I have never heard of anyone that used butter for a moisturizer. I have heard of people using Olive oil,Flaxseed oil but never butter.

Also almond butter!

Coconut oil is also wonderful for dry skin. It is one of the "good" fats(along with nuts and avocadoes) and is so good to cook with and add to shakes and smoothies. It cannot be stored as fat in your body - actually puts you into fat burning mode! Can't get better than that..Sandra

Aside from genetics, diet, and environmental stuff, finding something you love to put on your skin (and your skin loves) certainly helps. I have known people who used (raw only) dairy butter as a moisturizer. Problem is, butter is a dairy product and--if pasteurized--will go bad at room temperature, let alone on your skin. When it's at room temperature, it's generally building bacteria. The difference is pasteurization. Pasteurized butter rots; raw butter sours. My friends all used raw butter on their skin.

Now cocoa butter, if you can find it pure, is a good butter for skin. Coconut oil (if not hydrogenated) is great, and one thing I do is rub an oil on a smooth surface and run it under really hot water; pure coconut oil comes right off, nice and clean. Dairy butter usually leaves a residue.

There are some great home recipes out there; let us know what you come up with.

Clove oil is good minor tooth ache,for irritating coughs , take a few pieces of whole cloves , warm them slightly on a frying pan, and chew them for 10-15 minutes. Mustard oil in pure form is also good for skin if itching persists,just rub it in

Cassy,

I use two teaspoons of raw virgin coconut oil instead of butter on toast most everyday, it helped me lose 35 pounds. I never thought to put it on my face...makes sense, its purer than moisturizers.

Thanks a lot and you say that you can eat that too. yummy