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Topic: Dry skin/hair, arid climate. Cheap remedies?
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Violets
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posted December 22, 2015 02:50 PM
  
I mean, besides drinking a lot of water.My skin generally runs a little on the dry side, and my hair tends to be fuzzy (or frizzy, as the case may be now). We recently moved to a very cold, arid area, and my skin is just not having it. Anyone have any good suggestions that won't cause my skin and hair to be oily, but can combat the dry cold? I suspect it's also quite arid here in the summer, so I'll probably need to address the issue all year long. But, eh...I'm not trying to spend much money on it. I wonder if honey would help? Also, I try using jojoba oil on my skin and hair, but even the jojoba oil tends to make it a bit oily, and it's still a bit frizzy even with the oil. If I use it on my skin, it's also a bit much, but I've been using some really basic, heavy (not natural) moisturizer for my face. I haven't unpacked all of my stuff for making pomades, so I can't make that just yet.
Also, coconut oil causes my skin to break out horribly. So...anyone have any helpful advice after all that?  IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted December 22, 2015 04:36 PM
Can you blend/grind flax seeds into something? the seeds will be cheaper than the bottled oil. I used to drink a couple of teaspoons of flax oil in a milkshake, three times a week, to soften my hair and get rid of tangles. I had to stop, because milk disagreed with me, and since I've barely been keeping things down, but I still try every so often. My hair is almost always a fight.I think that broth is supposed to help, also. You know, because it's hydrating, but also because of the collagen? IP: Logged |
Violets
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posted December 22, 2015 05:22 PM
Hm. I'll have to think on that! I know that we have some fish oil vitamins in the house that my husband bought, but I'm always suspicious of the fish oil stuff, for purity reasons.I guess I shouldn't be so picky, lol. We don't have as much money as we did before, so I'm trying to be cheap about it.  IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted December 22, 2015 06:59 PM
We don't have much, either. I finally got another bottle of the oil last weekend.  Avocados might help, if you like them. I don't, but can stand them blended with pineapple, juice, or nut milk. I make broth from chicken backs, which are the cheapest bones out there, I think. IP: Logged |
Violets
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posted December 22, 2015 08:25 PM
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Originally posted by teasel:
We don't have much, either. I finally got another bottle of the oil last weekend. Avocados might help, if you like them. I don't, but can stand them blended with pineapple, juice, or nut milk. I make broth from chicken backs, which are the cheapest bones out there, I think.
That's a good idea re: avocados and chicken broth! I make that potato/corn chowder with chicken broth, so we have a lot of it. We usually have avocados handy, as we all love them in our house. Thanks, Teasel.  IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted December 23, 2015 09:18 AM
Good stuff!IP: Logged |
Violets
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posted December 23, 2015 02:08 PM
Gahhh!
I slathered some thick lotion on my face yesterday to go out sledding, and it made my face all oily, with a bit of breakout, lol. I used the jojoba oil on my hair, but it was still a bit on the fuzzy side. Yep, I guess this is an inside job (literally).
Avocados, olives, and the suspect fish oil capsules, I guess. ASAP! IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted December 24, 2015 01:36 PM
Inside job. IP: Logged |
Violets
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posted December 24, 2015 05:02 PM
Heh. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted December 25, 2015 09:11 AM
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Randall
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posted December 26, 2015 06:51 PM
Fish oil is good stuff...mostly.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted December 27, 2015 05:55 PM
Sometimes it turns rancid.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted December 28, 2015 11:54 AM
Any oil supplement can, including D.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted December 29, 2015 03:07 PM
And that can upset your stomach, which people blame on the vitamin, but it's the rancid oil instead.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted December 30, 2015 11:48 AM
So, the dry version is best. I don't think they have dry fish oil, though.IP: Logged |
Violets
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posted January 01, 2016 07:35 AM
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Originally posted by Randall:
Sometimes it turns rancid.
Ew.  Eh...I've been taking the fish oil capsules we've had for a while, and thus far they haven't *seemed* rancid, but then I haven't been looking for that. I haven't gotten sick from them, but I guess I'll take a closer look.  IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 01, 2016 12:58 PM
Do they make you burp? If so, you can stop that by putting them in the fridge. IP: Logged |
Violets
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posted January 01, 2016 11:54 PM
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Do they make you burp? If so, you can stop that by putting them in the fridge.
Gahh! No, thank God. Lol. But thank you for the tip. Valerian root does make me burp, which I find completely revolting (I mean, the smell alone is pretty bad), so I use Skullcap instead, for calming my nerves. Fish oil seems okay so far. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 02, 2016 12:25 PM
Good. For most people, there are fish burps. For anyone reading, refrigerating them stops it.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 04, 2016 01:06 PM
I don't mind the burps.IP: Logged |
Stawr
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posted January 11, 2016 11:44 PM
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Originally posted by Randall:
I don't mind the burps.
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Stawr
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posted January 11, 2016 11:48 PM
I wonder if a witch hazel or flower water would help your skin.They are natural toners and astringents, but does not dry out the skin. I wonder about vegetable glycerin too. IP: Logged |
Violets
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posted January 17, 2016 01:32 PM
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Originally posted by Stawr:
I wonder if a witch hazel or flower water would help your skin.They are natural toners and astringents, but does not dry out the skin. I wonder about vegetable glycerin too.
I use vinegar, to an extent, but vegetable glycerin seems so oily... I'm beginning to think that the climate here is SO dry that I might actually need to use a humidifier. The people who live here can look really weathered, and my guess is that it's just the harsh climate. My skin is so sensitive, too... I think I'll try the humidifier, maybe with some EOs added in. IP: Logged |
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