Wednesday March 10, 2010 at 12:24

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Thawing Out It’s usually around this time of year that always has me questioning, “Why do I live in Chicago again?”  But I read somewhere that Chicagoans’ relationship with their city is like that of Ike and Tina - six months out of the year it’s beautiful and harmonious and the other six months you spend telling your friends that they “just don’t understand him the way you do.”  But happy days are on the way!  Winter is almost officially over (March 20th is the start of spring) and if the dry, itchy skin and cracked-open knuckles are killing you half as much as they’re killing me, follow these tips to begin to restore your body: Hair - Try an oil or mask to bring some life back into your wind-blown tresses.  Above:  Moroccanoil Restorative Hair Mask, $25. Skin - L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream ($10) gets great marks for restoring cracked hands while the list of good daily body lotions is endless.  For extremely flaky skin, try Eucerin Plus Intensive Repair Lotion ($13). Face - Stick with home ingredients to make gentle treatments for your skin.  Mash up and avocado - full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants - with a drizzle of olive oil and spread it onto your face for 15 minutes.  Also try: equal parts raw oatmeal (very soothing), egg yolk and honey.  Leave it on for 20 minutes. Lips - If your lips are really bothering you, get rid of your petroleum based lip chap and opt for something natural that will let your lips breathe, like Burt’s Bees Lifeguard’s Choice ($3), made specifically for sun and snow. And if you didn’t already have a million reasons to quit, smoking just aggrivates chapped lips. Permalink.

Thawing Out

It’s usually around this time of year that always has me questioning, “Why do I live in Chicago again?”  But I read somewhere that Chicagoans’ relationship with their city is like that of Ike and Tina - six months out of the year it’s beautiful and harmonious and the other six months you spend telling your friends that they “just don’t understand him the way you do.”  But happy days are on the way!  Winter is almost officially over (March 20th is the start of spring) and if the dry, itchy skin and cracked-open knuckles are killing you half as much as they’re killing me, follow these tips to begin to restore your body:

  1. Hair - Try an oil or mask to bring some life back into your wind-blown tresses.  Above:  Moroccanoil Restorative Hair Mask, $25.
  2. Skin - L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream ($10) gets great marks for restoring cracked hands while the list of good daily body lotions is endless.  For extremely flaky skin, try Eucerin Plus Intensive Repair Lotion ($13).
  3. Face - Stick with home ingredients to make gentle treatments for your skin.  Mash up and avocado - full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants - with a drizzle of olive oil and spread it onto your face for 15 minutes.  Also try: equal parts raw oatmeal (very soothing), egg yolk and honey.  Leave it on for 20 minutes.
  4. Lips - If your lips are really bothering you, get rid of your petroleum based lip chap and opt for something natural that will let your lips breathe, like Burt’s Bees Lifeguard’s Choice ($3), made specifically for sun and snow. And if you didn’t already have a million reasons to quit, smoking just aggrivates chapped lips.

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