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.
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Date: 2010-06-11 03:40 am (UTC)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.