^ re: scented TP, I am not 'sensitive' to fragrances as far as I know, but my nose is sensitive for picking up on that kind of thing
I make sure to buy unscented feminine products because I just don't want to risk it, and thankfully the market for those scented products is still modest over here - unscented/uninfused is still mainstream and readily available. I can only imagine trying to navigate the world of scented or lotion-infused products
maybe they do it because it's cheaper than producing an actually decent base product!
You've got me thinking though - when I eat too much coconut (a couple of handfuls of dried, or a large handful of fresh) my throat goes a bit dry and itchy, the same as when I used to use a lip balm with avocado oil. My skin hasn't liked coconut oil so I try to avoid it in skin products anyway (strangely enough I can't eat avocado but I hadn't noticed it being a problem on my skin away from my mouth) but a recent massive eczema flare has plateaued in healing after solving the original cause; I'm now reevaluating everything in an attempt to pinpoint what might be hindering it.
Lotion wise, I understand - for most of my life I didn't bother with anything, but in the last 5 or so years I've turned into some kind of dehydrated husk; my skin still produces *plenty* of oil but loses moisture exceptionally well
so I have to have something containing water not just oil, otherwise my skin dehydrates even more. In my quest for avocado and coconut-free I found Lush (thankfully not all of their products are overwhelmingly aromatic!). The two I mainly use do contain cetearyl alcohol though which I believe may be derived from coconut
but basically if Lush is available to you, it might be worth a trawl through the website to see if there is anything that might be suitable. It is expensive, but they do give generous samples and if you find something that does a great job for you then you might feel it's worth it - or you may not.
Before that I used Sukin moisturisers (with several coconut derivatives, incidentally) but they all contain avocado so I'm avoiding that for now. However they all had ingredients lists that I thought looked pretty great for hair needing something a bit heavy-duty
and that's what led to the thought of if you knew there was a lotion that was okay for you. There are more than a few of us here who are not typically girly-girls, and if I could get away without skincare beyond rinsing with water, I very happily would!
Hemp oil sounds good (tbh decent rapeseed oil smells grassy and makes me hungry!). If just oil, or oil on damp skin works, stick with that! Babassu might be a coconut oil alternative; low melting point but none of the reaction (or crunchiness, in hair!)
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