Atropos
Gold Member
Not sure if this is the right place for this - but I wanted to swap some ideas and tips for skin care during weight loss.
Here's mine:
Quick whole body cleansing, moisturising, exfoliating and firming in one step
In the past I have thrown away dozens of tubes of expensive "firming" or "anti-cellulite" creams because 1.) I can't find the time/the routine to apply them every day and 2.) I HATE the yucky feel of sticky greasy creams on my skin after a shower. Ditto sugar and salt scrubs (which also left the shower sticky and dirty after use).
Then I few weeks ago read an article about the Eve Lom hot flannel face routine, and adapted it for my whole body. It's quick, cheap, fits into my morning schedule and so far seems to be working really well.
Basically - I just put on a shower cap, slather every inch I can reach with a nice but inexpensive body butter (Palmer's Skin Firming Cocoa butter) and my face with Simple cleansing lotion (£2 a bottle!), then get into the shower and wash it all off with a ordinary face flannel. Most days I don't use soap at all.
The combination of the hot water and the flannel seems to "melt" the lotion into the skin, remove dirt, makeup traces and dead skin and leaves my skin feeling clean, soft, firm(ish) and supple for the rest of the day.
The face flannel (£1.20 for 10 at Ikea) goes straight into a basket under the sink, and once a fortnight I wash a whole batch of them.
The only downside I've spotted so far is that the shower is a little more slippery than usual, so I've added some of those stick on non-slip flowers to prevent accidents.
Here's mine:
Quick whole body cleansing, moisturising, exfoliating and firming in one step
In the past I have thrown away dozens of tubes of expensive "firming" or "anti-cellulite" creams because 1.) I can't find the time/the routine to apply them every day and 2.) I HATE the yucky feel of sticky greasy creams on my skin after a shower. Ditto sugar and salt scrubs (which also left the shower sticky and dirty after use).
Then I few weeks ago read an article about the Eve Lom hot flannel face routine, and adapted it for my whole body. It's quick, cheap, fits into my morning schedule and so far seems to be working really well.
Basically - I just put on a shower cap, slather every inch I can reach with a nice but inexpensive body butter (Palmer's Skin Firming Cocoa butter) and my face with Simple cleansing lotion (£2 a bottle!), then get into the shower and wash it all off with a ordinary face flannel. Most days I don't use soap at all.
The combination of the hot water and the flannel seems to "melt" the lotion into the skin, remove dirt, makeup traces and dead skin and leaves my skin feeling clean, soft, firm(ish) and supple for the rest of the day.
The face flannel (£1.20 for 10 at Ikea) goes straight into a basket under the sink, and once a fortnight I wash a whole batch of them.
The only downside I've spotted so far is that the shower is a little more slippery than usual, so I've added some of those stick on non-slip flowers to prevent accidents.
