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Crowhugger BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine? (72* d) RE: BS: MudWimminzes: Your Self-Care Routine? 02 Jan 13


Okay here's my contribution to this TMI thread:

Warm water, castile or glycerin soap. Whatever shampoo brand has a scent that doesn't make me choke--right now it's Sunsilk which although a bit stinky during use, said scent does not remain on my hair afterwards. No conditioner since I went to short hair. Blow dry in winter only when going outdoors soon after hairwash, otherwise towel, comb & air dry.

Left hand nails short, right hand longer for guitar/banjo unless I'm going through a piano phase. I have very sturdy nails that don't need acrylic unless I'm playing more than 45-60 minutes per day, which isn't lately as I'm primarily singing a cappella. Nail polish only if part of costume at barbershop contests.

Make-up: The full girly-girl deal for performances & contests, starting with primer and going all the way to liquid eye-liner (5 years on and I'm still learning to apply it to both eyes symmetrically and then not to open the eyelid until dry), and colouring and finishing powders. Stays put for hours without collecting in laugh lines when I start with primer. My quartet sings at a lot of retirement residences and people have commented that they can really see our facial expressions from across the room despite failing eyesight. Granting all that, I do prefer not to be seen in public afterwards until I can get home and restore my own face.

With menopause largely behind me the colour boundary between my face and lips has become wide and vague so occasionally I use a felt-tip lipstain to make the outline clear (this never runs on my skin even without primer or foundation, woohoo!). Similarly, as my long, formerly-dark lashes have greyed a fair bit (read: have become all but invisible) I occasionally wear mascara. Both of these I do for times when I'll be "on" in some leadership capacity.

Eyebrows, moustache & armpits deforested as needed for my own sanity. Legs irrelevant because I have to wear compression hose at all times that my legs are lower than my heart--now, there's a fashion statement for you!

Hair natural salt and pepper, more salt each year.

Sunscreen: Children's is the only unscented I can find, even though I think SPF 45 is overkill for me, given that I stick like glue to the shade.

Hand lotion and winter lip protection: For hands, more prevention than treatment--I wear rubber gloves when using chemicals like dish soap or when washing the dogs outdoors in cooler weather. Yes, water gets inside them when doing the dogs, but it then stays close to body temperature. For skin softening/treatment when needed I poke a hole in a vitamin E gelcap and squeeze gently. Sometimes mix with a drop or 2 of hot water before dotting the required area and rubbing it in. It's the second-best fix for fingertips that crack in winter, the best fix being prevention, which for me is to wear gloves ALWAYS when I'm out in temps below 12C.

I've yet to find a prepared hand lotion that doesn't cause my hands at least as much roughness as it cures, usually with an unwanted stink. I mean scent.


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