DIY After Sun Lotion with Essential Oils

Did you spend a little too much time in the sun? This DIY after sun lotion is so soothing and easy to make.

DIY After Sun Lotion with Essential Oils

Going out into the sun can really be damaging to our skin, but oh, how we love it! It’s so nice to spend a day outside at the beach, but who wants to pay for it later with a sunburn? Using a nourishing base like this DIY after sun lotion helps replenish your skin after you’ve been out in it, and the essential oils in this help heal and feed your skin to restore it. Roman chamomile is such a great oil for calming and healing, and so is the lavender.

This after-sun lotion recipe is for a small travel size lotion bottle. If you are using a larger bottle, double or tripe it – just do the math to be sure you’ve got the right amounts of everything.

Supplies Needed:

Travel size lotion bottle or a glass jar
4 tablespoons shea butter with vitamin C natural lotion (or your favorite plain, unscented lotion.)
1 teaspoon jojoba oil
8 drops pure lavender essential oil
5 drops pure roman chamomile essential oil
Label and scotch tape if desired

Directions:

There are 2 ways you can go about this, and I will tell you this mainly because I learned the hard way and want to spare you from doing what I did! If you are using a bottle or a jar with a nice open top you can mix ingredients in a measuring cup. If your container has a small opening, you will add the ingredients directly to the container.

For the bottle with a large opening, add the lotion and jojoba oil to the measuring cup.

Whisk them up nicely to get them well blended, and then add your essential oils. Once it’s all blended, spoon it into your lotion bottle.

If your lotion bottle has a small opening at the top, then go ahead and add ingredients right into the bottle itself and then do some shaking and stirring with a stir stick to get it all mixed. If you try mixing it outside the bottle in a measuring cup (as I did…), it is really hard once you whip it all together to get it back into the bottle without a disaster!

If you want to add a cute label, just be sure the outside of the bottle is dry and clean and then make the label. You can keep the label nice by adding clear scotch tape over it.

How to use your After-Sun Lotion:

Apply liberally to areas that were exposed to the sun or to sunburned areas. Let the lotion soak in well before covering with clothing to be sure the oils really get in the skin and not in the clothes! Reapply a few times a day as needed.