Mary Kay Visibly Fit Body Lotion is possibly the single best body lotion known to womankind. It smells like classy, no lie. At $18 per bottle, it's a little pricey, but lasts a long time. I have just begun a two-week pilgrimage in which I start with a three-quarters full bottle, apply it to my legs and arms twice a day, and at the end of the two weeks I will report on how it's affected my skin and my pocketbook. Soon after I will do the same thing with Hemp Moist lotion, found at Wal-Mart, and at least one of the body lotions from Bath and Bodyworks.
This is because something very strange happened to me about the time I turned 25....my skin, heretofore a massive white oilcloth, has turned dry. I barely know how to cope with the change. Heaven help my when menopause rolls around, I may go into a coma.
Apparently, some people have to....moisturize their skin? Madness. I refused to believe it for the longest time. Those rows and rows of lotion at the store are just for smell. The "Lubriderm" commercials are for old people, despite their being targeted at a young crowd.
But eventually I had to admit defeat and start slathering on the lotion. I confess I have not been as faithful about it as I should. My short attention span means that putting lotion everywhere it needs to go on my body is freakin' tedious.

Not to mention that I live in Texas, and sweating under a thick layer of lotion brings new levels of weird discomfort to view on the horizon. It's better in North Texas, where the air is nice and dry. I went back home recently for a family reunion in East Texas, and I couldn't believe the humidity level. Ducks, rather than looking for puddles, just sit still and breathe. Fish can survive quite nicely out of water in the summer. Humans, however, had to harness the mystical diuretic powers of super-sweet iced tea in order to live and breathe.
Lotion? You may as well be wearing a fur coat.
So here I go with my MK experiment. I will keep you apprised. So far, three days into it, my skin is feeling pretty great. I'm not aged enough to have wrinkles yet, but the Visib. Fit has evened out the blotchy skin tone on my forearms and some of the cellulite on my legs.
A note: with certain brands, less is more. Mary Kay is one of these brands. I am not applying much product at once. I will let you know the optimum level of goopy at the end of the two-week trials.
Happy slathering!
Erin