49. "yup. I pretty much use that basically" In response to Reply # 4
Late October through May out here where I live in the Midwest because it's often cold as hell well up until May sometimes and my black ass WILL NOT be walking around in public with ashy ANYTHING. SMH NOPE...
so shea butter. If I don't have shea butter, I'll do coconut oil. But I always have shea butter!!!
10. "lotion doesn't matter..." In response to Reply # 0
but i'm using vaseline intensive care right out the shower.
body shop body butter for spot treatment/as needed/hands. my family miraculously bought me 5, they must have saw me pull it out my purse at some point.
on top of that, i put coconut oil. it's an ideal winter oil because it's solid below around 80 degrees and i keep my home pretty cool. summer it's a liquidy mess or wavers between solid and liquid.
winter its the best, i put a sweet orange oil in it from whole foods and a tiny bit of tea tree oil and have been using it on my scalp too.
13. "This shea butter/coconut oil mix I made:" In response to Reply # 0
3/4 shea butter from a large batch my mom got for me when she went to Nigeria, 1/4 coconut oil (probably less), whip it up, add drops of sandlewood, clove and vanilla oils and voila.
Don't call me boho though.
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23. "My dry skin in the winter is the stuff of dermatological lore." In response to Reply # 0
It's horrendous. The only thing that works is SW Basics of BK cream. Expensive as hell but, literally, the only that keeps my legs from looking (and feeling) like an alligator wrapped in aluminum foil...
40. "flax seed oil you put on/in food" In response to Reply # 38
it works well for dry eyes, dry skin. some people prefer fish oils. but it's the same idea.
aha (alpha hydroxy acid) is in some lotions. the stuff t510 is talking about amlactin has it. some vaseline intensive care used to have it. it increases skin turn ove, so it decreases those little bumps, helps increase skin turnover, so you can slough off dead dry skin faster.
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