Ain't no sunshine when she's ashy.

[darkitysnark]

Yeargh. It's been years since I possessed a fresh, dewy complexion (if at all) but this winter skin situation is getting ridiculous!

Granted, I've been slowly dehydrating myself (not on purpose!) and keep forgetting to lotion up après shower (I was going to go all out French but après douche just sounds too raunchy), but really. The return of

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[another_masque]

It doesn't work for everyone but I swear (on my critters' collective graveyard) on Omega supplements - fish oil, flaxseed oil, whichever you want (I use flax), but it has definitely improved my skin hydration. (Seriously. I haven't had chapped lips in over a year. AT ALL.)

And doooood - why not just drink the crunchy, flavorful tap water?

[darkitysnark]

Hm... well I would get my minerals that way, wouldn't I? :P

I have been taking flax seed oil supplements, but not as much or as often as I should. Maybe I should double my intake... (The Mister had me down a spoonful of unrefined coconut oil the other day because he read somewhere that it was good for easing PMS symptoms. It was so barfy I almost tore him a new one again. :P However, I bet my coat will be nice and shiny!)

The one professional facial I got led to the aesthetician calling my skin "crepe-y" which sounds delicious but is actually some sort of diagnosis of dehydration.

[another_masque]

eeeewwwwww! A straight spoonful of any kind of oil would make me gag. Ugh.

[audreymcqueen]

Dood, it isn't even winter yet! I'm afraid I have no useful advice, however, since I'm dreadfully lazy (and a bit cheap) about going out of my way to slather body lotion. My hands, lips and nose are really feeling it, though, so I might have to do something soon. Stupid dry winter! Stupid gas forced air!

[darkitysnark]

Makes my eyeballs ache just thinkin' about it. Argh.

[darkitysnark]

Spot on assessment of the heretofore ineffable eau d'burt. I used to use that hand salve (that's just fun to say out loud) like it was going out of style, but get greasy keyboard keys with too much use. Bleah. But! It might do the trick for my itchy shins. Either that or the shea. Or topical application of coconut oil. I'm tellin' y'all, The Mister has been convinced that the coconut oil cures all evils.

[drachemaedchen]

I slather myself in olive oil all winter long. Granted, it's a bit inconvenient. But your skin will feel so nice...I add dried lavender to it to make it smell good. The BEST thing to do is to also pierce and squeeze a bunch of vitamin E pills into the olive oil and shake it up before applying. Once when my hands were ridiculously dry, I heated up some of this concoction and soaked my hands in it. Ahhhh.

[darkitysnark]

Sounds like a marinade! Or maybe I'm just hungry. :P

[castingtherunes]

Well kittyflop beat me to the Omega-3, but I do hear that jojoba oil is excellent for greasing up dry skin!

[darkitysnark]

I still called it "joe joe bah" up until about two years ago. :blush:

Sounds like I'm going to have the most well lubricated "potions and lotions" section of the bathroom!