How Do I Get Gloss Off My Skin!?

Help please...its all over me. I had a bath and scratched and scrubbed but hardly anything came off.

This isn't a good look for me :P

Thanks, I tried googling it but all I got were links for lip gloss and painting tips :mad:

Reply 1

hugatree

LOL

what happened?

And I don't know, try borrowing make-up remover??

Reply 2

Knogle

Gloss.. as in oil? :confused:

Reply 3

Anonymous #1

youve got lip gloss on ur skin but you cant get it off? it rubs off unbelievably easy...? i wonder what kind uv got on...but then ive never met lip gloss which doesnt come off.. em try nail varnish remover?

Reply 4

Sam Beckett

I was painting. Gloss paint I mean :biggrin:

its on my elbows and stuff...cos I put my arms in it. And I was wiping the dust off the brush onto my pants...cos I didnt want to brush dust into the skirting boards.

I have to meet someone soon too...I usually use sugar and washing up liquid, it gets oil off but it wont get gloss off!!!

Reply 5

Talya

Turpentine?

(A clear, colourless liquid organic solvent, distilled from petroleum mainly used as thinner for paints. It is also useful for cleaning paint brushes and removing grease, tar adhesives and black shoe marks) So one would assume from skin too. Dunno if it's an irritant though, shouldn't be....

Reply 6

Angelil

lol, only if you're planning to water the turpentine down first. I'd guess that stuff burns...

Reply 7

Sam Beckett

I've used it before actually but dont think we have any here...I was wondering if there was any household thing I could use.

I'll just try the sugar and washing up liquid again. And scratch off a few layers of skin XD

Reply 8

Talya

Angelil

lol, only if you're planning to water the turpentine down first. I'd guess that stuff burns...

Hmm, it's an organic solvent... You should be OK as long as you don't drink it, I'd have thought... Ah:

Skin contact with turpentine can cause irritation and redness, and longer term exposure can cause may cause eczema and dermatitis. Turpentine can be absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream.

Yeah, don't :biggrin:

Though above that it did say 'prolonged' contact...

Reply 9

Talya

Sam Beckett

And scratch off a few layers of skin XD

Well, if you're trying that.. Sandpaper! :p:

Reply 10

Angelharpist

Exfoliate exfoliate exfoliate!

Might not get all of it off, but will leave your skin silky soft *grin*

Reply 11

hugatree

Talya

Well, if you're trying that.. Sandpaper! :p:

Ask at a DIY shop? Call them maybe.

Reply 12

alexdg

sounds bad, but try using white sprit but as soon as you hav used it have a goood shower!!!

Reply 13

cloudofcalm

White spirit, for sure. I got covered in white gloss paint once - use cotton balls and white spirit, and it'll take the paint off, easily. :-)

Reply 14

beecher

Oh boy, did you leap into a woman again?

Reply 15

Kittennffc

Ahh, it'll come off! I painted my uni room the other week and got paint everywhere, including myself, and it was turquiose blue! Just keep washing it, and once its dried, it'll flake off after a while :smile: