hands....

i have a confession to make...i have terrible hands and nails, it is my secret shame. you see the thing is i have very delicate skin, it gets dry very easily and when i am stressed i get eczema around my cuticles (yuk), add to that that the damage done by (stress induced) nail-biting and it is pretty shameful. as a result of this i am always looking for hand creams/cuticle creams etc that really work. so, after some extensive testing (like years and years) i now have an absolute favorite hand cream (seriously, if you saw my yukky digits you would be excited too!) - kiehl's ultimate strength hand salve.

 

ok, so it is a little pricey (£14 for 75ml) but it is good stuff:

• it is rich (as suggested by the name salve), but not greasy - i want to be able to put my hand cream on while i am at my desk and be able to type moments later without leaving a greasy trail over my keyboard, and this lets me do that - total win!

• it smells good. so many hand creams smell flowery, and the ones that don't tend to be greasy, or thin and 'cheap' feeling - my hands need better, and don't want to smell like a garden! this product has a great minty smell that is just the right side of medicated (a good thing in my book). 

• it feels like a treat - i'm not talking about the price tag (but at that price it is a 'treat' product), but the feel of the cream, it feels like i am looking after myself, treating my hands to something that will make them happy because the cream is just so rich and smooth.

x.