Well, since I've been lurking on these threads .... NOW I'm doing things I should of done years ago ....

[MtbMagic]

Well I'm 44, have 4 kids and only recently discovered m/n but my goodness the changes I've made / or kick up the arse.....

1 chucked out the specs and got contacts
2 chucked out the rubbish in the wardrobe
3 Only keep things that I feel good in
4 only use decent shampoo
5 Dettol in the bath (love, love, whole family does it as well)
6 regular home pedi
7 never keep things for best
8 got my colours done
9 stopped shopping at next or m&s online (why oh why?)
10 Trilogy face oil (skin looks fab)
11 COLOUR, COLOUR, COLOUR..........
12 vicks on the nails - I've gone from having yellow horns to white sparklers!
and of course I have bras that fit thanks to the bra ladies!

What have you changed thanks to the mn s/b???

Dettol in the bath is the way forwards. Can't believe none of you were on the old 'princessing' thread

Now ask me about sudocream facemasks......

I'm from NZ and grew up with Dettol baths - just when we had scabies, facial ezcema etc scratches or scrapes or stubbed toes. The whiff of Dettol takes me back to my childhood.

I don't do it now though - I haven't used soap or anything like that in shower/bath for years. I just bathe in water, with the odd body scrubb every now & again = nice skin.

Dettol baths here too when faced with nasty grazes!

Huh thanks butterflies, I'd love a solution to bumpy skin so will give it a try. Do you think it would work just pressing a hot muslin on my face, or is the cleanser integral?

Sudocreme, now there's something that's meant to go on your skin - how long o you leave it on?

Peer I think the cleanser is quite important, to properly remove all the grime etc. I think that was causing blocked pores and bumps.

Bacteria keeps the fungas on your skin in check, like a densely planted garden keeps weeds down.

As I found out when I went OCD because we had noro virus at work and I started taking dettoll soap into the shower, I had a fungal infection in my belly button

Dettol baths, that takes me back. We always had them when we had V&D as kids, makes me all nostalgic for being ill and being looked after by my Mum. It's very bad for any skin problems though (like chickenpox or eczema) so don't try it for that.