Guys & hand lotion

[Laguna]

I'm a guy and I use hand lotion and sunscreen and lots of it. However, nothing scented.

I've researched lotion and moisturizers quite a bit and my wife and I are in disagreement. Based on what I've read...ANY moisturizer that lists water as the first ingredient will not do much for you in the long run, as it only evaporates and just sets up a cycle of having to use more.

So only petroleum or lanolin based lotions really make much of a difference in the long run.

My wife disagrees but I think it is primarily because she likes the way certain lotions feel (and smell) after she applies them.

Right now, I use plain old petroleum jelly before going to bed and I think the results are pretty good. Any opinions?

[badger]

petroleum jelly - yuck. Sorry, I know it works, but the thought of using some gasoline derivative on your skin, which is an organ, just makes my skin crawl.

I used pure lanolin before, and I just couldn't get past the smell. It just smelled of... well... sheep or farmyard.

I try to use all natural products, but even pure shea butter doesn't seem to take care of the severe dry skin I seem to get in the winters these days. I found urea works very well; I found one that doesn't contain parabens and other chemicals.

[malkin]

...I used pure lanolin before, and I just couldn't get past the smell. It just smelled of... well... sheep or farmyard...

I like that wet sheepy smell! (barnyard, not so much.)

[badger]

I like that wet sheepy smell! (barnyard, not so much.)

ha ha, I was being polite, I was telling people around me it smelled of a euphemism for donkey!

truthfully, I'm not sure what a sheep smells like, let alone a wet one (though my merino wool stuff sure smells funky/odd when they're wet)