Fact: I have the driest, most sensitive skin in the entire world. (That’s probably not an exaggeration, either.) My skin is so sensitive that sometimes, in the middle of the day, as I sit stationary at my desk, it develops a rash, or a hive, or a burning itching patch, completely unprovoked. And when it’s not staging a coup on my sanity, it’s flaking. That’s why I’m always trying the best moisturizers for sensitive skin. I have a strict, five-second window between washing my face and applying moisturizer before my skin tightens and shrivels into a dull, angry mess.

“But use a moisturizer!” you say, and I laugh. My normal nighttime routine currently consists of a hydrating serum, a thick-as-hell cream, an occlusive moisturizer (occlusive formulas basically form a film on the skin to prevent water loss), and then, sometimes, a facial oil on top, just for funsies. And still, I frequently wake up with a dry face. (It’s actually miraculous; I might be an anomaly. Somebody call Guinness.)

Hope is not lost, though. Because throughout my many years of talking to derms, testing moisturizers, and combing the interwebs for advice, I have found hope and relief, mainly in the form of five very excellent, very magical moisturizers. Moisturizers that are specifically formulated to hydrate, soothe, and restore happiness to bedraggled skin, all with clogging pores. And you know it’s true, because not one of these bottles was created for the sole purpose of lookin’ pretty. Scroll down to see our favorites.

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BeautyStat.

BeautyStat Universal Pro-Bio Moisture Boost Cream

This fragrance-free, light-as-air lotion uses mushroom and probiotics to heal and soothe skin.

Buy: Moisture Boost Cream $50

CeraVe.

CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion

There’s a reason this lotion is such a best-seller. With ceramides and hyaluronic acid, the fragrance-free cream calms dry and sensitive skin.

Buy: Daily Moisturizing Lotion $11.19

Cetaphil.

Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer with Sunscreen

Although it’s a fave for sensitive skin, this fragrance-free, daily hydrator is great for all skin types.

Buy: Moisturizer with Sunscreen (2 Pack) $23.52

First Aid Beauty.

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream Intense Hydration Moisturizer

When your skin is feeling dry and chapped and maybe even a little itchy, this lotion calms and heals with colloidal oatmeal.

Buy: Intense Hydration Moisturizer $36

Kiehl’s.

Kiehl’s Since 1851 Ultra Facial Cream

With Glacial Glycoprotein derived from sea glaciers and squalane from the olive fruit, this fan-fave lotion hydrates all skin types and soothes sensitivity.

Aveeno.

Aveeno Calm + Restore Oat Gel Facial Moisturizer for Sensitive Skin

You already know Aveeno is made for the itchiest, sensitive skin. This new gel face moisturizer is fragrance-free and made with prebiotic oat and feverfew to calm irritation.

Buy: Facial Moisturizer for Sensitive Skin $17.77

Renee Rouleau.

Renée Rouleau Skin Recovery Lotion

My only complaint about this ultra-coming face cream is that there isn’t enough of it so I can’t put it on my entire body. It calms even the most stressed-out skin and also keeps breakouts at bay.

SkinCeuticals.

SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2

It’s pricey, but this anti-aging lotion truly does it all. It uses 2 percent pure ceramides, 4 percent natural cholesterol and 2 percent fatty acids to restore the skin’s barrier and nourish at the same time.

La Roche-Posay.

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer

Not only does this oil-free face moisturizer hydrate with ceramides and Prebiotic Thermal Water, it uses niacinamide to strengthen the protective barrier of the skin.

Buy: Double Repair Face Moisturizer $19.99

Originally published November 2016. Updated June 2017.

Margaret Josephs’ Yellow and White Off the Shoulder Top at the Jersey Shore

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If Margaret Josephs’ yellow and white off the shoulder top at the Jersey Shore on this week’s episode of RHONJ looks familiar to you, that may be because she previously wore it during her interview with us on Big Blonde Hair Closet Confessions. And if you didn’t scoop up the perfect-for-spring/summer piece back then, well it looks like you thankfully still have the chance to add it to your closet along with a 24K gold vibrator for your drawer.

Fashionably,

Faryn

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Originally posted at: Margaret Josephs’ Yellow and White Off the Shoulder Top

According to a short Google search I just conducted, the best historic evidence suggests that marriage as a formal institution has existed for nearly 5,000 years.

In all that time, there has likely never been one single wife who, at some point or other, didn’t blurt out these words of frustration to her husband, “You don’t listen to me!”

I’d even bet that if we dialed the clock all the way back to prehistoric times when relationships were less formally defined, we’d hear some exasperated cavewoman crying out, “Ug, ug, ugggggggggg!” at a caveman who had no clue why she was frustrated enough with him to club herself on the head.

Seeing the Humor in Communication Blunders

Communication challenges between my Colombian husband and me go beyond his having a “Y” chromosome. For one thing, English is not his first language, and Spanish is not mine. This led to some cross-cultural misunderstandings in the beginning of our relationship wherein he wondered why I was asking him to close the “chicken” (kitchen) door and I wondered why he mentioned his “tonsils” so frequently. (He was actually saying entonces, which means “so” in Spanish).

And for another thing, he has a 40% hearing loss in his left ear from repeatedly rupturing his eardrum while diving in his younger days. Whenever I’m feeling kind of frisky, I have to be sure to whisper sweet nothings in his good ear or there’s not going to be much action.

Neither second language struggles nor especially hearing loss should be treated lightly, but we try to see the humor in the situation. My husband must wear ear plugs whenever he swims to prevent contracting an ear infection which could further compromise his hearing.

When he forgot to take them along on our honeymoon over 10 years ago, he still insisted, despite my repeated bilingual warnings, on jumping in the South Beach surf every day and swimming halfway to Spain. By week’s end, as I predicted, he had a raging infection and couldn’t hear anything out of the affected ear. When we got home he went straight to the ENT.

Time to Call the Doctor!

“Doctor, it’s a very bad situation for me,” he explained with some desperation. “I just got married last week and I can’t hear anything my wife says with my left ear.”

“Oh no, that’s not a good way to start a marriage,” she replied sympathetically.

“Not at all,” he continued, “Because I can still hear her very clearly with the right one.”

Ha, ha, he’s such a funny man. But a few weeks ago, I stopped laughing. He seemed to be paying even less attention to what I said than usual, and I had a sinking feeling he was going completely deaf. I urged him to schedule an appointment with the audiologist for a retest and I waited anxiously the day of his appointment to find out the results. As soon as I got home from work, I pounced on him, unable to wait a second more to learn if he was losing his hearing.

“Well?” I intoned, my voice tense.

“Well,” he started, “There’s good news and some not really bad, but interesting news.”

“What are you talking about?” I asked impatiently. “Just tell me!”

He unfolded a paper with the test results and laid it on the counter. He said he knew I wouldn’t believe his account unless I saw the actual report from the audiologist.

“Why would I doubt you?” I asked, confused.

“Just read it,” he said.

The report showed that while he hadn’t exactly lost hearing overall, his ability to hear sounds within a specific frequency range was fairly impaired. The precise range was the one within which 90% of all female voices fall. He could hear above or below that range just fine. It took a moment for me to process the implications of this new information.

“So,” I said, enunciating clearly into his good ear, “You are telling me that you are nearly physically incapable of listening to me,” I said.

“That’s correct,” he said.

“That you’re more likely to respond to one of those ‘silent’ dog whistles than to the sound of my voice,” I continued.

“Also correct,” he replied.

“And that you could hear, say, Barry White – grumbling from heaven – but not me in the here and now.”

“Correct again,” he said.

My Husband’s Excuse for Ignoring Me

How convenient, I thought. My husband had the perfect “out” most other men only dream of, an excuse for everything from not taking out the garbage to not phoning for take-out. If this information ever fell into the wrong hands, every married man on the planet would take up diving, intent on destroying his hearing in the “wife frequency range.” They’d likely consider it a small sacrifice for living a nag-free life.

So, ladies, consider this a cautionary tale in the interest of preserving marital bliss. Do everything you can to keep your husband in the shallow end of the pool. And should he slip away and plunge off the high dive, remember that you still have a secret weapon to get his attention, the dog whistle. Don’t be afraid to use it. And you know how to whistle, don’t you? You just put your lips together and blow. It certainly did the trick for Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart!

Are there times when you feel like no one is listening to you? Do you and your husband (or partner) have any communication problems? How have you learned to communicate, and live happily together? Please share your story in the comments.

Kameron Westcott’s Crystal Heart Confessional Earrings and Pink Gown

Real Housewives of Dallas Season 5 Confessional Fashion

Kameron Westcott’s latest Season 5 confessional look is totally giving us real life Sleeping Beauty vibes. I mean, how could it not as it’s complete with a perfect-for-a-princess pink gown and crystal heart earrings?

Since we do have our sneaking suspicions that Kameron is actually the Princess of Pink IRL, we couldn’t resist reporting on this look, even if the rest of us may not own her castle to wear it in. But don’t worry, if you scoop up her earrings, you’ll look Rich just like Princess Kam.

Click Here to Listen to Me Chatting About Housewives Fashion on Kameron’s Podcast Kam and Kary Do Dallas

The Realest Housewife,

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Originally posted at: Kameron Westcott’s Crystal Heart Confessional Earrings

D’Andra Simmons’ White Buckle Neck Blouse

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D’Andra Simmons’ gave us allll the deets on her white buckle neck blouse on tonight’s Real Housewives of Dallas, even if she is being accused of not giving us all the info on her name change. And frankly, I don’t care why she changed her name. All I know is she shouldn’t change out of her white buckle neck blouse because it’s totally working for her.

The Realest Housewife,

Big Blonde Hair

Click Here to See her Fendi Blouse

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Originally posted at: D’Andra Simmons’ White Buckle Neck Blouse