i’m talking about a real physical winter itch right now. fortunately for some of you folks out west, you probably never have to deal with this unless you’re skiing or riding down a snowy mountainside at tahoe or something similar. i’m not sure what happened – this year in chicago it seems to be drier than usual, and it’s causing my skin to go crazy.

i saw on some health clip that when choosing a moisturizer, it’s important to choose one that has the moisturizing quality as well as a sealing quality to keep the moisture in. my only qualm with this is that if moisture is being sealed in in some type of water resistant way, does that prevent me from sweating the way i should? when i shave my head, i’ll put on the neutrogena norwegian formula really thick lotion, and if i ride right afterwards, sweat doesn’t trickle down – instead it forms little pools on the lotion.

i guess i don’t want to overheat while i ride, but at the same time i want to not itch so badly. sorry for such a lame post, but does anyone else have experiences with this?