Re: the other cosmetics section - thanks!
Posted by Catherine Nielsen on November 30, 1999 at 18:59:33:
In Reply to: the other cosmetics section posted by Catheirne Cartwright Jones on November 29, 1999 at 00:59:27:
Catherine, thanks for the info! Catherine N
: I've found great reasonably priced cocoa butter and other wonderful
: oils in the aisle for cosmetics for black people. Black people,
: including Roy, my husband, are often troubled with dry skin,
: especially during the winters when their elbows and knees get
"ashy"
: or sort of dusty grey (flakes of dry skin look sorta greu against
dark
: skin). Some of these oils are beautifully scented and in pump
sprays
: to help black people manage their hair (especially if they've been
: trying to straighten it).
: Great oils for removing New Skin in the black beauty supply isle
are:
:
: "Africare 100% Cocoa Butter" (smells like chocolate,....yum!) Comes
in
: a convenient tube like chapstick but larger.
: "Ginseng Miracle Wonder 8 Oil", containing Jojoba oil, Tea Tree Oil,
: Kukui Nut oil, Evening Primrose Oil, Ginseng Extrace, Avodado Oil,
: Cocoanut Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, rosemary, Sage, Angelica, Licorice
: Extract, Job's Tears Cedar, Clove, Balm Mint, Chamomile, Hyacinth
: ..... a very light oil and damn it smells good!
: There are lots of others...
: The cheapest cocoa butter I've gotten is for .99 for 4 oz at Mark's
: Drugstore, generic and great quality.