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[kat74]

Have you ever thought about what is used to make the lotion or cream you use and how friendly to the environment is. A tree suffered somewhere or another type of plant just as for you to feel smooth or smell good. Give yourself a challenge and don't use any of the products for a whole day.

[Germs]

I think i could do this pretty easily, a whole week might be a different story though.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

Use olive oil instead. No chemical fillers.

(Don't forget, Popeye took on Brutus just to save Olive Oyl.)

[zararina]

I actually seldom use lotion.
I just use sunblock lotion when I go to the beach which is very seldom too. I would just always bring umbrella and will not expose myself to the sun. Just recently, I sometimes use anti mosquito lotion but I do not use it on a daily basis.

[Mon-Jes]

I can't use a lot of lotions anyway because of chemical sensitivities. Depending on the weather I might not be able to, though. When it gets really dry, I have to use some sort of lotion on my hands, or they crack.

[sbircris.jr]

Yes, I can.
I recently discovered raw cocoa and shea butter. It's amazing, incomparable with any body lotion I had.
I ordered the butters from ebay, from a company which helps African women - extract and prepare those butters, at a half price compared with the cheapest lotion I bought from shops. Good deal and good deed :-)

The effects are : less cellulite, lovely natural smell (i love cocoa scent), incredible smooth and healthy skin.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

Mon-Jes, on 22 November 2011 - 01:41 AM, said:

I can't use a lot of lotions anyway because of chemical sensitivities. Depending on the weather I might not be able to, though. When it gets really dry, I have to use some sort of lotion on my hands, or they crack.

Try Castor oil. It's 100% natural (made from the seeds) and has no additives. Super thick though, so a little
goes a long way. (It's available in the pharmacy section of most stores.)

[Sandra Piddock]

Shortpoet-GTD, on 21 November 2011 - 04:22 AM, said:

Use olive oil instead. No chemical fillers.

(Don't forget, Popeye took on Brutus just to save Olive Oyl.)

I often use olive oil for moisturising purposes. It's very cheap here, and it works. Aloe vera plants grow like weeds here, so I snap off a leaf and rub the gel straight on to wounds and sunburn, so I suppose I save on aftersun in that way.

I try to go for 2 days during the week without using any lotions, creams or shower gels, but I also have to be sure I don't allow my skin to dry out too much, as then I'd need stronger stuff. That would rather defeat the object of trying to use less.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

I find that using a humidifier in the winter months helps with dry skin also. I keep a lot of houseplants,
and that's adds some moisture to the air too, after I water them and as the soil dries out.
Taking flax seed oil helps too.
I used to take Omega fish oil, but I'm skeptical of the source now with the toxins in the water,
so I switched to plant based oils instead.
But you're right Sandra, we do have to let our skin breathe. We can't always be slathering oils on it.
Clogs up the pores.

[Jessi]

I very rarely use lotion. The kind that smells good, doesn't actually moisturize, so I have no real desire to use it any more. And so long as I make sure I'm drinking plenty of water, I rarely feel like I have dry skin. I do occasionally still use it if I've been slipping on how much water I'm drinking, especially in the winter, but I don't think I'd even go through a bottle of lotion in a year (including sunscreen cream I use in the summer sometimes).

[inTHEsane]

I could do this easily no problem, in fact I could do it for a week, year, decade, or life time.
Of course I would be someone who doesn't like lotions at all. I mean for giving a good massage
to your romantic partner is one thing, but I never like the slimey feeling of lotion. Sunblocks
were an issue growing up to I would try my best to avoid having to use them. I may have lucked
out in the ginetics pool since I only ever use regular Zest soap in the shower, and my skin
is stays rather smooth. I think many have been convinced into thinking they need to rely on
something like that. Don't get me wrong I can tell the differnce in smooth on girls who do use
lotions and stuff, but not for me and not needed for them either in my opinion.

[mariaandrea]

I use lotion on my hands daily. Every time I wash them even with the gentlest soaps and cleansers, they dry out completely, get wrinkled and get that awful papery feel. Nowhere else on my body does that happen and I don't need to use lotion anywhere else. I use Burt's Bees Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream. They use natural ingredients and no petroleum byproducts, but there are some ingredients on the label I don't really know.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

inTHEsane, on 22 February 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

I could do this easily no problem, in fact I could do it for a week, year, decade, or life time.

You will rethink that as you age, and your skin loses it's natural oils.
Adding topical oil (as mentioned, natural-no chemicals) will lessen the appearance of wrinkles.
It isn't about "smooth skin" as much as it is protecting our skin, and keeping it moisturized and healthy.
I mean, you don't want to look like this, do you?
http://www.shutterst...rain-added.html

[inTHEsane]

Well I responded the way I did because the OP who was the one who asked about lotion, didn't
say whether or not it was about "smooth skin" or protecting yourself from the aging process.

As for the picture, honestly it wouldn't bother me. When your an old person your suppose to
look old, or at least I'm expecting myself to look old when I get old. I don't think there is any
direct evidence that says lotion will def. make such a dramatic increase in how wrinkly
your skin may be when you get old. Even if it did, still not worth a life of discomfort for
me just to look good when I am older. Granted yes once I get older if I experience
dry skin more and more, it may then be more comfortable to be slimed up with
lotion then dry cracked skin, but yeah I'm more then good until then.