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Soothe-Me After-Sun Lotion

Soothe-Me After-Sun Lotion
DARLING
Benefits
  • Nourishing
  • Barrier-Strengthening
  • Antioxidant
  • Anti-Inflammatory
  • Anti-Redness
  • Anti-Bacterial
  • Anti-Acne
  • Brightening
  • Hydrating
  • Anti-Wrinkle
  • Sculpting

The DARLING Soothe-Me After-Sun Lotion is a silky, fast-absorbing lotion for dehydrated, sun-exposed and dry skin, designed to rehydrate, cool and restore. Suitable for daily use as a body moisturiser as well as post-sun recovery.

A Ceramides Complex restores the skin's barrier and prevents moisture loss, while Vitamin E delivers oil-soluble antioxidant protection against free radicals. Chamomile Extract soothes inflammation and hydrates, and Jojoba Oil replenishes the hydro-lipidic film without greasiness.

Shea Butter deeply nourishes and repairs, Bilberry Extract brightens and resurfaces with natural AHAs and antioxidants, and Horsetail stimulates Collagen, Elastin and Hyaluronic Acid for improved firmness and tone — leaving skin calm, soft and visibly rejuvenated.

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The DARLING Soothe-Me After-Sun Lotion is a silky, fast-absorbing lotion for dehydrated, sun-exposed and dry skin, designed to rehydrate, cool and restore. Suitable for daily use as a body moisturiser as well as post-sun recovery.

A Ceramides Complex restores the skin's barrier and prevents moisture loss, while Vitamin E delivers oil-soluble antioxidant protection against free radicals. Chamomile Extract soothes inflammation and hydrates, and Jojoba Oil replenishes the hydro-lipidic film without greasiness.

Shea Butter deeply nourishes and repairs, Bilberry Extract brightens and resurfaces with natural AHAs and antioxidants, and Horsetail stimulates Collagen, Elastin and Hyaluronic Acid for improved firmness and tone — leaving skin calm, soft and visibly rejuvenated.

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More Info

  • - + Who it is for
  • - + How to Apply
  • - + Ingredients
  • - + Smell & Texture
  • - + About the Brand
  • - + Who it is for
  • - + How to Apply
  • - + Ingredients
  • - + Smell & Texture
  • - + About the Brand
Who it is for
Green tick
For you if

Dehydrated Skin

Post-Sun Care

Sun Damage

Dull Skin

Dry Skin

Red Cross
Not For you if

Essential Oil Intolerance


Not sure? Consult an expert.

How to Apply
Apply evenly to the body, gently massaging until fully absorbed. Ideal after sun exposure for a soothing and refreshing effect, contributing to the restoration of skin hydration. Also suitable for use as a daily moisturising body cream.
Ingredients

Scroll down the page for a full breakdown of the active ingredients.

Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, PEG-8, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Prunus Armeniaca Kernel Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Equisetum Arvense Extract, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower/Leaf Extract, Ceramide AP, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ceramide NP, Ceramide EOP, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Isoamyl Laurate, Dimethicone, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Isoamyl Cocoate, Menthol, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Amyl Cinnamal, Terpineol, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum (Fragrance).


Please note: The ingredients listed in this product are subject to change as the formulation is updated. We aim to update the INCI list as soon as possible, but we encourage you to read the ingredient list on the product itself to ensure it's suitable for your personal use.

Smell & Texture

Smells Like: Tropical notes of Coconut, Tiaré and Monoi.

Texture: A lightweight lotion that is easily absorbing and non-greasy.

About the Brand
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Founded in 2018 in Modena by Ilenia Gebennini and Alberto Giacobazzi, Darling set out to make sunscreen desirable and effortless. Blending Italian design with skincare-level nourishment and advanced UV protection, the brand delivers high-performance formulas with a seamless, non-greasy finish. This approach turned SPF into a cult-status ritual celebrated worldwide.

We love Darling for reimagining sun protection as skincare. Powered by advanced chemical filters, their formulas glide on seamlessly, leaving a silky texture and a natural, healthy glow that feels like a second skin. These next-generation filters also provide high, stable protection, making Darling not only effective but also beautifully wearable every day. Unlike traditional sunscreens, it delivers protection you’ll actually want to wear.

Darling is powered by next-generation chemical filters, including Uvinul T150, Uvinul A Plus, and Tinosorb S. These advanced actives convert UV rays into heat, delivering stable, broad-spectrum protection against both UVA and UVB damage. Lightweight and sheer, they blend seamlessly into the skin and are suitable for even sensitive types. Non-irritating and environmentally friendly, these filters make Darling’s suncare both high-performing and effortlessly wearable.

The Benefits

  • - + Nourishing
  • - + Skin Barrier Strengthening
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Anti-Redness
  • - + Anti-Bacterial
  • - + Non-Comedogenic
  • - + Brightening
  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Sculpting
Nourishing

Nourishing body care delivers deep comfort and softness through rich, replenishing textures. Formulated with oils, ceramides, and barrier-strengthening ingredients, these treatments restore essential lipids and hydration to improve resilience and suppleness. They instantly soothe dryness, smooth rough texture, and leave your skin feeling nurtured, calm, and visibly healthier. Well-nourished skin is more radiant, less reactive, and beautifully soft to the touch.

Skin Barrier Strengthening

Strengthening your skin barrier involves replenishing the key elements in the top layer of your skin (stratum corneum), leading to a stronger and healthier barrier. These essential elements include lipids (ceramides, fatty acids, and cholesterol) and Natural Moisturizing Factors (amino acids, hyaluronic acid, etc.). Various factors, such as incorrect skincare use, seasonal changes, and aesthetic treatments, can damage your skin barrier. When this happens, your skin loses excess water through Trans Epidermal Water Loss (T.E.W.L) and becomes less capable of defending against environmental stressors, resulting in dryness, sensitivity, and irritation.\n\nA healthy skin barrier is crucial for overall skin health as it helps prevent hydration loss, protects against environmental damage, and reduces the risk of skin conditions like eczema and acne. By strengthening your skin barrier, you ensure your skin remains well-hydrated, resilient, and protected.

Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss

Reducing Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL) is key to maintaining your skin’s optimal hydration levels. By strengthening your skin’s natural barrier, these ingredients prevent water from escaping, keeping your skin well-hydrated and plump. The result is a smoother, more supple complexion with improved texture and resilience, giving you a healthier, more radiant look.

Antioxidant

Antioxidant Protection shields your skin and preserves its youthful glow. It refers to a defence system that protects against harmful molecules and keeps your complexion healthy and radiant. Free radicals, those incredibly reactive molecules, come from everyday sources like sunlight, diet, smoking, and pollution. They attack healthy cells, accelerating skin ageing, causing wrinkles, loss of firmness, pigmentation, and dullness. Incorporating antioxidants, such as vitamins C and E, into your routine creates a protective shield on your skin. These powerful ingredients neutralise free radicals, preventing them from causing damage. The result is skin that stays youthful, firm, and luminous.

Anti-Inflammatory

Anti-inflammatory body care is designed to soothe, calm, and rebalance irritated or reactive skin. Using targeted actives that reduce inflammation, these formulas provide relief from redness, itching, and discomfort caused by conditions like eczema, keratosis pilaris, or post-shaving sensitivity. Inflammation is the body’s natural response to stress or damage, but when it lingers, it can weaken the skin barrier and trigger flare-ups. These calming treatments help restore balance by reducing swelling, reinforcing the skin barrier, and supporting the body’s natural healing processes for smoother, stronger, and more resilient skin.

Anti-Redness

Anti-Redness skincare is all about reducing and preventing facial or body redness, which can result from irritation, skin conditions, compromised barriers, and hormonal changes. A targeted approach with multiple strategies works best for tackling redness. Anti-Redness formulations include active ingredients that soothe and strengthen your skin barrier. Their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties calm inflammation and protect against environmental irritants. Additionally, these ingredients have vasoconstrictive properties, meaning they reduce blood vessel dilation to lessen redness. Together, these actions help achieve a more even-toned, balanced complexion that's less prone to redness flare-ups.

Anti-Bacterial

Anti-bacterial action targets and inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria on the surface of the skin, which is especially important for areas like the back, chest, and shoulders that are prone to congestion, excess sweat, and friction from clothing. Anti-bacterial ingredients work by disrupting essential bacterial processes such as cell wall synthesis and protein production, effectively neutralising acne-causing bacteria like Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes).

These targeted formulas are designed to penetrate the thicker skin of the body, helping to reduce inflammation, calm irritation, and prevent the formation of new blemishes. Over time, this helps to visibly improve the clarity, texture, and overall health of the skin, leaving it smoother, more balanced, and less reactive to external stressors.

Non-Comedogenic

Non-comedogenic skincare is specifically formulated to avoid clogging pores, making it ideal for skin prone to congestion, breakouts, or excess oil. These formulations are carefully designed using ingredients that do not block the pore or contribute to the build-up of sebum and debris within it, allowing the skin to function normally without obstruction. By maintaining clear pores and supporting a balanced skin environment, non-comedogenic products help reduce the likelihood of blackheads, whiteheads, and blemishes.

Brightening

Brightening your skin means restoring its natural glow. One of the best ways to do this is through exfoliation. By exfoliating, you promote faster skin cell turnover, replacing old, damaged cells with fresh, radiant ones. This keeps your skin looking vibrant and healthy.

Hydrating

Hydration is all about the water content in your skin that keeps it supple and healthy. Humectants, ingredients with water-binding properties, deliver this hydration by attracting water molecules from the atmosphere. For the best results, apply hydrating serums right after a shower. Humectants not only replenish your skin's hydration but also enhance its water retention, creating a long-lasting hydration reservoir. Adding humectants like hyaluronic acid to your routine will restore your skin's healthy glow, minimize fine lines, and provide a plumping effect.

Anti-Wrinkle

Anti-wrinkle products work to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles by boosting collagen and elastin, essential proteins that keep your skin glowing. Collagen helps reduce wrinkle depth, while elastin shortens their length. Keeping your skin hydrated is crucial, as dehydration can make wrinkles more noticeable. For smooth, bouncy skin, ensure you stay well-hydrated and use products that promote collagen and elastin production.

Sculpting

Lifting is all about visibly firming and tightening skin that shows signs of sagging. As we age, our skin produces less collagen and elastin, the proteins that keep it firm and elastic. Sun exposure and pollution make this worse, leading to a sagging appearance. Lifting products work by creating a tightening film on your skin for an immediate lift, while also rejuvenating it over time. These actives stimulate collagen production and improve skin tone and elasticity, helping to restore facial contours and enhance overall firmness.

  • - + Nourishing
  • - + Skin Barrier Strengthening
  • - + Reduces Trans Epidermal Water Loss
  • - + Antioxidant
  • - + Anti-Inflammatory
  • - + Anti-Redness
  • - + Anti-Bacterial
  • - + Non-Comedogenic
  • - + Brightening
  • - + Hydrating
  • - + Anti-Wrinkle
  • - + Sculpting

Active Ingredients

  • - + Vitamin E
  • - + Ceramides Complex
  • - + Chamomile Extract
  • - + Jojoba Oil
  • - + Shea Butter
  • - + Bilberry Extract
  • - + Horsetail
  • - + Rosemary Extract
Vitamin E

Vitamin E is a powerful oil-soluble antioxidant renowned for its excellent skin-protecting and replenishing properties. It helps prevent premature ageing by safeguarding skin cell membranes from damaging free radicals. Its nourishing qualities strengthen the skin barrier, enhancing resilience against environmental aggressors and improving water retention by reducing trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL). Additionally, Vitamin E has soothing effect thanks to it anti-inflammatory properties.

Ceramides Complex

Ceramides are lipids naturally found in our skin barrier. They play an essential role in preventing Trans epidermal Water Loss (TEWL) which is the loss of moisture through the skin, by restoring and maintaining healthy the skin's barrier function. Ceramides also enhance the skin's natural protection against environmental aggressors and irritants, helping to keep skin balanced and calm.

Chamomile Extract

Chamomile Extract, derived from chamomile flowers, is one of the most potent anti-inflammatory actives. This gentle extract not only soothes and calms but also deeply nourishes and hydrates the skin. With its potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, it effectively heals and protects, promoting skin health and resilience.

Jojoba Oil

Jojoba Oil has a similar oil composition to human sebum (oil) This similarity allows it to replenish the hydro-lipidic film and regulate sebum overproduction, without clogging pores or creating a greasy feel. When applied to the skin, Jojoba Oil can trick the skin into thinking it has produced enough oil, thereby reducing excessive oil production. Additionally, it has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, making it ideal for congested, oily, and blemish-prone skin.

Shea Butter

Shea Butter is renowned for its deeply nourishing benefits. It helps to repair and strengthen a weakened skin barrier while enhancing water retention. It quickly replenishes and restores dry, dehydrated and fragile skins.

Bilberry Extract

Derived from Bilberry Berries, Bilberry Extract is a potent natural ingredient packed with antioxidants and beneficial natural acids, including AHAs, BHAs, and Ellagic Acid. AHAs and BHAs acids gently resurface and decongest the skin, while Ellagic Acid brightens and evens out skin tone, resulting in a smoother and clearer complexion. Its exfoliating properties, combined with protective antioxidants, help prevent visible signs of ageing, promoting a firmer, toned, and plump appearance. Bilberry Extract also supports microcirculation in the skin, revitalising it and boosting a healthy glow.

Horsetail

Horsetail is a herbaceous plant rich in actives that help to stimulate key components within the dermis: Collagen, Elastin & Glycosaminoglycans such as Hyaluronic Acid. The stimulation of these components improves the skin's firmness, tone and hydration. Horsetail extract is also rich in antioxidants and boasts healing properties, ensuring the skin is protected against environmental aggressors and premature cell ageing.

Rosemary Extract

Rosemary Extract provides soothing and protective benefits. Rich in antioxidants, it shields the skin from environmental damage while its anti-inflammatory properties calm and reduce irritation, promoting a healthy and balanced complexion.

  • - + Vitamin E
  • - + Ceramides Complex
  • - + Chamomile Extract
  • - + Jojoba Oil
  • - + Shea Butter
  • - + Bilberry Extract
  • - + Horsetail
  • - + Rosemary Extract
Next Gen UV Filters

Next-generation UV filters represent a new standard in sun protection, designed to deliver high-performance, broad-spectrum defence with superior stability and skin compatibility. Unlike traditional filters, these advanced molecules—such as Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine and Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate—provide consistent, long-lasting protection against both UVA and UVB rays without breaking down under sunlight. This photostability ensures reliable defence against premature ageing, pigmentation, and cellular damage, while allowing for lighter, more elegant formulations that sit seamlessly on the skin.

Beyond protection, these filters are engineered with skin experience in mind. They enable ultra-light, invisible textures without the heaviness, greasiness, or white cast often associated with older sunscreen technologies. Their high efficiency means lower concentrations are needed to achieve optimal protection, reducing the risk of irritation and improving overall tolerability—even for sensitive skin. The result is a new generation of SPF that not only protects at a higher level, but does so with a refined, weightless finish that integrates effortlessly into a modern skincare routine.

Spotlight

Next Gen UV Filters

Next-generation UV filters represent a new standard in sun protection, designed to deliver high-performance, broad-spectrum defence with superior stability and skin compatibility. Unlike traditional filters, these advanced molecules—such as Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine and Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate—provide consistent, long-lasting protection against both UVA and UVB rays without breaking down under sunlight. This photostability ensures reliable defence against premature ageing, pigmentation, and cellular damage, while allowing for lighter, more elegant formulations that sit seamlessly on the skin.

Beyond protection, these filters are engineered with skin experience in mind. They enable ultra-light, invisible textures without the heaviness, greasiness, or white cast often associated with older sunscreen technologies. Their high efficiency means lower concentrations are needed to achieve optimal protection, reducing the risk of irritation and improving overall tolerability—even for sensitive skin. The result is a new generation of SPF that not only protects at a higher level, but does so with a refined, weightless finish that integrates effortlessly into a modern skincare routine.

Why I love it

  • 'Beautifully fragranced, silky to apply and matt at absorption. Darling suncare is a complete pleasure to use on a daily basis!''

    X Natalie K-F

    Founder, Embassy of Beauty

  • DARLING Soothe-Me After-Sun Lotion 200ml
    DARLING

    Soothe-Me After-Sun Lotion

    £41

    The DARLING Soothe-Me After-Sun Lotion is a silky, fast-absorbing lotion for dehydrated, sun-exposed and dry skin, designed to rehydrate, cool and restore. Suitable for daily use as a body moisturiser as well as post-sun recovery.

    A Ceramides Complex restores the skin's barrier and prevents moisture loss, while Vitamin E delivers oil-soluble antioxidant protection against free radicals. Chamomile Extract soothes inflammation and hydrates, and Jojoba Oil replenishes the hydro-lipidic film without greasiness.

    Shea Butter deeply nourishes and repairs, Bilberry Extract brightens and resurfaces with natural AHAs and antioxidants, and Horsetail stimulates Collagen, Elastin and Hyaluronic Acid for improved firmness and tone — leaving skin calm, soft and visibly rejuvenated.

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