Jason Sport Natural Sunblock SPF 45
www.jason-natural.com; $12
When the weather heats up and you take to the outdoors to play tennis or other sports, protecting your skin with a high SPF that is sweat-resistant and doesn’t burn your eyes is essential so you can play hard and reduce your risk of sunburn. The Jason Sport Natural Sunblock offers a non-greasy, water-resistant, tear-free formula for long-lasting UVA and UVB protection. Enriched with vitamin E, shea butter and antioxidant-rich green tea extract, this sunblock naturally nourishes and moisturizes the skin. Though a high-power sunscreen, you’ll still have to reapply after swimming, sweating, and towel-drying, for the best protection.
Dessert Essence Organic Jojoba Oil
www.desertessence.com; $15
This multi-purpose skin care and beauty product can cut down on the items you keep in your gym bag. With post-winter dry hair or flaky, summer-chafed skin, you can use this lush oil as a body moisturizer, makeup remover or deep conditioning treatment for your hair (smooth over your hair and skin and sit in the sauna for 15 minutes for a self-pampering – and cheap – spa treatment). This organic seed-based oil moisturizes without leaving any oily residue, cleanses clogged pores and even helps prevent flakiness when massaged on the scalp.
Sanitas Lemon Cream Scrub
www.sanitas-skincare.com; $32
After a hard-core workout that leaves you – and your skin – feeling wiped out, jump in the shower and revive yourself with Sanitas Lemon Cream Scrub. This anti-aging mild cleanser softens, gently exfoliates and stimulates your skin with silica crystals, while nourishing it with lipophilic antioxidant-rich vitamin C and vitamin E. Sanitas’ skincare line features active, biogenic, paraben-free and preservative-free ingredients in highly concentrated dosages that offer anti-aging benefits to give you healthy, beautiful skin.
Aquaphor Healing Ointment
www.aquaphor.com; starting at $6
An ounce of prevention can save you a pound of workout-related pain. Before you sweat, save yourself from blisters and chafing by rubbing Aquaphor Healing Ointment on your feet, inner arms, chest inner thighs, under sports bra straps and waistbands. Even the biggest rush of endorphins can’t dampen the annoying burn of chafed skin. Recommended by dermatologists, Aquaphor is made with glycerin, chamomile extract and provitamin B5, and is fragrance-free, preservative-free and ideal for sensitive skin. You can also use this healing ointment daily to protect your skin from weather and frequent hand washing.
Jack Black Mr. Fix It ointment
www.getjackblack.com; $20
When blisters, scrapes, cuts and bruises do happen (at the gym and elsewhere), Mr. Fix It is an antimicrobial wound-rescue balm that uses the fast-healing benefits of silver. A crystal-clear lightweight gel, this soothing ointment is quick-absorbing, non-greasy and petrolatum-free. It goes beyond leading first aid treatments and has been shown to inhibit the growth of MRSA, E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus, along with other germs and bacteria that often thrive in gyms and outdoor workout areas. Though Jack Black is marketed as a men’s product, we women give it two-thumbs up.
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