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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Either way, ewww. She raised her hands. "I think your skin just becomes dried out somehow," she said. And for the second question? "Some people think certain creams work, but other than that, I have no idea. I'm guessing the answer to your question is yes, though, since it sounds like you have something in mind for us to brew." Heh.

Cosgrach was glad to see her there, and listened to her answer with interest. Hmm... no wonder she gave a vague answer--she was still young to worry about age. Should be, anyway. With the current events in this castle, though... even he was tempted to import everything.

"I know a potion, yes." Need he say they were going to brew that one today?

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Her hand rose slowly. "I dunno much but I know it has to do with the skin not being able to retain moisture as well and something about elastin not working the way it did. It's mostly due to age and the skin not being able to function like it use to." There you had it. AGE. The thing she wasn't up in yet thank you very much. 15 was NOT old.

Cosgrach thought it over, then hesitated before giving her a full answer.

"Elastin, or collagen?" Not that he was an expert. He just heard it was collagen. Either way... "Good answer." As much as he... didn't quite like her, he had to admit: she was decent.

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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah

His now cleaned, but wrinkled little hand went into the air. "A wrinkle forms on the skin when you're caused undue stress and you don't drink enough water or get enough sleep." Those were all the things he'd heard his mother going on about. "Oh, and I think you can get rid of them, but only temporarily."

True, this boy. Everyone should hear him, if they didn't want to get wrinkles early--never mind that they have done it. Oh, dear. Cosgrach looked stressed again.

"You've very right, Mister Mordaunt." He pronounced it the way Cutty had done at his first class. Names were important, so were wrinkles.

Merlin.

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Originally Posted by Tegz

But he put his hand up. "Magic and Magic." No those were serious answers...

Magic and... magic? Cosgrach raised his eyebrows at West expectantly. That was it? He wasn't going to elaborate?

...okay. At least he'd elaborated in his homework.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

He raised a hand to take a shot at the questions. "The skin gets hydrated, Professor. We can use special creams or potions to get rid of them.''

"Hydrated, or dehydrated?" Cosgrach still nodded at the boy, though, because he believed the Hufflepuff meant the latter in the depths of his heart.

...if... this condition... also affected the mind?!

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

He rubbed tiredly at his shoulder before raising a hand. "Wrinkles are caused by being old. I mean..." He rubbed his shoulder again. "Collagen. Loss of collagen. It's like... in your skin." Mo flapped a hand helpfully at the professor. "My mum says that you have to be best friends with your moisturizer, so I guess... the best way to get rid of the wrinkles is to either replace the missing collagen or moisturize it."

...of course Captain Ravenclaw was 100% correct.

"Very well, Mister Branxton. That's completely right." Cosgrach offered him a small smile that caused his natural wrinkles around his eyes to show.

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Originally Posted by SweetPeea

So silence seemed to be her best friend right now.

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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin

He watched as he saw other students answered and try to ascertain the questions.

Silent lot, eh? Cosgrach didn't mind, as long as they listened and brewed well.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Raising her hand, she tried to correctly answer his first question. "Maybe wrinkles form when someone frowns too much! And um... making them smile can get rid of them?"

N'aaaw, wasn't she an innocent lil girl. Even Cosgrach had to smile at her genuinely and let the 'a duck's feet' type of wrinkles around his eyes show.

"The first one is correct, but I'm not sure about the second one. Smiling causes wrinkles too." Albeit, without doubt, they were the best wrinkles to have.

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

"I'm great professor he said back to him, giving him a big smile.

ohh the wrinkles.. finally Bay wanted these ugly things gone.. he raised his hand "If someone sits in a hot bath too long they get wrinkles.. so maybe its the water intake that the skin absorbs? and maybe like stretching out the skin will make it flat again.. just make sure that theres no more water and stuff.. but you have to keep your skin moisturized." he said thinking about the little bottle that was sitting in his robe pocket.

Cosgrach was glad to hear the boy was alright.

...

Interesting. So far, only this boy had mentioned the wetness wrinkles. Cosgrach was thoroughly impressed.

"Stretching out may help." Nod nod. "But that's not what we will today." Today, they were going to restore it. Hopefully.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

But she was looking at him. Staaaaaring, actually. And she wasn't going to answer about the wrinkle stuff, either. Instead she took notes and focused on the fact that elephants used their wrinkles as a cooling mechanism and that Asian elephants had less wrinkles than African ones.

Was she staring at him? He frowned and stared RIGHT back. Why wasn't she answering? Had he offended her somehow? Eh, not his problem. It would be her loss in any case.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Well, Toby couldn't hear properly (was probably sitting too far back), so he just sat there, looking glum. He didn't want to speak to Culloden anyway.

Toby, too. Now, this hurt his feelings, because Cosgrach believed they had formed some kind of friendship at the last class. He shook his head to himself, wondered whether he should speak to him at the end of the class, and moved onto the next student.

Whatever was up with Hufflepuffs, he didn't like.

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

Focusing on the question Beverly didn't need much thought. She raised her hand sadly. "Lack of hydration and sometimes too much sun." Sad. She drinks plenty of water and hides from the sun. "It also depends on what you consume. Like, unhealthy stuff that can make you ill."

As for making skin smooth again. "Cosmetic potions." One of her family's potions company focus, among others.

"Right, and right." A small smile. It filled his chest with pride when the ~~snakes~~ students got it all correct.

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Originally Posted by Presley Black

Gwen raised her hand to answer the question. "Wrinkles form when your face makes the same patterns and lines for a long time, and then they just stay there." Right? Like you shouldn't make ugly faces because you'll get stuck like that? That's what Zeke said at least. Second question! "You could use skin-firming lotions and stuff? Like Olay?"

Right, she was. A Ravenclaw, no wonder. Cosgrach nodded at him.

"I don't know Olay, but you are right about the rest." That was the reason no one should laugh more than they should. Or frown. But laughing caused wrinkles too.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

"Erm... Professor?" he called, raising his hand slowly in the air, "Could you use dried nettles?"

"Yes?" Oh, wait, he was going to answer. Sure. Cosgrach listened to him and nodded in the end.

"They could, just not in this potion we'll brew today. But good thinking." So he wasn't the Head Boy just for his looks. Good to know.

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Sander thought for a couple of seconds before raising his hand, "Um Professor, from what I know as a person grows older, their skin gets more weathered and they start to lose their natural oils which keeps the person's skin moist and hydrated." he paused to think. What else was he going to say? Sander lost his train of thought.

Then he remembered and continued. "When that process starts to happen, the skin starts to lose its elasticity, and starts to shrivel...that's where you start to get wrinkles." he explained.

"To make the skin smooth again, some people bathe in milk. I guess the properties in milk helps keep its the skin moisturized,"

Cosgrach listened to Sander, and nodded in response. "Correct, Mr. Strand, though I think the milk part is just a show off." But that didn't ensure they wouldn't use that. This very potion had milk in it.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

"A smooth skin potion?"

Had to.

"Possibly." This potion was something like that too.

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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

Neat? Sophie perked up at that and positively beamed at Culloden once more. "Thanks. Learned from the best, Oh Gr..." her voice trailed off because she realized... he probably didn't want to be called that in front of the class, and she looked a little bashful. "Sir," she correct with a firm nod. Yes. There was a time and place for joking around with him, and class probably wasn't it. Sir was better. Or professor. Or... maybe next time she'd try saying 'OGO' and see if he got it. That could be like a funny inside joke. Or... not.

For the sake of Culloden not getting disappointed in her for staying quiet, she raised a timid hand and shrugged, "I know Madame Primpernelle's in Diagon Alley sells stuff for wrinkles, like Old-No-More and Up, Up, and Stay." Not that she was currently using those or anything. She was thirteen years old. "And they have one that's, like, called the Fountain of Youth or whatever, that's supposed to make you look and feel younger. So... potions can help smooth out the skin." Obviously, since it seemed like they were going to be making one, but providing examples and educating the class in the process seemed like a good idea.

'The Great One'? Cosgrach smiled--really smiled, and he looked younger for the moment that the smile lasted. He was glad she didn't call him that at class, but he couldn't help the smile too.

How he LOVED true compliments!

...and she knew those how? He raised his eyebrows at her in surprise. She... wasn't USING them, was she? He frowned to himself, but nodded in the end.

"Potions dominate the sector, yes." The beauty sector.

He... had to ask her if she used those. Hopefully not.

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

"Uhh....you get wrinkles on your face from keeping a frown on your face for too long? But i have heard people go to spas to get rid of wrinkles too."

"Or smile, surprise, disappointment--any expression, really." Why did everyone focus on frowning? Any expression left its mark on the face. "You mean, the muggles' hot rooms?" He made a disgusted face. Ugh. He had never been to one, and he had no plans of doing that. "I think... those work to get rid of excess fat?" Goodness. Suffocated--he involuntarily reached for his neck. Even the idea made him cringe.

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Originally Posted by Unalii

Melek raised her hand with a smile despite not liking the professor. "You get wrinkles from just about every emotion... happy, sad, mad, stressed... so on..." She waved her hand, trailing off then glanced at the professor before adding, "You can get rid of them by botox or potions... or something... Im not too sure about it... I am still young and not worried about them..." Melek trailed off again and stroked her chin, pondering about it now.

ANother Ravenclaw, albeit one he didn't quite like, got it all correct again.

"Right." About not worrying about it too. She was completely right. They were too young to worry about beauty.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

"Life. Just like...living life and experiencing emotions give you wrinkles," he said.

Life? Cosgrach laughed genuinely again. "You're right." Life. Goodness. He was so right!

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Originally Posted by GrapehGrape

Adelaide raised her hand. "Well, generally people just get wrinkles from age. My mother likes to call them laugh lines." Because that made them more appealing to her. "...and you could use moisturizing cream to help prevent them."

Mhmmm, the brownie girl! Cosgrach griiiiinned at her. Wonder if she would bring more brownies to him? Since his office was like a few metres away from her common room entrance?

"Correct, Ms. Adams."

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

"I don't have wrinkles," he mumbled AND pointed out. Therefore, he didn't wanna answer the stupid question.

...Cosgrach didn't hear the mumbling, but he sure noted the attitude. Well. His loss. He wasn't going to beg him to participate, after all.

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Originally Posted by DinosaursOnASpaceship

"Well, stress and doing a facial expression to much, like smiling you can get lines and crows feet near the eyes?" she wasn't to sure with her answer but it was a lot better than sitting there and looking around awkwardly and not saying anything, right?

"You're right, Ms." Something. Cosgrach was terrible with the names, so he didn't even bother asking them. He also noted how she didn't say 'frown' but laugh, and it pleased him for some reason. Frowning wasn't always a terrible thing, y'know.

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Originally Posted by Mordred

Anyway, first two questions were up. What causes wrinkles? Hand up. "Old age or when one is in the process of aging, professor." Andrew's got his gran-gran to prove that. Wrinkly and gray. "And I guess, Mandrake root is one of the ingredients?" Because it is a common antidote ingredient, right?

The first part was correct, so Cosgrach nodded, but the second part... he shook his head.

"I'm not completely ruling it out, but I don't think so. Not for this potion, anyway."

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Originally Posted by carpediem

"Well, someone talked about less oil produced in the skin and I guess that's correct. Does it also have something to do with the body slowing down and producing less of whatever oils make you look younger? I know there's some oil or chemical in your body that makes you age, so there might be one about aging."

"And, I'm not sure of any magical ingredients, but there are some Muggle creams that claim to get rid of a bunch of wrinkles. And others ground up plants or think that drinking teas is going to help. But it never does." Just ask her mom. She bought new containers every two weeks and applied it almost obsessively.

"Muggle creams do have little impact, yes." Cosgrach chose to answer her in reverse order, because he had to think about the oil thing. "Magic, though, is effective for a while." Now the oil thing... hmm... "What I know is the collapse of collagen makes wrinkles." He wasn't an expert on it, though, so he didn't want to sound too sure.

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Originally Posted by imaginarynumb3rs

The Hufflepuff craned her neck for a better look and crossed her fingers. Please please PLEASE PLEASE PA-LEASE let there be a partner activity in class today!

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Originally Posted by lemon

Alice had her fingers crossed under the table, silently praying for their potions instructor to come through before their match against Hufflepuff. That was more productive than question answering, mhm.

.....two more of silent students, and one of them Cosgrach preferred to be quiet for this lesson, at least. Okay. He would be content so long as they brew it correctly.

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Originally Posted by hermygirl

So...what caused them? Benjy raised his hand. "I'm going with Lex, and saying age for the main cause. And there's creams and unctions to help, but I don't think they can be fully reversed." Unless they were fake wrinkles, and for some of his classmates' sake he hoped they were.

"Age, correct." Lex was Alexa Cambridge in this context? His eyes focused on the said girl, then back at the boy. Were they dating or something? Goodness. A Ravenclaw was agreeing with a Gryffindor. When did that happen? "The potions are always temporary, yes." So, unless some of these wrinkles he saw was caused artificially...

He didn't want to think about it.

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju

"I agree with West, professor." The Hufflepuff said after raising her hand. "I mean, it can happen 'naturally' as we grow old, as the others said, but it can also happen by... magic. As pretty much anything, really." Magic was AWESOME like that. "So we can make the skin smooth again by using... a Potion." Uhh... not quite the answer she wanted to give.... But this was Potions class, so she'd better not- "Or Charm." Oooops, hehehehehe. She had said it. Sorry not sorry?

Charm? This was a new one? "Do you mean..." he used to be good at charms. "Which charm?" Huh. How dare charms steal his spotlight?! Potions had always dominated the beauty industry, and it was going to do so despite charms.

Hmpf.

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Originally Posted by aaetha

"Well when you get old your skin isn't able to heal itself as well, so it loses its... elasticity?" The last word came out more as a question than she'd expected, because she wasn't at all sure it was the right one, but she barrelled on anyway. "So it sags, and forms wrinkles as it does so. I guess," she bit her lip, "if you could just re-young-ify skin then it would stop wrinkling?" Didn't make much sense to herself either, at this point, so she just stopped talking.

But he wished she hadn't stopped talking!

Cosgrach smiiiiiled at her. "Another perfectly correct answer." As far as he knew, she was pretty right. Especially her second answer. That was what they were going to do that day.

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Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Forcing herself to smile a little, the girl raised her hand and answered the question. "A wrinkle is basically a crease in the skin of your face that is mainly caused due to aging.... and maybe even frowning too." As for what would cause it too be smooth again, well, ".. Magic, professor." Simple, yeah? She couldn't think of anything else, anyway.

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Originally Posted by Emzily

He raised his hand, "You can get wrinkles from frowning a lot." He would know. "Frown lines, too." Or were they the same thing?

As for smoothing it... "Wrinkle cream?" They were ALWAYS being advertised on the TV.

"...and laughing, being shocked, staying in cold weather or under sun too much..." Not just frowning, see Huffie girl and Snake prefect boy? In fact, frowning affected only a small area.

"But potions and magic, that's what we will do today."

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Originally Posted by amadshade

"Do the Muggle wrinkle potions work? Or well, not potions, but pastes and mixtures and stuff. Are we going to make something like that?" she asked, not really meaning to ask quite so many questions.

Cosgrach shook his head. "Muggles couldn't find a cure. We have, though, and will brew that, yes."

WHO asked the questions here, though, really?

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Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Christmas listened to what her fellow students were saying and took down notes most of the answers she had in her head had already been said

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Oh, the lesson was starting and they were working on wrinkles. Excellent! She did not like having wrinkles one bit. "Apparently stress makes it form because I haven't done anything different and look at me." Was she yelling? The seventh year didn't even know anymore.

......a silent student.....

......and a yelling one.

Cosgrach frowned at the latter, as he had ignored her speaking to Cutty previously, and EYED her. "I hope you realise you are yelling," he told her in a serious tone, "and I hope you won't repeat it." Understood? He didn't care how she looked, or why she was all... old. He was going to teach them the potion to fix the wrinkles though, so no need to yell.

Speaking of which...

"Facial expressions, age, collapse of collagenous fibres, sun, cold and magic," he eyed them all as he was speaking to all of them, "and many more are the reasons of wrinkles. Luckily, the potioneers have found a cure, albeit temporarily." What was permanent even with magic, anyway? "Today, we will brew 'Wrinkle-Heal'." The name was cheesy, he knew, it disgusted him too, but what else could he do? "It's not as cheesy as it sounds, I promise," he said, then tapped his wand on the blackboard. The ingredients list and the first step appeared.

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Originally Posted by Blackboard

• One bubotuber’s pus
• 0,2 litre of seal milk
• One hellebore’s syrup
• Two puffer-fish eyes
• One leech
• One water-dwelling planaria
• One middle-sized pomegranate’s juice
• A bunch of asphodel
• 6 sopophorus beans

1. Add some water to a glass bowl, wear your gloves and squeeze bubotuber’s pus into it. Put it away and crush asphodel roots in mortar. Put that away for future use too.

"The seal milk and planaria are on my desk," he told them as he indicated to his desk: there were enough 200 mililitres of glasses filled with seal milk and some smaller glasses contained the planaria with some water to keep it alive. "You should have the rest in your potions kit." He eyed them, but he wouldn't object if they had to use from his personal stock. "As you see, we have to prepare the bubotuber and asphodel beforehand, so, start."

He wasn't going to brew with them as he had already brewed his potion, but would supervise theirs.

Fun.

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StarShine DoM Kappa Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cell culture hood Posts: 13,005 Hogwarts RPG Name: Mona Deandra Hellmann Gryffindor First Year x5 x6	¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls Text Cut: Replies Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Either way, ewww. She raised her hands. "I think your skin just becomes dried out somehow," she said. And for the second question? *"Some people think certain creams work, but other than that, I have no idea. I'm guessing the answer to your question is yes, though, since it sounds like you have something in mind for us to brew."* Heh. Cosgrach was glad to see her there, and listened to her answer with interest. Hmm... no wonder she gave a vague answer--she was still young to worry about age. Should be, anyway. With the current events in this castle, though... even he was tempted to import everything. "I know a potion, yes." Need he say they were going to brew that one today? Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Her hand rose slowly. "I dunno much but I know it has to do with the skin not being able to retain moisture as well and something about elastin not working the way it did. It's mostly due to age and the skin not being able to function like it use to." There you had it. AGE. The thing she wasn't up in yet thank you very much. 15 was NOT old. Cosgrach thought it over, then hesitated before giving her a full answer. "Elastin, or collagen?" Not that he was an expert. He just heard it was collagen. Either way... "Good answer." As much as he... didn't quite like her, he had to admit: she was decent. Quote: Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah His now cleaned, but wrinkled little hand went into the air. "A wrinkle forms on the skin when you're caused undue stress and you don't drink enough water or get enough sleep." Those were all the things he'd heard his mother going on about. "Oh, and I think you can get rid of them, but only temporarily." True, this boy. Everyone should hear him, if they didn't want to get wrinkles early--never mind that they have done it. Oh, dear. Cosgrach looked stressed again. "You've very right, Mister Mordaunt." He pronounced it the way Cutty had done at his first class. Names were important, so were wrinkles. Merlin. Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz But he put his hand up. "Magic and Magic." No those were serious answers... Magic and... magic? Cosgrach raised his eyebrows at West expectantly. That was it? He wasn't going to elaborate? ...okay. At least he'd elaborated in his homework. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 He raised a hand to take a shot at the questions. "The skin gets hydrated, Professor. We can use special creams or potions to get rid of them.'' "Hydrated, or dehydrated?" Cosgrach still nodded at the boy, though, because he believed the Hufflepuff meant the latter in the depths of his heart. ...if... this condition... also affected the mind?! Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin He rubbed tiredly at his shoulder before raising a hand. "Wrinkles are caused by being old. I mean..." He rubbed his shoulder again. "Collagen. Loss of collagen. It's like... in your skin." Mo flapped a hand helpfully at the professor. "My mum says that you have to be best friends with your moisturizer, so I guess... the best way to get rid of the wrinkles is to either replace the missing collagen or moisturize it." ...of course Captain Ravenclaw was 100% correct. "Very well, Mister Branxton. That's completely right." Cosgrach offered him a small smile that caused his natural wrinkles around his eyes to show. Quote: Originally Posted by SweetPeea So silence seemed to be her best friend right now. Quote: Originally Posted by Edward Penguin He watched as he saw other students answered and try to ascertain the questions. Silent lot, eh? Cosgrach didn't mind, as long as they listened and brewed well. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy Raising her hand, she tried to correctly answer his first question. "Maybe wrinkles form when someone frowns too much! And um... making them smile can get rid of them?" N'aaaw, wasn't she an innocent lil girl. Even Cosgrach had to smile at her genuinely and let the 'a duck's feet' type of wrinkles around his eyes show. "The first one is correct, but I'm not sure about the second one. Smiling causes wrinkles too." Albeit, without doubt, they were the best wrinkles to have. Quote: Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow "I'm great professor he said back to him, giving him a big smile. ohh the wrinkles.. finally Bay wanted these ugly things gone.. he raised his hand "If someone sits in a hot bath too long they get wrinkles.. so maybe its the water intake that the skin absorbs? and maybe like stretching out the skin will make it flat again.. just make sure that theres no more water and stuff.. but you have to keep your skin moisturized." he said thinking about the little bottle that was sitting in his robe pocket. Cosgrach was glad to hear the boy was alright. ... Interesting. So far, only this boy had mentioned the wetness wrinkles. Cosgrach was thoroughly impressed. "Stretching out may help." Nod nod. "But that's not what we will today." Today, they were going to restore it. Hopefully. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow But she was looking at him. Staaaaaring, actually. And she wasn't going to answer about the wrinkle stuff, either. Instead she took notes and focused on the fact that elephants used their wrinkles as a cooling mechanism and that Asian elephants had less wrinkles than African ones. Was she staring at him? He frowned and stared RIGHT back. Why wasn't she answering? Had he offended her somehow? Eh, not his problem. It would be her loss in any case. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir Well, Toby couldn't hear properly (was probably sitting too far back), so he just sat there, looking glum. He didn't want to speak to Culloden anyway. Toby, too. Now, this hurt his feelings, because Cosgrach believed they had formed some kind of friendship at the last class. He shook his head to himself, wondered whether he should speak to him at the end of the class, and moved onto the next student. Whatever was up with Hufflepuffs, he didn't like. Quote: Originally Posted by Deezerz Focusing on the question Beverly didn't need much thought. She raised her hand sadly. "Lack of hydration and sometimes too much sun." Sad. She drinks plenty of water and hides from the sun. "It also depends on what you consume. Like, unhealthy stuff that can make you ill." As for making skin smooth again. "Cosmetic potions." One of her family's potions company focus, among others. "Right, and right." A small smile. It filled his chest with pride when the ~~snakes~~ students got it all correct. Quote: Originally Posted by Presley Black Gwen raised her hand to answer the question. "Wrinkles form when your face makes the same patterns and lines for a long time, and then they just stay there." Right? Like you shouldn't make ugly faces because you'll get stuck like that? That's what Zeke said at least. Second question! "You could use skin-firming lotions and stuff? Like Olay?" Right, she was. A Ravenclaw, no wonder. Cosgrach nodded at him. "I don't know Olay, but you are right about the rest." That was the reason no one should laugh more than they should. Or frown. But laughing caused wrinkles too. Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone "Erm... Professor?" he called, raising his hand slowly in the air, "Could you use dried nettles?" "Yes?" Oh, wait, he was going to answer. Sure. Cosgrach listened to him and nodded in the end. *"They could,* just not in this potion we'll brew today. But good thinking." So he wasn't the Head Boy just for his looks. Good to know. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Sander thought for a couple of seconds before raising his hand, "Um Professor, from what I know as a person grows older, their skin gets more weathered and they start to lose their natural oils which keeps the person's skin moist and hydrated." he paused to think. What else was he going to say? Sander lost his train of thought. Then he remembered and continued. "When that process starts to happen, the skin starts to lose its elasticity, and starts to shrivel...that's where you start to get wrinkles." he explained. "To make the skin smooth again, some people bathe in milk. I guess the properties in milk helps keep its the skin moisturized," Cosgrach listened to Sander, and nodded in response. "Correct, Mr. Strand, though I think the milk part is just a show off." But that didn't ensure they wouldn't use that. This very potion had milk in it. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner "A smooth skin potion?" Had to. "Possibly." This potion was something like that too. Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Neat? Sophie perked up at that and positively beamed at Culloden once more. "Thanks. Learned from the best, Oh Gr..." her voice trailed off because she realized... he probably didn't want to be called that in front of the class, and she looked a little bashful. "Sir," she correct with a firm nod. Yes. There was a time and place for joking around with him, and class probably wasn't it. Sir was better. Or professor. Or... maybe next time she'd try saying 'OGO' and see if he got it. That could be like a funny inside joke. Or... not. For the sake of Culloden not getting disappointed in her for staying quiet, she raised a timid hand and shrugged, "I know Madame Primpernelle's in Diagon Alley sells stuff for wrinkles, like Old-No-More and Up, Up, and Stay." Not that she was currently using those or anything. She was thirteen years old. "And they have one that's, like, called the Fountain of Youth or whatever, that's supposed to make you look and feel younger. So... potions can help smooth out the skin.*" Obviously, since it seemed like they were going to be making one, but providing examples and educating the class in the process seemed like a good idea. 'The Great One'? Cosgrach smiled--really* smiled, and he looked younger for the moment that the smile lasted. He was glad she didn't call him that at class, but he couldn't help the smile too. How he LOVED true compliments! ...and she knew those how? He raised his eyebrows at her in surprise. She... wasn't USING them, was she? He frowned to himself, but nodded in the end. "Potions dominate the sector, yes." The beauty sector. He... had to ask her if she used those. Hopefully not. Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin "Uhh....you get wrinkles on your face from keeping a frown on your face for too long? But i have heard people go to spas to get rid of wrinkles too." "Or smile, surprise, disappointment--any expression, really." Why did everyone focus on frowning? Any expression left its mark on the face. "You mean, the muggles' hot rooms?" He made a disgusted face. Ugh. He had never been to one, and he had no plans of doing that. "I think... those work to get rid of excess fat?" Goodness. Suffocated--he involuntarily reached for his neck. Even the idea made him cringe. Quote: Originally Posted by Unalii Melek raised her hand with a smile despite not liking the professor. "You get wrinkles from just about every emotion... happy, sad, mad, stressed... so on..." She waved her hand, trailing off then glanced at the professor before adding, "You can get rid of them by botox or potions... or something... Im not too sure about it... I am still young and not worried about them..." Melek trailed off again and stroked her chin, pondering about it now. ANother Ravenclaw, albeit one he didn't quite like, got it all correct again. "Right." About not worrying about it too. She was completely right. They were too young to worry about beauty. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom "Life. Just like...living life and experiencing emotions give you wrinkles," he said. Life? Cosgrach laughed genuinely again. "You're right." Life. Goodness. He was so right! Quote: Originally Posted by GrapehGrape Adelaide raised her hand. "Well, generally people just get wrinkles from age. My mother likes to call them laugh lines." Because that made them more appealing to her. "...and you could use moisturizing cream to help prevent them." Mhmmm, the brownie girl! Cosgrach griiiiinned at her. Wonder if she would bring more brownies to him? Since his office was like a few metres away from her common room entrance? "Correct, Ms. Adams." Quote: Originally Posted by fanficfanatict "I don't have wrinkles," he mumbled AND pointed out. Therefore, he didn't wanna answer the stupid question. ...Cosgrach didn't hear the mumbling, but he sure noted the attitude. Well. His loss. He wasn't going to beg him to participate, after all. Quote: Originally Posted by DinosaursOnASpaceship "Well, stress and doing a facial expression to much, like smiling you can get lines and crows feet near the eyes?" she wasn't to sure with her answer but it was a lot better than sitting there and looking around awkwardly and not saying anything, right? "You're right, Ms." Something. Cosgrach was terrible with the names, so he didn't even bother asking them. He also noted how she didn't say 'frown' but laugh, and it pleased him for some reason. Frowning wasn't always a terrible thing, y'know. Quote: Originally Posted by Mordred Anyway, first two questions were up. What causes wrinkles? Hand up. "Old age or when one is in the process of aging, professor." Andrew's got his gran-gran to prove that. Wrinkly and gray. "And I guess, Mandrake root is one of the ingredients?" Because it is a common antidote ingredient, right? The first part was correct, so Cosgrach nodded, but the second part... he shook his head. "I'm not completely ruling it out, but I don't think so. Not for this potion, anyway." Quote: Originally Posted by carpediem "Well, someone talked about less oil produced in the skin and I guess that's correct. Does it also have something to do with the body slowing down and producing less of whatever oils make you look younger? I know there's some oil or chemical in your body that makes you age, so there might be one about aging." "And, I'm not sure of any magical ingredients, but there are some Muggle creams that claim to get rid of a bunch of wrinkles. And others ground up plants or think that drinking teas is going to help. But it never does." Just ask her mom. She bought new containers every two weeks and applied it almost obsessively. "Muggle creams do have little impact, yes." Cosgrach chose to answer her in reverse order, because he had to think about the oil thing. "Magic, though, is effective for a while." Now the oil thing... hmm... "What I know is the collapse of collagen makes wrinkles." He wasn't an expert on it, though, so he didn't want to sound too sure. Quote: Originally Posted by imaginarynumb3rs The Hufflepuff craned her neck for a better look and crossed her fingers. Please please PLEASE PLEASE PA-LEASE let there be a partner activity in class today! Quote: Originally Posted by lemon Alice had her fingers crossed under the table, silently praying for their potions instructor to come through before their match against Hufflepuff. That was more productive than question answering, mhm. .....two more of silent students, and one of them Cosgrach preferred to be quiet for this lesson, at least. Okay. He would be content so long as they brew it correctly. Quote: Originally Posted by hermygirl So...what caused them? Benjy raised his hand. "I'm going with Lex, and saying age for the main cause. And there's creams and unctions to help, but I don't think they can be fully reversed." Unless they were fake wrinkles, and for some of his classmates' sake he hoped they were. "Age, correct." Lex was Alexa Cambridge in this context? His eyes focused on the said girl, then back at the boy. Were they dating or something? Goodness. A Ravenclaw was agreeing with a Gryffindor. When did that happen? "The potions are always temporary, yes." So, unless some of these wrinkles he saw was caused artificially... He didn't want to think about it. Quote: Originally Posted by Hey Ju "I agree with West, professor." The Hufflepuff said after raising her hand. "I mean, it can happen 'naturally' as we grow old, as the others said, but it can also happen by... magic. As pretty much anything, really." Magic was AWESOME like that. "So we can make the skin smooth again by using... a Potion." Uhh... not quite the answer she wanted to give.... But this was Potions class, so she'd better not- "Or Charm." Oooops, hehehehehe. She had said it. Sorry not sorry? Charm? This was a new one? "Do you mean..." he used to be good at charms. "Which charm?" Huh. How dare charms steal his spotlight?! Potions had always dominated the beauty industry, and it was going to do so despite charms. Hmpf. Quote: Originally Posted by aaetha "Well when you get old your skin isn't able to heal itself as well, so it loses its... elasticity?" The last word came out more as a question than she'd expected, because she wasn't at all sure it was the right one, but she barrelled on anyway. "So it sags, and forms wrinkles as it does so. I guess," she bit her lip, "if you could just re-young-ify skin then it would stop wrinkling?" Didn't make much sense to herself either, at this point, so she just stopped talking. But he wished she hadn't stopped talking! Cosgrach smiiiiiled at her. "Another perfectly correct answer." As far as he knew, she was pretty right. Especially her second answer. That was what they were going to do that day. Quote: Originally Posted by Lady of Light Forcing herself to smile a little, the girl raised her hand and answered the question. "A wrinkle is basically a crease in the skin of your face that is mainly caused due to aging.... and maybe even frowning too." As for what would cause it too be smooth again, well, ".. Magic, professor." Simple, yeah? She couldn't think of anything else, anyway. Quote: Originally Posted by Emzily He raised his hand, "You can get wrinkles from frowning a lot." He would know. "Frown lines, too." Or were they the same thing? As for smoothing it... "Wrinkle cream?" They were ALWAYS being advertised on the TV. "...and laughing, being shocked, staying in cold weather or under sun too much..." Not just frowning, see Huffie girl and Snake prefect boy? In fact, frowning affected only a small area. "But potions and magic, that's what we will do today." Quote: Originally Posted by amadshade "Do the Muggle wrinkle potions work? Or well, not potions, but pastes and mixtures and stuff. Are we going to make something like that?" she asked, not really meaning to ask quite so many questions. Cosgrach shook his head. "Muggles couldn't find a cure. We have, though, and will brew that, yes." WHO asked the questions here, though, really? Quote: Originally Posted by Saz Hale Christmas listened to what her fellow students were saying and took down notes most of the answers she had in her head had already been said Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Oh, the lesson was starting and they were working on wrinkles. Excellent! She did not like having wrinkles one bit. "Apparently stress makes it form because I haven't done anything different and look at me." Was she yelling? The seventh year didn't even know anymore. ......a silent student..... ......and a yelling one. Cosgrach frowned at the latter, as he had ignored her speaking to Cutty previously, and EYED her. "I hope you realise you are yelling," he told her in a serious tone, "and I hope you won't repeat it." Understood? He didn't care how she looked, or why she was all... old. He was going to teach them the potion to fix the wrinkles though, so no need to yell. Speaking of which... "Facial expressions, age, collapse of collagenous fibres, sun, cold and magic," he eyed them all as he was speaking to all of them, "and many more are the reasons of wrinkles. Luckily, the potioneers have found a cure, albeit temporarily." What was permanent even with magic, anyway? "Today, we will brew 'Wrinkle-Heal'." The name was cheesy, he knew, it disgusted him too, but what else could he do? "It's not as cheesy as it sounds, I promise," he said, then tapped his wand on the blackboard. The ingredients list and the first step appeared. Quote: Originally Posted by Blackboard • One bubotuber’s pus • 0,2 litre of seal milk • One hellebore’s syrup • Two puffer-fish eyes • One leech • One water-dwelling planaria • One middle-sized pomegranate’s juice • A bunch of asphodel • 6 sopophorus beans 1. Add some water to a glass bowl, wear your gloves and squeeze bubotuber’s pus into it. Put it away and crush asphodel roots in mortar. Put that away for future use too. "The seal milk and planaria are on my desk," he told them as he indicated to his desk: there were enough 200 mililitres of glasses filled with seal milk and some smaller glasses contained the planaria with some water to keep it alive. "You should have the rest in your potions kit." He eyed them, but he wouldn't object if they had to use from his personal stock. "As you see, we have to prepare the bubotuber and asphodel beforehand, so, start." He wasn't going to brew with them as he had already brewed his potion, but would supervise theirs. Fun. Last edited by StarShine; 02-07-2014 at 04:38 PM. Reason: Adding Tora.