jergens does it again
Thursday, Apr. 21, 2005 - 10:20 a.m.
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I�m a big fan of this product because, with daily use, it really does make a difference. The hair on my legs doesn�t grown in as thick or as coarse as it used to which is, to me, pretty incredible. Unfortunately I still have to shave every day but I imagine that women who don�t get 5 o�clock shadow on their legs by noon can probably easily skip a few days if they use this lotion. That being said I have another Jegens-related product rave. I not only have the joy of dealing with the fastest growing body hair on the planet, but I also have the added bonus of possessing legs the color of paste. I realize that I am very Caucasian and have lived in northern Minnesota for all of my life so I�m supposed to be on the pale side but really, my legs far exceed the requirements. There is white and then there is WHITE-white. My legs are, of course, the later. Granted all of me is pretty white but my legs have always been particularly Casper-like. I�m sure many of you are thinking to yourselves, �Why don�t you get some sun?� or �Why not find a good tanning salon for either a bed or spray-on tan?� or, the least appealing option, �Pick up a bottle of sunless tanner already!� Well sun is out because even with SPF 30 I burn and besides, it�s so unhealthy and gross anyway. I�d rather be pasty and white than leathery and full of skin cancer any day. As for the salon stuff? Sure, that�ll give you natural looking results, mmm hmmmm. And the sunless tanners? Puh-lease! That�s the most disgusting of them all! You can�t tell me that looking like this or this is even remotely attractive because, unless you�re one of these or these, I�ll not believe you. And really, it takes some serious skills which I have no interest in acquiring in order to apply the damn stuff without having it look all streaky. Now back to what I was trying to say... I saw a commercial a couple of weeks ago for a new lotion from Jergens. It advertised itself as having the ability to give my skin a nice healthy glow after just a week or so of use. At first I assumed it was another craptastic sunless tanner but I investigated. It turns out that it doesn�t promise to make you golden brown or create the illusion that you just spent two weeks on the beach. It simply said that in a week your skin could be up to one shade darker. That�s right, just one shade. It was because of this REALISTIC goal that I decided to track down a bottle and try it out. Well, lemme tell you this - by day three I noticed something was happening and now today, after just 6 applications, my legs look like they�re attached to a living breathing human being with blood flowing through her veins rather than to a corpse. That�s right, this stuff actually works and is nothing short of amazing! My legs are by no means �tan� but they are, in fact, a normal healthy leggy color and everything is even and natural looking - can you believe it? The lotion comes in two formulas - one for fair skin and one for medium skin. I�ll give you three guesses as to which one I bought - and the first two don�t count :-P Apparently I�m not the only one who tried/wanted to try it out because, as you�ll notice on the Jergens website, you can sign up for an email waiting list since stores are having trouble keeping it in stock? I just bought my bottle on Friday and there were at least 30 on the shelf then so perhaps it just hasn�t caught on here yet - though it should because it�s great... |