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How Dry I Yam
March 29, 2008 on 10:27 am | In Make-Up And Skin Care, Product & Catalog Reviews |Boy oh boy, is my skin dry.
I’ve used all kinds of moisturizers and my daily choice is a simple, unscented product from Trader Joe’s that works well in a no-nonsense kind of way.
But this, Sephora Body Butter works even better and smells like coconuty, almondy heaven. It sinks right into your skin, and to make it really effective, exfoliate first:
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Me too. May I say that I HATE MENOPAUSE?! Technically I am still perimenopausal since menopause, according to the proper definition, begins one full year after your very last period ever, and I don’t have any hot flashes or any of the symptoms everyone talks about, but dry skin has hit and it is not fun. Plus, I still break out once in a while. A former sweetie who will remain nameless (and who is aging very nicely, bless his heart — one of those long lean guys who hasn’t grown a gut and still has a huge handsome grin) once said to me ruefully “I always thought there would be a grace period between zits and wrinkles!” Well, there isn’t. What’s a girl or boy to do?
For feet, by the way (and this precedes menopause), you can use the very inexpensive allegedly for cows big jar of “Udderly SMOOth” (with little cow splotches to echo the MOO) that they sell at the CVS. At least here in the Southland!
For years I’ve been using the Aura Cacia apricot kernel oil (there are about six kinds of Aura Cacia facial and body oil, all very pure and with no crap in them, no parabens, no chemicals, etc.) on my neck and around my eyes and on most of my face — very delicate and I hardly have a wrinkle, but the skin on my face is getting much more dry, and in addition to applying moisturizer more often I think I need to change my skin-cleaning (or cleansing, as the ads say) regimen. Any advice? In particular, I think too much water or too much toner, or the wrong toner, is probably drying. PeaceBang or older-than-PeaceBang folks, help! (PB, I am at least a decade older than you, I think.)
Also, what’s your opinion of night cream vs. no night cream. The best French aesthetician I met said “never wear night cream, let your skin breathe” but there are other schools of thought — and I never know whether to trust them, since after all they want to sell night cream! Hard to sort out the capitalism from the necessities of dewy skin.
[Ms. Divine! First of all, I liked Udderly Smooth so-so until I used some on SweetieBang in one of those “here, we’re in the bathroom together and let me wipe some of this on your crusty elbows” moments and he was revolted by the smell of it. That was the end of that. The tube was almost empty and I shan’t get it again. For face: why not skip the toner and use an oil-based cleanser? Ja? -PB]
Comment by Caroline Divine — March 29, 2008 #
Oh, Sephora…my friend Emily and I like to play in there everytime we go to the mall.
Comment by Charlotte — March 29, 2008 #
For your face, The Body Shop has this great ‘Vitamin E moisture mask’ that isn’t greasy, but will take away those yucky dry spots. I put it on the dry spots at night. It will even go under make-up if the dryness is really bad.
Comment by Kristin — April 2, 2008 #