I have very dry skin, especially my feet. I use very little vegetable shortening in cooking and had a can of shortening in the pantry. I remembered reading somewhere that vegetable shortening is very moisturizing, so for the past week, I have been applying the vegetable shortening to my dry feet especially the heels, then putting on a pair of socks to hold the moisture in. WOW, I am amazed at the difference in my heels and other dry places on my feet.
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I remember seeing fine cotton gloves in a basket at thrift stores or resale shops. You might check there. Costume stores may have something, too.
check out your local feedstore, the cotton roping gloves work great & they also great handwarmers. They are about 50 cents a glove.
Would someone please tell me if 'vegetable shortening' is the same as vegetable 'table margerine'/'soft table spread' eg what you spread on toast? Sometimes the terms used here (USA -Thrifty Fun) aren't the same as we use in Australia, so I need to check occasionally, just in case ....
Editor's Note: Hi Wendy,
Our shortening is like the margarine without the coloring. It should actually work the same using margarine or table spread. Shortening in the U.S. is hydrogenated vegetable oil. It was developed to replace lard. They then added coloring and packaged it differently to make margarine.
my nephew has eczema. the dr told his mom to put crisco all over him. it did help but his mom is not dedicated to helping her child so he still suffers.
i'm using bag balm and then putting the socks on at night. seems to be going pretty well.....i never knew how bad my feet were until my heal cracked yesterday.
The other day I went to the can food outlet and discovered a product called "Palmer's Crack Butter" I know, the name sounds a little...out there but it really did make a difference for me. I suffer from really dry skin and this is the only thing that actually helped. Like I said, I found it at the can food outlet but I'm sure you could find it at your local health store for cheap cheap!!!
My feet hurt sometimes. I wish there was a cure for rough heels.
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Amazon has white cotton gloves for cheap.. I use for a lot of things
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