HNT - Not Quite Blue Man
I spent my recent vacation with friends and family in rural British Columbia, Canada. As it turns out an awful lot of them are alternative-health professionals and so whenever we go up there I wind up exposed to all sorts of cool new exercises, exotically healthy foods, not to mention massage, acupuncture, yoga, and other kinds of body work.
This time we were all hanging around on a sort-of-chilly sunny afternoon and someone proposed trying out their big tub of blue spa-style clay.
As you can see I was a bit late to the party (everyone else's had dried) and so I wasn't to the whisk it off before rinsing point the way the deliberately-anonymized Canadian individual nearby was. At any rate once you got it on you were supposed to stand still till it dried to keep it from cracking prematurely.
It turns out that cold, wet, blue class is, well, cold. Shrinkingly cold. Which, when you're standing naked on someone's lawn with a bunch of people you're not physically intimate with actually comes in kind of handy. And so under the blue clay I was also... well... blue.
More photos if you click.
Happy HNT (or Half-nekkid Thursday!)
Hey, fl, thanks for the luscious screen-saver. And I am going to let you plan my next vacation. This year I'm still going for the low-cost out-of-body experience, but hopefully next year I can spend a bit more and get truly muddied.
Happy TNT (Totally Nekid Thursday) and welcome home.
;-)
[Hey, I'm still covered with mud, and it's even smeared on thicker than a lot of spandex... ok, in some places... and *spandex* counts as covering so... :-) Thanks, Kochanie. --fl]
HHNT, sounds fun!
[More fun than going to a baseball game, at least here in the Northwest, Marcello. Thanks! And Happy HNT to you too. --fl]
way cool...literally... :)
peace...
[Thank you, Monkey! Happy HNT to you too. --fl]
Ok then....WOW
;)
[Thanks, Vixen. I hope who ever has been biting you (the wrong way) breaks a tooth. Happy HNT. --fl]
I have no idea what you are doing and why the hell you are covered with mud but it's totally hot...thanks for getting us away from the humdrum crotch/nipple shots.
[Glad you enjoyed it, Crystal. (I enjoyed your approach to "everyone's naked under their clothes anyway" photo. Just the thought made it more humid than a lot of standard crotch/nipple photos too. Happy HNT.) --fl]
Does your skin now have the firmness and texture of a baby's bot? If not I am unsure the cold and discomfort would be worth it for me. Looks good on you though.
(I am smiling at the jaded online world we live in when crotch and nipple shots are relegated to the "humdrum").
[Hi Luka! Yup, that's basically what it does to your skin. Some folks were doing other stuff like salt scrubs and hot oil rubs. Which is the great thing about hanging out with hard-core organo-nat types out in the country -- they often have the ingredients for all sorts of stuff in the house, or barn, or garden, or spring-fed creeks. It was quite chilly at first (an actual spa would have probably warmed the clay first) but I warmed up pretty quickly in the sun. (I agree that while unbuttoning ones buttons can be sensuous it's even more so when someone else unbuttons them for one. Happy HNT, Luka.) --fl]
Filthy. Just filthy.
HHNT!
[Oooh, filthy nekkid photos! I like it. (The initially cold clay would have soothed that sunburn. Ouch! Happy HNT, Bunny.) --fl]
I would think that not only cold but wouldn't it itch some when it starts to dry? Fabulous photo by the way :) HHNT!
[I understand some kinds of clays can be itchy but this stuff was really nice. Glad you enjoyed the photo. (Congratulations on your 100th post, by the way, Baby. Happy HNT to you too.) --fl]
Hmm... *studies photo very closely*
It looks more greenish than bluish to me. . . but who's looking at color, really? *wicked grin*
Crawling and rolling in the mud was one of my favorite pastimes as a child--I see it's become much more refined since then. :)
Happy HNT
[The great thing about being a real adult is you don't have to worry about your mom telling you to "get inside right now, young [person] and clean up and for heaven's sake put some *clothes* on!" :-) (Sorry you're feeling so exposed in other parts of your life, Ms.I. Happy HNT thought.) --fl]
Mud is cold! Oh so very cold! My sister and I used to do Henna and to have to hold still while it dries, espeically large pieces!!!! It gets cold! So kudos to you FL for doing the whole body bit with mud - now go hop into a nice warm bubbly bath to warm up! *you're making me shiver man!*
[I should have mentioned that I did warm up nicely in the sun -- which was kind of nice since that much mud is like SPF 1000 so for once I didn't have to worry about sunburn. :-) (Kittens licking your toes must be a totally transcendental experience, Raven. Happy HNT. --fl]
What were the claimed benefits of that treatment? Did it work? Just curious :-) Happy HNT.
PS I haven't asked before but can I have access to your private flikr sets please.
[Hi LR! First of all I'll add you to the list. Secondly I think the idea is that clays and muds absorb excess oil from the skin and also helps remove dead, and therefore rough, skin cells. Whatever the effect it makes your skin feel *very* smooth. Although only very temporarily. Thanks. --fl]
You dirty boy ;)
[*Very* dirty, Biscuit. On the bright side I've got an earthy sense of humor. Happy HNT! --fl]
That's what I get for being late. All the mud related puns were used already.
[Au contraire, mon fraire (or however you spell that French stuff.) You could have said you were "dust" in the nick of time, or that you were in a hurry but "mud" time to comment. :-) I really hope you feel better soon -- three weeks is a long time to feel unwell, Colorlessblue. Thanks. --fl]
Quite an experience, I imagine. And, yes, a rather chilly one I'm sure!
Even temporarily "very smooth" skin has potential though :)
Happy HNT!
[Doh! And it just occurred to me that a situation like that would be a great way to demonstrate the "shower vs. grower" distinction. Although everybody shrinks to some extent in chilly situations I'm waaaay over on the grower side, even though once I *do* grow I'm perfectly average. Happy HNT, Ro. --fl]
Oh my that does look like fun! Apparently I need permission to get to those photos? My flicker id is jrm2424 (I think!) HHNT!
[I tried that id, JRM but it didn't go through. Instead I sent something to the (otherwise offline) address you used to authenticate this comment. Thanks. --fl]
Flickr is acting peculiar now that is has become Yahoo. Requiring a login to follow your links.
[Yeah, they keep screwing their settings down tighter and tighter. And to avoid getting myself blacklisted I try to keep my public photos pretty at the PG-13 level. If you need an invitation I'll be happy to send you one, Five. Sorry about the inconvenience though. --fl]