This is a copied blog post from March, 2010 and it continues to be one of my most popular posts. I’ve made this cream over and over and am never without it. I’ve given it to many people and they always love it. I am making it again this weekend and thought I’d share the recipe just in case there’s someone who hasn’t seen it.
One thing I’d like to add – when I was at the doctor a week or so ago, and he was getting that thorn out of my heel, he mentioned that my feet seem to be soft and smooth. I told him .. believe it or not, about 10 years ago, I had to use a prescription cream because my feet cracked and bled so badly. I told him about this cream and said it makes sense. He said he always recommends people use Vaseline and old socks to keep their feet smooth. This recipe has Vaseline in it and I suppose that’s part of why it works so well.
It is a bit greasy when first applied but once absorbed by the skin, it feels amazing. It’s inexpensive to make and makes great little small gifts.
The recipe I was given and have used through the years calls for Vaseline but some don’t like using Vaseline due to it being a petroleum product. Just use the ingredient list as a guide. Swap out anything you want to swap for whatever you want to use. I just made two batches . . one with Vaseline with cocoa butter, and one with with coconut oil.
Dollar Store, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree . . whatever you have near you probably has Vitamin E cream.
The basic recipe is this:
- 16 oz. baby lotion (doesn’t matter what flavor you use)
- 8 oz. Vaseline
- 8 oz. Vitamin E cream
Hand Cream
The little containers came from whatever Dollar store I went to . . don’t even know which one it was.
These days, what used to be 8 oz. is now 7.5 oz. but it doesn’t really matter.
Simply dump the three ingredients in the mix, blend well and fill the containers.
Hand Cream
I filled all the little containers for gifts and then filled the larger containers for my own use.
Hand Cream
Red lids have the coconut oil mixture. White lids (and the empty Vitamin E cream container) have Vaseline mixture.
justquiltin says
Vaseline is my miracle cream. I’ve had such horrible dry skin since my 20s (and we both know that was a “few” years ago) and can’t use most lotions due to allergies; prescriptions the dr gave me made it worse and then with a recent leg issue the wound care specialist said to use Vaseline and told me about the natural healing properties in it. I was skeptical – thought it would be greasy but when you have such dry skin it soaks right in. No more itching, no more dry skin, wound healing . My mother has the most beautiful skin – her face just glows and looks healthy – and it’s all because of her daily dose of Vitamin E cream she’s been using as long as I can remember so your cream has all kinds of great stuff in it (and in the mixing bowl it looks like some very tasty frosting!) LOL
Teri Jordan says
Since I got this recipe from you I have made it many times….I end up giving most of it away…..it is the best lotion…..my husband even loves it….he has a tiny container of it on the table next to his chair….it is a miracle worker…..
Carol says
Love this cream. Easy to make and a miracle working moisturizer!
Dottie says
I saw this recipe many years ago (at least 15+ years ago). I made some for friends that Christmas and received SO many requests for “refills” that I started passing out the recipe along with refills, LOL. One friend told me she had it with her when they were visiting family in another state. The family was sitting around an outdoor campfire when a family member fell into the fire (tripped or something similar). After a few days, the burns were starting to heal a bit and she gave them a bit of cream to rub around one of the smaller/healing burns and they were all surprised to see that it helped in healing (probably the vitamin E cream, as well as the Vaseline). My friend said she got lots of requests from family members to make it after that.
It truly is GREAT stuff!!
Ruth says
So there are three ingredients, baby lotion, vaseline and vitamin E cream. But you mention cocoa butter and coconut oil as well. Does each of those take the place of the baby lotion in alternate recipes? Or do you use 8 oz. of one of those as a fourth ingredient?
Rebecca in SoCal says
I was wondering the same thing, especially as the white tops are labeled as “Vaseline mixture,” but I thought Vaseline was a basic ingredient.
patti says
i’ve made this a few times after reading you blog about it a few years ago. a friend had some lotion made by her friend along with the recipe — same as yours. i liked minr better for absorbancy. i hadn’t realized there eould be a huge diffrrrnce but my dollar store had “creamy” vasoline so that’s what i used. love this stuff.
Jacqueline Brock says
After an emergency trip to hospital, I learned that I was allergic to the OTC healing lotion I was using to treat a minor scratch. My dermatologist said to use Vaseline as many are allergic to the cream I was using. I have made this recipe and loved it — time to do it again with all the cold weather, etc.
Linda P says
since reading this on your blog all those years ago, I’ve made this lotion MANY times and given it away and everyone loves it.. my Grands call it ” Grammies Magic Potion Lotion” Thank you for sharing again!!!
Diane Russell says
I too, have been using your lotion and just love it. Living in Michigan the winters are just brutal on my skin. In fact on my next grocery list are the ingredients for the lotion. Thank you for the lotion recipe.
Alice says
Thank you for the recipes Judy. Just out of curiosity — which formula do you prefer? Are they both easily absorbed so as to not be too greasy feeling? I plan to get the ingredients and make a batch.