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Raise your hand if you know what lanolin actually is.

I didn’t. I kind of assumed it was some sort of gentle oil, possibly from a plant. Nope. It’s wool grease. It’s a product of sheep’s sebaceous glands, which is a nice way of saying “it’s funky skin grease”.

Good to know.

People rub this stuff all over themselves in the form of lotion. I wouldn’t rub myself all over a sheep to treat my dry skin. I don’t think I’m interested in lanolin now, either.

I’ll stick with aloe vera from now on.