If you suffer from dry skin, or just want a good moisturizer, try Crisco. I know it sounds gross, but it really works well, is cheap and sinks in. The only problem I have found is that my dogs follow me trying to lick it off. ;)
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Grease in your clothing is a downside to this trick. My father-in-law was told to do this by his doctor. I wish his doctor had to do Pop's laundry! The grease would NOT come out, no matter what I did. There was just too much of it. And after a few months, his clothing began to smell rancid. UGH!
I use coconut oil, then wipe as much off as possible before going to bed. Wear cotton gloves!
This is for the middle of the winter.
Crisco was once known as "Miracle C" and studied by Universities for it's skin healing properties.
My sister has a friend that has used crisco to take off her makeup plus her eye make up for years and years. She uses a wash cloth to remove it, but I understand that the makeup hardly budges from the wash cloth when you wash it.
I do this in the winter. My skin gets especially dry then. After I get out of the shower, I smooth it on lightly. It usually is absorded and not a problem with being oily. Works great!
Don't you have to worry about grease on your clothes?
Just use petroleum jelly, it helps, I swear!
I started using vegetable shortening 10 years and the trick to using it without messing your clothes is to use a small amount and rubbing it in your hands until its warm and rubbing it over the trouble area.
I learned in medical school that at Duke University they recommended vegetable shortening for dry skin. I need to try it myself.
I use coconut oil on my face, have for years. When I was young, the opposite was true: I was too greasy. So it was a delightful surprise after my change of life, that I could now put stuff on my skin. I was a licensed massage therapist till I retired, so I know about skin and oils. Coconut is the lightest of your natural oil choices. But I sometimes joke that when I remove my shirts from the dryer, they momentarily smell like French fries for a few minutes! I haven't seen the oil stain my shirts, the way other oils do to sheets when used on the massage table. That's one reason why most of us massage therapists prefer to pay to have a laundry service: oil's impossible to entirely remove, and they can take the loss when their sheets start to smell rancid, which is unavoidable if you do the type of massage modality that uses cream or oils.
I used Crisco on my skin for 20 years. Then, it clogged my pores and I got a cyst on my face. I had to have a plastic surgeon remove it and she made a terrible scar on my face.
My Mom used to wash her face and neck at night, rinse it with apple cider vinegar and water, then pat dry. After this she would gently rub a small amount of Crisco on her face and neck. When she passed at 93, she had the skin of someone in their mid 50s.
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