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Mar 1, 2011, 12:13 pm
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I also do the Vaseline with gloves/socks overnight trick. Has anyone tried Crisco? Last year I read that a lot of people were using it as a cheap yet effective moisturizer. (It's pure vegetable oil, as I recall.) I tried some but found it a bit greasy. It's fine for calves, etc., that are hidden under clothes & tend to get drier than normal due to the constant abrasion from socks, pant legs, etc.
Mar 1, 2011, 12:54 pm
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I also do the Vaseline with gloves/socks overnight trick. Has anyone tried Crisco? Last year I read that a lot of people were using it as a cheap yet effective moisturizer. (It's pure vegetable oil, as I recall.) I tried some but found it a bit greasy. It's fine for calves, etc., that are hidden under clothes & tend to get drier than normal due to the constant abrasion from socks, pant legs, etc.
Mar 1, 2011, 3:26 pm
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Try AmLactin -- it is absolutely amazing!!!
I've struggled since childhood with painfully dry skin, and for most of my adult life with keratosis pilaris. Until recently, the only thing that made a dent in either condition was Lubriderm (thanks to lanolin), but it was barely adequate.
On medical advice, tried the AmLactin and WOW! The chronic keratosis is literally 99% gone for the first time in more than 20 years... even my horribly callused heels are vastly improved... it starts working after only one use. Seriously.
Only caveats: Active ingredient is an alpha hydroxy type acid, so you need to be very careful to protect your skin from sun exposure (increases burnability). Also, I've been told you should refrain from using it for a period of time (a week or two?) prior to being waxed as it tends to make the skin more delicate. However, use it after waxing/shaving to help prevent ingrown hairs.
Best of all, it's fragrance-free (I have an over-developed sense of smell) so it doesn't keep me awake at night, make me sneeze, interfere with perfume, etc.
If you have access to a Costco, get it there at the best price.
~mrs
I've struggled since childhood with painfully dry skin, and for most of my adult life with keratosis pilaris. Until recently, the only thing that made a dent in either condition was Lubriderm (thanks to lanolin), but it was barely adequate.
On medical advice, tried the AmLactin and WOW! The chronic keratosis is literally 99% gone for the first time in more than 20 years... even my horribly callused heels are vastly improved... it starts working after only one use. Seriously.
Only caveats: Active ingredient is an alpha hydroxy type acid, so you need to be very careful to protect your skin from sun exposure (increases burnability). Also, I've been told you should refrain from using it for a period of time (a week or two?) prior to being waxed as it tends to make the skin more delicate. However, use it after waxing/shaving to help prevent ingrown hairs.
Best of all, it's fragrance-free (I have an over-developed sense of smell) so it doesn't keep me awake at night, make me sneeze, interfere with perfume, etc.
If you have access to a Costco, get it there at the best price.
~mrs
The lotion is thick and odorless. It made a noticeable improvement in just a matter of days to the extremely dry skin on my son's hands and elbows.
Mar 1, 2011, 5:23 pm
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Watch out for shea butter if you have a nut allergy. The butter is made from the shea nut.
I don't especially like the l'Occitane 100% Shea Butter because it is stiff when cold. I does warm up from you body eventually, but I'm not a patient person.
I don't especially like the l'Occitane 100% Shea Butter because it is stiff when cold. I does warm up from you body eventually, but I'm not a patient person.
Mar 1, 2011, 5:56 pm
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I also do the Vaseline with gloves/socks overnight trick. Has anyone tried Crisco? Last year I read that a lot of people were using it as a cheap yet effective moisturizer. (It's pure vegetable oil, as I recall.) I tried some but found it a bit greasy. It's fine for calves, etc., that are hidden under clothes & tend to get drier than normal due to the constant abrasion from socks, pant legs, etc.
To keep Vaseline from making my hands too greasy I smear loads of it on the backs of my hands and let it sit for a while before rubbing it in.
Mar 1, 2011, 8:51 pm
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Love L'Occitane products for the wonderful smell, but they are pricey. Lately I've resorted to plain old Vaseline - it's cheap and available EVERYWHERE (even any airport, past security) since I'm always forgetting lotion or what's available is frankly sub-par. I have little pots of it in multiple languages, and the lip balm versions come in little tins that (so far) have sailed smoothly through airport security fine.
To keep Vaseline from making my hands too greasy I smear loads of it on the backs of my hands and let it sit for a while before rubbing it in.
To keep Vaseline from making my hands too greasy I smear loads of it on the backs of my hands and let it sit for a while before rubbing it in.
Mar 1, 2011, 11:55 pm
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I like L'Occitane shea butter hand cream. I haven't noticed it being stiff. I love the way it feels and smells.
http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/shea-but...hand-cream.htm
I also like Aveda's hand relief a lot as well.
http://www.aveda.com/product/CATEGOR...ize/index.tmpl
http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/shea-but...hand-cream.htm
I also like Aveda's hand relief a lot as well.
http://www.aveda.com/product/CATEGOR...ize/index.tmpl
Mar 2, 2011, 7:16 am
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I like L'Occitane shea butter hand cream. I haven't noticed it being stiff. I love the way it feels and smells.
http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/shea-but...hand-cream.htm
I also like Aveda's hand relief a lot as well.
http://www.aveda.com/product/CATEGOR...ize/index.tmpl
http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/shea-but...hand-cream.htm
I also like Aveda's hand relief a lot as well.
http://www.aveda.com/product/CATEGOR...ize/index.tmpl
Aveda doesn't post ingredients on their website, or at least, not that I could find.
Mar 2, 2011, 12:20 pm
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Ingredients--From the Packaging
Aqueous (Water, Aqua Purificata, Purified) Extracts: Echinacea Purpurea (Coneflower), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Glycerol Stearate, Polyglycerol-6-Dioleate, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Lactic Acid, PEG-100 Stearate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice Root Extract), Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Carapa Guaianensis (Andiroba) Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Fragrance, Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Xanthan Gum, Maltodextrin, Sodium Lactate, Magnesium Sulfate, Potassium Sorbate, Chlorphenesin
To gather more information, or to order online, visit
www.aveda.com
Mar 2, 2011, 2:48 pm
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I found this, that someone else had posted I search to avoid fragrance):
Ingredients--From the Packaging
Aqueous (Water, Aqua Purificata, Purified) Extracts: Echinacea Purpurea (Coneflower), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Glycerol Stearate, Polyglycerol-6-Dioleate, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Lactic Acid, PEG-100 Stearate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice Root Extract), Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Carapa Guaianensis (Andiroba) Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Fragrance, Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Xanthan Gum, Maltodextrin, Sodium Lactate, Magnesium Sulfate, Potassium Sorbate, Chlorphenesin
To gather more information, or to order online, visit
www.aveda.com
Ingredients--From the Packaging
Aqueous (Water, Aqua Purificata, Purified) Extracts: Echinacea Purpurea (Coneflower), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Glycerol Stearate, Polyglycerol-6-Dioleate, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Lactic Acid, PEG-100 Stearate, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice Root Extract), Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Carapa Guaianensis (Andiroba) Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Fragrance, Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Xanthan Gum, Maltodextrin, Sodium Lactate, Magnesium Sulfate, Potassium Sorbate, Chlorphenesin
To gather more information, or to order online, visit
www.aveda.com
Mar 3, 2011, 11:59 am
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Hands
What works for me is to slather my hands with a very goopy, very thick hand cream and then wear surgeon's rubber (latex) gloves to sleep in. That seems to help. My hands get very dry in the winter and this works.
Mar 3, 2011, 1:20 pm
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Some people are sensitive to petrolatum, and lotions that contain this (especially when it's high on the ingredients list) can feel like they are working at first, but minutes or hours later your hands feel drier than before. Flaky, even. I know this is what happens to mine, anyway.
I like Eucerin Plus Intensive Repair Hand Creme. No petrolatum, but does contain alpha hydroxy acid.
Another thing that nearly 'burns' my skin is aloe, would you believe?! I can't use it anywhere. No soothing properties for me! It's crazy...
I like Eucerin Plus Intensive Repair Hand Creme. No petrolatum, but does contain alpha hydroxy acid.
Another thing that nearly 'burns' my skin is aloe, would you believe?! I can't use it anywhere. No soothing properties for me! It's crazy...
Mar 3, 2011, 2:07 pm
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Some people are sensitive to petrolatum, and lotions that contain this (especially when it's high on the ingredients list) can feel like they are working at first, but minutes or hours later your hands feel drier than before. Flaky, even. I know this is what happens to mine, anyway.
I like Eucerin Plus Intensive Repair Hand Creme. No petrolatum, but does contain alpha hydroxy acid.
Another thing that nearly 'burns' my skin is aloe, would you believe?! I can't use it anywhere. No soothing properties for me! It's crazy...
I like Eucerin Plus Intensive Repair Hand Creme. No petrolatum, but does contain alpha hydroxy acid.
Another thing that nearly 'burns' my skin is aloe, would you believe?! I can't use it anywhere. No soothing properties for me! It's crazy...
Mar 3, 2011, 2:53 pm
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Mar 3, 2011, 3:42 pm
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Really? When I get a nasty sunburn (or any sunburn), nothing feels better on the burn than the cool feeling of aloe to alleviate the burn and help prevent peeling. But it has a burning sensation for you? Yikes.