people swear by moisturisiers and body butters with cocoa butter, saying it totally prevents stretch marks around the belly. i'm not one to suddenly run out to get myself some as i was never the lemming type. besides, i happen to have a stash of moisturisers here so i use what i have.
current on this rose-scented stuff that BBB's mom bought in morocco. that in itself was interesting, because we were headed to Essaouira on the coast which required driving through the countryside. one of our stops was already in the Naturally Morocco itinerary--i think--but if it were not, it was no big deal as the place was right on the highway anyway. we also needed to get out of the car to stretch our legs so we conveniently stopped at this women's coop that processes argan oil.
in short, argan oil is morocco's answer to olive oil. it is their health oil and use it for everything--cooking, as peanut butter, soap, and you guessed it, moisturizers. BBB's mom was convinced to purchase something to support the coop (while BBB and i did choose a few bars of soap to bring back as pasalubong). the moisturiser was in the neighborhood of 20Euros. in the end, she gave me the pot of rose-scented argan oil-based moisturiser because my face started to suffer from the non-tropical weather and i, totally not anticipating temperatures would dip below 15 degrees, failed to bring any stuff for my face.
in short, i'm using the stuff on my sometimes itchy belly. its light and rose-scented so i can't really complain. when that runs out, i have a pot of Asquith & Somerset ayurvedic body butter which i happened to buy from Beauty Bar for Php 50. that's right, it used to be Php 550, but since no one knew the brand, it went for a low down sale that i snapped up.
will these things work?
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