Vainy Maynee | A Little Of Everything: My Emergency Skincare Product

Hi Everyone!~

Recently, I've been noticing my skin feeling extremely dry and tight. I haven't been changing up any of my skincare products, so my best guess is due to the weather and the moisture level of the surrounding I'm always around.

Just a few days ago, an area of my skin got so dried, it peeled when I accidentally scratched it. Leaving a open wound on my face.):

I remember there was this once where I had the same experience. And it was because my entire face was so dry, it started cracking at the areas where my skin is usually stretched or "moving around", the side of my mouth, around my nose, my forehead and the sides of my eyes, where wrinkles usually start showing up.

And someone told me I should keep a bottle of Vaseline with me and apply it throughout the day when I feel any tightness.

So I did, and within days, All the cracks were healed.

So when I got reminded of that incident, I took out my very trustworthy and decided to do the same thing.

True enough, it didn't disappoint me!~

Vaseline,

Or like some people like to call it, Petroleum Jelly

Product Description,
Vaseline 100% Pure Petroleum Jelly is the original! Use it daily all over your body, even your face
-Heals dry skin.
- Helps protect minor cuts, scrapes and burns.
- Protects skin from wind burn and chapping
- Reduces the appearance of fine, dry lines
Vaseline Petroleum Jelly contains no colors, fragrance or irritants. Hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic.

This is how it looks like in the tub,

Just FYI, I got mine in the biggest tube. I use to have the very very tiny version of it, and found it very very useful. So when I was repurchasing it, I decided to get the biggest tube!~

I have been using this tube for ages now. I can't remember how many years it is. I don't know if you can see, but there is actually a very deep dent in it.

It is transparent, you don't have to worry it will stain your clothes or leave a weird colour on your skin.

Although it is a "jelly", from it's name, it is a balm. It is not even close to a thick cream. It is as thick as your regular lip balm.

As you can see it is transparent.

The balm will not run at all. Where you apply it, it will just stay at as it is. So you don't have to worry it will cause any mess. Because it will never.

When you blend it out, it will leave a shiny finish, feels pretty oily. Pretty similar to something you'll experience in a lip balm.

My Thoughts,

From my experience

I actually like using this product on my face in different ways.

I don't use it product everyday. I only use it when my skin is extremely dry and needs extra attention.

In the day, I'll apply a very thin layer on the area that needs extra attention, and bring this product along with my every where I go. And I'll just apply a little more on area that gets really tight and dry throughout the day.

At night, I'll apply a thicker layer on the same areas where it needs extra attention after applying all my skincare products.

What I like about this product, It helps with adding extra moisture to my face. That's what I experienced. But when I looked up on it, Vaseline actually helps to prevent the moisture from escaping.

When there is a dry patch on my skin, you can see it flaking, I apply Vaseline on them too, because it soften the skin and soothe the surface.

Recently I have this dry patch of skin peeling on my face and it was like a scrape. It was very painful, very red but no bleeding. I applied Vaseline on it, and within 2-3days, it is all healed.

My intentions wasn't for it to heal my wound actually, I was hoping that it would soothe the pain.

Although it manage to heal the cracks that were on my face previously, but it was a larger wound that before. So I didn't think that it would do any thing with healing. But it surprised me when my wound was healed after a few days.

I like that it doesn't come with any scent. If it did, I probably would stop using it. Usually when I'm using Vaseline on my face, it's usually when it is under a terrible condition.

My mood will usually not be very good, pretty grumpy and sensitive. So when I use something that is scented and I don't like the scent of it. It will suddenly be amplified and I'll hate it so much!

So I'm pretty please that this doesn't come in any scent!~

What I don't like about this product, I want to say it is it's consistency. It is very thick, and it feels very heavy on my skin. But come to think of it, it acts as a protective layer on your skin, to help with healing and prevent moisture from escaping. So I guess it's only logical if it is a thicker layer. Another thing I don't like about this is that it feel really oily and I don't really like the feeling of it.

But this product really meet my needs. So no matter how thick and oily it feels on my skin, I have to endure!~ That's the reason why I don't use it everyday!~ Because if I did, I would have hated this product so much to be even using it now on my scrape.

Would I recommend this? Yes totally!~ Other than what I mentioned above, there's so much more Vaseline can do!~ It's not only a skincare emergency product for me, but also a body and clothing emergency product. (I'm thinking of doing a post on it tomorrow!~ So stay tune) With just one product, you can use it on so many things, I think it is definitely a worthy purchase.

I don't know if you've noticed, but mine is in a old packaging.