Who Say's Store Brands Aren't Just As Good? By Lena Christine on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
My daughter has very pale skin and does not tan thanks to her Irish blood. You know the typical type, fair skin, freckles, etc. She wears sunblock to go outside for anything during the summer, but sometimes when swimming or playing tball her sunblock gets washed or sweated away before I have a chance to reapply in time leaving here with a red face and more often then not shoulders and arms.
I too have issues with my face burning no matter what kind or how much sunblock I apply. Especially sitting through tball games with the sun beaming down for hours or laying on the beach trying to relax.
We both pay for it later at night when the tightness, stinging and burning really set in making it difficult to sleep or do anything else for that matter. Fair skin is no fun I tell you!
Once after we both had gotten a pretty bad burn from a day at the beach I had ran out to Rite Aid to buy some sun burn relief. Once I got there all the normal brands were missing from the shelves. I am assuming several others had had the same issue in recent days. The only thing left was a Rite Aid brand aloe vera gel made for quick relief.
Standing there looking at the green goop in the bottle, I thought to myself, "These store brands never work as well." At this point though, what other option did I have other then running to the other side of town to try a different store? My burn was hurting to much for that so I grabbed a bottle and took it home.
I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised at how soothing and helpful this store brand I had no faith in was. As soon as I rubbed it on both of us we got an immediate cooling effect and the pain went away until both of is were able to fall asleep that night.
The next morning the sunburns had drastically decreased and the only time we needed to apply was night time from there on out. Hey, I was excited about that! I hate sunburns!
Surprisingly enough after a few days when I had expected to start getting the peeling skin around my nose and forehead like usual...I got nothing! No peeling what so ever! Even the name brands had never acheived that feat with me before!
On an ending note, I have to say that this is one store brand well worth it and I will never doubt a Rite Aid brand product again.
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Rite Aid Aloe Gel with Lidocaine
The great green goop! Our family has used it for years. It's the best for cooling sunburn!
I think Aloe Gel is the best thing for sunburns. The last time my husband got burnt I quickly put some green goop on him and he didn't peel! Now we always have a bottle of Aloe around the house !
I swear buy this for sunburns and accidental burns such as from the stove. Have been using this brand for years.
This is the best stuff, I have been using aloe gel for years.
Irish girl here....bet you didn't know TINK was Irish! I think Rite Aid has great store brand products. I wouldn't hesitate to use them instead of any of the higher priced names. Great that this works for you and your beautiful little girl!
Just look and see if it has the same ingredients as the name brand. Rite aid and Wal-mart both sell their own brands of many products and usually they have the same ingredients so of course it benefits consumers to buy the cheaper brand. Wal-marts low price brand runs under the name Equate. They also sell a line of products I believe are called Mainstay that are cheaper.
Boy do I know what you are talking about...my 2 stepkids are BOTH like that...I am all the time telling them they need to take better care of their skin (one is 20 and the other is almost 16). Their mom already had a spot of skin cancer removed when she was in her mid 30's!
I love the lidocaine additions to my green goop Aloe products. Aloe only works for a short time for me, but with the lidocaine, the relief lasts a long time. Glad you were able to find this product that works well for you. Be careful out there in the sun!
This sounds like a great product. A "must" have for some.