<p>I have used Eucerin cream for many years. Recently I have also been using coconut oil, and I like that a lot. It comes in a jar from the health food section or cooking oil section at the grocery store. It is solid in the jar, but liquifies quickly on your skin. It smells lovely, but the scent doesn’t bother me. (I am also allergic to scents in lotions and makeup.)</p>
<p>I go to The Body Shop and love the “Nut Butter” body butters, thebrazil nut butter is best. It is so long lasting that one must be careful not to apply it too close to exercise or you can feel yourself sweat inside the lotion- gross!</p>
<p>It does have some scent, but fairly natural smelling and they do have other butters with lots of scents to choose from, but I find this one to be the best for dry skin:</p>
<p>[Brazil</a> Nut Body Butter: Body Butter: Body - The Body Shop](<a href=“http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/body-butter/prod4010022]Brazil”>http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/body-butter/prod4010022)</p>
<p>One more thing to consider. We installed a shower filter last year - takes out most of the chlorine (which I understand is not only drying but NOT a good thing to be inhaling). Anyway, no more dry skin and I don’t use lotions anymore…except for my hands.</p>
<p>One problem is your soap is too drying. Another problem may be your water is too hot and the duration of your shower/bath is too long. You are stripping away your skin’s natural oils and unable to replace them. The products mentioned above are all good, whatever meets your needs and budget.</p>
<p>^^ Yes, I second the don’t use water that’s too hot and also just spend the minimum amount of time necessary to get clean. It really does strip your skin . Also exfoliate regularly and your skin will accept any of the above body lotions more effectively. And it doesn’t hurt to apply said lotions when skin is still somewhat damp to seal in some extra moisture.</p>
<p>Hmm, no one’s mentioning Bag Balm? It’s not just for cows anymore…</p>
<p>[The</a> Original Bag Balm](<a href=“Vermont's Original Bag Balm Skin Moisturizer | For Dry, Cracked Skin”>Vermont's Original Bag Balm Skin Moisturizer | For Dry, Cracked Skin)</p>
<p>Another vote for Aveeno products! I also like Aquaphor by Eucerin for dry spots or hands or face.</p>
<p>Cetaphil or Eucerin, doctor recommended for my D very dry skin. Also great for the exzema prone skin.</p>
<p>I use Curel fragrance free lotion, and I like the Neutrogena hand cream. They both work very well for my dry skin.</p>
<p>I don’t use vaseline because I don’t like that it is petroleum based. It smells like chemicals to me too. I prefer shea butter or cocoa butter (Palmer’s, which smells like white chocolate).</p>
<p>“Equate” Walmart’s brand.
We go thru a bottle a week.</p>
<p>I like Nivea Smooth Sensation–good scent and absorbs quickly. However, there is that one spot on my back that I can’t reach. It’s okay on most weekends when my husband is around, but during the week it drives me crazy.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the Nivea cream in the round blue tin? I bought one this spring at the airport after not having seen it for a long time (or remembered it). I love it for my hands and it’s almost gone.</p>
<p>Skin health starts with the body wash. Upon the recommendation from our friend, we switched from Dove to Aveeno body wash, and it had made a huge difference! H who used to suffer from dry skin does not even need to use body lotions since the switch.</p>
<p>A local TV station once inteviewed a dermatologist who recommended applying your moisturizer/lotion prior to toweling off to lock in the moisture. The brands that he liked were Aveeno, Eucerin, Cetaphil… nothing too expensive or fancy.</p>
<p>Long Prime, are you drinking the stuff?</p>
<p>My way of dealing with dry winter skin -
avoid baths - especially those long, hot, bubble baths that are so lovely on a cold winter night. they are very drying.
Reduce the number of showers you take. every other day is fine - on the weekend skip the second day. If you now shower every day - you will notice a difference. You proably don’t need to lather your whole body - just do the “critical” areas.</p>
<p>Immediately after showering lotion up. Before you dry off. I like the Aveeno body oil - it’s not like baby oil more like a combo between lotion and oil. After I got hives - I swear by Cetafil. Get the lotion. It goes on smoothly and feels lovely. I even use it on my face.
I also love Lubriderm - non-fragrance.
If you shower in the morning, consider showering in the evening; get good and greasy and go to bed. If you shower twice a day - stop!!</p>
<p>I don’t like anything with mineral oil or petroleum- I feel it actually takes water out of the cells rather than adding to it.</p>
<p>I like oils which have molecules small enough to absorb into the skin- grapeseed oil ( get at grocery store) or jojoba. I even put on my hair over night.</p>
<p>I also love Weleda skin food- it does have a smell, but not offensive or chemical and the lanolin is easily absorbed. ( get it at grocery or online)</p>
<p>I also will buy whatever is on sale at the grocery- depending on what it is.
Currently I am going through [Buy</a> Desert Essence Organics Vanilla Chai Hand and Body Lotion](<a href=“Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You”>Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You)
It smells good and absorbs well.</p>
<p>JustAMom - showers are definitely my downfall. I often shower twice a day and I stay in waaaay too long. When it is cold I hate to get out.</p>
<p>I am going to invest in a filter and make a real commitment to shortening the time I spend underwater!</p>
<p>My skin get so “picky” in the winter and I know the shower is the main culprit. </p>
<p>At the risk of TMI even among my CC friends where we bare all, I have been battling a skin fungus caused by sweating under a jogbra. I know that the pH of my skin is probably a mess, so I need to do something. I use tea tree soap and it seems to help, but the fungus never really seems to go away - it doesn’t take much to re-occur. </p>
<p>You know, these things didn’t happen in my 30’ or 40’s.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think that treating dry skin is much more than just getting the latest lotion or cream.
The shower filters WORK. Chlorine in tap water is very drying.
Drinking lots of water helps too.
Fish oil supplementation can help.
And yes, limiting hot baths and showers can help. But honestly, I LOVE heat in the winter, especially since vigorous exercise can my joints and muscles creaky. And I have not limited my showers this winter and I’m doing fine. I think the filter makes a HUGE difference. Plus I use a wash with natural oils instead of soap.</p>
<p>Have you tried lotrimin? you can get the cream and powder and take acidophillus.</p>
<p>workinprogress, if you do not have liver problems, you should consider getting rid of that fungus for good with systemic treatment. Talk to your doctor. Also, consider different styles/fabric types of jog bras, the ones that wick away sweat and moisture.</p>
<p>For my hands, I like L’Occitane shea butter cream that I got from Costco. It has a very faint, pleasant smell and leaves my hands buttery soft. Someone mentioned Shikai shea butter creams - those are very good, but some have too much scent, so smell them before buying.</p>