Our sun Paste is a concentrated, unyielding version of our Sun Salve, created for those bold, bright hours when the light is strongest and your skin needs extra support. Whether you’re surfing, hiking, farming, or soaking in the midday blaze, this paste stays put.
Built on a base of Temecula-grown, cold-pressed olive oil, we infuse calendula, sage, comfrey, and gotu kola — time-tested herbal allies that restore skin, calm inflammation, and strengthen your barrier layer over time. A generous dose of sea buckthorn oil offers carotenoid-rich radiance and regeneration, while rhatany root extract supports the skin’s natural resistance to UV exposure with its tannin-rich, toning power.
We combine these botanicals with extra non-nano zinc oxide to create a durable, breathable shield. Shea butter and beeswax lock in moisture and ensure the paste won’t melt away in water, sweat, or sun. This is your go-to for long hours under the sun.
Why You’ll Love It
Organic olive oil from Temecula Olive Oil co.*, Jojoba oil*, Non-nano zinc oxide @20%**, Iron oxide**, Beeswax*, Shea Butter*, Yarrow*, Sea buckthorn oil*, Calendula*, Comfrey Root*, Gotu kola*, Sage Leaf*, Rhatany root extract*, Bergamot essential oil*, Geranium essential oil*, Sage essential oil*.
*organic ingredients
**All the ingredients that can be considered organic are organic in our product. Things such as zinc or plant extracts can’t always be considered as an organic ingredient even if the starting material was organically sourced.
⋒ Rich antioxidants support DNA repair and clearance of inflammatory, cellular waste products.
⋒ Clears old acne scars, discoloration, and blemishes.
⋒ Deeply hydrates skin at a cellular level.
⋒ Support healthy collagen formation to reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
⋒ Protects against harmful rays (UVA, UVB, Blue light) and atmospheric pollutants.
Apply to the face and body for extended sun exposure. We recommend reapplying every 90minutes for ultimate resilience.
We recommend using it before long-term sun exposure, especially during the middle of the day from 10 am - 2 pm when the sun is at its Zenith.
Our tubes are the perfect alternative to conventional plastic, our unbleached natural paper tubes are durable yet biodegradable. The label is made with a sugarcane adhesive making them non toxic & compostable.
Not at all — the Sun Paste Stick was designed to become one with your skin. The balance of non-nano zinc and iron oxides allows you to control your coverage: apply it heavy for visible, long-wear protection that melts into a warm golden tone, or rub it in lightly for a more transparent finish that still delivers full mineral SPF benefits. Unlike most sunscreens that you can’t wait to wash off, ours nourishes the skin long after sun exposure — so you can simply massage it in for post-sun repair and hydration. It’s skin food, not just sun protection.
Yes to both. We use the perfect blend of Beeswax and shea butter to provide a lasting natural water-resistant layer that stays on through surf and sweat, while all ingredients are safe for coral reefs and aquatic ecosystems.
Yes — and more than that, it’s nature’s original solar lather. Our cold-pressed organic olive oil from Temecula Olive Oil Co. is the same kind of oil the ancient Mediterranean cultures massaged into their skin before long days under the sun. Rich in polyphenols, squalene, and vitamin E, olive oil naturally carries a mild SPF factor (around 7–8) and helps neutralize free radicals caused by UV exposure. Instead of blocking the sun, it supports your skin’s own melanin response — forming a nourishing lipid barrier that strengthens your solar resilience over time.
Absolutely. Botanical antioxidants like sea buckthorn, rhatany root, and vitamin E help reduce oxidative stress, support collagen repair, and prevent sun-induced damage such as fine lines and dark spots — allowing your skin to age with grace, not fear.
Yes. The Sun Paste Stick is formulated not only to protect but to restore. While the non-nano zinc oxide and iron oxides shield the skin’s surface, the herbal infusions work beneath it — Sea Buckthorn, Gotu Kola, Yarrow, and Rhatany Root help regenerate skin cells, fade sun spots, and strengthen collagen weakened by past UV exposure. Calendula and Comfrey Root calm inflammation and stimulate repair, while Vitamin E and Olive Oil deliver deep antioxidant protection to reverse oxidative stress. Each application is both defense and remedy — helping your skin remember its natural radiance, even after years of sun wear.
Because it’s made with beeswax, shea butter, and zinc oxide, the Sun Paste Stick naturally grips the skin - lasting through 60–90 minutes of swimming, sweating, or full sun before needing reapplication. When worn lightly, it absorbs and blends beautifully for daily protection; when applied thicker, it forms a visible barrier ideal for long surf sessions or hours outdoors. You can also reapply throughout the day as a post-sun balm it continues to feed and restore your skin even after exposure.
Sunshine Rituals breaks from traditional sunscreen and skincare companies that recycle and reuse product recipes throughout the industry. Rather, we dedicate ourselves to creating the safest, most effective, and pure products to provide true transdermal nourishment and cellular optimization for the body’s largest organ, the skin.
Each ingredient is chosen for both its singularly potent and complementary effects, that marry with each and every single other ingredient, resulting in a rounded and multipotent formula.
At Sunshine Rituals, we challenge the norm of skincare. Our Naturopathic Doctor consciously crafted our unique formulas through extensive research and design. With knowledge and years of education in traditional herbal medicine and plant-based practices, we ensure our products are backed by the latest scientific research.
Full-spectrum extracts work due to their complexity in nature. Hundreds, if not thousands of molecules found in plants are tailored to work together for a specific purpose, making them more effective at lower doses with fewer side effects.
These vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants create a symphonic harmony allowing cells to properly absorb, metabolize, and utilize the herbal medicine to its full potential.
It’s the ancestral, genetic wisdom in our cells that requires all the components to work together properly, each serving as a vital cog in the ability of the medicine to take effect in the body.
In addition to boasting these synergistic, full-spectrum healing qualities, the oils form the base of our products. That means no empty fillers that typically make up the bulk of most skincare products. This truly packs in the maximum therapeutic potential for each Sunshine Rituals products, especially when we pair our herbal oil extracts with other organic, natural, and nutrient-dense ingredients.
We hope you enjoy each blend and Earth's powerful gifts within them.
What elevates our products above the rest is our natural ingredients and herbal oil extracts that form the base of our formulas. For most of history, topical formulas were typically crafted by macerating fresh or dried medicinal herbs in a variety of oils. All knowledge, then, of the healing effects of topical herbal medicine, has been acquired over the centuries of trial and error, is applicable largely to oil extracts.
The reason oils have long been used as a base for topical medicine is because oils are able to extract the majority of the anti-oxidants and volatile compounds that are essential for skin health and healing. Not to mention, oils are vital for optimal function at the cellular level where they are utilized to fortify cell membranes.
We gently heat and macerate our herbs in organic cold pressed extra virgin olive oil grown locally in Temecula for long durations of time allowing the oils to fully penetrate the herbs before we strain and separate them. This gives us the most complete, full-spectrum, herbal extracts that create the bulk of our formula and what makes them so noticeably effective and delightful.
In the modern world, herbal extracts, isolated ingredients, and synthetic ingredients will typically be produced with the use of harsh solvents and reagents that alter and strip away most of the beneficial ingredients that were once part of a whole. These toxic ingredients and chemically modified substances leave residues behind and alter the natural activity of organically occurring compounds. This means that there is a trace amount of toxins being rubbed on your body, damaging DNA, and compromising long term skin health.
We partner with environmental focused nonprofits and foundations that help clean & protect our oceans, plant more trees, stop deforestation, and protect our open lands.
