List of Partners vendors. Having a good body lotion in your body care routine is essential to maintaining supple, even skin. I have to admit, I am not always the best at applying body lotion. I am all about a skincare routine from the neck up. However, somehow I neglect the rest of my body—that is, until now.
Aging which I welcome , for me, has meant sensitive, breakout-prone skin. I now struggle with breakouts on my shoulders, flaky skin on my feet and elbows, and just the overall feeling that my skin could benefit from applying lotion day and night.
Finding a body lotion that adds moisture, evens the skin tone, and doesn't clog the pores is a lot harder to pin down than you'd think. For this reason, I stick to physical exfoliation and the occasional use of body butter. Don't judge me—I know it's time for me to do better. As I started thinking about how to make a small change to my body care routine, I considered one of the drugstore classics I discovered on my beauty journey in my 20s: AmLactin Daily Moisturizing Body Lotion.
I decided to give this drugstore classic another try. Keep reading to find out how my skin reacted to this beloved, derm-approved moisturizer. As I mentioned, my skin is sensitive and breakout-prone. This is especially true for me when I'm working out consistently or when my period is set to appear. Thanks, but no thanks, hormones. Breakouts on my brown skin mean hyperpigmentation and a prolonged process of getting rid of the scars, which can take up to a year or sometimes longer.
Since my sensitive skin is prone to irritation-induced breakouts, I have to be careful about what I use on my skin to prevent more scarring. For this reason, I tend to stick to body butters that are made with natural ingredients like shea butter, mango butter, and coconut oil. These oil-based ingredients can be a bit heavy, even though the natural ingredients are known for helping with discoloration on dark skin tones.
The feel of this lotion is like a piece of silk that leaves your skin shimmering. The moment you rub this into your skin, it instantly hydrates and gives it a healthy, non-greasy glow. After 14 days, I was losing hope that AmLactin was going to clear my legs of their strawberry print. Growing up I was always encouraged to use lotion, and so I've tried a ton of them. From Jergens to Aveeno to Cetaphil. Could be a good way to prep for summer.
Not exactly — but that's not a bad thing. Keratosis pilaris is a medical condition, and like any medical condition, treatment for it varies from person to person. So, while AmLactin didn't clear up our strawberry legs, I don't doubt that it can and does help treat other people's KP. Despite having the same condition with very similar symptoms, Mary and I had totally different experiences with the same product! I probably will ask my dermatologist about treatment options at some point, but in the meantime, neither Mary nor I are pressed about our KP.
Why try to "fix" something about ourselves that we didn't even have a problem with to begin with? Moral of the story? You don't have to change anything about yourself just because the internet considers it a "flaw. Plus, strawberries taste good and are pretty AF, so I couldn't think of a better fruit for our legs to be named after. Marquaysa Battle marquaysab.
As summer approaches, everyone wants to switch up their look. From armpit facials to hair color and cut changes — summer is the 1 reason to push your boundaries and try something new. Here's what keratosis pilaris looks like on mine and Mary's legs:. Sometimes KP looks red — hence the term "strawberry legs.
It wasn't until the internet that Mary had a name for the bumps. I struggled with KP all through elementary and high school, buying and discarding a bunch of different products. I tried sloughing the bumps off with gritty exfoliants and washcloths, sunning them away in a tanning bed a big no-no, I now know , and covered my limbs in thick lotion every night. Its white and neon green glory has become a mainstay in my bathroom beauty cabinet — and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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