have finally taken all of my stock out of businesses for sale. I have goatmilk soaps, lotions, silken body creams, fizzy bath bombs, & bath salts. I would love to trade them for perennials, sun loving, shade loving, tropicals, etc, I have alot, but still want alot as well. LOL. Below is a list of my wants as far as plants are concerned. but please ask if youdon't have what I want, I'm interested in alot of other things as well, I am over stocked with the lotions 4 oz and 8 oz. and silken body creams. below is a list of the ingred. and scents I have available. These are the plants I"m looking for: large or tall varieties of Hosta, and blue varieties. hosta's: niagra falls, spilt milk, blue mammoth, lake side bluejeans blue and unusual looking ones maiden grass, large clump pending spring trade varieties of rosemary: pink majorca, huntington carpet thymes: broadleaf, minus, rosea. Lavenders: Pink perfume, silver rosea, butterfly, goodwin creek. varieties of verbascum, but not the yellow mullein. (jackie, raspberry ripple) green jade kniphofia Of course: Mints that I don't have. trilliums hardy ground cover geraniums would love the hollywood & splish splash but would be happy with any other than the blue one I have the bikovo or something like that crinum lily other than white & ellen bosenquet, I have these. rain lily unusual tulips or tall stemmed pink wisteria foxtail lily checkered lily butterfly gingers any except white & peach I have those candy cane ginger, (peppermint) not sure of the proper name midnight ginger alocasias or colocasias that I don't have I have15or so varieties so be sure to ask me what I have picotee begonia other begonias gladwyn iris snow angel heuchera other heuchera's I don't have penstemons other than huskers red. tiny leaved hardy sedums brunnera any kind hardy orchids hardy ferns foxgloves lupines named daylilies named japanese iris named siberian iris, other black gamecock, baby sister, & ceasers brother. I have those Here is a list of the lotions and the ingred for the lotions. goatmilk, grapeseed oil, jojoba oil,avocado oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, emu oil, glycerine emulsyfying wax, citric acid, grapefruit seed extract, vit e, silk amino acids, preservative, not all the lotions have these exact ingred. but similar. 8 oz available in these scents. 2 kiwi chamomile also have one 4 oz 1 jasmine 1 serenity 1 sunripened raspberry also have two 4 oz. 4 oz available in these scents 1 unscented 2 cucumber melon 1 joe malone 1 white satin (musk) 1 energy 3 fresh ginger lime 1 cool mountain lake 1 love spell 1 plumeria 1 sandalwood 1 sweet pea below is a list of scents for the silken body cream here are the ingred. emulsifying wax, stearic acid, shea butter, apricot kernal oil, citric acid, jojoba oil, emu oil, rosehipseed oil, liquid silk amino acids, preservative, fragrance their all 4 oz plastic jars, in these scents 3 serenity 4 sunripened raspberry 2 tropical rose 3 whispering angel 1 fresh ginger lime 1 sweet pea 2 cucumber melon 1 victorian vanilla I also have goatmilksoaps, fizzy bath bombs, and bath salts. PLease let me know if we can trade. kathy_ann

I have the same exact problem! In fact, I've had it so long that I have forgotten how painful it really is. At first, when I was about 14, just one of my cuticles dried up. I assumed it was because I had slammed that nail in the door, but eventually it happened to more nails. In high school, within about a 3 month period, all the rest of my cuticles dried up except one. Now, just recently (age 22) the last cuticle is drying up and it is really freaking me out. I have never been to a dermatologist, but I am definitely going to one now. I have been to a family medicine doctor who prescribed me steroid cream, but this only seemed to make the problem worse. Also, I've noticed a get dry, flaky, skin on some of my fingers now. I wonder if it is an autoimmune thing. Like you mentioned, I have tried all sorts of lotions. Everything from Gold Bond to 24 Hour Moisturizers to Cocoa Butter Lotion to Olive Oil to Utter Cream to Avon to Mary Kay to special cuticle gels to freaking Dead Sea Salt Mineral stuff that's supposed to help and absolutely NOTHING helps. I have one question, though. Have you noticed that your fingernails get bumpy now that the cuticle is not there to guide the nail growth? I have searched the internet and asked tons of medical students, several doctors, and nobody seems to know what causes this. I wonder if it is bacterial, too. Another thing I noticed is that the tips of my fingers get swollen and tingle sometimes (I'm a healthy 22 year old). My hands, especially fingertips, are extremely sensitive to cold. Best of luck to you, even though this post is a few years old. If you happen to have figured out something that helps, please let me know. I'm going to the dermatologist soon, though. Thanks! One last thing, do you happen to live at high altitude? Maybe that has something to do with it??

Natal - Oh, I know. IMO Photoshopping like that shouldn't even be allowed. I always say anyone can be beautiful with the help of a makeup artist, hair extensions, spray tan, fake eyelashes, airbrushing, etc. :) So far I haven't spent a bunch of money on any product in general. I know most have big price tags with empty promises. I am a sucker for infomercials though so I have to stay away. lol My last purchase years ago was the bun and thigh roller! Nuff said. The appealing thing to me was that brand isn't pricey and I've heard AHA is good for your skin and dermatolgists recommend it? Since I bought all that I'll finish using it but I guess I've always figured in my mind a little wrinkle cream or serum can't hurt. An example that comes to mind often..Poor DH doesn't have much hair left on top of his head. At one point, he was using Nioxin products. I found it interesting that they have different steps to their line. System 1 is for fine, natural, normal to thin looking hair. System 2 is for fine, natural, NOTICEABLY thinning hair. There's probably reasons but I can't wrap my head around why you wouldn't just jump to system 2 if you were having this issue. Same goes with face products. Olay has a bunch of different systems. When I considered trying some of theirs it recommended the total effects. My mind wondered why I couldn't just buy something for skin that was already wrinkled thinking it would help more. Again, that may not be the case and I haven't done any real digging around but that's how I look at it. Jen - My t zone gets pretty darn oily so I also couldn't figure out why I was always hearing moisturize. Even oil free doesn't make sense to me really. Cooper - I figured you'd get what I was saying since you're not far away. There's not that many in the state. Even the ones I was 1st hoping to get into were a good hour away. I'm honestly a little leary of putting chemicals on my face in general and I think part of me doesn't want to know what's in them. This includes sunblock even though I've been using that on my face. The food we eat, the air we breathe.. I know that was windy but I'm feeling blabbery tonight. I really should be wrapping presents!

Oh, I'm doing much better than those--LOL! Your list looks extravagant to me this year! I'm making patchwork checkers, backgammon and tic tac toe boards from my leftover fabric scraps. For the teens, I made scarves (from my bin of leftover yarn). I'll be filling in with some home-baked bread, homemade jellies and candy. So far, I've spent exactly 3.98 and I already have about 8 gifts put together.