Fargo flood

My son lives in Fargo with his dad, three blocks from the rising flood waters, but behind a flood wall.  Max cares so much he’s been working every day at sandbagging the low-lying areas.  One night my son and his friend, Nigel, sandbagged from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.  His dad fed them a big meal and sent them on their way.

Yes, I’m a little worried, but they won’t be flooded where they live.  I am worried about the people who have been and will be flooded.  So is he.

What a good kid.

For people like me who had Sensory Processing Disorder, Softress is a must-have.

My skin had always felt crackly even though it wasn’t that dry. I felt my skin rubbing inside my clothes that to my acute senses felt like sandpaper. Now, I feel comfortable in my own skin.

This I found surprising: After using Softress body oil my skin was quieter. The stark difference after using the body oil made me notice even more how much I hadn’t liked the sound of my skin against my clothes.

I realized how often I had used body lotion throughout the day. When I had felt the 100% wool feeling on a patch of skin, I jumped up to put lotion on, even mid-conversation because it upset me and distracted me so much.

After using the body oil three times, I am satisfied that it works because it calms the sensory input from my skin because of the absence of sensory distraction.

It was strange, but my hands touching things seemed more sensitive, but in a smooth way. I really noticed it while petting the cat because I could feel every softness in her fur. And, the cat did not get oily.

The Experience using it:

• Immediately after drying off from the shower, spray and spread the oil on the skin, which felt initially like oil, but softer.
• Let it soak in for 5-10 minutes so it no longer feels like oil.
• It had a faint earthy smell from the natural oils at first, but that disappeared after it soaked in.
• It didn’t stain my clothes.
• I should have pulled back my hair from my face and let the oil soak in first because my bangs got slightly oily.

On my Hair:

I sprayed it on my hair in the shower and rinsed as directed. But, I am white and I have fine curly hair so it looked a little bit oily even though it just felt soft. Now, my daughter, who could check a lot racial boxes on a census form, has medium-curly coarse hair, so I know it would be perfect for her. But, I will use it as a deep conditioning treatment because after the next shower, my hair was silky.

I was not paid for this review. Nina Birnbaum, owner and creator of Softress, asked if she could send me a bottle to try because she wanted to learn my from a sensory-sensitive person using it. I was so happy with my new skin that I wrote this review.

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