Increase my use of hemp products

I’m trying some of The BodyShop Hemp Body Butter. We do lap swimming twice a week (which is itself a relatively new thing!), and my skin always feels pretty dessicated after all that chlorine. So that’s when I use the Hemp body butter! It works a treat.

I bought 2 hemp bed sheets about 3 weeks ago! I’m using them as bottom sheets & my “about to rip in 2” cotton sheets as top sheets. They’re still a bit stiff after washing, but I gather that after 3 washes one starts to notice a difference in softness. And given that we’re in a drought here, I just have to wait until 6 weeks have passed for both sheets to reach “softness threshhold”.

It’s all VERY EXCITING, though!

I’m using some medication atm which makes my skin VERY sensitive & dry. I found that all the body moisturisers I own make my skin feel a bit stingy. SO I thought about it, thought about natural products, and then I went out and bought some hemp seed oil. BINGO! This stuff is an excellent moisturiser (contains Omega 3, 6 and 9) and my skin doesn’t sting!

NOW I just need to find a sunscreen that doesn’t make my skin sting…

I’ve loved the idea of hemp, especially as an ecologically and environmentally friendly fibre, for quite some time. And fibre is not all it’s good for!

My first ever hemp purchase was a small bag, which I used every single day for 10 years before it finally wore out. (Hemp is a remarkably strong & resilient fibre.) I also own a couple of pieces of hemp & hemp/cotton clothing – both 2nd hand. My partner has several hemp/cotton work shirts and some hemp jeans. And I regularly use a hemp shampoo & conditioner – my hair is very soft for it!

This goal will probably progress kinda slowly. I’m not the sort of person to waste what I already have. So it will be a gradual process of replacing things that wear out with the hemp equivalent!

Yaaaay for that!