Silky Soft Skin Care Blog

It has been about a week since I told you about the lemon juice cure. Yesterday my scalp was itching again. Not as bad, but enough. I used the lemon juice again before shampooing.

Read the last post for more information. If all it takes is using a 1/4 cup of lemon juice once a week, I will gladly do it.

Barb

Silky Soft Skin Care

A simple thing like this stopped my scalp from itching. And here I thought it was the shampoo! I wash my hair everyother day. The second day my scalp was a continous itch. No, it wasn’t dandruff. I had no flakes. According to this remedy, itchy scalp is caused by clogged pores. Take 1/4 cup lemon juice, pour on scalp and leave for five minutes. Wash as usual.

Just one time and no itching!! Not sure how often you need to do this, I guess if your scalp starts itching again, its time. It is cheap! I paid 1.99 for a quart bottle of natural strenght lemon juice.

Barb

Silky Soft Skin Care

The summer time brings heat which causes stinky smelly dogs. It is also the time of flies, mosquitoes and other yucky insects.  Years ago I developed an deodorant and insect spray for dogs. All Natural, of course. Deodorant and Insect Spray

The two “active ingredients” are essential oils. I never use chemically made ingredients.  Eucalyptus is one. It is cooling and repels insects. Did you know it is also an antiseptic? Jean Valnet, MD, reported that 70% of airborne staph bacteria were killed when a 2% emulsion of Eucalyptus oil was used as a spray.

Citronella is the other “active” ingredient. We all have citronella candles to keep the flying insects from our patio. I love the smell of citronella. It has a sweet lemony sent.

Together, these two essential oils make a powerful deodorant for dogs that kills dog odor and leaves dogs smelling sooo good.

Even if you do not have a dog, use it on yourself or your baby. It has no DEET and no other chemicals to harm your or babies skin. Don’t spray it under your arms! Its not a people deodorant but an insect repellant. And, no it won’t last for hours. Since it is so easy to apply (puts out a fine mist) and nothing says you can’t apply it every 15 minutes or when the mosquitoes start to land again.

By the way, it does include alcohol. This is a necessary ingredient to help make the essential oils mix with the distilled water! But what did I tell you about all natural? It is grain alcohol. Yup, just like Vodka.

You will find it on my website at: Deodorant and Insect Spray

Barb

Silky Soft Skin Care

Sam is a rescue dog. Taken in by the Palacios, Tx Pet Pals he was given eye surgery to correct his turning in eye lids. Despite this terrible ordeal Sam has a kind and gentle soul. And even though he is a blue heeler he is very laid back.

Poor old Sam endured getting a bath every weekend, traveling over an hour to the nearest Petco, and having to stay couped up in a kennel looking out at the people. He was doing his best to convey a please adopt me look.

Then one day a family came in to look. They were hoping their son Luke, who is severely austistic and does not speak, could be helped by having a pet. Luke went straight over and sat down in front of Sam and started playing with his ears. His family was shocked and delighted when Luke started laughing and laughing. Sam was a perfect gentleman and showed no distress. To their amazement Luke picked up a leash and handed it to the person in charge. They got Sam out and let Luke walk him in the store. The family was still not certain that a dog would be good for Luke or that Luke would be good for a dog. So they left without Sam.

Two weeks later the family went back to Petco and Sam was still sitting in his kennel looking longingly out as people rushed by. Luke saw Sam and rushed over and would not leave. Needless to say, Sam got a family and a new best friend! He sleeps on his pillow right next to Luke. Because Luke can’t talk his family has a difficult time understanding what he wants, but Sam always knows. Keeping track of Luke is a big job, but Sam takes his job very seriously. Of course he loves his doggie treats but really all he needs is the love his new family is giving him.

Thank you Petco and Palacios Pet Pals for sharing this story. If you have a Pet Story please share it with us in the comment section below.

Barb

P.S. Palacios Pet Pals is like most animal rescue volunteer services, always in need of volunteers and money. Please help the one nearest you in any way you can.

A tremendous combination that can protect your skin from aging and serious damage in general from the sun’s UVB rays.

Xanthines present in Matcha Green Tea such as Caffeine and Theobromine have natural anti-inflammatory, anti-cellulite and inta-irritancy effects.

Shea and Green Tea Butter on sale! Regularly 14.90 for one week only 12.99

Just finished whipping up a new batch of creamy, smooth 100% Shea Butter. All natural and no other ingredients added except Vitamin E. As you know Vitamin E is good for your skin, but did you know that it acts as a preservative?

A reminder: Shea is not a soft, runny cream. Melts quickly at skin temperature and a little goes a long way. All of our Shea Butter is mechanically extracted. No chemicals (other than water) are used in the process. Our refined Shea Butter is further processed by being put through clay filters and the odor is vacuumed out. It retains its healing properties and moisturizing ability.

This takes you straight to Shea Butter page.

Barb

Silky Soft Skin Care

This is the second article in Magazine Ads for Moisturizers Calls for Confusion. – The first was on a Clinique® ad. Clinique® chooses not to publish their ingredients. All research on the product including reviews were all repeats of the description found on the Clinique® web site. 

Now on to the second which is on Lubriderm -”Intense Skin Repair Body Lotion” Quoting their ad – “Help, rough, dry skin heal itself with LUBRIDERM® Intense Skin Repair Body Lotion. This unique formula, with HydraRelease® technology, provides 24 hours of continuous moisture and strengthens skin’s moisture barrier for softer, smoother, healthier skin. 

Unlike Clinique, Lubriderm does list the ingredients. After reading the ingredients and the information I found on each one, you tell me which one(s) would be the HydraRelease® and which ones strengthen skin’s moisture barrier?

Read the rest at : Magazine Ads for Moisturizers Calls for Confusion  Information about each ingredient is listed. Many of these ingredients are in other moisturizers. Print and keep it as a reference. 

Barb

Silky Soft Skin Care

I am writing the second article on the Confusing Advertisements on mositurizers. It is much to long, so I need to revise and shorten it for here. One of the ingredients is just plain dangerous and others are borderline. I will stick to my pure shea butter….

Looking through a magazine at the ads for moisturizers calls for confusion.

Clinique comfort on call – Now give skin relief in a world of irritants

Lubriderm – Miserable elbows can find happiness

Olay – For the best Skin in years

Curel – How do you heal dry skin? Use a lotion that’s actually attracted to it.

This is just the first four I found. I decided to go to their websites and see just what they are and what they are made of. To keep these writings short enough to be interesting, I will do one at a time.

First we will examine Clinique Comfort on Call. Interesting name. The claim is that it forms a strong healthy barrier to help protect skin from damage.

Unfortunately, I could only find the ingredients Clinique wants you to know about Jabara Citrus fruit, Mangosteen fruit, and Licorice. These are the “added” ingredients not the base. If you look to buy this product, be sure to look at the ingredients (take a magnifying glass) and see where in the list these items are listed.

Looking up the fruits themselves proved to be interesting and at the same time boring.

Jabara – A rare citrus fruit cultivated only in a small village in a remote mountain region of Japan. Often referred to as “magic fruit”, it was registered as a new species in 1979. After hearing the stories, scientists for Clinique looked into this superfood and the result is Clinique’s Comfort on Call. Everything else I found was exact copy of what is written on the Clinique website. It seems they hold the patient on the fruit.

(This picture is of a calamondrin which in looks gives you the idea of what a Jabara looks like.)

Mangosteen – Is a fruit that originated around Indonesia in the Sunda and Spice Islands. A tasty fruit that also boasts potent antioxidant, In the United States, Mangosteen is consumed as a juice or puree or taken by mouth in capsule or tablet form. The rind may be steeped in water to make tea. Folk healers prepare and ointment or salve to apply to the skin for conditions such as eczema, injuries, and infections. I am sure you can find this in health food stores. I could not find it to buy as an ingredient to add to moisturizers.

Licorice root has many beneficial qualities and is often used as an emollient to help care for the skin. It contains anti-inflammatory properties to reduce puffiness. This I can buy as an ingredient to add to skin care products.

Clinique Comfort on Call is not cheap nor is it ridiculously expensive. $39.95 for a small 1.7oz.jar.

I am not saying this is a good or bad product. I personally believe that natural butters and oils with nothing added to make it creamier or so it will last on the shelf for years, are much better for you and your skin.

Next writing will be on Lubriderm – look for it in the next few days. 

Barb

www.silkysoftskincare.com

If you find some things don’t work on this page, don’t be surprised! I am it all!

In other words, I am a Do-it-yourselfer. But, I am definitely not an expert at any of this. Everytime, I go to do something (like add a subscription form), I run into a new word or directions I don’t understand. Such as: RSS. Now I know this stands for Real Simple Syndication. It is to simple for me! I was asked what is my FeedBurner URL. I know what an URL is, but what is feedburner?

As you can see, I have to learn as I go. Fortunately for me, the internet is a wealth of information. Off to Googling I go…….

Barb