#she uses Nivea (too much perfume for my taste) and my dad is a working man so he needed the boost more | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

mabelsguidetolife · 3 years ago

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today I was biting my lips until they nearly bled (they didn't but I could taste the metallic element underneath the thin skin) so I went on a dedicated outing just to buy some good repairing lip balm and o’keefe’s is actually really good..... I should’ve expected that kind of quality from a brand with a product called ‘working hands’

#I always associate the hand cream with corn huskers lotion because my dad used to use it all the time #he stopped but somehow a simple collagen body lotion I found online really helps his hands now #he's older and apparently it's effective enough despite being a surface product to plump up his thinning drying skin #as a young person with their collagen bonds mostly intact it just has a slight plumping softening effect #but it really does seem to do what it says in promoting elasticity and surface moisture #it makes his epidermis tougher altogether actually #softer but thicker #so if he gets a scratch or something while using it regularly it won't seem as deep #it's impressive #clearly it's better to find a digestible source of collagen like foods or supplements for internal production but we have it around you know #one for me and one for him #I was gonna give the other to my mom but she doesn't understand what collagen is outside of the idea of injections #so she thinks it's harmful somehow???? she's got her idiot moments #she uses Nivea (too much perfume for my taste) and my dad is a working man so he needed the boost more #and he doesn't indulge in skincare like AT ALL #I always worry about him getting melanoma or something #he used to be so tan that some kids got it in their heads that I was half or a quarter black #just from working his ass off and never wearing sunscreen #I have a picture somewhere of my forearm against his back and the contrast is so high that you'd think we weren't related #I have his skin though in that I tan rather than burn #I used to play outside so much as a kid that one summer my hair had lightened and my skin had darkened so I felt like I looked like a penny #it's a lot better than turning into a molting pink lizard that stings all over #and these days I could probably use more sunlight #but I'm a lazy shit lmao #haleylyfe

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