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Anybody got any dull winter skin cures

49 replies

Festivefly · 17/12/2003 10:20

My skin is dull dull dull, i feel like i am getting extra wrinkles over night. My forehead is dry but my chin is greasy. Is any one else looking in the mirror and wanting to hibernate at the moment. I just look grey run down and knackered. Any miracle cures to make your face gleam like its spring again. Thankyou

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santafio2 · 17/12/2003 10:25

have some lowlights in your hair. It has made my skin look better - weird

Festivefly · 17/12/2003 10:28

To late i've just dyed it black, perhaps thats it, im cold and sick of wearing winter jumpers too, i need to go shopping

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whymummy · 17/12/2003 10:29

avocado,double cream and honey,messy but leaves your face looking lovely

santafio2 · 17/12/2003 10:29

yeh I hate winter you cant do cartwheels round the garden and flash your flat tummy off in the street

Festivefly · 17/12/2003 10:34

You can still do that fio if you want
Whymummy, does that really work i'll buy all the stuff this afternoon if it does. I feel dirty if you no what i mean

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FairyMum · 17/12/2003 10:38

Saint Tropez

whymummy · 17/12/2003 10:39

yes it does,i promise,if it works on my 42 year old face it'll work on yours
what do you mean you feel dirty?

Festivefly · 17/12/2003 10:45

Just like whatever i do my skin looks dull and dirty, i just feel like i need to scrub a layer off, well i know what i mean anyway
I'll give the mixture a go, thanks i'll report later its result. (and sue you if i come out in a rash )

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whymummy · 17/12/2003 11:38

don't worry the blisters disapear within a week,leaving you with lovely new skin

alibubbles · 17/12/2003 11:39

Estee lauder's Micro dermabrasion T, followed by Idealist.

A lady did a demo on the back of my hand in Switzerland and it is fantastic, . It was so impressive I had to buy it there and then, although I could have got it cheaper in England!

It is so good, it closed all my open pores on my chin area, and leaves my skin looking clean, soft and younger!

FairyLou · 17/12/2003 11:54

Go for the pale Gothy look FF!

Festivefly · 17/12/2003 12:20

Alibubbles what is idealist? Does this stuff cost a huge a mount of money, i don't mind treating myself for christmas, if it works.
Thats what i look like pale and gothy, i'm going to get chatted up by marilyn manson

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Debl · 17/12/2003 12:41

2 weeks in barbados????

boyandgirl · 17/12/2003 14:34

Avocado, honey and oatmeal. Rub onto your face, have a steamy bath without bubbles and rinse it off with the bathwater because it's good for the rest of your skin too. Tastier than most facemasks, and harmless if - when! - dd/ds gets a fistfull. You could even rub it all over your body if you want, and get dp to 'wash' it off... Steady, steady on now...dd just moved out of our bedroom...dh's holiday coming up...getting ideas...

Festivefly · 17/12/2003 14:36

I'll give him a ring

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sunchowder · 17/12/2003 14:45

Try Whymummy's receipe--sounds much more affordable at the moment! I am tempted to try it myself. I use a product by Origins called "Never a Dull Moment" (I swear FF!!!). It is fruit enzymes. Ground Apricot and Mango seeds.

Festivefly · 17/12/2003 14:47

Oh now i'm getting confused, how are you sunchowder nice to see you (read you)

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sunchowder · 17/12/2003 15:01

Yes, I miss everyone! I have been reading like a lunatic to catch up and then everyone changing their names has really helped!!! I am trying to "work", ha!

boyandgirl · 17/12/2003 15:02

Who are you going to ring?

FairyLou · 17/12/2003 15:02

FFI think I am morphing into Marilyn Manson, with bit of Ozzy Osbourne thrown in for good measure.

Festivefly · 17/12/2003 15:05

Boy and girl I am going to ring my x to tell him to come and wash advacado off me, thats been making me laugh all afternoon.
Well nice to have you back sunny
Fairy lou, i'm ozzy with a hangover

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FairyLou · 17/12/2003 15:20

Have you noticed hoe Gary Oldman looks spookily like Ozzy Osbourne in the Dracula film? If I had a hangover i could understand my Ozzy alikeness, but I don't!

FairyLou · 17/12/2003 15:20

Hoe?! I mean how , I'm not farming.

alibubbles · 17/12/2003 18:04

Festivefly, Idealist is the moisturiser you put on after using the microdermabrasion. It closes the pores and smoothes down your skin and leaves it so unbelievably soft.The sundays rated it as the next best thing and way cheaper than going for a professional 'peel' or dermabrasion.

I only ever buy Estee Lauder when there is an offer on two purchases, or ask for it as presents. My mother is buying me some more for Christmas, but the tube should last at least 6 months if you use it 2-3 times a week. You can just do it once a week, but to start I did it 3 times a week for the first month, now only when it starts to look a bit dingy again!

codswallop · 17/12/2003 18:10

No time to read whole thread but

Exfoliate once a week then saint trpoez then use as expensive foundation as you can afford wiht light reflecting bits in it
I use Lancome Photogenic (or something like that)

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