Alternatives to store bought self care products

I find myself in an amusing situation I never predicted. I'm currently stuck at home for another five or six days and unable to go shopping except via the internet. Further I have amazingly come to the end of my toothpaste, hand cream, and lip balm simultaneously all during this wonderfully cold and dry winter season...

I know I can use baking soda as an alternative to toothpaste, my grandmother always used to do so.

It seems I can use olive oil for my hands, and a little will probably go a long way.

I'm not sure about lip balm. Maybe olive oil will suffice for this as well?

I also know staying hydrated will help with dry skin... But after a long round of washing dishes in hot water the hands get quite dry.

I ran out of shampoo a long time ago and haven't looked back. In the rare case I need to clean my hair with something other than water I just use soap. No problems there!

So for now as long as my olive oil and baking soda don't run out I'm probably alright. But perhaps you have some other good ideas for alternatives for these and other products for someone in a similar quandary? Please share.

I would use olive oil for lips and skin.

A lot of recipes that I see for homemade skincare use olive oil.

After washing dishes just put a drop or two of olive oil on your hands.

When my hands are oily I just wipe them on my arms.

Salt is also an alternative to baking soda from the old days for brushing teeth though now folks want to avoid salt.

Butter for lips\skin. Really just about any animal fat works. If you have a little beeswax you can melt it together and make it even better.

My go-to is tallow, for moisturizing, because it's closest to our own, natural human body oils. After tallow(beef fat), in my order of preference: lard or bacon fat, hazelnut oil, cocoa butter, mango butter, shae butter, chicken/poultry fat, light olive oil (Virgin or extra Virgin are too heavy, for me). Many like coconut oil, but, it's comedogenic- clogs skin pores. So, it's usually OK for the body, not so much, for the face. A bit of beeswax, like Jordan suggested, is great for keeping the oil where you put it. If using cocoa, shae, or mango butter, you don't really need the wax. But, I'm also aware that not everyone keeps those butters on hand.

I keep a little spray bottle of vinegar water next to the sink and spray my hands with that after using soap on them. It helps balance the pH of your skin more quickly and helps keep your skin from drying out so badly in the first place. This is my second winter doing it, and it definitely helps.

I don't have it at home, but there's always a bottle of avocado oil sitting on the kitchen counter at my parents', so I often use that on my hands when I'm there. I find it's a bit nicer than olive oil. I always flip my hands over and rub the backs together to spread oil around, cause that's the part of my hands that needs it the most, and then I don't get oily fingerprints on things. Three drops of oil works well for me. That amount will pretty much all absorb quickly.