Want to learn how to make skin care products at home? Start by learning how to make hand lotion to treat dry skin in winter. A reader shares a favorite old-time MOTHER EARTH News concoction: a homemade hand lotion recipe.
I’ve finally found the hand lotion recipe that you published back in the ’70s or ’80s. This is the greatest hand lotion ever. It’ll help the worst case of dried or chapped hands in a matter of days!
MOTHER’s Homemade Hand Lotion Recipe
Ingredients
2 ounces antiseptic green soap (also known as “tincture of green soap”)
2 ounces glycerin
4 ounces Bay Rum (old-time aftershave lotion)
4 ounces Bay Rum (old-time aftershave lotion)
Directions: How to Make Hand Lotion
Just mix and rub on hands or feet.
–Ethel Stilwell
Sanford, Michigan
Originally published as “Country Lore: Great Hand Lotion” June/July 2002 MOTHER EARTH NEWS.
