Ambre Solaire After Sun Soother (Ambre Solaire After Sun Soother)

Member Name: carlmcq

Product:	Ambre Solaire After Sun Soother
Date:	27/07/09 (148 review reads)
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Advantages: Instantly relief

Disadvantages: None

Once upon a time, in a land not far away, the sun shone of a place called Great Britain. Everyone soaked up the rays and became transfixed with the sport of tennis for two weeks due to something going on a SW19. Nowadays however, this is a time of legends as since then the weather, has simply, been lousy. For those who remember the sun, or have been fortunate enough to go on holiday recently, this little product may be just the ticket for you.

Ambre Solaire's After Sun is the product, which helps soothe the skin after a nasty bout of sunburn, which us Brits are excellent at obtaining. The 200ml bottle comes in a light turquoise-blue plastic container, slightly different to the picture on shown on the product description on the website, but identical in shape.

The product description of the soother states..."This soothing, hydrating milk is specially developed to rebalance skin that has been dehydrated & over heated after sun exposure. Your skin is able to regain it's natural moisture levels and is left soft, supple & hydrated for 12 hours." That sounds delicious and ingenious. It's a slight euphemism for saying those who get burnt do have a saviour from impending agony and flaky skin. Of course, the product is dermatologically tested, and the list of ingredients reads on and on like a large portion of text taken from War & Peace.

But how does it work? Well, the rather complicated formula of ingredients contains a 'soothing agent' to help relieve the agony of sore skin caused by sun exposure. Problems such as prickly heat will also calm down somewhat when this is applied, but it's usually best to take anti-histamines if you're suffering from that. Apparently the after sun is "enriched with cactus extract" which helps lock in the moisture of the cream into the skin. How? Absolutely no idea, but it does. Honest.

You can pick up this product on Amazon for £5.07 at the moment, but I imagine most of us would buy it in Boots or Superdrug, which I believe price it at a similar cost. Products like after-sun, and suncream of course, are never cheap, partly due to the complexity in producing such a cream to help block out dangerous rays from the sun, which end up damaging the skin and could create all sorts of problems for us. I guess you can't put a price on that kind of protection...but if you can, then put some money aside for this little piece of relief!

Summary: Just in case you forget to apply the sun cream!