I started using it for chapped lips about 12 years ago. If you have ever spent a minimum of 15 minutes with me then you have surely seen me digging around in my purse for a tube of Aquaphor. Open, dab, dab, dab, click, close and ahhhh. I slowly began to realize how many things it was great for besides chapped lips. I use it under my eyes at night, on my cuticles, for hang nails, on little cuts or scrapes, dry skin patches, elbows, feet, for a reddened sore nose during a cold. Also, more times then I would like to admit I have fooled myself into thinking it was makeup. A little on the lips, a little on the cheeks and, voila!, I'm ready for my close up.
I thought I had pretty much exhausted the possibilities of this magic potion and then I had kids.
Aquaphor, may I present diaper rash, chapped cheeks, eczema, cradle cap, chapped lips and that one time Eloise got a ring stuck on her finger. Aquaphor, is there anything you can't fix?
Everyone in my house is a devotee to this stuff. My husband no longer says, "Do we have any Aquaphor?". He now says, "Where is the nearest Aquaphor?" He has begun to realize that I have them stashed all over the house and outlying areas.
Please, please, please don't tell me anything bad about Aquaphor's ingredients or potential side effects. I research practically ever other product and food that comes into this house and it can be such a drag sometimes. I have purposely never looked up Aquaphor. I don't want to know because I wouldn't be able to quit it. I know that it probably isn't perfect but we all have our flaws don't we?
In the meantime I will remain blissfully and blindly happy... and moisturized.
kitchen
purse
eloise's bedside
harriet's bedside
my bedside
car
makeup bag
also makes a great teether
