Make Your Own > Beauty ItemsMarch 28, 2005

Dollar General Homemade Hand Lotion

I have very dry skin and have bought so many different brands of lotion (some pretty pricey.) This seems to work better than any of them. Enjoy!

Ingredients

(All these ingredients are Dollar General brand)

  • 1 petroleum jelly
  • 1 aloe vera lotion (green bottle)
  • 2 pink baby lotions
  • 2 vitamin E creams

Mix with mixer

You can repack in the jars you emptied or buy new ones if you can find them.

Joyce

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By
10/09/2011

For a small gift I put the cream in the small (squatty) pimento jars with a ribbon ties around the lid. I use them mainly for little tokens of appreciation for the nurses in my doctor's office. They all tell me they love it because they are washing their hands many, many times a day. Also give to my hairdresser.

By
03/17/2009

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I would like to make the dollar general hand lotion and was wondering if you found out the size bottles of the ingredients. Thanks for your help.
Betty

By Katie (Guest Post) 12/18/2008

You can get cute little heart shaped jars with cork stopper at Michael's. Tie a little ribbon around the neck of bottle and makes a very nice gift. Attach recipe for lotion to ribbon.

By Katie (Guest Post) 12/18/2008

You can get cute little heart shaped jars with cork stopper at Michael's. Tie a little ribbon around the neck of bottle and makes a very nice gift. Attach recipe for lotion to ribbon.

By Roz (Guest Post) 11/21/2008

A friend of mine gave me some of this. I like it, except, anything with a scent sends my allergies sky high. I was pleased that it didn't turn rancid. Can you get this stuff unscented?

By rainyjne (Guest Post) 02/26/2007

I tried this for a pajama party featuring homemade spa treatments. We all agreed it was wonderful!

By
08/05/2005

I've got to try this one. I have even gotten prescription lotion my skin is so dry. And now with winter just around the corner it would be so great to find something that works. thanks for this one. val

By 2etbrd007 (Guest Post) 06/16/2005

the 1 ounce bottles people! (or more depending on how much u want to make) but it just 1 ounce for this recipe!

By
03/29/2005

I use a simular recipe. 1 bottle of baby lotion and 1 bottle of lotion containing vitamin E and 1 small container of vaseline and a couple of drops of peppermint oils. Mix ingredients together and store in jars or in my case a small bucket with a lid. Works great for rough hands.

By
03/28/2005

I believe that Joyce is referring to the sizes that you can buy at Dollar General dollar stores. They probably only sell one size at that particular dollar store chain. Maybe Joyce has the bottles handy and can tell us how many ounces each bottle is?

By (Guest Post) 03/28/2005

WHAT SIZE BOTTLES FOR EACH?""

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Hand Lotion Recipe

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?

By Marie

 

Most Recent Answer

By attic_treasures 01/01/2012

I use cheap lotion as a base and add a jar of the dollar store vitamin e moisturizer creme and add 2 tablespoons of glycerin works better than the Vaseline.

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