Dry skin

Tigerhair · Post: # 13154Post **Tigerhair** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:13 pm

What can I use as a scrub for my dry back, arms, face, hands... etc! This time of year is a killer! I normally use bought salt or sugar scrubs.... anyone have any recipes for home made stuff?

hedgewitch · Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:25 am

Chuck a handful of Oats into your bath water or place some in a bit of muslin which ties round the tap so as the flow of water passes through.
This will moisturise your skin and leave it wonderfully soft.

Wombat · Post: # 13187Post **Wombat** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:33 am

Lanolin (the hydrated stuff not anhydrous) is very good for your skin. Try getting hold of a sheep and rubbing over the affected parts.

I can't wait to hear the story you give to the farmer to explain your actions

Nev

nick · Post: # 13193Post **nick** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:06 pm

for a 'kitchen facial'

oats moistened with a little baby lotion for a scrub

followed by

a little honey spread on in a thin layer, massages and left until fairly sticky for circulation and helping to soften skin

egg white for firming (apply and wait until dry) - use the yolk for shiny hair)

end with nomal facial moisturiser

make sure you're not expecting anyone - don't want to be seen with egg on your face

for all over body exfoliation - soften skin with baby oil (good excuse for a massage)leave for 20 mins, follow with a relaxing soak in the tub - best done AH when childen in bed. just use a face washer for scrubbing skin. I use a sock of oats in the tub as well.

Millymollymandy · Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:39 pm

Nick, you're a bloke!

And an Aussie one at that!!! double

Millymollymandy · Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:40 pm

Hang on, maybe you're a girl called Nick!

Goodlife1970 · Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:13 pm

Millymollymandy wrote:Nick, you're a bloke! And an Aussie one at that!!! double

Now now MMM,isnt it nice to see a fella taking care of his appearence? Apologies if you are a girl naturally!

Tigerhair · Post: # 13245Post **Tigerhair** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:35 pm

Thanks all - will try those tips...

Wombat wrote:
I can't wait to hear the story you give to the farmer to explain your actions

Nev

ROFL, Nev! I work in a vets so a sheep isn't too hard to come by (we had a dead one in yesterday doing a post mortum!).... hmmm how to phrase the question.....

Tigerhair · Post: # 13246Post **Tigerhair** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:36 pm

... I didn't mean the sheep was actually DOING the PM!!!

Shirley · Post: # 13251Post **Shirley** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:12 pm

HAHAHA - Tigz.. that has conjured up one heck of a picture.

Hey... how are you guys doing now - has the pox left the household??

Shirley · Post: # 13266Post **Shirley** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:50 pm

LOL - I think Nick is a gal....

But there are several people that I don't know whether they are male or female on this site... only because their names could be either I hasten to add!!!!!

Goodlife1970 · Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:19 pm

Prehaps we could have a F or M next to our username to save confusion? Then again,prehaps not!

Shirley · Post: # 13275Post **Shirley** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:27 pm

it doesn't really matter... and in some ways it is quite nice!

nick · Post: # 13281Post **nick** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:53 am

tricked you

glad I got a laugh out you all - I am a F - have pretty much the same username for a few forums. the first group I tried to join already had my name so used my son's.

(after trying a lot of names and combinations - don't have much of an imagination)

woolcraft · Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:38 am

My daughter spent some years as a dancer and they use olive oil with a handful of sea salt to exfoliate and moisturise all in 2 minutes. Rub it on really hard and the salt exfoliates and then dissolves so that it can be showered off leaving a layer of oil. It really is effective and the dancers did it everyday before each show.