Unscented Body Lotion

If you're like me, smelling like a birthday cake is almost more important than showering. A sucker for delicious scents, I can sniff out the "cupcake delight" and "vanilla swirl" in the beauty aisle of any drug store. Before I've even arrived at the drug store.

The disappointing truth about fragrant body products, however, is that their perfumes are often responsible for skin irritation. The appeal of being a walking cream puff is over shadowed by the necessity of hydrated skin. Let's face it, the cold winter months call for soft, moist hands that smell like nothing rather than Chocolate Ladyfinger fingers that feel like sand paper.

If you haven't already, you might want to consider going fragrance free until Spring - if only in your choice of body moisturizers. The natural ingredients that take the place of chemical perfume, such as shea butter and almond oils, leave the skin soft and lightweight. Most importantly, moisturized for much longer. Have you ever noticed that the dessert treat body products are good at lingering scent but not so good at keeping the skin moisturized?

Natural and organic properties contribute to the hydrating of your skin, the less chemicals the better. Burt's Bees and Blue Fruits & Passion are a couple of drug store brands that specialize in formulating scentless products,  so give them a try! Plus, anyone around you who is particularly sensitive to fragrance will thank you for toning it down a notch. 

Courtney Gilmour
		About the author:
		Courtney is a published writer, stand-up comic, and shameless Internet enthusiast. She holds a double bachelors degree in English Literature and Communication Media Studies, specializing in semiotic theory, however she doesn't get Shakespeare and has never won a game of Scrabble. Currently she lives in Toronto and works as a writer for WOMAN.CA.
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