cin's "homemade hand and body cream"

Name: Cin's "Homemade Hand and Body Cream"
Ingredients: 1 - (1 lb) jar of aquabase or hydrobase (you have to order from a pharmacists); 1 - (4 oz) bottle of glycerin; 1 ounce(s) baby oil gel (or baby oil); 3 ounce(s) aloe vera (clear gel)*; 4 ounce(s) vitamin e (clear gel); 3 1/2 cup(s) water; ## *ALOE VERA IS OPTIONAL DUE TO ALLERGIES

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Straws Kitchen(*o *)

somewhere, AR

Updated on Oct 14, 2011

I got my original recipe from a nurse at the hospital in the late 1950's and adapted it to my liking over the years...this is how I make it now. RECIPE USUALLY YIELDS APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60 OUNCES

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antique jar filled with my Homemade Hand & Body Cream..my photo

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Ingredients

1 - (1 lb) jar of aquabase or hydrobase (you have to order from a pharmacists)
1 - (4 oz) bottle of glycerin
1 ounce baby oil gel (or baby oil)
3 ounces aloe vera (clear gel)*
4 ounces vitamin e (clear gel)
3 1/2 cups water
*ALOE VERA IS OPTIONAL DUE TO ALLERGIES

How To Make cin's "homemade hand and body cream"

Step 1

Combine first 5 ingredients together in a LARGE mixing bowl.

Step 2

Add 1-cup of the water and mix with mixer on high for 3 minutes.
Step 3

Add the rest of the water 1-cup at a time; mixing for 3-minutes after each cup is added.
Step 4

After all the water is added, mix for approximately 15 minutes (so all ingredients are well blended and lotion becomes fluffy).
Step 5

Divide cream into clean dry jars for gift giving or for your self.
Step 6

You can put cream into small mason, ball or kerr jars with lids.
Step 7

NOTE from CinStraw: I use old antique AVON jars as they make nice gift jars. Just wash them out with mild soapy water, rinse well and dry completely before filling with lotion-cream. If it ends up on the thin side, then I call it "LOTION", if thicker (as it usually is) I call it "CREAM"...depends on the base you can find to use. I loved Unibase best BUT it has been discontinued, so we can not get it anymore. Therefore I have been using Aquabase instead for some time now. It is a base the doctors and nurses used to mix their medication creams with.
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