I cook a lot, bake a lot, have two young kids so I'm constantly washing my hands. And they are in terrible shape. The holiday parties are coming up and I'd rather not be the lady with lizard skin hands lol. Anyone have any hand remedies, creams, lotions, tricks they love to get my hands looking better and feeling softer? Thanks!
Thanks so much for all the great suggestions! I'm going to hunt down some of these products and see what works for me.
I do have gloves but you moms & dads know how it is-start cooking, someone needs help in the potty, take off gloves, help, wash hands, more gloves, start cooking again trying to remember what you were doing, then the dog needs to go out, take gloves off, come in wash hands, more gloves.....by that point I usually end up saying screw the gloves lol!
Thanks again though. Great tips and tricks! That's exactly what I needed. Now just have to sit down and try them every night.
Neutragena hand cream found at any pharmacy or grocery store. Its about 4 bucks for a little tube and if you see major results after just one application. It is a great great cream.
wash hands and use gloves when cooking. Also to keep hands from chapping I use Mary Kay Satin hands....Wonderful treatment and quick...Hands feel softer.
You can do a sugar/olive oil rub for a few minutes and then use a deep lotion and your hands will feel great!
Would you consider going to a cooking supply store and buying gloves? People who work in the restaurant industry always use gloves when cooking and preparing food. That way you might not have to wash your hands as frequently; you can just change your gloves.
Aveeno is a great lotion...not greasy, available everywhere, and absorbs fast. I like to put lotion on while my hands are still wet before I dry them off. For some reason this helps the lotion absorb better & faster. If you do it everytime you wash your hands, you will definitely notice a difference!
Keep One Minute Manicure nearby or Bath and Bodyworks Just a Minute scrub. Adds back lots of essential oils.
Just read this in Parents magazine last night and tried it...
1 tsp of olive oil and rub it on like lotion
wrap your hands in a warm (not hot) wash cloth for 10 minutes... shocked! It worked!!
It might sound weird but it works great for feet so I know it would work great for your hands. Get Aquaphor from the baby aisle and a cheap pair of gloves. Coat your hands before bed with the Aquaphor and put the gloves on, sleep with them on overnight. Your hands will be silky smooth in the morning :)
Renew incredible lotion.
I have found that if you put lotion on your hands (not cheap ones, but the good healing ones) and you do this at night and then put gloves on your hands. They are remarkably soft by morning. It may take a few times or do this every so often to keep them soft. I hope this helps.
I have done the extreme lotioning followed by socks or gloves at bedtime. It works, but you have to do it every night, and I tend not to. I would also put lotion at every sink.
Utter cream you can only get it a target
works great...
Before being married w/ a dog, hubby and baby - Lol - I used to Love doing a sugar rub on my hands And Feet, then slathering Vaseline all over them and covering them in unused White cotten socks, yes both hands and feet :-) Right before bed, and in the morning the difference was incredible!!! I havent done that in sooooo long, and sadly it shows. I think thats what I'll be doing this weekend myself ! haha Hope you get the soft skin your looking for xoxo
Palmers coco butter! Jergan's makes a hand soap that works well.
Petrolium jelly and bag balm (Bag Balm can be found at Wal-greens). Bag balm works well for me - so does Vasoleine Petroleum Jelly). Oh, Aqua Phor is also very good - with Aqua Phor, make sure your hands are damp (just put a little water on them first) and then rub a generous amount all over your hands.
Buy CERAVI, it is the best cream-lottion that you'll ever try. It's about $15-18. You have to ask your farmacist for it, you don't need a prescription. My hands are like yours too and that is the ONLY cream that works wonders, please try it!
Aquaphor! It's fantastic!
Do what Bethany said but use the lotion at night and wear gloves over the lotion to keep it on the skin.
I use Burt's Bees Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream. Mine get so dry in the winter that they crack and bleed and this is the only product (I have used tons) that I have found that works for me.
I used to have really dry elbows as a child ad nothing seemed to help! My mom finally tried Bag Balm and it worked wonders. It's available at Wal Greens or your local animal feed/grain store. It was originally invented to be used on cows udders which get really chapped and flaky (thus the name Bag lol). Also, Corn Huskers works well. I've seen it at Wal Mart before. When my elbows were bad I used a combo of the two...would start with the Corn Huskers and then the Bag Balm. Did this twice a day everyday and now my elbows are gorgeous!!! :)
sea salt but we buy it at the mall. my so has real dry hands from a chemical he was exposed to at young age. this works wonders on him he doesnt have to lotion every 3 days now. just wash about once a month. he said at first it made his hand tender. but it worked. its about $20 a jar but he has had his first jar 2 yrs and it is over half full. good luck.
I've never done this with hands, only feet, but why wouldn't it work??? At bedtime, take some Vaseline and rub it all over your hands, then put saran-wrap around it and got to sleep, may want to put mittens or socks over your hands while you sleep. Does wonders for feet; I don't like sleeping with socks, but most of the time I roll around so much the saran-wrap falls off and i have vaseline over the sheets.
I'm very curious what people will say because my hands have made a turn for the bad and really peeling all the time...
