Dry, cracked hands.
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Lemmonie said:
Argh this will sound really girly but I am a Nail Technician in my defense!
Before applying any hand cream (there are lots out there and different products work for different people) you need to remove the dry flaky layer of dead skin first. Otherwise you are simply moisterising dead skin that will fall off.
I am going to assume you are male and dont fancy applying some flowery hand scrub so a manly version will invlove making your own. Dead easy. A small squirt of handwash, a tablespoon of either salt or sugar and a glug of oil. Anything will do, veg, olive oil etc. Then rub like mad all over your hands, front back, each finger for a couple of mins then rinse off, dry and apply lotion. Do this every day for a week and you'll soon need to exfoliate just once a week.
No amount of just cream (even very expensive professional stuff i sell) will soften skin that really needs to be removed. Same applys to feet.
I used some face wash exfoliating stuff to wash my hands and it worked great, thanks lemmonie, excellent tip.Before applying any hand cream (there are lots out there and different products work for different people) you need to remove the dry flaky layer of dead skin first. Otherwise you are simply moisterising dead skin that will fall off.
I am going to assume you are male and dont fancy applying some flowery hand scrub so a manly version will invlove making your own. Dead easy. A small squirt of handwash, a tablespoon of either salt or sugar and a glug of oil. Anything will do, veg, olive oil etc. Then rub like mad all over your hands, front back, each finger for a couple of mins then rinse off, dry and apply lotion. Do this every day for a week and you'll soon need to exfoliate just once a week.
No amount of just cream (even very expensive professional stuff i sell) will soften skin that really needs to be removed. Same applys to feet.
PV - ok, you win with the power tools.
Mobile Chicane said:
Palmer's cocoa butter moisturiser:
I have road-tested this against mega-expensive creams and the Palmer's works better. It smells a bit of 'vanilla', but there's an unscented version if this is too much.
£3-odd for a 250ml bottle.
Use it every time you wash your hands and also last thing at night.
____________________________________I have road-tested this against mega-expensive creams and the Palmer's works better. It smells a bit of 'vanilla', but there's an unscented version if this is too much.
£3-odd for a 250ml bottle.
Use it every time you wash your hands and also last thing at night.
Yup, this stuff works
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