In a post I wrote long, long ago, I extolled the virtues of body oil for skin. For a long time, I have been using Neutrogena Body Oil with vicious enthusiasm, going through bottles quicker than Target can stock them (almost). I decided to try Johnson Baby Oil Gel because gel seemed a little cleaner than oil.
The baby oil is stocked in the baby section, at least in my local Target, and since every Target I've ever been in looks identical to my local Target, I'd guess that's where it's stocked in your local Target. They have two types: Aloe Vera & Vitamin E and Shea & Cocoa Butter. I opted for the Shea & Cocoa Butter because it smells divine.
The directions tell "you," which I think means people who are old enough to read the directions as opposed to babies, to use the gel while still in the shower, but after you have shut the shower off. More or less, when your skin is still wet. Unlike my body oil, which just runs off my body with the same ease as water, the gel adhered to my skin. I felt like I was getting more for my money because half the product wasn't dripping down the shower drain. There was no greasy after-feel, and I patted myself dry, as the directions instructed and applied lotion over the gel.
I don't know if this will lock in moisture better than my body oil, but I don't think it will do any worse. And it's cheaper, cleaner, and smells better. It actually smells exactly like Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas (sans the cigarettes and stale sweat). And I happen to have just read an article about how Vegas hotels pay a fortune to pipe in their smells. Imagine: you could smell like that for just a few dollars. I don't know too many mothers who want their babes to smell like Las Vegas, but for us adult babes, it's a-okay.
