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To soothe sunburn..
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...use tomatoes!
No, seriously! I sat out in the sun all day on Saturday and got quite bad sunburn (always the way - I go pink then brown!). I had to work in the evening and one of the guys I work with told me to cut a tomato in half, and rub it over my sunburn and it should take the redness away (something to do with the acid in the tomato).
He's Austrailian and told me they used to do it as kids... Now, he's not the most serious of blokes so I wasn't sure if he was telling the truth or not, but I tried it anyway (I need to be brown, or at least, less red, for tomorrow night especially!) and it worked! I actually did one leg and one arm with the tomato and the other leg and arm with Witch Hazel gel to compare them (as you do!) and the tomato worker quicker
Doesn't seem to help the pain and tightness (tho my aftersun seems to be doing that) but it certainly gets rid of the redness
Just thought I'd share that one with you... Anyone got any other good cures?
No, seriously! I sat out in the sun all day on Saturday and got quite bad sunburn (always the way - I go pink then brown!). I had to work in the evening and one of the guys I work with told me to cut a tomato in half, and rub it over my sunburn and it should take the redness away (something to do with the acid in the tomato).
He's Austrailian and told me they used to do it as kids... Now, he's not the most serious of blokes so I wasn't sure if he was telling the truth or not, but I tried it anyway (I need to be brown, or at least, less red, for tomorrow night especially!) and it worked! I actually did one leg and one arm with the tomato and the other leg and arm with Witch Hazel gel to compare them (as you do!) and the tomato worker quicker
Doesn't seem to help the pain and tightness (tho my aftersun seems to be doing that) but it certainly gets rid of the redness Just thought I'd share that one with you... Anyone got any other good cures?
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well that'd be too obvious
yeah i really like the boots soltan range, i tried nivea aftersun spray last year when i was VERY burnt in spain and it smelt sooo horrible-like aeroplane food!!:yuck:
(nothing against nivea... i love their body moisturisers!:))