New-Skin Products and Sweepstakes

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of New-Skin for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I’m writing tonight to tell you about the New-Skin sweepstakes. There are 3 amazing grand prizes to win – a skiing trip to Breckenridge, CO, a tour of the Botanical Gardens in Atlanta, GA or a hiking trip in Yellowstone National Park, MT! You get to pick which one you like best if you win. All you have to do is fill out the entry form on their site, and if you get friends and family to visit the page, you can earn up to 5 votes per day.

I want to tell you about New-Skin products too. Like way more than they asked me to. They just suggested “oh if you have an active child, they’re going to fall down and get scrapes and you’re going to need our stuff.” But as someone with an adhesives allergy, I have way more to say about it than that.



-Liquid Bandage
-Scar Fade™

-Poison Ivy Treatment 



I’ve personally used liquid bandage and I have to say I’m EXTREMELY thankful that there is a product like this out there. I’m allergic to adhesives, so wearing a band-aid more than an hour or two is BAD for my skin. Like BAD bad. As in, where the adhesive part of the bandage was? Way worse than whatever I was covering up to begin with. But for shaving nicks or whatever, I can use a bandage just until the bleeding stops, then take it off.

That generally works fine. But when I sliced open my thumb with a kitchen knife (my husband had JUST sharpened them, and I was used to using a less-sharp knife, so wasn’t prepared for it to slice through the veggies so quickly and smoothly) the bleeding didn’t stop for hours (and the cut was pretty “angry” for more than a week). I would put a bandage on as tightly as I could, for the pressure, and it would stop, but as soon as I tried to remove it, it would gush again. Using New-Skin Liquid Bandage was a great solution. I painted it on (just like clear nailpolish) and it kept my thumb from bleeding any more, protected it from anything getting in while I was cooking and playing with my daughter, and even stayed on while I washed dishes and showered. I did re-apply it maybe 2-3 times a day for a while, but it was far better than any bandage would’ve been for me, with my allergy.

I haven’t ever tried their Scar Fade, but I wish I had known about it after my breast reduction surgery. Again, because of my allergy to adhesives, my recovery was pretty un-aided. My surgeon had given me steri strips to support the incision sites, and silicone gel sheeting to help the scars fade (most lotions and potions only “work” due to massage of the area during application, increasing blood flow. Silicone is the only thing that’s – as of June 2009 when I was researching anyway – clinically proven to reduce/fade scars). Once the skin glue from surgery washed away after a couple of days, I could no longer use the steri strips because the adhesive directly contacted my skin. When I tried to use the silicone gel sheets, the adhesive seemed mild enough (almost like a post-it note) not to bother me, but after several hours, the familiar adhesive-itch came back. So I couldn’t use that.

Scar Fade is basically a gel version of silicone, which you apply to your skin and rub in. It’s exactly what I needed, but didn’t know existed (or maybe it’s a newer product? I’m not sure). And at this point, I’m uncomfortable using it because I doubt it’s edible (it says keep out of reach of children) and Anneliese is still nursing. Apparently the first 2 years are “active healing” times for scars, according to New-Skin, and I’m past that window anyway. But boy I wish I had had this back in 2009!

I have to be honest, but I don’t know anything about their Poison Ivy Treatment. I am horribly afraid of contacting poison ivy plants, and generally avoid underbrush of any sort, so I’ve managed to steer clear of the stuff… I’m not a trailblazer type of girl. Hiking on a path? Sure. Hiking through uncharted woods full of snakes, spiders, and poisonous plants? No thanks. Have any of you tried it? How is it?