Homemade Hand Lotion

This was supposed to be my (Almost) Wordless Wednesday with Addie post.

But that didn't happen..... for a couple of reasons.

At Christmas , my beautiful niece Spencer ( I've bragged about her here) made some homemade hand lotion.

I loved it !

She told me how she made it ( in my family we are not known for having EXACT recipes).

We just kinda dump....

Well , I used  what she had given me and decided to make my own.

Reason #1 this project didn't happen on Wednesday with Addie ~

She LOVES lotion.

I mean REALLY loves lotion!

*Flashback *

Remember when I was working on the flowers for my nephews wedding ?

(If not you can get reminded here.)

And...

 I was really stressed out ( cause I'm crazy like that )

And...

 I had to get Addie ready for rehearsal ( flowergirl incident).

Well...

 I had the flowers  loaded in the car.

 I had her all dressed in her pretty clothes her Mommy had packed for her.

 And I was finally trying to get myself presentable.

Plus...

 I had totally under estimated the amount of time it took to get one little flowergirl and one Grandma ready.

And of course I didn't know what to wear ....

Anyway...

 I looked up and ...

 NO ADDIE !

I said, " Addie where are you ?"

I hear her little voice on the floor beside my bed , " I over here."

I look over and she has my lotion open and ALL*OVER*HER*FACE* !

Looking back , I wish I had gotten a picture.

 At the time I was just trying to get her to the bathroom before it got all over her clothes!

So I kinda chickened out when it came to having Addie's assistance with the homemade lotion.

Ok, back to the project.

Here are the basic ingredients Spencer used ( and I did too )

Cocoa Butter

Olive oil

Vitamin E oil

Aloe Vera Oil

Spencer infused the olive oil with tea . I'm not sure what kind , but it had an awesome fragrance.

I had some essential oils , so I decided to use them for fragrance.

I used tree containers of Cocoa Butter ( from Dollar Gen)

About 1/4 cup olive oil

About 2 ounces Vitamin E Oil ( Dollar Gen again )

About 1 ounce aloe vera oil

I used too much oil .

It will be great for my super dry legs and arms , but it is too oily for me to use regularly on my hands.

Some people would like it.

I've read blogs ( looking for specific recipes ) where people recommend using straight olive oil on your hands.

That's not for me.

Plus I don't think mine smells nearly as good as Spencer's.

I used some lemon , lavender and a tiny bit of patchouli oil, but it still smells like cocoa butter and I don't really care for it.

But I will use it and maybe try again.

I packaged it back up in the empty cocoa butter jars.

 And added some cute labels, that I found here for free.

Now ...

 Reason #2 for not posting on Wednesday.

My little princess has learned a new thing ~ pouting !

I couldn't quite believe it.

Twice she got mad .

Once at Papa and once at My and she went into the kitchen , put her head down and said , " I poutin'."

Geez....

That was a new one ...

She still won't let me take her picture either.

She hears my camera come on and she refuses to look at me.

These are the best I could get.

She's smiling , but she still won't look at me ...

Got her !

Happy Wednesday Friday !