the sun to cool the temperature of your skin. Reapply every few hours or as desired for soothing relief. You should see and feel a noticeable improvement in your skin the next day.
How and Why does After-Sun Spray Work?
The ingredients in this all natural homemade cooling spray are all designed to soothe, cool, and help your skin heal. What is so powerful about it?
Well, for starters there are no chemicals that can harm the skin and make your red skin even worse. Many ingredients in store bought sprays have synthetic chemicals and preservatives in them that may temporarily make your skin feel better, but in the end can dry your skin out and ultimately cause more harm than good.
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These ingredients also can cause all kinds of other problems, typically with hormones. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to mess with any other body system, especially when I am trying to heal skin. This spray focuses on just that and has no ingredients in it that will disrupt hormones or do anything else . Just pure, natural healing benefits.
This DIY blend contains healing coconut oil, vitamin E, and what I consider to be the two most important ingredients: aloe vera and essential oils.
Aloe Vera is beneficial for skin
Aloe Vera is hugely beneficial for skin, which is why it’s included in this spray. Studies show evidence that aloe vera is effective in healing first- to second-degree skin irritations.
When looking for Aloe Vera, you want to make sure you use one that is as close to 100% aloe vera as possible. You’ll never be able to find 100% because there will always be something added to preserve it and keep it from going bad.
Look at the ingredients, and, in general, the shorter the list the better. If there is a huge long list of names you can’t pronounce, move on. This holds true for any product or food item. I’m a huge label reader! If I don’t know what’s in something, I don’t want it on or in my body.
Use Aloe Vera Juice not Gel
This cooling after sun spray recipe calls forAloe Vera Juice. Yep, the kind we drink. I do not recommend substituting aloe vera gel for this because it’s too thick and won’t spray well. I’ve done it more than once in a pinch.
Essential Oils to Use in Your DIY Sunburn Spray
The essential oils in the spray will help cool the temperature of your skin and start the healing process. Here’s a breakdown by essential oil of each essential oil’s benefits and why it’s included in this sun spray:
- Lavender essential oil is soothing and healing for red irritated skin. It is one of the most beneficial essential oils for skin! It has a wide variety of skin care uses. You’ll find it in many of my DIY skin care recipes, including this popular Facial Serum DIY and After-Shave Serum
- Peppermint essential oil is cooling. .
- Frankincense essential oil has chemical properties that make it and amazing powerhouse for cellular regeneration, and inflammation. I include it in most of my DIY skin care recipes because of it’s healing benefits.
Supplies you’ll need for you sunburn spray
First, you’ll need a spray bottle.
I’m obsessed with these continuous fine mist sprayers.You may have seen your hairdresser use one of these on your hair. I’ve been using them for lots of different sprays lately, and I especially love them for this soothing spray.
It sprays continuously while holding the trigger which works fabulously when you’re trying to spray those hard to reach places like your back.
You can pick up this 2 pack of cute doTERRA brand continuous mist sprayer right here from my doTERRA Certified Shop.
Or you can pick one up from Amazon. This one is highly rated and comes in a variety of colors and is made of PET plastic, which is safe for use with essential oils.
Other Ingredients for your After Sun Spray
Aloe Vera Juice
You want to get Aloe Vera JUICE, not GEL for this. The gel is too thick for the spray. I like THIS ONE
- Energy Kara is a highly potent product taken for extra energy, less fatigue, extra mental acuity and clarity, extra stamina and strength – greater performance both mental and physical
Vitamin E Oil
Vitamin E Oil can help fight free radicals and environmental damage to your skin. It provides intense nourishment to your skin to help reduce damage. It’s a great addition to your after skin spray.
I really like THIS ONE. I use this brand for many different carrier oils and natural ingredients.
- ULTIMATE SKIN PROTECTION: Help fight free radicals and environmental damage with powerful 70,000 IU Vitamin E bath oil. Reap all the benefits of multiple oils in a single bottle: from long lasting strength and protection to cleansing and moisturizing properties.
Jojoba Oil (or Fractionated Coconut Oil)
You’ll need a carrier oil. This could be your favorite carrier oil but I personally like to use Jojoba Oil for this because it is the oil that is closest to our skin’s natural oil.
Feel free to use Fractionated Coconut Oil, Argan Oil, Almond Oil, even olive oil. Whatever your skin likes the best is perfect.
This is the Jojoba Oil that I love to use.
Recipe for DIY After Sun Spray With Essential Oil
DIY After Sun Sunburn Spray with Essential Oils
Ingredients
- 1 cup Aloe Vera Juice
- ¼ cup fractionated coconut oil or jojoba oil
- 1 tsp Vitamin E Oil
- 8 drops Lavender Essential Oil
- 8 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
- 8 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
- 1 continuous mist sprayer or a pump sprayer will work just fine if that's what you have on hand.
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in the spray bottle.
- Shake to combine.
- To Use: Shake before use. Spray all over affected area of skin. Reapply frequently as needed.
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Did you make this spray? Leave a comment below and let me know if you made and used this spray and how your skin felt after using it!
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Dawn Goehring
Dawn Goehring is the founder of Desert Naturals where she writes educational articles on essential oils, DIY’s on natural beauty products, homemade cleaners, and provides related essential oil accessories like planners, trackers, tshirts, and custom designed essential oil storage. She has been featured in articles on Porch.com, Redfin.com, MommyOnPurpose and more.
Dawn has earned an aromatherapist degree and has earned a doTERRA essential oil specialist certification which is a fancy way of saying she has learned a lot about the chemistry of essential oils and how they work in the body.