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Even though I'm downing copious amounts of water, my skin's decided to go all gross and scaly dry on me. Massive amounts of moisturizer from Boots, liberally and frequently applied, hasn't worked either. After going through the ingredient list online, the various innocuous ingredients in my soap, shampoo and moisturizer turned out to be drying agents and seemed to be the major culprits, so I needed to switch out to something else. With most of the bottles finished anyway, it was as good a time as any to find better replacements.
A trip to get roast chicken for lunch led to a detour to the organic store with 10% off for students, and I emerged with a pretty considerable haul. It was a grocery and beauty hall all in one place, which meant that everywhere I looked, I saw something I absolutely had to get. I basically stopped picking things off shelves when I started struggling with my shopping basket - the one good thing about my being completely weak and nonathletic is that it places a limit on my buying sprees relatively early on.
The internet is full of glowing reviews on the benefits of using coconut oil as a moisturizer (And cleanser, and sunscreen, and on toast. Is there anything it can't do?), and since the 500 ml jar of extra virgin organic coconut oil (It's also Fair Trade, been Cold Pressed and is basically Perfect in every way apparently) was 25% off that day, one went into my basket. I opened my jar this morning, using a teaspoon to carve out a small amount of solid oil, which was a nice clean shade of white, mottled with clear bits. There was a wonderful toasty, nutty aroma to it that made me think of ondeh ondeh and kueh lapis, so I had a small nibble before I started rubbing it into the dry scaly bits on my arms. It's really quite delicious, and now I feel ever so slightly disconcerted that every time I use it from now on, I'm going to want to eat my moisturizer. Or nibble myself after, which is possibly worse.
As far as moisturizers go, it's done quite well so far. The itch on my calves is gone, the scaly bits of my arms seem softer. The oil isn't a thick slick sitting on my skin, but light and easily absorbed. I'm quite impressed. I tried putting some on my chapped lips as well, but I just keep licking it off, so I don't know how effective it's going to be. Ah well, better than ingesting petroleum jelly I suppose.
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THE LIBRARY WON'T LET ME RENEW MY BOOKS. THIS IS A TRAVESTY.
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Going to find people who will eat non-Chinatown things with me after church tomorrow. It might be an impossible task.
A trip to get roast chicken for lunch led to a detour to the organic store with 10% off for students, and I emerged with a pretty considerable haul. It was a grocery and beauty hall all in one place, which meant that everywhere I looked, I saw something I absolutely had to get. I basically stopped picking things off shelves when I started struggling with my shopping basket - the one good thing about my being completely weak and nonathletic is that it places a limit on my buying sprees relatively early on.
The internet is full of glowing reviews on the benefits of using coconut oil as a moisturizer (And cleanser, and sunscreen, and on toast. Is there anything it can't do?), and since the 500 ml jar of extra virgin organic coconut oil (It's also Fair Trade, been Cold Pressed and is basically Perfect in every way apparently) was 25% off that day, one went into my basket. I opened my jar this morning, using a teaspoon to carve out a small amount of solid oil, which was a nice clean shade of white, mottled with clear bits. There was a wonderful toasty, nutty aroma to it that made me think of ondeh ondeh and kueh lapis, so I had a small nibble before I started rubbing it into the dry scaly bits on my arms. It's really quite delicious, and now I feel ever so slightly disconcerted that every time I use it from now on, I'm going to want to eat my moisturizer. Or nibble myself after, which is possibly worse.
As far as moisturizers go, it's done quite well so far. The itch on my calves is gone, the scaly bits of my arms seem softer. The oil isn't a thick slick sitting on my skin, but light and easily absorbed. I'm quite impressed. I tried putting some on my chapped lips as well, but I just keep licking it off, so I don't know how effective it's going to be. Ah well, better than ingesting petroleum jelly I suppose.
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THE LIBRARY WON'T LET ME RENEW MY BOOKS. THIS IS A TRAVESTY.
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Going to find people who will eat non-Chinatown things with me after church tomorrow. It might be an impossible task.