Comments on: Beauty Call

By: philosophizer

philosophizer — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:46:30 +0000

For me, Aussie Dual Personality Root Cleanser/Tip Mender has been the only drugstore shampoo that doesn’t bother my head in the winter. And for the flaking face, I use this ocean clay and sunflower oil face wash stuff that the Body Shop was clearancing out on a scrubby sponge.

But the coconut oil thing – omg. Coconut oil can fix anything on the skin. Only reason I stopped is lack of patience to rub it all in. It’s awesome stuff, and has a slight antimicrobial quality, so if there’s any germs or fungus causing your problem, it helps kill it while removing the flakes. Also, melt some and mix baking soda into it, and let it resolidify. It’s a scrub, a deodorant paste, and an edible toothpaste! Craziness.

(and of course, use it in your cooking – it’s good for fatigue. that’s how my mom first found out about it.)

By: zuzu

zuzu — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:49:09 +0000

Actually, I recently quit drinking, but you’ll pry my coffee from my cold, dead hands.

I’ve been drinking a lot of fruit juice spritzers — I’m not crazy about straight fruit juice, since it tends to be thick and sweet, but as a flavoring for seltzer, it’s great. I especially like using Key lime juice, though you have to be careful how much you use. I also got some fancy-schmancy blood orange juice.

Between quitting booze, transitioning to veganism and being more attentive to hydration, albeit for all of a week now, I’ve definitely noticed a difference in my undereye circles and my ability to sleep.

By: The Countess

The Countess — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:37:22 +0000

Another possibility is to cut down on alcoholic drinks because they also dehydrate you. I hope I don’t get another “blasphemer!” tag because of that suggestion. ;) I think the main key is to add more water to your diet, regardless of how much coffee and booze you drink. Water might seem boring, but as you drink more of it and less of things like soft drinks, it will taste better to you. I bought a water filter for the sink for The Royal Spawn, since he drinks nothing but water. It does make a difference. Now I drink nothing but water (not including my coffee and wine). I stopped drinking soft drinks months ago.

By: The Countess

The Countess — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:34:43 +0000

The Countess: “Try to avoid coffee.”

Zuzu: “BLASPHEMER!”

ROFL. I know I’m one to talk. I need my three cups of liquid caffeine every morning or I remain a zombie all day. Maybe drink your usual amount of coffee, but make sure to drink lots of water all day long. Lubriderm is also a good moisturizer for your skin. It feels a little greasy to some people, but I like it. Use the SPF 15 Lubriderm.

I heard a comedian once say that he has to have his pot of coffee every morning. No other enema works as well. Bwahahaha!

By: cooper

cooper — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:12:26 +0000

tea tree oil.

I have been here for two and ahalf years.

By: Nomie

Nomie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:14:56 +0000

For itchy face skin: Lush moisturizer is glorious. Pricey, but amazing. I recommend Celestial; it’s made for sensitive skin, it’s very rich, it’s not their most expensive type, and it smells like vanilla frosting.

By: flyinfur

flyinfur — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:09:32 +0000

Crockpots make good (cheap) humidifiers as well, and not quite as dangerous as a pot on the stove (I once allowed eggs to boil dry. Do you know they EXPLODE when they do that?).

If your scalp is itchy in addition to flaking, try a shampoo with coal tar in it.

For itchy skin, a bath in cornstarch is sometimes helpful (use 1/2 box).

By: belledame222

belledame222 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:32:25 +0000

No further beauty tips, just complete commiseration viz eye-shrivelling indoor heat here. Some mornings I wake up and it’s like all the water in the world isn’t enough to quench the painful thirst-on I’ve gotten during the night. And that’s *with* the windows open.

By: kreepyk

kreepyk — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:56:33 +0000

I have dry skin generally, and moving to Minnesota didn’t help.

Here’s what I do:

1. Use Aveda or other “hippie” shampoos that are not made with petrochemicals. This was a tip from the stylist.

2. Wash my hair every other day or less in Winter. Pretend you are in Europe.

3. Drink lots of water.

4. Condition your hair everytime, down to the scalp and let it sit in there.

5. No hairdryers!

By: zuzu

zuzu — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:02:42 +0000

Try to avoid coffee

BLASPHEMER!

Ahem. Thanks for all the suggestions. I do have a humidifier, but it tends to grow slime mold at an alarming rate. My radiators are built into the wall, so no dice on using the poor man’s humidifier, but I will try to set pans of water in front of the radiators and see what happens.

I bought the Aveda scalp treatment, and it seems to be helping somewhat. I’ll also get the coconut oil or amla hair oil (there’s a dusty old pharmacy near where I live that stocks a lot of South Asian products) to use over the weekend.