DIY Sunburn Cream with Lavender and Aloe Vera

Name: DIY Sunburn Cream with Lavender and Aloe Vera
Total time: 2 min
Ingredients: 7 drops Lavender essential oil; 2 drops Peppermint essential oil; 1 tbsp Aloe Vera Gel

Recipe Categories - Balm, Cream or Salve; Sunburn

By Jane Henderson

Make this DIY sunburn cream with a mix of cooling essential oils and soothing aloe vera gel to take the sting out of a nasty sunburn.

Ingredients

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The dilution of this recipe is 3%. This dilution is suitable for chronic conditions like aches and pains.

	7 drops Lavender
	2 drops Peppermint
	1 tbsp Aloe Vera Gel

Warnings - Do not apply peppermint oil on or near the face of infants and children. Peppermint oil is best avoided during pregancy and while breastfeeding.

Ingredients

7 drops Lavender
2 drops Peppermint
1 drops Aloe Vera Gel

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together in a glass bowl or jar and apply to the skin.

This essential oil recipe for sunburn is simple but very effective. Lavender is an anti-inflammatory oil that helps reduce pain, redness and swelling and is commonly used not just for sunburn but for other burns as well. Peppermint is also anti-inflammatory and has a cooling effect. Aloe vera gel is moisturizing, anti-inflammatory and can help prevent peeling of the skin.

If you don't have all of the ingredients and you need some quick relief from sunburn, try applying a drop or two of lavender oil directly to the skin and spreading it over the sunburnt area.

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