For many years I have used Calamine lotion, as did my own mum when I was living at home. I always have a bottle at the back of my medicine cupboard though I haven't needed to use this for a while now. I buy my own Calamine lotion from Boots where it costs a little over £1 for a large sized glass bottle with a screw off lid. There is no child safety lid on mine, it simply screws off. I've used this lotion on many occasions, both on my daughter Sarah and on myself. My husband has also used this too. It's possibly seen as quite an old fashioned method of calming the skin down now, when there seems to be so many other up to date and more modern medications on ...  Read the complete review

I'm currently suffering from a condition known as Pityriasis Rosea, which has the unfortunate side effect of making my skin so itchy that at times I could think of nothing else aside from the urge/need to scratch. Luckily while the virus hasn't fully passed yet, the itching has no subsided and I can think straight enough to review some of the products I tried! Back when I was a child and suffering from the chicken pox, I remember my mum using Calamine lotion - to be honest I can't remember if it worked back then, but numerous people were recommending it to me now so I thought it would be worth a try. I made a trip to the pharmacy nearest my work and ...  Read the complete review

The product There are a range of things the calamine lotion is useful for including s sunburn, eczema, rashes, poison ivy, chickenpox, and insect bites and stings but to be honest the main 2 reason I have used this lotion is for sunburn and when my children had chicken pox. The product comes in a glass bottle with a screw top lid which is easy to remove it is pink in appearance and does have a strong chemical/ medical smell to it that all though is really strong is not over bearing once the product is on your skin. It washes off the skin easily and also we got it all over our sofa and the children's clothes while applying it as they are so young and ...  Read the complete review

When I was growing up, calamine lotion was a staple of our family medicine cabinet. From rashes to sunburn, my mum's response would be to whip out the calamine and dollop it on, and, unlike some of the other childhood remedies I remember (milk of magnesium springs to mind), it was actually OK- it didn't smell or sting, and had an immediate soothing effect. I vividly remember one occasion on holiday when I'd run through a huge bed of nettles, and been stung pretty much all over. Within a few minutes of being painted in Calamine, the stinging was soothed and so was I! Since then, I've not had much cause to turn to Calamine lotion (I don't make a habit of flinging myself ...  Read the complete review

Calamine Lotion is another one of those products I forgot I had and discovered by chance. My fiancé and I got slightly sun burnt whilst working in the garden not long after we moved into our house, not thinking it was overly hot neither of us applied sun cream resulting in slightly burnt shoulders. Whilst looking for something to apply to the sun burn in order to sooth it I discovered the bottle of Calamine Lotion, reading the back of the bottle it was suitable for the job so I decided to give it a go Appearance The brand of Calamine Lotion I have is Boots own brand, the lotion comes in a clear glass bottle displaying the pale pink liquid inside. The ...  Read the complete review