Moisturizer

[RawPaw]

Anyone use hemp oil as a moisturizer? What should I use? :confused:

[Veganforlife]

Coconut butter? Shea butter? Nothing?
My skin doesn't need it...

[RawPaw]

Coconut butter? Shea butter? Nothing?
My skin doesn't need it...

Lucky you! :mad: I get a little chapped. :(

[Veganforlife]

Increase your water. Dry skin brush. Increase taking oils internally. Or use the above mentioned ones externally.

[RawPaw]

Increase your water. Dry skin brush. Increase taking oils internally. Or use the above mentioned ones externally.

Otay! :D I used to think I was getting enough water through fruits and veggies, but I think I need to up the take.

[cara4art]

Both extra-virgin coconut oil and unrefined shea butter rock! I use my own concoction of these along with a bit of vegetable glycerin and lavender essential oil as my only facial cream, and it is awesome! It got me past a rough patch when my skin got hugely sensitive and actually burned from using commercial products that weren't right for me. I took that occurence as evidence that indeed my body is changing on the raw journey. So now my skincare is pretty basic and simple. But actually I started experimenting with these things back in 2000, and even before that I tended to like natural skin care anyway. I do need something, as I'm older(61).
For my body, all I use for moisturizing is the straight coconut oil - it is so much better than anything else I've ever used. But for extra dry patches, like elbows and feet, the shea butter and coconut oil balm that I make up is super. You can't go wrong with stuff provided by Mother Nature! As long it's not something like poison ivy, cactus needles, caustic sap, etc. it is much safer for our skin! My next door neighbor is from Kazahkstan, and she just completed a cosmetology course here so she can do basic skin treatment for people. However, her orientation is towards the holistic. In fact, she has a little book from her native country that has Central Asian all-natural mask recipes in it using common food ingredients, and a number of these masks are therapeutic too in addressing skin problems - again, Mother Nature to the rescue! She gave me a couple of those recipes to try too.

[coco]

using the oil cleansing method for washing my face lessened my need for moisturizing. there are some great applications for food in facial treatments too, here's a good link that was recently posted on another raw food site
http://www.google.com/books?id=3eb7OiuZIDMC&printsec=frontcover&sig=ACfU3U1nF2dgEMbrwU_vsgYKERGggU_BrA#PPA35,M1

[Raw Joy]

I've always struggled with very dry skin. I use a combination of unrefined, cold pressed avocado oil, jojoba oil and shea butter. Usually take my make-up off with the avocado oil as soon as I get home and then apply a little shea butter before I go to bed.

Morning, I wash my face with honey and then apply the jojoba oil.

Skin has never looked better (and I'm 53!)

[irishserra]

Like Raw Joy, I wash my face with honey, rinse and then I use coconut oil to moisturize. It's so great to slather my face with oil, have it soak totally in and know that I'm not going to break out or feel oily because of it.

My skin looks awesome! Smells great, too!

[sport]

I have up using moisturiser a few years ago.
In the beginning I would still have to use it sometimes but the need diminished over time as my skin began to remember how to produce it for itself. No it is fully self moisturising.

[juliesvoyage2]

How do you wash your face with honey? Do you use it as a soap, putting it in your hands and adding water to do?

[Raw Joy]

How do you wash your face with honey? Do you use it as a soap, putting it in your hands and adding water to do?

That's exactly what I do. Usually just on my fingertips, wet a little, spread on my face, rinse, and pat dry.

I DO use the raw semi-solid honey simply because it's not near as messy. I've been able to buy it at both Whole Foods and my local independent HFS. I'm attaching a link to their website so you'll know what I'm talking about.

http://www.ysorganic.com/