There are days when I'm so physically and emotionally drained from taking care of my father that I can't find the energy to even take a shower or worse, change my clothes. I hope that the good thing about this is that I'm aware that I'm in a rut. I'm so upset with myself, but I also can't bring myself to care enough to even brush my hair.
At least they don't look like some of the women who layer on so much makeup that they look like stage performers.
There's something inherently positive about a person who ages and still feels comfortable in his or her own skin.
But Jude you are right about exfoliating too. Otherwise you get this thick layer of dead skin.
Lead in lipstick was one of the biggest concerns I had. I shuddered to think how much I might have absorbed when eating if the lipstick hadn't worn off. And when it wears off, where does it go? Into your lips? Yuck.
After reading more at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, I gave up makeup almost entirely.
If you're feeling guilty for going out w/o makeup, take a look at all these chemicals in makeup:
If the link gets deleted, Google "Campaign for Safe Cosmetics".
And since there's no petrolatum, they can be used by someone on oxygen.
The woman who creates the pure herbal lotions that I love has brought back her chocolate line for the holidays - tis a pleasure for anyone in love with chocolate. Think of a hot chocolate body polish and body butter....I think I'll get the body butter for Christmas. Maybe I can save the cost of buying chocolates if I have a little sniff when I put on the body butter.
I remember back in the 1970's I used a shaker of carpet freshener, something new on the market, and an hour later one of my cats was in respiratory distress so I rushed her to the vet. Even though I had thought I had vacuumed up most of the powder there was enough left in the rugs to make her sick. Went home, opened all the windows, and vacuumed the day lights out the rugs. The cat came home the next day and she was fine.
Now that I think back, my Mom never taught me anything about using lotion or even night cream. How I wished someone would have clued me about night cream for the face, my skin had aged terribly since I grew up being out doors a lot and never used sun tan lotion.
Thank you for the heads up about Febreeze. I had no idea. I'll look into that and find a natural alternative.
The Environmental Working Group has addressed this and other toxins in sprays, etc., commonly thought to be safe and used in home environments.
If you Google "Febreze toxins", the first hit should be "The Dangers of Febreze." You might want to read it before spraying this stuff on your body again.
Yeah, Jessie I hate doing the whole lotion thing too. But the alternative is ashy looking skin. :(
I think I will try one of those spin toothbrushes... just got to remember to place in mouth before turning on :)
Kathy -and everyone else - I hear you. I was in bed a lot due to illness for a couple of years and ended up buying myself some nice nighty and matching robe sets so at least I had some variety.