just1n3: I've never seen that before, but it looks like fun?
― kate78, Monday, 17 September 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
Guys I've never has rosacea but since I read about the mite poos I've been washing my face with antibacterial soap. I know this will most likely result in a world of other problems from dry wrinkly skin to excellerated mite evolution but I can't help myself!!!!
― It is a car of sincerity. How to know your car? That is secret (sunny successor), Monday, 17 September 2012 23:41 (eleven years ago) link
I think about mite poop every time I wash my face
is sandblasting a thing?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 September 2012 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone had broken capillaries on their face treated with lasers? i keep acquiring more of these, related to rosacea. also what is this mite talk? i'm pretty sure my rosacea is not caused by mites since i always have outbreaks in tandem with migraines.
― john zorn has ruined klezmer for an entire generation (bene_gesserit), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
I had some broken capillaries treated with IPL, but tbh new ones just keep coming so I give up and "treat" them with concealer.
― quincie, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 11:49 (eleven years ago) link
whoever recommended aveeno handcream upthread, otm
bought some today, v nice!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 October 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
working on being more *attentive* to my skin in general
got some amylactin so I can try to finally work on my bumpy arms. also switching up my face-washing to use the cetaphil cleansing bar for a while (still with cerave moisturizer, bc the soap is a touch too drying for me to go without completely). in general my face has calmed down a fair bit, I have worn makeup a few times lately without any real bad after effects, but I'm interested to see what a change will do.
oh and I know this probably for the nail thread but I found this cool tub of nail & cuticle cream that's for horses hooves? but for people? lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 October 2012 07:25 (eleven years ago) link
Love Aveeno for body (not for face), glad it's working for you!
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Saturday, 13 October 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
I can't believe I am saying this but coconut oil really helped with my husband's bumpy arms! Cheap, too (at least if you get it at an international store and not Whole Foods).
Horse stuff has a long following with humans--Mane and Tail shampoo, etc.
― quincie, Saturday, 13 October 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
Trader Joe's has super cheap coconut oil (I'm a huge fan of it as a moisturizer).
― carl agatha, Saturday, 13 October 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
hmm I just bought some coconut oil to cook with, maybe I'll nick some and try it
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 October 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
somewhere on ilx there is a discussion of keratosis pelaris, from which I first heard the coconut oil thing. I was a total skeptic, but tried it on dude's arms, and arms got better! Hardly a randomized controlled trial, but for two bucks it is certainly worth a shot. At worst, you'll have bumpy arms in otherwise silky smooth skin!
― quincie, Saturday, 13 October 2012 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
and I will smell like the ladies tanning beside our local pool in 1985
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 October 2012 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
The one from TJ's smells like macaroons
― carl agatha, Sunday, 14 October 2012 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
I have two deluxe samples of the new Corrective Lift line from Chanel.... ARGH I AM IN LOVE WITH IT, AND IT'S SOOOOOO EXPENSIVE.
― homosexual II, Monday, 15 October 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
keratosis pelaris: vaseline and saran wrap.
― kate78, Monday, 15 October 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
well today is my first day of smelling like a giant coconut macaroon so far, so gooddo y'all put this stuff on your face or just bod?
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 12:35 (eleven years ago) link
I put it on my face at night. It's too greasy for daytime. I use it as cuticle oil, too, but don't use it on the rest of my bod because I think it would make things I touch/sit on oily and I know it would attract cat hair.
I've been meaning to try it as a hair treatment but haven't had a day where I felt like hanging out with a grocery bag on my head for a few hours.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
I am covered in the stuff and I don't feel greasy or covered in animal hair. I was glossy for a few min in my robe this AM but it sunk in and now I just smell like a cookie. Will consider it for hair! Never thought of that. Kinda scared to put it on my face though.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
I read Lechera's comment before carl's and wondered why coconut oil would cause anyone to be covered in animal hair. Think I have it all straightened out now.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I used it on my hands the other day was v impressed by how soft they felt
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
I got some lotion prescribed by my US dermatologist and it has cleared my skin up really well - no longer get spots around my chin. HOWEVER I asked my UK doctor for a prescription and she's never heard of it. How can I get hold of it? It's just a generic. I am not likely to live in the US again :(
― kinder, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
What is it? Is there an active ingredient listed?
― kate78, Thursday, 6 December 2012 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
give me names from the lotion label and we will help you!
― quincie, Thursday, 6 December 2012 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah way to be mysterious!! :P
― homosexual II, Thursday, 6 December 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
It's nothing glamorous! :)Sulfacetamide sodium topical suspension USP 10%
― kinder, Thursday, 6 December 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
I wish I knew whether the bags under my eyes are puffiness that I could fix with more sleep/water/ridiculous creams, or just the inexorable downward progress of the fat that supports my eyes. No point in trying to do anything if it's the latter.
― ljubljana, Friday, 4 January 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
I think I have a sty. I have never had one before.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 5 January 2013 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
ljub, maybe try more sleep and water and see how that works. If you're sleep deprived you might find you don't care as much when you finally get enough rest.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 5 January 2013 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
True. I've found this really hard to tackle, and I seem to need a lot of sleep. I'll have another go when I get back to TO next week.
― ljubljana, Saturday, 5 January 2013 08:27 (eleven years ago) link
i changed up a bunch of stuff in my skincare routine in the last 3 weeks and my skin is looking/feeling better than it has in a looooooooooooooong time
- got this http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1233691-main-hero.jpg from sephora, in lieu of a clarisonic: it's super gentle and doesn't leave my face looking red like a washcloth does (5$!)- stopped using st ives scrub on my face, switched to an olay exfoliator with synthetic spherical beads- started slathering on coconut oil every night- got a travel-size of philosophy's hope-in-a-jar- started back on using diluted witch hazel as a toner- got a big tub of calcium bentonite clay for mud masks
my face feels super soft and smooth, the dry patches have completely gone and the persistent blackhead clusters/damaged skin/big pores across my nose and at the corners of my mouth have definitely minimized in appearance. and my skin just looks more... glowy. i also got a eucerin moisturizer but that's for when the philosophy runs out.
i don't if it's all or one or some of these things that have made the difference (please, god, don't let it be the philosophy, that shit's expensive and don't really want to keep buying it), but i haven't been this happy with my skin in a few years.
my undereye area is still a wreck, but oh well
― just1n3, Friday, 17 May 2013 03:01 (ten years ago) link
Oh that sounds sooooo nice to have a positive skin change! I'd like more info on this coconut oil thing--I have a bottle that is primarily used for S's keratosis peloris on his upper arms (it works a charm!), but I think I still harbor 1980s Seventeen Magazine phears of putting anything called "oil" on my breakout-prone face.
I have been pretty damn good about serious sunscreen usage while living in non-stop sunshine (we're near the Tropic of Cancer, for god's sake), but the sunspots are still blooming like flowers in May :(
― quincie, Friday, 17 May 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
Oh and I never thought I'd complain about dry dry dry skin (not so much my face, but the rest of me), but I am seriously a desert. But it is so damn hot, and I'm in and out of water so much, that it seems useless to try to moisturize. I need advice from Abbott for Arizona-style skin care!
― quincie, Friday, 17 May 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
yah i'm pretty stoked!
for a while i was using the coconut oil kind of off and on, so not really noticing anything, but was mostly using cerave PM. but i was getting these flaky patches around my mouth, my nose was kind of dry, and exfoliating/moisturizing wasn't really doing anything. the cerave pm is pretty thin so instead of going out and spending more $$$ i thought maybe committing to the coconut oil would be a good thing to try, since i have an enormous jar of it for cooking.
i think it absorbs really really well - although i do use a pretty generous amount anyway bc it's going on at night. i don't wake up with dry patches and maybe it's contributing to the general super softness/smoothness of my skin.
and no zits since my new regime! i got a little something on my chin the day after the mask, but i just spot-treated it and it came to nothing.
i think i want to investigate retin-A next, but i'm kind of ugh about dealing with the 3 months of breakouts that it initially causes. plus i don't want to bother with trying to see a derm to get a prescription.
i'm also REALLY liking coconut oil for my tattoo - it deepens and brightens the color, for longer, than regular body lotions do.
― just1n3, Friday, 17 May 2013 04:03 (ten years ago) link
Coconut oil is amazing. Try it, quincie! I hear you about that Seventeen, no oil on the face indoctrination but we're kind of far from 17 now so we have different needs.
I'm not from AZ but I dry out like beef jerky every winter and some kind of heavy, serious body moisturizer is soooo necessary. Eucerin cream in a tub works if you want something pretty cheap. Use it every night and after every shower. Unless you shower at night, then obv just after the shower. It will help!
― carl agatha, Friday, 17 May 2013 13:26 (ten years ago) link
i use coconut oil as a moisturizer all over -- not just on facesometimes it's a pain in the winter because it gets hard, and melts if it gets hot in the summerbut aside from adjusting the application, it's a quality skin moisturizer at a decent price with dignity. approve!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 17 May 2013 13:45 (ten years ago) link
Ok I'm gonna try head-to-toe coconut oil! I will smell like a macaroon!
Carl, does Eucerin cream have a perfumey scent? I don't mind petrochemical smell, but fakey fragrance loaded on top of that is nags.
― quincie, Friday, 17 May 2013 14:12 (ten years ago) link
No, it's very neutral. I just suggested it as a cheap, readily available, thick cream. I don't use it. I use coconut oil on my face and this stuff - http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Coconut-Super-Hydrating-Lotion/dp/B007Y06VQG - on my body because it's paranoid hippie approved and smells sooooooo good (I love coconut scented body care products, can you tell?).
― carl agatha, Friday, 17 May 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
bonus: smell like a cookie!!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 17 May 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
Cool, I'm going to go with coconut regimen and see how it goes. I was worried that I might not be able to find coconut oil easily in rural Mexico, but it is all over the place. Bonus: extreme summer heat means it is always liquified and ready to go!
― quincie, Friday, 17 May 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
I was using Cerave moisturizer lotion in the pump bottle; it's v light and I didn't mind it. But I recently switched over to their moisturizer that comes in the giant tub. Thick and you only need a fingerful for your whole face.Omg. So much better!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
Twice a day, and I am seeing a big change in my skin already. Noticeable only to me, but I think in a year or so I'll back to almost normal
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 May 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
I splurged on Bobbi Brown eye cream recently - http://www.sephora.com/hydrating-eye-cream-P270544 - and I LOVE IT. It's soooooo nice. It doesn't get weird under concealer and it feels good and it's very moisturizing.
I've also been working from home far more than I am working from the office, and so not wearing makeup very often and I think that's helping my skin some. Also when I'm not going to put on makeup, I really slap on the moisturizer*, so that's probably part of it, too.
*The Whole Foods house brand dupe of Cetaphil, which is paranoid hippie approved and actually cheaper - http://i47.tinypic.com/65y0pt.jpg, mixed with some jojoba oil because I am addicted to mixing lotion with oil.
― carl agatha, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Yup, confirmed that it's cheaper - WF stuff is $6 and Cetaphil ~ $10.
― carl agatha, Friday, 17 May 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
just1n3: private msg me your address.
― kate78, Friday, 17 May 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Ok, sent! It took me 5 tries because I can never read those stupid capcha things.
― just1n3, Friday, 17 May 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
Got it.
― kate78, Friday, 17 May 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Also, send me your email address? I think hitting "reply" will just bounce it back to the ilx system?
― kate78, Saturday, 18 May 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
just1n3 at ch@nce press dot com (but without the googleproofing)
― just1n3, Saturday, 18 May 2013 03:50 (ten years ago) link
is amlactin any good? i searched this thread but the only mention is tza about to buy it for her arms, and no reports back on it. it seems to be more of a body lotion than for face?
― just1n3, Monday, 20 May 2013 06:07 (ten years ago) link