It is not often that i will admit im a bit of a skin and hair product snob. I cant tell you when this started, but it wasnt until a long time after douglas coupland wrote shampoo planet. I have always been blessed with the skin of a red head. As in, sun, midge, dryness, and anything remotely high on the detergent scale have caused me to blister, itch and swell. Perhaps this was the reason i started looking after my skin.
The prime reason is sun damage. I burn like a crème brulee. I also exercise outside in the sun for prolonged periods of time. In addition to this, and to make things more difficult i abhor feeling 'slimey' with greasy products. Recently i discovered P20. This stuff binds to the epidermis, after the alcohol solvent evaporates. Protection is constant, therefore better than something with a higher factor that needs reapplication. Recommended for the summer months. When they come. They will come....
The other thing i like to do, like this morning, is have a really good face ablution session. When you are feeling a little muzzy and crap, a zingy shave, exfoliation and moisturising can do wonders. This morning, kiehl's close shaver squadron provided the strategic razor lubrication, clinique gave a fine, not too abrasive dead skin removal and we went back to kiehl's for the facial fuel. I know it sounds not too manly, but with a couple of espressos i feel ready to take on the world now.
5 comments:
do you know, to look at you you'd never know your secret ;-)
and in the blink of an eye, a reputation was lost...
I'm an ex redhead (now white)
I found that showering without soap meant less sunburn (I was living in the tropics) especially if I was doing something that made me sweat.
But nothing was as effective as covering up and scuttling from shade to shade like a cockroach.
BMac
sounds worryingly like an excerpt from "American Psycho"
Very refreshing...I was thinking about how I'm a sucker for anything that SMELLS guid...
and to read you waxing 'fellowquent" on the subject, well, twas entertaining.
Dude, I just got my tickies...
I 'm going to be in yr neck of the world for a MONTH.
Run!
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