I have a recipe for hand lotion made from products found at Dollar General, but don't know the quantity of the products to use. Does anyone know the recipe?
This page contains homemade hand cream recipes. Commercial hand creams can be expensive and contain a variety of unpronounceable chemical ingredients. You can use natural ingredients and make your own hand cream.
What Can I Use to Soften My Feet?
What can I use to soften my feet?
I have made a body scrub using brown sugar, baby oil, aloe vera, and vitamin E. The problem I found with this is it is so oily. Can you use water and half oil? Many thanks.
Use olive oil to smooth over hands. Use your favorite exfoliating cleanser and smooth over hands (may need to use a little water to smooth easier). Rinse.
It makes your skin really smooth. Mix and put in a jar. If you want, you can add food color to it and put in a fragrance oil.
Here is a nice scrub I made that is not only simple, but inexpensive and takes minutes to prepare. This would be a nice summer gift or a treat for your own feet!
Add Body Oil To Unscented Lotion
I am so excited to share this tip! Every year I request a certain body lotion from Bath and Body Works. I love it, but it certainly isn't cheap. But this year I received the set for Christmas that included the body oil (which I don't really use as much).
Add Coffee Grounds For Abrasive Soap
Used coffee grounds make for a GREAT exfoliant! I keep a jar on my stove and fill it up regularly with used grounds. It's wonderful on the hands and can also be used as an abrasive cleaner combined with dish soap for those "sticky" pans!
I'm looking for manicure recipes. In specific something pumpkin or cinnamon.
A very inexpensive hand cream can be made with this recipe. I never buy any other kind anymore since I have made this. All items can be bought at the $1 store.
Would you like softer feet? I found out a way to do so. I sell Avon and I got a sample of some stuff to soften feet, but it felt like petroleum jelly with some nice mint in it. So I figured the way to really save money was to make my own feet softener.
After a long day at work, fill a clean dishpan halfway with water as hot as you can stand it. Epsom salts are very inexpensive at stores like Walmart or even drugstores.
It is getting closer to sandal weather here in Texas and I will not spend the money for a pedicure, as it is $30.00 plus a tip. Here is what I do to give myself an inexpensive home pedicure. I hope these tips will inspire you to treat yourself to a little pampering, which will give you nice looking toes for those sandals.
Soak and massage your feet in a glorious foot bath to relieve tired muscles and soften hard, dry skin.Place enough marbles into the tub to just cover the bottom.
Homemade Manicures and Pedicures (Your Own Spa: Part 2 of 4)
The Frugal Holistic. A Day at Your Favorite Spa: Your Own. Part 2 of 4 - Homemade Manicures and Pedicures. A day at the spa can cost a lot of money but everyone needs to pamper themselves also. In this series of articles, I am going to try and help all of us to save some of that money but get the relaxation we need.
Recipe for making Shea Butter Hand Cream. Using a double boiler, melt together 1 Tbs. beeswax, 1 Tbs. shea butter.
Try this tip with each pair of shoes to get rid of athlete's foot fungus. Place the shoes inside a freezer bag and put the bag in the freezer for 24 hours...
Combine lightly mashed strawberries with olive oil and salt. Dont over blend or mixture will become runny. Rub over feet to smooth rough calluses and rinse.
Give Hands a Spa Treatment While Gardening
Use your gardening time to give your hands the spa treatment. Before you put on your gardening gloves, coat your hands with a thick coating of moisturizer. Rake your nails across a bar of glycerine soap to put the soap beneath your nails, and rub olive oil into the nails themselves.
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Homemade Manicures and Pedicures (Your Own Spa: Part 2 of 4)
The Frugal Holistic. A Day at Your Favorite Spa: Your Own. Part 2 of 4 - Homemade Manicures and Pedicures. A day at the spa can cost a lot of money but everyone needs to pamper themselves also. In this series of articles, I am going to try and help all of us to save some of that money but get the relaxation we need.
