Ruthieg...I can't answer for Michelle...but I can tell you that I, personally, wasted large sums of money trying every lotion/cream/salve that was recommended by a pharmacist and/or dermatologist. The insidious thing about eczema and psoriasis is that not everything works for everybody and recommendations from real live sufferers are my best sources for tried and true products so I return the informational kindness forward when I'm able. This is a wonderfully helpful forum for those in need of actual experience info and I, for one, hope it continues to be for those in need. Anne

try Southern Scentsations, Great Lakes Candle Supplies I buy 99.9% of my supplies from Southern Scentsations. They are the best i have dealt with and they are local for me. (Flat Rock, Mi)

I didn't see that any of you have ever weighed your purse to see how much extra weight you might be hanging on your shoulder. I know my purse is WAY too heavy, but I can't seem to pare down the "ingredients". I just weighed it and it is a tad over 5 and a half pounds. My job is not in the same town I live in, so I feel that I need to be prepared for all contingencies, LOL. I do have a wonderful organizer (actually, my purse is so large that for a while I had TWO organizers in it) and I can always lay my hands on exactly what I am looking for. I know my Kindle adds weight, but still less than the book I previously carried around pre-Kindle. Just this weekend, I decided I would clean out anything unnecessary, and you know what? I couldn't think of a thing to remove. Very few articles of my clothing have pockets and I'm "fluffy" enough so that I don't want any extra bulk in that area anyway.

My thought is why? Why do you want to leave your lotion sitting out? I'm not saying you shouldn't - to each their own. I'm just saying rather than find a pretty bottle, I would just put the lotion back in the bathroom (or wherever you keep it). It's just one more thing sitting out. I really don't understand things like lotion, tissues, etc. all over the house. My MIL keeps a box of tissue (at all times) in her kitchen. If I'm home and need a tissue, I go to one of the bathrooms and get a tissue. I use my tissue in the bathroom too. (Maybe TMI, but I think nose-blowing and other such things need to be done in private LOL and definitely not in the kitchen.) But back to your question. Each evening/morning I go through my routine, cleansing, deoderant, teeth brushing, lotion, perfume, whatever it is depending where I am going and what I am doing, but I do that in the bathroom or bedroom and then I put those items away. I do have some foot cream in my bedroom - and as someone else mentioned, that goes into a drawer in my nightstand. To me it is just easier and then I do not have all that "stuff" sitting out.