Skincare with Crisco: Not Just for Baking Anymore
So I came across this really interesting skin care tip that I wanted to share with you. Have you ever heard of using Crisco (a solid vegetable shortening, usually used in baking) as a way to combat dry skin?
I read this somewhere and did a quick check to see if others had heard of it- they had.
The way to use it is to shower as usual, apply your regular moisturizer, and then, over that, a thin layer of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) or vegetable shortening (Crisco).
Sounds weird, but it works. Apparently this is an 'in-house' secret for women who participate in beauty pageants.
If you're troubled by severely dry skin, try using Vaseline or Crisco to seal in the moisture.
And let me know what you think.
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You have to remember that everything you put on your skin goes directly into your bloodstream within 15 minutes. If you don't believe me try putting a clove a garlic between your toes, and in 15 minutes you will taste garlic in your mouth. Petroleum products (mineral oil) are a derivative of black crude oil (what you put into your car). Crisco is made up of partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils. And although it may seem to help dry skin, it actually does the opposite since it clogs your pores and tricks your skin to stop producing its own moisture. The mineral oil molecule is too large to penetrate the skin and sits on top of your skin which can lead to an acculumation of unwanted bacteria and prevents your skin from breathing and providing its own moisture. When the skin does this, you accelerate the aging process.
"You have to remember that everything you put on your skin goes directly into your bloodstream within 15 minutes."
This statement is untrue. Think of all the toxic household chemicals that get on your skin everyday, yet none of them wind up in your blood. Also, tea tree oil is toxic if ingested yet it is a common ingredient in skin care products.
Crisco is commonly recommended by dermatologists and plastic surgeons as an antioxidant to speed the healing of skin and combat dryness. The majority of mosturizes only penetrate the first few layers of skin. Your skin, after all, is your body's defense system, if "everything you put on your skin" was really absorbed into the blood" humans would have died out a long time ago. Criso does not contain mineral oil and will only clog the pores of someone with sensitive skin, especially since only a small layer is needed to combat dryness.
Bacterial is everywhere and if anything, Crisco would keep it off of one's skin and not, as Janet claims, cause it to accumulate. Also, dryness does not in itself cause ageing to increase.
Lastly Janet, extrememly dry skin does not "produce [enough] of its own moisture" hence the need for a topical.
Please, anyone who is thinking of using this COMMON household remedy, ignore Janet and read up on it yourself.
I agree with Janet. Crisco and Petroleum are harmful toxic chemicals. And typical household cleaning products do affect the human bodies in the long run. Cancer is linked to many processed and harmful chemicals. There are safer ways to enhance beauty. Here in the U.S., most things are processed. Perhaps that is why our mortality rates are staggering–even though we are supposed to be the smartest and richest country in the world. At the same time, this country thrives on consumerism. The FDA doesn't care if it kills you, its all about money, capitalism. Other countries have banned 1000 or more harmful food and personal care products…The FDA will never tell you that any of these products are bad for you. You just have to know for yourself or learn from someone else. Ebony, I used to be in denial just like you. Keep preachin' and teachin', Janet!!
I have been using Crisco on my feet for 15 years. I have very dry skin on my feet and was told that Crisco could be applied at night and then put a sock over it. I'll do this once a week now. A dermatologist recommended this to my mother when I was only 5 years old. If it was so harmful… why would any doctor recommend that a 5 year old use this on her feet. 15 years later and I'm still fine and using Crisco weekly on my feet.
I just heard about this on a news channel this morning…they were doing birthdays and this lady is having her 100th birthday today and she DID say all her life she has used Crisco on her face, let me tell you she did not look a day over 30, no lines at all . She was a gorgeous woman for that age now….Thanks
I agree that everything that touches our body is absorbed on some level. They are starting to identify exactly how much with 'Body Burden' blood tests and finding that an average of 40-45 of the 72 industrial chemicals/compounds used in manufacturing (plastics, etc.) are sitting in our blood stream. Therefore, I go to the website 'Skin Deep' http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php and get the hazard rating for all the personal products we use. Pure petroleum jelly is rated a zero hazard out of ten - regardless that it is a by-product crude oil. I've discovered the absolute best place to buy natural products at reasonable prices is Vitacost.com -hope this helps.
CRISCO rocks!!! It was promoted on the Tyra Banks show for a great use on ashy dry skin. If your elbows are very ashy you smother your elbows with alot of Crisco,then put some long sports socks over them,and sleep with it on,it helps brighten them,especially if used after an AHA/BHA exfoliating treatment.