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Try This:  Bag Balm for YOUR hands too  |
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Peg Graham
True Blue Farmgirl
281 Posts
Peg
Chesapeake
Virginia
USA
281 Posts |
 Posted - May 25 2007 : 4:48:54 PM
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My Pop is a Master Gardener and his hands are always chapped from tending his soil. He asked me what could he use to smooth his hands and when I told him to use Bag Balm he looked at me strange and said; "I thought that was for cow udders?" I said; "Yes and it has other uses as well." He loves the stuff now.
http://www.bagbalm.com/
miles of smiles~
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2007 : 4:57:26 PM
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| Me too! I clean houses and I always say my hands feel like sandpaper. Stuff works great! Have a tube in the bathroom, next to my bed, and in my purse. It gives me relief from terribly dry hands. Susan |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2007 : 7:00:37 PM
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| We use Bag Balm for everything - my daughter used to carry a can of it around with her in her baseball bag when she was playing competative fast pitch. Drew some funny looks from the big city girls when they played in the Seattle area! |
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nashbabe
True Blue Farmgirl
687 Posts
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Posted - May 25 2007 : 7:18:16 PM
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It is nice stuff...and pretty easy to find. They used to sell it at Walgreens, don't know if they still do or not.
Grew up on a farm...moved to da city... |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2007 : 11:03:51 PM
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i used to use it ... can't remember why though .. but i remember that it worked great!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 10:01:45 AM
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We use this stuff on our dogs when they get "hot spots" during the summer. Works great.
Hugs, Kathy |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 6:08:03 PM
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| I use this for my hands, for the dogs and when my chickens have pecked each other, I put it on their spots. It is a great healing salve!! |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 10:37:46 PM
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| I have a story about Bag Balm. One cold morning when my oldest daughter had just started driving, she went out to start her car to warm up for school. She heard an awful sound and realized our kitten had been up under the hood of her car. She came running in, crying and upset. DH went out and found the kitten huddled up by the house. The fan belt had peeled the skin away from it's body, it's tail was cut off and it's back leg was just dangling. It was a real mess. DH slathered it with Bag Balm, set it's broken leg with two popsicle sticks, and pulled it's skin back in place and wrapped it with gauze. Then he brought it in the house and put it on a towel in front of the fireplace. Believe it or not, that kitty stayed there in the house, with him redressing it daily, and healed back to almost normal. No infection or anything, and it was able to use it's leg just fine. Then it moved back outside and the coyotes got it. |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 10:53:41 PM
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Bag balm is great stuff. My mom kept it in the house all the time. Sherri -- I thought your story was going to have a happy ending. Then I got to the last sentence! Actually, I had to kind of laugh because of the way you worded the sentence. Just so matter of fact.
Visit my Etsy shop at http://therusticcottage.etsy.com
http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 11:03:45 PM
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| Makes me laugh now too - not so much when I had four kids at home though! |
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Photobugs
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Pamela
Post Falls
Idaho
USA
363 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2007 : 01:34:39 AM
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My DH has put it on his hands at night before going to bed, then puts on cloth gloves to keep it from getting all over the sheets. His hands get very dry in the winter months when working outside. The one thing we have found that works better is called "Hands and Feet." It comes in a little blue container and it gets squeezed on like lotion. Then you rub it in for a while and the dry skin starts to fall of and 'wallah' the dry hands are much better. We have gotten this at Walmart, but I am guessing other places have it. It is about $5.00 for a small bottle, but it is amazing.
Pamela
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2007 : 10:01:18 PM
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Sherri- Oh My Gosh!! I had to read that story to my fiance! Poor kitten! It didn't have an easy go of it did it?!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 3:21:21 PM
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When I was married to my first husband, we were very young (20 and 21) and we lived in his mother's old trailer after she moved out (BIGGGGGG MISTAKE!!!!), but anyway...his identical twin brother got married to a very spoiled rich-girl wannabee a few years later. Well, for Christmas we were in a pickle, they were living the ritzy life in a city and we were living in a broken down trailer saving for a house. So, we reluctantly splurged and got them some expensive pieces of china to match their set even though we did not have the money.
She got me BAG BALM!!! I thought it was a joke!! But no, Bag Balm! I asked my husband, "Is this for my udders?" No one knew what it was for. Of course it was the family joke for years (she moved onto another husband after she took my brother-in-law for everything...she told him she was leaving him while they were on vacation in the Bahamas).
I still use Bag Balm, but laugh still when I see the can. |
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Amybug
Farmgirl in Training
40 Posts
Amy
Grand Island
Nebraska
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2007 : 06:46:45 AM
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My father is a dermatologist and he often recommended Bag Balm for very dry skin, rather than an expensive prescription.
"The secret to a successful life is to take the cards you are dealt and play your best hand with them." |
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mmartz
Farmgirl in Training
10 Posts
Melissa
Frostburg
MD
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2007 : 7:04:41 PM
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Bag Balm healed the hemmrhoids and tears after the birth of my second son that Preparation H couldn't touch...
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Shi-anne
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Cheryl
Ada
OK
USA
596 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2008 : 1:28:37 PM
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We use it on diaper rash on my youngest grandchild. Heals it up nicely and very fast.
Farmgirls don't have hot flashes ~ They have power surges! |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 9:24:55 PM
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In the winter my hands get so dry and around my fingernails the skin splits. I'm going to get some of that Bag Balm and have it ready for my hands this winter. Where does one get this? Thanks for the great suggestion.
Marly |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 9:46:43 PM
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I always used it for diaper rash...and I love it for dry hands..and summertime dry heels too!!
Marly..any feed store or farm store will have it..many times drugstores carry it now too.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 10:06:42 PM
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Jenny:
Thanks for that news. I will certainly be on the lookout for it. Does it have a smell?
Marly |
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Patsy
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Illinois
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 06:33:25 AM
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I use Bal Balm on my hands daily. In the winter when I have to be outside in the cold and wind, I also use it on my face when it gets terribly dry. And I have very sensitive skin. It works just great.
I think that if a mortal ever heard the voice of God, it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. (F. Moore)
Patsy
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 07:49:40 AM
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I used it all the time when the kids were in diapers. It was much nicer to use then other diaper creams. Always worked too. I've used it on my dry sore feet too, right before bed with socks. Have even used it as chap stick once or twice.
It doesn't really have a smell, it just smells like balm, if that makes sence!
Once, I had just gotten a new tin and my 2 oldest got up on the changing table and into the tin. They had it smeared all over them selves, the changing table, the window, the wall... Oh my it was hard to get out of the clothes!
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
http://ATeddyForKeeps.org
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Chives
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Victoria
Shelton
Washington
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 8:57:53 PM
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| I put it on my feet. Cover with sock and plastic and go to bed. Next morning I have the softest feet in the world. |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 07:23:23 AM
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I find it smells a wee bit like mint...spearmint maybe? anyway...we use it on our cows udders. Also, I use it on my feet, hands, hemmrhoids (the odd time I get them). I have also used it on a cold sore. there is a popular country singer Shania Twain that uses it as a face cream...and she has beautiful skin!!
"learn to watch snails" SARK |
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Bag Balm for YOUR hands too
