Sally: Yeah? That’s what everyone thinks, but no-one’s ever used it in the quantities I do".
- Sex, Death and Nudity
The climate here is arrid and dry skin is inevitable. I make sure to slather on the moisturizer in the morning after washing my face, everyday. No exceptions. I don't use wimpy cream either. I use thick cream that creates a barrier to trap moisture underneath and protect my skin from the elements.
Yet, some mornings I step out if my house and I can feel the moisture being sucked away into the air.
Some products I use that are reasonably priced and I have had great results with, except in extreme weather are:
Weleda Skin Food (heals windburn overnight!)
Nivea Cream (metal tin made in and imported from Germany)
Venus Crema Glicerinata (Italian product more easily obtainable in Montreal)
Vaseline Creamy
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (food grade sold in health food stores)
Yet, today and tonight the only thing giving my skin relief is a moist face cloth.
My body presents similar challenges. I use the following:
LUSH Dream Cream
Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Lotion
Johnson's Baby Oil
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
These are all applied to moist skin straight out of the shower.
It's really dry today. My skin is itching from my head down to my toes. My scalp is itching, the skin on my face, especially my around my eyes hurts.
I have to constantly wear lip balm. I treat my hair to a coconut milk soak when I can. That is applying coconut milk straight out of the can onto hair and scalp and slapping on a plastic cover keeping it on as long as you can stand it before washing it all off.
What kind of comfort challenges do you face related to the climate where you live?
