- Take a cup of coconut oil
- Pour a teaspoon of vitamin E oil into it
- Blend both thoroughly
- Spread over the affected areas, such that the mixture goes deep into your skin.
5. Tomato
You should find this slightly acidic fruit quite useful for treating mild-to-moderate sunburn. The fruit contains an important nutrient, Lycopene. Also known as, a polyphenol, Lycopene helps in reducing the heat emanating from your sunburned skin.
Tomato is rich in vitamin C, which is an extremely powerful anti-oxidant. Vitamin C is responsible for the production of collagen, which awards elasticity and smoothness to your skin. The vitamin reduces the effects of inflammation. The fruit will also help to restore the pH of your skin that becomes unbalanced due to the sunburn.
What You Should Do
- Mix some crushed ice with a freshly mashed tomato and spread it all over your peeling skin. Be gentle in your movements.
- An alternative method is to combine four tablespoons of buttermilk with two teaspoons of fresh tomato juice. Apply it over all the affected areas of your skin. Leave on for an hour or so. Then, rinse your face with cold water.
III. Miscellaneous Products
6. Honey
Good-quality honey is essential for restoring the health of your skin and body. Do not go for the processed honey. It is rich in anti-oxidants, in the form of catalase, chrysin, pinobanksin and pinocembrin. It has several vitamins, minerals and amino acids that reduce inflammation and pain. It is a great antiseptic, has anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties.
You may prepare a ‘honey’ facemask to treat your sunburnt face and neck.
- Keep half-a-cup of oatmeal, two tablespoons of honey and 200 mg of aspirin ready
- First, pour the oatmeal into a blender, ensuring that you get a ‘powdery’ outcome. Transfer this powder to a bowl then crush the aspirin tablet. You may use two spoons for doing the same. Make sure that it turns into fine powder
- Pour this powder into the bowl containing oatmeal powder and blend thoroughly
- Once done, pour in two tablespoons of honey. Stir well, until you obtain a fine, smooth paste. In case, the honey seems insufficient, add more to the mixture
- Finally, transfer this paste to an airtight and screw top jar
- Let the jar stay in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or so. Take it out and begin applying the facemask.
How To Apply?
- Ensure that your hair does not come in the way. Cleanse your face of any makeup, creams or lotions that may be there
- Use gentle movements, to apply the paste to both your face and neck. Use your fingertips only
- Once the mask has spread evenly all over, just lie down flat on your back for some time and keep your eyes closed
- Relax for half-an-hour or so, allowing the mask to work its magic. Then, rinse your face with normal water, and apply a gentle moisturiser
- You will have to ensure that you drink loads of water over the next 48 hours, for internal healing.
As for the rest of the paste in the jar, store it. It will remain fresh for a week. You may apply it again the next day, and the following days thereafter. If anything remains in the jar after the week has passed by, just throw it away.
7. Black Tea
Black tea is rich in anti-oxidants permitting it to fight free radicals that cause skin damage. Then again, it possesses anti-inflammatory properties, which will treat the blisters resulting from severe sunburn. The tannic acid, theobromine and catechins present in black tea are excellent for undoing the damage that results from the harmful UV rays of the sun touching your skin. When this happens, you will find that the pH balance of your skin returns.
What You Should Do
- Heat some water in a vessel. Drop a couple of tea bags into the water as it is heating up. Continue heating for a few minutes more prior to removing the vessel from the stove
- Observe when the water attains a rich brown/black colour. Remove the tea bags and allow the tea to cool. Thereafter, take a clean piece of cloth and dip it into the tea
- Dab the liquid over all the affected areas of skin and let your skin dry naturally
- Once it is completely dry, repeat the process of soaking and dabbing all over again. When the skin is dry, go through the process once more.
Thus, you are applying the black tea thrice onto your sunburnt skin. This is a complete process; you need not rinse your face. Use this remedy just once a day, until your ailment heals.
8. Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera is an amazing gift from Mother Nature. It comprises of around 150 trace elements, vitamins and minerals. The inflammation and pain resulting from sunburn will receive splendid help from the glycoproteins present in it. New skin cells will be able to take the place of your sun-damaged cells, thanks to the presence of polysaccharides and lidocaine in Aloe Vera.
This plant also possesses anti-bacterial properties, thereby preventing infection. Finally, Aloe Vera keeps your skin moisturised, since it has water-retention properties.
What You Should Do