My Favorite Beauty Product: Vaseline
This may sound a bit weird but Vaseline is my favorite beauty product. Yes, it’s thick and can be messy , but this petroleum based products has 1001 beauty uses. As legend goes, this product was found by the chemist Robert Cheesebrough in the late 19th century, who observed local factory workers in Pennsylvania using the rod wax that resulted from the pop rods of the oil wells to protect and heal cuts. Amazing by the products therapeutic benefits, he back to his lab, mixed up so many batches of the key ingredient, petroleum jelly, that he had to use his wife’s vases to hold the product. He added the word “line” to “vase”, and my favorite beauty product was born.
I was first introduced to this beauty wonder by my grandma, Doonie, who used it as facial moisturizer. At 82, you would be hard pressed to find a wrinkle on her face. Throughout the years, I developed my own relationship with Vaseline. I use Vaseline as a cheaper alternative to paraffin treatments—slathering copious amounts of the jelly on my hands and feet then wrapping them in hot towels for five minutes for a quick moisturizing treatment.
Still not convinced that Vaseline is a miracle beauty products? Here are just some of the many wonders of Vaseline.
- Great for rough feet. Soak feet in a pan of warm water for 15 minutes. Remove feet and exfoliate with a pumice stone. Slather on a generous amount of Vaseline and throw on a pair of your thickest white socks and head to bed.
- Pageant participants take a small amount of Vaseline and smear it on the gums above their front teeth to help them smile easier.
- Use a little as a last minute shoe polish (too much could ruin your shoes).
- Purchase or use an old contact case and place a small amount of Vaseline and scoop out the leftovers of a lipstick, mix together in the case and you have your own lip-gloss.
- Use as gel to groom and hold eyebrows into place.
- Use in replace of gel to style and hold hair in place.
Share Your Thoughts
September 1, 2006 Makeupworld.co.uk wrote:
Vaseline is a makeup must have. Its so adaptable use it moisturise lips, skin, eyelashes, tame brows. Its the cheapest and most effective lip gloss I know. Fantastic Product!
December 19, 2006 rachel wrote:
I use it to remove my mascara and other eye makeup. I just put a small amount a tissue or towel, and rub it gently over my eyes. It takes it all off - especially waterproof types of makeup.
May 19, 2007 Traci wrote:
Well people I just discovered this website myself but I have to tell you that it is true, true , true, Vaseline is one of the best moisturizer products that there is. I just recently purchased some at store after hearing Tyra Banks say that this was her long time beauty secret, because personally like lots of other women, I have used many different facial products in the past, but after trying Vaseline even after the first day I saw and felt a difference in my face, and let me tell you ladies it was all for the good! My face doesn’t grow dry over the course of the day anymore (which is the number one skin problem by the way) and underneath make up or even wore alone my skin is soft, supple,and youthful.To combat over greasiness I heard someone say just to aply water with it while putting it on but I just do my thang and then take a sheet of tissue and blot where needed! I can smile freely without having to worry about that dry cracking feeling from some pimple cream that I applied earlier working overtime on my face. I say it’s good for the body, the face, and under the eyes. It’s perfect for me and I think it’s perffect for you too! Go Vaseline!
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June 1, 2006 Jake wrote:
Amazing! Wow, I totally agree, Vaseline IS the best beauty product in the world!