The Many Uses for Baby Oil

Well not quite 101 but there are many uses for baby oil, inexpensive and versatile product:

It’s cheap and contains very few additives and some brands come enhanced with extra vitamins or aloe.

• If you put a few drops in your ears, you can remove wax-build up without prodding your ear canal.

• Warm it up if you’ve got really waxy, plugged up ears.

• Put a little on a cotton ball to help remove eye make-up.

• Put some in your bath to soften yours or your babies skin . Mixing it with a touch of your favorite bubble bath will create a lovely bathwash.

• Use after shaving your legs to soften your skin and prevent razor burn

• Use on your babies scalp to treat and prevent cradle cap

• Use on cracked or dry heals and put socks on to hold in the moisture

• Smooth on a pregnant tummy to reduce the chances of stretch marks

• Use in homemade baby wipes (2 tbsps of baby oil, 2tbsps of baby lotion, 1 tbsp of bathwash and 3/4 cup of hot water poured over Bounty paper towels and put in a sealed container) Get the homemade baby wipes recipe here.

• Use a small amount to bring out the sheen in your wooden furniture

• Massage a little on your cuticles before your manicure or pedicure

• Using before going in the sun can increase your likelihood of sunburn or suntan (beware of uva/uvb rays. This is not endorsed behaviour!)

• Some say baby oil makes a good personal lubricant but others disagree (it can damage prophylactics)

• Great and inexpensive massage oil

• Great lubricant for noisy door hinges!

• Gets rid of temporary tattoos in a snap.

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