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Try This:  Bag Balm for YOUR hands too  |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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 Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 5:27:54 PM
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Melanie:
About this Bag Balm. I went today to the Tractor Supply store. This fellow that works there had never heard of the stuff. He brought out a tube called Moocow cream for the hands. Can you tell me what exactly it says on the product, so I can look for it. My hands are just horrible, I have small cuts on the sides of my nails. Too much yard, garden, work, I guess. Where is the best place to buy it? Thanks for the information.
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clux64
True Blue Farmgirl
162 Posts
Celeste
Blair
NE
USA
162 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2008 : 07:17:00 AM
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Bag balm is GREAT for chaffed skin...it's the best diaper rash cream ever. I would like to suggest that goatsmilk lotion is another great product for healing work weary hands. I have access to someone who makes the stuff from their own nubian goats and I haven't had a chapped hand since I started using it. It has something in it that your hands needs. No more rough skin, no dry cuticles---it's a miracle I tell ya! Plus, your skin drinks it up the stuff so your hands aren't greasy. Here's there website (and I have no affiliation with this family, just love their stuff! www.sistersfive.shoppingcartsplus.com
Celeste
"No matter where you go, there you are"
--Confucious
www.urbanprairiehome.blogspot.com
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2008 : 08:21:53 AM
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Marly...
Bag Blam comes in a green square tin. It's pretty big, the bottom would fit in the palm of your hand. You can also find it in reall small square tins too...
Here is a link to their website so you can see what it looks like...
http://www.bagbalm.com/
Or it looks like you can order direct from them.
HTH
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Homespun Livin
True Blue Farmgirl
409 Posts
Brenda
Louisiana
USA
409 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 6:44:41 PM
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Hey Marly! I have seen Bag Balm at Wally World before. It is a green that says "Bag Balm."
"Love one another." |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 7:51:14 PM
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Elise:
Thank you for the information on Bag Balm. I will certainly get the real thing this time.
Marly |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 7:52:42 PM
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Brenda:
Thanks for letting me know that. I'll surely check it out.
Marly |
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Aunt Clemys Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Linda
MA
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2008 : 09:47:47 AM
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Bag Balm is like vinegar or baking soda in having many uses. When on the porch repotting plants, the porch swing ceiling hook would not quit squawking from everyone's use. I added a bit of bag balm intended for garden roughened hands to the fixtures. No more squeaks. Back to blissful gardening. 
Aunt Clemys Farm Girl
Farm Girl #300
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 03:34:15 AM
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Have also used this in the deep throws of winter.
Have also used Hoof Flex. If you have horses, you should know about this too.
For those who don't,it's a hoof conditioner that prevents hoof cracking and brittleness. You paste it on using your hand or a brush. You can find it at most feed and tack stores.
It makes human hands really soft due to the lanolin, and makes your nails grow like crazy. |
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Jolene
wisdom
mt
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Posted - Sep 23 2008 : 8:52:35 PM
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| Bag Balm is great my husband uses it for everything from sores to athletes foot and after being reluctant I have to admit that it is great stuff |
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
959 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2008 : 8:22:16 PM
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Corn Huskers Lotion is another thing to have onhand for chapped and broken skin and my girlfriend in Iowa says it even works as a lubricant for sex - lol - I thought that was funny but I guess there is nothing harmful in Corn Huskers Lotion, and by the time you hit menopause, you are about willing to try anything 
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
Farmgirl Sister #59
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13620 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13620 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 09:12:52 AM
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Bag Balm is the BEST!!! I use it in the winter when I get cracks around my fingernails . . under a bandaid. I use it in the summer when (I'm the "barefoot farmgirl") I get cracks in my heels with outside work or wearing sandals. My feet HATE shoes and my feet HATE being hot!!!!
I find that Bag Balm heals things far better than anything else out there!!!!
My dad always had a can of it in the barn . . .yes, he used it on cow udders. But he used it on hands, etc. Great stuff!!!
from the barefoot farmgirl |
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
1675 Posts |
Posted - Oct 28 2009 : 03:21:20 AM
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It's also great for under eye circles! :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
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Roxy7
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Robin
Denver
CO
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Oct 28 2009 : 08:55:28 AM
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| I keep a tub of bag balm in my studio. When the tools leave me with a callous I rub it on and it gets better quickly. |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2009 : 10:08:01 AM
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I know a lot of people like bag balm, and my grandmother used it too. I choose not to use it because it is a petroleum and lanolin based product and I avoid both of those ingredients if possible.
One thing I like to use instead that works extremely well is this recipe. Ive replaced the lanolin and petroleum with natural waxes and oils from non-animal sources (obviously other than the beeswax)and the tea tree oil is replacing that sulfur ingredient that I cant pronouce as an antiseptic agent.
1 1/2 oz Beeswax
4 oz Olive oil (infuse with herbs if desired for fragrance)
1 TBSP Cocoa butter if you have it our leave it out.
10-30 Drops Vitamin E oil (comes in capsules at pharmacy)
3 tbsp tea tree oil
Melt your beeswax and olive/herb oil in the upper portion of a double boiler over low heat.
Remove from heat, carefully dry the water off the bottom.
Add the tea tree oil and vitamin E, blend
I dont intend to offend, I just wanted to share an alternative if anyone else is opposed to these ingredients and didnt know.
Pour into container of choice and allow to fully cool before capping. Its like an ointment. I usually use a wide mouth canning jar.
Not all those who wander are lost...
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Edited by - Sarahpauline on Oct 29 2009 10:09:59 AM |
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Bag Balm for YOUR hands too
