Olive Oil

[feliciakw]

It's not just for cooking.

Or virgins.

It can get things sizzling in more ways than one.

Recommended by fertility specialists, because even something as mild as KY can kill the li'l swimmers in some people.

Something to think about the next time you have bread with dipping oil.

Comments

[scionofgrace.livejournal.com]

Oh thanks. :-)

(Is it also cheaper than KY? Purely hypothetical for me at this point, but I'm curious.)

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

(I now have phrases of a Monty Python song running through my head. You know the one I mean?)

I believe it is cheaper. It's been a while since I've bought the plain KY (there is a wide variety of such things available--warming, his/hers, etc.), but you can get a small (8 oz) bottle of olive oil for around $3-$5.

I have extra-virgin (oh the irony) olive oil in the kitchen. Other varieties (like light for baking and plain for sautéing) as far as a know don't come in smaller (less that 16 oz.) quantities. At least, not a my grocery.

The drawback is that it's messier, since KY is a gel, whereas olive oil is a liquid.

[fufaraw]

Not as much fun as your suggestion, of course, but I have psoriasis and sensitivities to ordinary skin care product ingredients like lanolin, zinc, and petrolatum, and I resist using products packed with random chemicals. So naturally, there's some difficulty finding skin care products that don't trigger my sensitivities or cause psoriasis flare-ups.

One winter every product I tried broke me out to one degree or another--I spent most of that winter moisturizing with Crisco, mayo, or straight olive oil. Olive oil is fabulous for soaking nails and cuticles. It's great for hot oil treatment for dry hair. And I make my own sugar scrub by combining enough olive oil to cover 1/3 cup table sugar, stirred in so all the sugar is moistened. I add a quarter-teaspoon each of vanilla extract and orange flavoring for an absolutely heavenly scent. The scrub is completely edible, though I doubt it would be tasty or that anyone would want to try it.

It smooths and softens feet, elbows, knees, as well as the rest of the skin, and rinses away leaving a light film of oil, unless one wants to wash the scrub away with soap and water. Cheap, effective, sensuous, works beautifully and smells great! I'm a big fan of olive oil.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Oh, I feel your pain. Not psoriasis, but a few years back, I developed some sort of skin irritation to pretty much any lip product on the market. My mom stumbled upon Wild 'Erb (http://thewilderbcompany.com/) lip balm at a home and garden show. It's fantastic, and pretty much the only thing I can wear with assurance that the itching flakiness won't return. I wear it under the few lipsticks I wear.

They've also got hand creams and lotions and cooking herbs and such. Might be worth checking out for you. :-)

Your own concoction sounds like it smells fabulous.