Yeah, I know, petroleum jelly is not natural, it's a man made petroleum product. But, I have tried all of the natural subs and they are just not the same. And it's so cheap, especially when you purchase it in a tub. And besides the obvious pure petroleum, there are no other weird ingredients. So, yeah, I use it for stuff. A lot of stuff:
1. hand and body lotion
2. lip gloss
3. smoothing down the little hairs on my hair line that are growing back from being pulled out by a baby (like hair gel)
4. eyebrow shaper on special occasions
5. boo-boo cream on teeny paper cut sized wounds
6. and to quote something Scott found online "Yeah, we use petroleum jelly for sex...we put it on the bedroom door handle so the kids can't get in" :) just kidding we don't really use it for sex, but I do wonder what the cashier thinks when I buy it by the tub
If your skin isn't as dry and needy as mine you may be able to do all of this with a natural alternative like a olive oil, jojoba oil, shea butter or even "Un-petroleum"(available at health food stores).
And now for some more unnatural confessions...my other guilty pleasures:
1. paper towels-I try not to, but some things are just so much less gross to clean up with them
2. generic zip lock baggies-I have tried to eliminate these before, but they are SO convenient
3. tissue-handkerchiefs work great until one of us has a cold (which is often) and needs to take care of some serious snot while attempting to not infect other people
4. disposable diapers-just at night or on trips, these things have snuck in like chocolate at a chocoholics anonymous meeting- so bad, but so good
5. candy-not the 70% organic fair trade cocoa bar, but the nasty red #40/PGPR/high fructose junk that the kids get in their halloween bag that I sneak when they are sleeping
O.k., I feel better to have all of that off my chest. That's what she said. :)
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