Vaseline
CVS Launches New Anti-Aging Line
I’m a Ponds and Vaseline girl, but when the drugstore CVS sent me their new Regenerating Skin Care product line, I had to try it. This skin renewal program combines a variety of creams, serums and lotions infused with natural moisturizers and Amino Peptides to provide intense hydration for firmer, younger looking skin.
According to the press release:“The unique anti-aging formula renews simply by repairing each skin cell on the outer layer. Combined with CVS Vitamin Complex SPF 15, the Regenerating Skin Care formula helps prevent wrinkles and lines, while protecting from weather and harmful UVA/UVB sunrays. The result is skin that looks dramatically younger and fresh.”
I tried the products and they seem to work well. I’m also 30, so I’m not sure how much of a difference I would be able to see in a week. However, the line is significantly cheaper than other drug store skin care solutions like Olay and more than 50% cheaper (but made from the same products) than the more expensive, department store brands, so I say go ahead and try it.
You can find the products at your local CVS.
Muffy Don’t Play: The Lily Pulitzer Warehouse Sale Summer 2006
It’s back and it’s about to get nasty . . . Lily Pulitzer is having its semi-annual warehouse sale June 14-17th in Valley Forge, PA. Find heavily discounted merchandise from previous and current season in a wide range of sizes.
One year I’m positive I saw a small bottle of vaseline* nestled in someone’s Vera Bradley cotton tote bag.
Lily Pulitzer Warehouse Sale
June 14-June 17th
Valley Forge Convention Center
1160 First Avenue
King of Prussia, PA 19406
By Invitation Only, Call 610-878-8748 for details
*For those of you in the dark about the vaseline comment, vaseline is used to prevent scratches when in a cat fight. I’ve been to this warehouse sale and you might want to stop by a Rite Aid on your way there.
How to Moisturize Dry Skin
Discuss Vaseline and other great moisturizers in the Fashion Gab forum
The secret to fabulous skin doesn’t lie in a $150 bottle of La Mer, but in a $3 tub of Vaseline. Now before you send me angry emails about clogged pores and La
Mer related miracles, hear me out. Vaseline has been the secret beauty weapon of African-American women for generations. It’s a a make-up remover, skin softerner, hair gel, and sun burn soother. It can even be used as a smile enhancer (rub a little underneath your upper lip). Ageless beauties like Beverly Johnson and Lena Horne, both of whom could afford to drop big dough on expensive moisturizers, opt for Vaseline to moisturize their dry skin. I bet you even Oprah’s got a bottle or two in each of her fabulous houses and I’m sure Condoleeza got a few bottles stashed somewhere in the White House.
Now if you’re still not sure about the powers of Vaseline, try these alternatives, available at your local drugstore, Target, and Wal-Mart
(except for the Mango Body Butter):
Johnson’s Baby Oil Gel. This lightweight moisturizing gel will leave your skin feeling as soft as baby. Try the chamiolle scented version after a relaxing bath.
Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula, Moisturizing Body Oil with Vitamin E is a great smelling cocoa butter oil that’s easier to use than ultra thick solid versions. Use it right after you get out of the shower.
Aquaphor Healing Ointment is a great alternative for those with extremely dry, chapped skin who want the moisturizing benefits of Vaseline, without the ultra heavy thickness.
The Body Shop’s Mango Body Butter is one of my favorite moisturizers
for dry skin. This rich mixture of shea nut butter and sweet almond oil is a great smelling, creamy, and can be found online at www.thebodyshop.com or at your local Body Shop.
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.
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