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Here's to Your Health:  Dry, Rough, Hands?  |
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Jan 15 2008 : 10:32:08 AM
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I make my own lotion that is super thick and nourishing. Mix about 3 ounces of beeswax, 5 ounces of vitamin e oil, essential oil of your choice (I do lavender), and enough olive oil to make it smooth and spreadable. Olive oil is great for skin, as is beeswax and vitamin e oil. This really helps when I have been washing my hands a lot or out in the cold. It takes few minutes to fully absorb in.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Jan 15 2008 : 10:50:52 AM
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The best thing I have found is 100% pure lanolin. Lanolin is one of the few things that cells will actually absorb (so I read anyway). I just know it works almost immediately. I bought my last tube of it in the baby section of the drug store, intended for breast feeding moms! :)
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amyartgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
991 Posts
Amy
Junction City
Ohio
USA
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
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Posted - Jan 16 2008 : 04:12:52 AM
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Farmgirl Missy at Lamarguite Farms (misspelled, I know, but I haven't had my coffee yet,
makes an incredible hand salve that takes care of dry, chapped hands like you wouldn't believe. Let me see if I can fin a link.
It is TOTALLY the best! She has an etsy store. Missy, you out there??
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
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Posted - Jan 17 2008 : 7:28:37 PM
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| One of the things I found that helped, regardless of the lotion, was to smear a thick layer of lotion on and then slid my hands into a pair of thick cotton socks. As your hands warm up and the pores open the lotion is absorbed really well. This also works on feet. It's kinda like a mini spa treatment. |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 03:57:25 AM
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YES! Lanolin!
I bought some from Common Sense Farm over the internet.
Problem is, I forget to take it to work w/ me, so right now my hands are dry and rough too.
I also like Burt's Bees healing salve and their Sweeet Almond hand cream.
I hose animal stall every a.m. so the constant wet and exposure to harsh cleaning chemicals gets old quick!
I wear rubber gloves, but hands are still rough due to lots of hand washing this time of year anyway. |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 03:58:46 AM
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| If you have the time and $$ look into one of those nice parafin hand soakers. After cold days outside, these are so nice. |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 04:29:01 AM
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While milking goats, I learned that udder cream is the best. It is cheap and effective.
What we write today slipped into our souls some other day when we were alone and doing nothing.
-Brenda Ueland
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Jan 23 2008 : 04:49:06 AM
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| My holistic doctor got me hooked on something called Renew. It has a bunch of tea tree oil in it, and I don't know what else. But the thing that's amazing to me is it doesn't make you slimy! You can even get wet and you don't get that slimy feeling. She's seen people use it on babies' faces that have exzema, and it clears it right out. Safe enough for a little baby's face, plus her recommendation, and it's good enough for me. I loff it! |
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