feelin’ mighty ashy

Okay, so I bought this stuff at Bath and Body Works a while back. It was a new product - a scented body oil that allegedly turned into lotion. I am all about any type of new lotion that may actually moisturize my dry dry dry skin here in the desert. I hadn't tried it yet, so I thought I'd try it the other night. I think it was Wednesday. I lathered myself up with it before I went to bed.

The next day, my legs were like cracked, parched desert patches. My arms were almost just as bad. I was itchy and disgusting. I was like, WTF? I used copious amounts of my most expensive lotion on both legs and arms to repair. No dice. I put lotion on more than once that day. The next day, more copious lotioning.

Yesterday, I was cleaning up and grabbed the stupid new bottle to throw it in the trash. My eye then caught a phrase on the front: "Body Wash." Yes, I had lathered my arms and legs up with soap and then went straight to bed. Because that's good for the skin. Needless to say, my skin is still recovering. Ugh.