Speaking of aloe......

[Healinya]

Is there a difference between aloe juice/gel that you can purchase... and the oodles of aloe plants growing wild on the side of my house?

Can I just borrow a few stalks from the plants and squeeze the gel out to use in soap and lotions?

 

[jcandleattic]

I was never able to glean enough juice from the stalks to make it worth it for me. All I really succeeded in was killing my aloe plant.
You can try it and see if it works for you, but this was my experience. For as little as it costs to buy the gallon jugs at my Super Wal-Mart, I just do that now.