A disposable body lotion applicator and method of application in which removable gloves with an impermeable surface on the inside and an absorbent material on the front side are adhered to a substrate which is temporarily adhered to a wall or other suitable surface at a preferred height and position with two-sided sticky tape or other suitable weak adhesive and on which body lotion is applied first to allow a person to spread lotion on his own entire back without holding the applicator by rubbing the back against the applicator and then in which the gloves are removed from the substrate to finish applying lotion to the body without getting lotion on the hands.