Aromatherapy Associates freebie!

[Diflower]

Red Magazine, May issue (out now), £4.

There are 3 products to choose from, cleanser, face mask and moisturiser, but the real biggie is the Triple Rose Renew moisturiser.
It costs £49 for 50ml, and the free tube is 30ml, so it's £29-worth
I mentioned it to Bb yesterday and he came home with it for me The newsagent he went to had only one copy and it had the moisturiser.
Used it last night and oh it's gorgeous - it has frankincense in as well, so reminded me of the Neals Yard one.

The mask is worth £17, and the cleanser £3.50

[Kaz]

Sounds gorgeous but I wouldn't be able to use it - any skin care with perfumes in are a no-no for me!

[Diflower]

They don't use anything synthetic Kaz but it's not always artificial stuff that causes problems is it, so I can understand you not risking it

[Kaz]

No, and I've spent fortunes over the years on trial and error I'd love to be able to soak in lovely bubbles or bath oils for example, but showers with very plain soaps or body wash followed by tons of Vaseline intensive care lotion or E45 is all my skin will tolerate. I have to be very very careful with makeup too.......

I'm lucky really, my skin looks fine 'cos I look after it and my problem is very dry sensitive skin prone to eczema - my poor mum had terrible psoriasis for much of her life and it really impacted her quite badly

[Diflower]

It's a right pain but at least the stuff you can use is cheap
I'm still searching for a moisturiser, so am very happy with nearly-freebies and free samples.

The big tub I have is fine, doesn't aggravate the rosacea, but isn't really good enough as a moisturiser. As you say you can spend a fortune trying things, and that's what I'm trying to avoid! This one is lovely but I wouldn't be paying full price for it so will just enjoy it for a while
Psoriasis is a horrid, horrid thing isn't it, I had a lovely boyfriend who had it, and Bb's dad has it really badly - he was in hospital with Dennis Potter once, and still has to have stays in hospital for intensive treatment every now and then.

[Kaz]

Di - skin problems are a nightmare aren't they? xxxxx

Psoriasis is really horrible - my mum had it as a young woman on her knees and elbows, which was a pain in the 60s with miniskirts, but she was lovely and slim and wore trousers a lot! Then it went to her hands so she had to wear gloves for housework but it still hurt her. Then her scalp became affected so she had a serious dandruff-type problem, then lastly and worst of all to her feet so that sometimes she struggled to walk

I think hers was either stress or diet related - it started when my sister almost died of pneumonia as a baby - mum had already lost two full term babies at birth so of course was frantic! J recovered but the psoriasis never did, apart from the times she spent in hospital in her later years, both times for several weeks, when it cleared up almost completely - which was very odd indeed. That makes me think it was either stress (maybe she felt 'safe' in hospital?) or diet related in some way...................

[Diflower]

I've never really looked into it Kaz, but if a body's not functioning properly in any way there's always the possibility that diet or other changes could help, if only you knew just what to change/add/do differently
Trouble is, bodies aren't quite as simple as car engines are they

[Lozzles]

Thanks for this Di, I love anything with roses in

Kaz, I'm sorry your poor mum had such a terrible time with her skin x

[Kaz]

Thanks Loz xxxx

Di I really feel for Bb's dad, he must suffer terribly to need hospital treatment {{{{{{x}}}}}} Yes I expect looking into dietary changes and reducing stress levels would have helped mum, but she didn't 'believe' in such things. She was even very wary of my hypnotherapy studies "Hocus pocus"

[Diflower]

There's always an upside Kaz - we get lots of free towels
Bb's mum buys new ones pretty often because he says they get 'too hard' after a while, whatever she does (she tumbles them to keep them softer). So we have a lovely stack of aqua bath, hand towels and flannels
Sunshine helps no end, he does look forward to their holidays