Skin Care Basics: Moisturizers, Sunblock & Dark Spots

Proper skin care basics involve understanding the order of sunblock and primer application. Discover how to wash your face with jojoba oil, lighten skin tone at home, and use glycolic acid toners and aloe vera to manage dark spots and redness.

Young woman applying aloe vera gel to her face

How to Apply Aloe Vera Gel on Your Face

Published Nov,19 2018 | By Allen R Smith

Many people keep aloe vera plants at home and use the thick, clear gel inside the leaves to help soothe burns and heal wounds. Health-care practitioners use aloe vera to treat skin disorders, wounds, sunburn, radiation burns and dermatitis, according to Deanne Tenney and Rita Elkins, authors of “Aloe Vera.

Allen Smith is a founding writer for LIVESTRONG.COM. He earned his master’s degree in exercise science from San Diego State University, and worked in the first cardiac rehabilitation program in the U.S. In 1983, he was certified as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist with the American College of Sports Medicine. Since beginning his award-winning writing career in 2004, he has written thousands of health-related articles for print, the web and social media.