Guide
How to put lotion on your own back
Putting lotion on your own back usually means a few streaks where you can reach and nothing in the middle. With a long-handled applicator and the right order, you can cover your whole back evenly, on your own.
Step by step
- For moisturizer, towel off after your shower so your skin is still slightly damp. For sunscreen, start with dry skin.
- Put a coin-sized amount on the pad. Spread it across the pad with your fingers. A blob in the middle goes on as one thick patch.
- Hold the handle near the middle. Start at the top of one shoulder blade and sweep down.
- Work in overlapping strips from top to bottom, then reach behind you at your waist to cover your lower back.
- Go over the strip between your shoulder blades from both directions. It's the area most often missed.
- When the pad starts to drag, add a little more.
- Afterwards, rinse the pad, wipe the handle with a damp cloth and hang it on the hook to dry.
Sunscreen
Apply sunscreen 15 minutes before you go outside, and use more than feels necessary: most people put on too little. Reapply every 2 hours, and after swimming or sweating.
One pad per product
Do you use more than one thing on your back, like moisturizer, sunscreen, self-tanner or an acne treatment? Keep a separate pad for each so they don't mix. That's what the four-pad set is for.