This morning I was amused to find an old book on motherhood that my sister-in-law gave me some years ago. In it, amongst other alarmingly pointless things, is a fail-safe homemade cure for “stressed skin.” The book does contain some helpful hints. But this is not one of them. For your amusement the recipe is thus:

“In a small bowl combine several tablespooons of dry clay with a squirt of aloe vera juice and a tablespoon each of red cider vinegar and blackstrap molasses. Stir briskly with a wooden stirrer until the mixture becomes mudlike. Apply and leave to set.”

I read this with glee. I mean – REALLY!
Whilst my skin is possibly stressed, (what does stressed skin look like??I am not sure I KNOW.) I do not have ANY of the above ingredients. So I shall content myself today with staring into a small bowl and IMAGINING it is full of the clay… and the other random ingredients above.

I think the only genuine cure for stressed skin is a long pray and a good sleep. But I might try the small bowl too. Just for good measure.