More summer time skin care with Aloe!

If you haven't plant yourself an aloe plant already, it's at your best interest to get it started.  As I've mentioned in the previous blog, aloe is great for treating sunburns, eczema and other skin irritations.  More of its health benefits include aiding digestive system, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory, and speeds up healing for wounds.  It also serves as a perfect skin care at its raw state.  The gel from the aloe not only moisturizes, but helps clear up any acne or irritations caused by toxins, makeup, or pollution.  All you need is to cut off an aloe leaf (it grows back very fast), slice of the skin.  Make sure you rinse with water and get rid of all the brown sap.  Slice up the aloe into thin pieces and refrigerate until cool.  Rub the aloe pieces all over your face, and make sure that you get the gel out.  Massage your face with aloe pieces until the gel is absorped into your skin.  Repeat until all the gel is absorbed.  Leave on for 15 minutes or until your skin is dried and rinse of with water.  Your skin will be left feeling extremely refreshed, smooth, and firm.  It is great for all skin type.  Use it several times a week and you will have a naturally smooth glowing skin. Try it today!

Aloe for sunburn treatment

So you have forgotten to wear sunscreen with SPF at least 30+, and now you are left looking like a red lobster. Soon enough, you will be golden brown with dead skin peeling off like a snake shedding its skin. The best remedy and the first step in treating sun burns is to slap on a fresh piece of aloe right on the burn areas.

Aloe has both cooling and moisturizing effects as it miraculously absorbs the heat from the burned skin. I rubbed fresh pieces of aloe on the sun burned areas and I could feel the skin cooling and relieving the sting. After the gel dries out, slice off the dry layer to expose a fresher layer.  Aloe, if not fully used, can be kept in the refrigerator or submerged in water.  It will become hydrated again.  The next day, my skin is not as red, there is no skin peeling, and the stinging disappeared.

If you are unfortunate and no aloe plant can be found nearby, the next alternative is to find aloe gel in a local drugstore. Your skin will still peel, but will heal much faster and less painful than without. Once the skin starts to peel, exfoliate with loofah and coconut body scrub to remove dead skin, soften and moisturize the new layer of skin. Don't forget to moisturize with lotion containing shea butter or oatmeal at least twice a day.