Thread: Glycerin

I know someone posted they found glycerin at Wal-mart, but when I went there yesterday the "help" gave me a glazed-eyed look. Where in Wal-mart do you find liquid glycerin and what does the packaging look like?

I've never seen it at Wal-mart, but here in Texas we have a place called Sprouts that has small bottles of it.

When I lived in Oregon I ordered it from here:

Azure Standard - Vegetable Glycerine (food grade)

If there is a Target with a pharmacy near you, ask them if they have it behind the counter in their "NOP" secton. If not, they can special order it for you. I bought a 6 oz bottle from them for around $9. If your ask them on a Monday through Thursday, it should be in the next day. Hope this helps.

In my experience, the glycerin will be found in just about any drug store in the section also holding the mineral oil and vaseline (white or mineral petrolatum.) If they don't know where the glycerin is, I would ask for the location of vaseline, since that will be more commonly known. Start there in your searching of shelves.

the glycerin is where the band aid is.

Also try looking in your supermarket in the cake baking section. In the UK most big supermarkets have a section for cake baking/decoration, where they usually have a range of tiny bottles containing food colorings, and essences such as vanilla/rum/peppermint etc, as well as various cake decoration stuff. They almost always have tiny bottles of glycerin too, though I'm not a skilled baker so I have no idea what the cake making application for it is.

Yeah my local Walmart did the same they thought I needed suppositories. I was like "Do I look constipated to you?"

I checked out my target $7.xx and your local Rite-Aid has it for $8.50 as well



Unfortunately both those stores don't have the regular and only in Rose Petal. I've only used it once.

I need to check to see if local CVS/Longs Drugs have them.

Originally Posted by SiRed8

Yeah my local Walmart did the same they thought I needed suppositories. I was like "Do I look constipated to you?"

I checked out my target $7.xx and your local Rite-Aid has it for $8.50 as well



Unfortunately both those stores don't have the regular and only in Rose Petal. I've only used it once.

I need to check to see if local CVS/Longs Drugs have them.

The bottle on the left is the brand I got at Publix (Publix may be only in the South East.)

OK, I bought the glycerin a couple of months ago and add about five drops after I have worked up a fair lather in my cup. Now, I am not entirely sure what glycerin does. Does it stabilize the lather so it doesn't dry out so quickly. This was the purpose I bought it for. Or does it increase the lather. I just can't tell for sure.

Like everyone else has said, next to the band aids

Originally Posted by MinniesMate

OK, I bought the glycerin a couple of months ago and add about five drops after I have worked up a fair lather in my cup. Now, I am not entirely sure what glycerin does. Does it stabilize the lather so it doesn't dry out so quickly. This was the purpose I bought it for. Or does it increase the lather. I just can't tell for sure.

It actually helps keep the skin nice and soft. It also makes the lather better in some way, I think it makes the lather more consistent and in general softer.