Reminder To Myself

[ladysprite]

There are steps one must take in getting ready for bed. Brush teeth, brush hair, take out contact lenses, and all that fun stuff. And now that winter approaches and heat is on, taking care of my skin is becoming an issue.

For the most part, it doesn't matter in quite what order things get done. I have my routines, but no major catastrophes will result from brushing my teeth after I wash my face, or taking my earrings out after I get undressed. However, life would be much easier if I remembered one simple rule.

Put on chapstick first, *then* put on hand lotion. Otherwise you wind up spending five minutes sliding slippery fingers back and forth across a completely texture-free plastic tube trying desperately to figure out how to get enough of a grip to pull the cap off. Also, your husband will laugh at you.

Comments

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

On a related note - the restroom at work kindly offers a bottle of handlotion for use after washing hands. Reminder to self - put some on one palm if you must, but don't rub it in until AFTER you've turned the door knob to get the hell out of there!

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Grab the cap of the tube with your teeth.

Been there, done that. :)

For me, and hand lotion -- I've got older style lights in my room, they have a little (narrower than a pen) twist knobbie -- tricky, very tricky, with hand lotion.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I was about to say the very same thing! Turn off lamp, then rub in hand lotion... :-)

[spectoria.livejournal.com]

This is why all my lights are hooked up to large flat attached-to-the-wall flip switches.

Also, don't forget your feet. In the winter my feet tend to develop cracked heel and so I try to remember to slather on Bert's Bee's coconut creme once a week. I have a choice of sitting on the chair in the bathroom and applying it before hobbling to the bed (thus rubbing the precious stuff off and sliding on the bathroom tile) or laying on the bed, legs in the air, and trying to rub it in. Either way the result is my husband making remarks about cheap pina coladas at questionable tropical-themed hotels.

[matildalucet.livejournal.com]

Chapstick after teeth, before lotion. And I like white gloves and white socks after lotion to keep lotion closer to my skin and further from my sheets.

[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

there's always the 'grip the top of the chapstick tube with a washcloth or towel' trick (been there, done that, many times)

--g

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

Two strips of no slip tape applied to the tube and the cap will solve that problem for you. A third if the base is not corrugated enough...

Or am I being too much of an engineer? :)