Must . . . stop . . . playing . . . with ebay . . .
The alternative, though, is to scratch. In the epic battle of me vs. the poison ivy plant, there are no defined winners.Yet. I'm gonna pour bleach on the fucker.
I tried to be semi-scientific about how to fix this mess. Pouring bleach on myself is out of the question, as the one patch is around my eye. Thus far I've found that rubbing alcohol doesn't help, eucalyptus oil doesn't help, window cleaner doesn't help (Hey, I was desperate), and the Burt's Bees soap I have doesn't do much. But in the case of the latter, I may have mixed the bars up and be washing with the face soap.
Thus far, what's worked has been tape, hydrocortizone cream (to an extent), and straight peppermint oil. Peppermint oil + bare skin let alone eye area, though . . . Not my favorite of things, though anyone who's had poison ivy knows that the itching tends to drive you to acts of desperation. I put it on very carefully with a q-tip and didn't cry.
Next possibility: nail polish remover.
I've made close to thirty aluminum maille anklets in the past few days. I'm a little tired of helm weave & my little flower pattern, but I can't quite get full Persian weave to work properly. Still, lots of noisy anklets are gonna make it to etsy sometime (hopefully) soon.
The alternative, though, is to scratch. In the epic battle of me vs. the poison ivy plant, there are no defined winners.
I tried to be semi-scientific about how to fix this mess. Pouring bleach on myself is out of the question, as the one patch is around my eye. Thus far I've found that rubbing alcohol doesn't help, eucalyptus oil doesn't help, window cleaner doesn't help (Hey, I was desperate), and the Burt's Bees soap I have doesn't do much. But in the case of the latter, I may have mixed the bars up and be washing with the face soap.
Thus far, what's worked has been tape, hydrocortizone cream (to an extent), and straight peppermint oil. Peppermint oil + bare skin let alone eye area, though . . . Not my favorite of things, though anyone who's had poison ivy knows that the itching tends to drive you to acts of desperation. I put it on very carefully with a q-tip and didn't cry.
Next possibility: nail polish remover.
I've made close to thirty aluminum maille anklets in the past few days. I'm a little tired of helm weave & my little flower pattern, but I can't quite get full Persian weave to work properly. Still, lots of noisy anklets are gonna make it to etsy sometime (hopefully) soon.