6 Best After-Sun Skin-Care Products to Stash in Your Beach Bag

For when it's time to cool down.

By Danielle Fontana Dooley, Senior Digital Editor · May 28, 2019

Spend a little too much time in the sun? These post-sun soothers keep sunkissed skin happy.

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Beautycounter Countersun After Sun Cooling Gel ($32)

Sea kelp, aloe and California poppy extract make up this tropically-scented gel that instantly quenches dry, sensitive skin after a day in the sun.

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OUAI After Sun Body Soother ($25)

Every spritz of this foam moisturizer delivers a hefty dose of aloe leaf juice, cucumber extract and rosehip oil to calm, hydrate and heal sunburned skin.

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Hampton Sun Continuous Mist Hydrating Aloe ($28)

A constant veil of skin-soothing aloe spiked with cooling menthol? Count us in. Stash it in your fridge for even more calming power.

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Burt’s Bees Aloe and Coconut Oil After Sun Soother ($10)

Perfect for face and body, this hydrating and quick-to-absorb option counts linden extract, a natural antioxidant, as a key ingredient to treat skin both now and later.

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Clinique After Sun Rescue Balm ($27)

Ideal for those of us who break out way too easily on our chest and back, this oil-free and non-acnegenic balm keeps skin (both on the face and body) happy and soothed.

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Sephora Collection After-Sun Mask ($5)

If your face got a little too much sunshine, reach for this refreshing mask—we keep one in every beach bag!—that’s packed with juicy watermelon extract.