Vaseline: How did I get to 53 before knowing I could do this?

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My skin is very dry and prone to spots (thank you menopause).

On a whim I decided to try rubbing in some Vaseline - OMG it’s great! I’ve now added a thin layer below my makeup and the difference is remarkable.

Am I late to the party? And what else so I need to know?

I have had dry and cracked lips all my life. I agree that O’Keefes is good but it is nothing compared to nipple cream. The branded one or the Boots own brand also works well.

Another vote for Lansinoh. Works brilliantly on lips. Was made up when I had DD2 and the breastfeeding consultant gave me a handful of sample sachets. So handy.

I hate the weird runny/greasy texture of OKeefe's but their foot cream is great. I bought the hand cream in green tub but hate the feel of it as it seems to just sit in the skin and not sink in. I end up washing it off.

Another vote for lansinoh. Dd just had a nasty out of chopped hands-rough, sore and eczema-y and two days later she’s fine. Also sorts chapped lips in 24 hours.

@Dillo10

That a thin layer of vaseline applied to eyebrows and even eyelashes before bed makes them grow like crazy

Bliddy hell!

Maybe I won't try it then - I have eyebrows like the late Dennis Healey to start off with.

@stclair you can swallow some Vaseline without ill effects, according to their website. The inventor of it used to eat a spoonful each day!

Would it make a moustache grow like crazy too? Offputting.

Also petroleum jelly is not the same as petrol - it's just to show it's a cracked hydrocarbon.

@drumst1ck

Lansinoh nipple cream is my go to for chapped lips.... (and other dry areas). Honestly it's a miracle worker on nipples and any other body part!!

Me too - bloody miracle stuff. Chapped lips, dried out hands (specially if they get to that red, flaky stage).

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

That Vicks vapur rub has other uses - soles of your feet if coughing is keeping you awake at night. On fungal toes (boak!)

oh please do tell me more, how is vaseline used for fungal toenails? I mean any particular regimen to follow?

weleda nipple cream is your friend for evrything here people

@BogRollBOGOF

Bepanthen nappy cream is great for sealing moisture into lips

Nipple cream is great for lips. I think it’s called lanisoh?

I’ve used it overnight before and it does plump your skin up by morning.

I can’t see how Vaseline makes hair grow. The hair we see is dead.

great for removing waterproof eye make up, cheap as chips and gentle, I once worked for a plastic surgeon who said use it on crows feet

Yes it removes mascara like a dream.

@Keepingthingsinteresting

The twist up tube *@TheSpottedZebra*.

I love sharing the joy of o’keefes!

Thanks!

Squalane oil is very moisturising (get The Ordinary, only about £5) and Balmonds Skin Salvation moisturiser is soothing. it was designed for eczema.

If you have sore chapped knuckles and cracked skin on your fingers from all the hand washing, the Hemp hand cream from Body Shop is brilliant. Tried all sorts and this is the best I've found.

I got incredibly chapped lips and realised it was down to my whitening toothpaste, I'm allergic to something in there.

Car ex is the only thing that stops my lips from cracking.

Hand cream wise either Neutrogena Norwegian formula, or when they’re really bad Burt’s Bees Hand Salve (the one that comes in a tin).

Dammit “Car ex” is obv Carmex.

@LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow

isn't that fancy pants ElizabethArden stuff basically vaseline??? plus exotic smell

I am pretty sure the Aldi knock off Miracle Cream is.

Does it smell the same as lizzy arden 8 hour?

MooGoo Milk Cream for my hands and Nuxe Reve de Miel lipbalm (a pot lasts me almost a year) for lips. Wouldn't use anything else. Vaseline is great for heels and elbows though too 'heavy' for my skin anywhere else.

tip from my friendly locksmith

chuck the WD40 when it comes to stiff locks - use vaseline. If you have a lock on something like a shed that doesn't get opened much in winter then block up the lock with a ball of cotton wool impregnated with vaseline, the lock will stay easy to open, just remove the cotton wool and replace when you lock up.

What kind of spots?