>Snow Light, >a more natural moisturizer would be organic oive oil.. The subject of moisturizing skin has always mystified me a little. How could olive oil be a moisturizer? It doesn't contain any water (moisture) that I'm aware of. It is more or less pure fat with some phytochemicals and other trace substances blended in. If you rub oil into your skin, won't it then repel water? It seems to me that for smooth skin, a reasonable prescription would be periodic exfoliation combined with a diet adequate in water, vitamins/minerals, amino acids and EFAs. I haven't yet encountered a convincing rationale for rubbing a substance onto dead or dying skin cells, unless the goal is simply to provide *temporary* smoothness or relief from roughness and itching.