Dry Skin Products

[amyb]

Wondered if anyone could help me; I have really tight/dry skin and spend a fortune on 'specialist' lotions and potions. Curently use a product called Aveeno which is really good but cost about £8 for a shower oil and doesn't last too long. Also use E45 bath oil, and lotions which again aren't cheap - and are almost never on special anywhere.

Does anyone know of any good own brand products or cheaper shops to buy from.

Would be much appreciated.

[unixgirluk]

Why not make your own? Get a good aromatherapy book from the library and use some of the recipes out of there. This is how I survived when i was a student and needed specialist skin care.

[amyb]

Why not make your own? Get a good aromatherapy book from the library and use some of the recipes out of there. This is how I survived when i was a student and needed specialist skin care.

Do you need to keept that sort of thing in the fridge??? Don't think the three blokes i live with would appriciate me stealing their beer space

[poe.tuesday]

my partner has such dry skin that his hands and feet litterally crack whenever the weather gets cold, he has really rough dry skin all over.

Last year I started to use quite an abrasive scrubbing mit on him and that get rid of a lot of the tightness he feels and use stuff like aquoise cream which is really cheap and seems to do the trick on the body, for the hands and feet there isn't really anything he can do but wait until the good weather but he has found relief from neutrogena hand stuff and wait for it....uddersalve :eek: (it's put onto cows udders to stop them chapping, you get it from vets and places like sprats)

[shokadelika]

Ever thought of reasearching the wonderfull benefits of extra virgin olive oil when applied to skin?

[ariba10]

A dermatologist told me that the best skin moisturizer was Petroleum Jelly (Vaseline)

[milkydrink]

I love Dove & Olay body products (& often on BOGOF:money: ).

If they don't suit what about baby products, they are very gentle & own brand ones very cheap:D .

Kim

[amyb]

A dermatologist told me that the best skin moisturizer was Petroleum Jelly (Vaseline)


Have used Vaseline on my feet before succesfully. Not quite sure of the practicalities of going to bed all salved up of an evening tho - surely its really sticky. Think i'd be sleeping alone. :rotfl:

[razorbladekisses]

Aqueous cream is really good for dry skin problems.

[unixgirluk]

No you don't need to keep aromatherapy stuff in the fridge in a drawer is fine as long as the stuff is stored out of the light.

[bigpaws23]

I'd work from the inside, out by looking at your diet.
Do you:
- drink a couple of litres of water a day?
- have some essential fatty acids every day in the form of oily fish (salmon, sardines, tuna, mackrel) , seeds (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower) or nuts?

I'd also suggest a daily zinc supplement and cutting out things like tea, coffee, alcohol and smoking as these all dehydrate you.

Ironically, I used to have dry tight skin until I gave up the expensive creams and lotions. Now I use next to nothing and my skin has never looked or felt better. My dh is always commenting on how soft it is.

I make a couple of products - yogurt and oats for cleansing and then I rarely need a moisturiser as oats are wonderfully soothing.
I make an all purpose lotion that can be used on my hands or face with neem oil and some essential oils in it. The base oils for that are jojoba, rosehip and avocado.

Something that is wonderful for the skin is sesame oil (not the toasted sort LOL!) it is very soothing and moisturising for dry skin.

Bigpaws x

[kitekat]

Wondered if anyone could help me; I have really tight/dry skin and spend a fortune on 'specialist' lotions and potions. Curently use a product called Aveeno which is really good but cost about £8 for a shower oil and doesn't last too long. Also use E45 bath oil, and lotions which again aren't cheap - and are almost never on special anywhere.

Does anyone know of any good own brand products or cheaper shops to buy from.

Would be much appreciated.

Check the ingredients in your skincare,as many have chemicals in them which irritate and age our skin,you may be best looking at natural skincare with no chemicals in it,there are a vast amount of natural skincare sites on the internet,ive checked Boots etc in my local town but they all seem to have parabens,ceretyle alcohol etc etc in them.

[iceicebaby]

I have dry skin, not exessively so tho and I use nivea. However if it gets drier for any reason then i use baby oil its great for dry skin. either put it on after bath or shower when your skin is still damp or put a squirt of it in your bath. be careful getting out the bath afterwards though is a bit slippery and clean the bath afterwards as we dont want the next person to use the bath doing themselves an injury!

[amyb]

Think my problem is that I’m quite lazy - can never really be bothered with checking ingredients or making my own stuff.

Thanks to everyone for suggestions - am going to make a start from now on. A little bit of effort is surely worth it to get rid of my rhino skin before summer arrives. :j

[Tiff]

Hi amyb!:hello:
I get very dry skin since I developed allergies.
Aqueous cream works wonders! Even better if you smother your feet in it at bedtime and then put on some socks - it'll work through the night. It is not greasy either.

If you get this as a recurring problem, you should see your gp. I did that and I get mine free on prescription. :money:If you're on benefits, it's worth asking.;)

It's the same with acne - it is a medical problem, not just a teenage nuisance, and you can stronger medications to help from your gp, and probably for free if a teenager 18 or under or on benefits. Seems like a better idea than spending huge amounts of money on wonder creams.:rolleyes: ;) Good luck hun.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

[tumbleweed261]

I bought a tub of E45 cream in Boots last week and it was on offer - 20% off or something? Quite a saving anyway, and my skin is loving it!

[amyb]

I get very dry skin since I developed allergies.


Mines the same reason - had a BAD reaction to penicillin over christmas and since then my skins been bad. Looked at aqueous cream in the shops and its really cheap so will try that. The pharmacist told me i can also use it as to wash with so i'll try that.

Thanks

[lestinch]

A couple of suggestions:

baby oil on damp <not wet> skin, can also apply it in the shower / bath. BE CAREFUL WHEN GETTING OUT!!!!!

Bio-Oil: it's about £8 to buy, but lasts ages cos you only need a couple of drops.

Exfoliating is a recommendation as well, I thought I had really dry skin, I started exfoliating regularly with a loofah thingy & noticed an immdeiate improvement. You don't need anything fancy, I would recommend some glove thingies though - easier to reach backs-of-knees etc than an actualy loofah whatsit!

[Proby]

i sometimes think that in the long run it can be cheaper to go expensive and then you never have to faff about buyng several things which can work initally but then cause irritation or fail to work.

Therefore here we go........ after many years of boots, netrogena, body shop hemp etc, e45 blah blah i buy Clarins body and hand lotion for very dry skin at £25 shocking but true-- it works and it has cleared up my Mums psoriasis like no cream from the doctor has done.

I put it on my face too, much to all my yummy mummy friends disgust.

I also take Flax oil, avoid wheat generally and avoid too many baths or showers........virgin olive oil in bath.