Fruit of the Earth Aloe Vera 100% Gel – $6.99 for 24 oz.

Aloe Vera is the most basic but important necessity if you’re planning to spend time in the sun. Keep this Fruit of the Earth bottle in your refrigerator and not only will it cool sun-kissed skin, it will help heal the damage by locking in moisture and creating a protective barrier during the process of rejuvination. {Drugstore.com}

Avon Foot Works Cherry Ice Cooling Foot Spray – $5

You should wear sunscreen on the bottoms of your feet, but even that wonâ€t necessarily protect you from sun-scorched sand that can heat them as you walk to the ocean. This delicious-smelling foot spray from Avon is just $5 and will relieve your feet if they are feeling fire-y. {AVON}

Alba Kona Coffee After-sun Lotion – $7.03

This unique product contains Kona coffee, a powerful anti-oxidant that, along with the natural acids in caffeine, neutralizes damage from sun exposure. The lotion also contains vitamin E and tropical emollients from macadamia and kukui oils to hydrate and nourish the skin. {Vitacost}

Mission Products After-sun Ultra Soothing Revive Gel – $9.99 for 3 oz.

This product is designed to be especially effective for athletes battling sunburn, windburn or skin irritation from being exposed to extreme weather on a consistent basis, though it is effective for summer beach-goers as well. Itâ€s fragrance-free, so it is particularly safe for the delicate skin on your face. In fact, in can also be used as an after-shave for men or women, making it doubly worth it. {Mission Skincare}

First, simplify your makeup routine. Cutting back on how much makeup you use each day will not only cut the number of products you have to bring, but will look much better than a face full of melting products. You’re on vacation after all, so there’s really no reason to look all dolled up. Cut down to the bare minimum: a tinted moisturizer, face powder with SPF, bronzer and a shot of mascara can take you from day to night.

Our suggestions? Neutrogena’s Healthy Skin Enhancer is a tinted moisturizer that is great for combination skin and hot summer days. With SPF 20 and Retinol, this product provides some protection from the sun and prevents nasty blemishes from popping up. {Neutrogena} Follow the tinted moisturizer with a bronzer, sweeping it with a fluffy makeup brush across your cheekbones, forehead, nose and chin; basically anywhere the sun would hit most. Sally Hansen Natural Sun Glow Powder Bronzer goes on light and sheer but with enough color to make it seem you spent the day in the sun. {Sally Hansen} Top off the look with a swipe of waterproof mascara, like Maybelline’s Lash Discovery mascara in Very Black {Maybelline} Later in the day, refresh your SPF and soak up some excess oil with a product like Bare Escentuals SPF 30 Natural Sunscreen, which features Titanium Dioxide as the active ingredient in a powder applied with a built in brush. {Sephora}

Finally, we have three additional beauty products to simplify your vacation. Wherever you go for your summer vacation, it’s important to slather sunscreen on any exposed skin. Supergoop! makes super-handy, zinc-oxide sunscreen wipes that are easy to travel with since they are not liquid. {Sephora} Another handy product is Cake Beauty’s Satin Sugar Hair & Body Refreshing Powder. This powder goes a long way, helping to absorb oil from day old hair, as well absorbing odor and oils from the skin. {Sephora} Lastly, the ease of Sula Beauty’s water-based nail polish can’t be beat. Because it’s water based, it’s much kinder to nails, allowing them to grow strong and healthy and as an added bonus you don’t need a nail polish remover to get rid of a color you’re sick of. We like Sorbet, Azure, and Champagne Coral for the summer. {Sula Beauty}

These nifty, one-time-use wristbands monitor sun exposure and tell you when to reapply sunscreen and to get out of the sun. The bands work with sun lotion of SPF 15 or higher and cost around a dollar a piece.

After applying sunscreen to your body and the band, the band turns purple. When it’s time to reapply sunscreen the band turns a peachy pink and then yellow when it’s time to get out of the sun. The changing colors are meant to protect your skin down to the deepest layer. With concerns about tanning beds being raised, it’s important to keep the skin cancer risks of any kind of excessive tanning in mind. Added bonus: the wristbands are recyclable through most recycling programs.