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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 324402" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Some great ideas Marg!</p><p></p><p>I react so strongly to smells that many products cannot even come into the house. I buy rose water (NOT at bath and body works - their "triple" rose water is far weaker than the stuff I buy at the health food store) and use it for many things. </p><p></p><p>I spritz it all over as a perfume. If my hair gel is not working after a few hours (sometimes my hair is just determined to misbehave) then I spray a bit of rose water on instead of water. It makes the gel work again. It is also nice on fresh sheets. We don't use scented dryer sheets so this makes the bed smell nice.</p><p></p><p>Jessie talked husband into buying special shaving cream for her legs. Scented stuff. No way would the stench even wash off. Strong fake fruit scent. Ick. Now we use the store brand of cetaphil wash. The stuff you can rinse off or tissue off. It is MUCH better for the skin, has no real smell, and almost eliminates razor burn. Razors last longer too. If she is out of that I have her use conditioner. husband uses the cetaphil stuff too.</p><p></p><p>I make a WONDERFUL skin cream. It has helped my scars a lot, and my aunt swears by it for her wrinkles. I make it in small batches because a little goes a LONG way and it can go bad. I use vitamin E in it to help preserve it. It mixes shea butter, emu oil, pumpkin seed oil and macadamia nut oil with a tiny amount of Vit. E. I just warm the shea butter until it is liquid, add the other ingredients and then put the bowl in a larger container of ice water. I whisk the cream until it is thickening and everything is well mixed. The pumpkin seed oil gives it a "funny" color, but it has many many benefits for skin. I just don't put the cream into clear jars, LOL!</p><p></p><p>I used to swear by estee lauder's double wear lip stick. It had the color and a clear gloss. Now I use cover girl lipstain and whatever gloss I have handy. It lasts longer and doesn't dry out my lips the way the brand name stuff does.</p><p></p><p>I don't use salt scrubs the way Marg described. I use sugar instead. Same method, but sugar doesn't sting little cuts. My fave is to use lemon oil with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 324402, member: 1233"] Some great ideas Marg! I react so strongly to smells that many products cannot even come into the house. I buy rose water (NOT at bath and body works - their "triple" rose water is far weaker than the stuff I buy at the health food store) and use it for many things. I spritz it all over as a perfume. If my hair gel is not working after a few hours (sometimes my hair is just determined to misbehave) then I spray a bit of rose water on instead of water. It makes the gel work again. It is also nice on fresh sheets. We don't use scented dryer sheets so this makes the bed smell nice. Jessie talked husband into buying special shaving cream for her legs. Scented stuff. No way would the stench even wash off. Strong fake fruit scent. Ick. Now we use the store brand of cetaphil wash. The stuff you can rinse off or tissue off. It is MUCH better for the skin, has no real smell, and almost eliminates razor burn. Razors last longer too. If she is out of that I have her use conditioner. husband uses the cetaphil stuff too. I make a WONDERFUL skin cream. It has helped my scars a lot, and my aunt swears by it for her wrinkles. I make it in small batches because a little goes a LONG way and it can go bad. I use vitamin E in it to help preserve it. It mixes shea butter, emu oil, pumpkin seed oil and macadamia nut oil with a tiny amount of Vit. E. I just warm the shea butter until it is liquid, add the other ingredients and then put the bowl in a larger container of ice water. I whisk the cream until it is thickening and everything is well mixed. The pumpkin seed oil gives it a "funny" color, but it has many many benefits for skin. I just don't put the cream into clear jars, LOL! I used to swear by estee lauder's double wear lip stick. It had the color and a clear gloss. Now I use cover girl lipstain and whatever gloss I have handy. It lasts longer and doesn't dry out my lips the way the brand name stuff does. I don't use salt scrubs the way Marg described. I use sugar instead. Same method, but sugar doesn't sting little cuts. My fave is to use lemon oil with it. [/QUOTE]
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