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Well, precisely! Overpriced, over hyped nonsense aimed at our vanity and fear of aging. My guess is that the 'natural' stuff you find lurking in your fridge are pretty much as effective as all the lotions and potions.

Well, not quite, there are some on a natral basis, to tests on animals involved to produce them, no parts of living or dead animals contained in them, which are quite good, really. You know, the cucmbers you can buy here contain a higher dose of chemicals than some lotions.
Talk more tomorrow, must go to now.
Goodnight

Nighty night; and don't forget to put the overnight facial mask on

What 'is' the fascination with cucumbers in this thread?

Night B

Ooo cucumbers

>> 'natural' stuff you find lurking in your fridge are pretty much as effective<<

The very thought of putting some of the stuff that's been lurking in my fridge since it last got cleaned, on my face?

Being 19, I don't have any helpful suggestions or even know what you're talking about.

I don't have any wrinkles and I don't smoke or drink al-cee-hol, but I drink lots of water. I also eat a lot of chocolate.

My advice to you, up your intake by 100%

Hi B'el, i'm a bit late contributing to this thread, so will not read the blog.
I heard somewhere that vegetable oil as a moisturiser is good to keeping wrinkles at bay....i would'nt want to try it though, lets face it who wants to smell like a chip!

Good morning Venus - and good morning FF
Yes, I've heard that olive oil is quite good for the skin, but the problem is : I can't stand it
Imagine, we are having the first snow Means that I'll have to walk to work instead of cycling, so must to get ready
See you all later, I hope

Catch you around B'E

The St Ives brand makes a gel with cucumbers in it for tightening skin. I think it works well under eyes without the tears and it isn't expensive.
The film/TV folk over here use hemorrhoid medicine under the eyes too!

I,m told egg whites are extremely good for round the eyes.but only for a temporary measure!!

Olive oil is very* good for the skin: the last time I had a massage from my friend who is a trained massare (however its spelt), she used olive oil; she'd found it better than the 'proper' massaging oils, though she did say that on men, such as myself the skin thends to absorb an awful lot mor ethan it does on the female body I sswear that after that massage my skin on my back was as moisturised as it'd ever been, and stayed as such a long time, certainly worked better than all the rediculsuly expensive moistursors I've bought over th year

expects Popeye to drop in any minute!

I wonder how oil can actua´lly give your skin moisture, I mean : fat,ok - but moisture ?

Good point, B', since oil repels water. What I'm told is that it just seals in the moisture that's there. That makes it a good idea to moisturize while still damp from a wash. However it works, I do know that when it's the dead of winter and my whole body is one big itch , a massage with oil is very helpful.

red's mediterranean beauty tip!

And hot summer sun. On a 2 week holiday in Cyprus in July I took to smearing a load of Atrixo handcream on my face every morning. Worked wonderfully - despite my friend laughing at me!

hstwrd, there must be something in what you say, for the Weleda lemon body oil they suggest that you use it after a shower or bath, on the WET skin. Is nice - if you like the oily feeling - I don't

Red, wish I could afford a holiday in Cyprus

The oil can get a little icky. I bought some "body conditioner" the other day. Put on after shower, then rinse off, except sometimes I don't rinse it. It doesn't seem to matter much. It feels a lot like hair conditioner to the skin. Soaks in more like a lotion than an oil, so not messy.

Oh my, here am I , worrying about a few wrinkles, and my friend told me last night that she's been diagnosed with breast cancer
Kind of puts things into perspective, doesn't it ?