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phyre_brand

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Jan 30, 2007 10:31

Surviving Dry Itchy Winter SkinWe all know the feeling - we kick on the furnace for the winter and within days our skin starts screaming... loudly... for attention! It "screams" by getting dry and itchy, developing rough flaky patches, and just generally acting cranky! We have to DO something - we rush to buy the latest, greatest moisturizer - ( Read more... )

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cornflakegirl23 January 31 2007, 22:38:16 UTC

This is a great idea! I have a skin condition at the moment which is irritated by chemicals, and I would need to be careful about not scrubbing too vigorously, but I might give this a go. I would use acqueous cream with the sugar, I think, as it's incredibly mild.

Thanks for the ideas!

phyre_brand February 1 2007, 16:52:58 UTC

Hey, no problem. I got it from BYDLS.com. I'm going to get myself a container and do sugar with a cream thingy. I've used straight sugar in the past - it's a GREAT exfoliant. You can do your lips, too, and it tastes good if some gets in your mouth.

We've got an industrial-esque size bottle of olive oil, so I was thinking of using that and some of the lavendar essential oil I already have. Let me know how yours works out!