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Post by mrsfields on Dec 20, 2010 1:17:25 GMT 1
a bit off-topic, but i swear by Clarins face cream for extreme weather conditions - i don't know exactly what it's called in English, but it's a super-rich face cream for dry skin and i've been using it on my face in winter for a couple of years now and it is brilliant!! i don't get that tight/pulled feeling anymore and just use it once a day, in the morning before i go out - it's pricey, but one tub lasts me at least a whole year... feels a bit decadent, but i really would recommend it!
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Post by hazelhorse on Dec 20, 2010 7:52:38 GMT 1
I also swear by Body Shop hemp cream, but also to get it to work to the best advantage you need to remove the dry rough skin from your hands first. My routine is to put the hand cream on about three times a day and every two or three days, when the roughness starts, I use a good strong exfoliator (dead sea salt is best, but expensive, so currently using Body Shop peppermint foot scrub) before applying a good layer of cream. I am outside all day and I take after my mum whose hands and fingers used to split open in winter, but so far this winter..... only one small crack.
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Post by BJMM on Dec 20, 2010 9:33:01 GMT 1
I get cracks in the corner of the nails on my thumbs. OMG, do they sting!!!! And why is it always the sore thumb that catches on something? I use Neutrogena Norwegian Formula and cotton gloves at night. There is a belief that peeing on your hands toughens up the skin but a) I don't want mitts like boot leather and I often pop into Tesco on the way home - don't think they'd like the smell much!! I already get dirty looks for my hay covered clothes and mucky boots
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Post by happysnail on Dec 20, 2010 10:41:53 GMT 1
Second the overnight cotton gloves and deep moisturiser- I like Vaseline intensive care.
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Post by olliebear on Dec 20, 2010 10:55:04 GMT 1
I am allergic to many of the human moisturisers. They seem to make my hands even drier so I swear by udder cream. Cheap, easily absorbed and works! Sent my mother a tub for her Christmas present. I know, we are a weird family.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2010 11:14:47 GMT 1
Aqueous Cream from Boots.......Absolutely brilliant You get a big tub for £5.00 which last about 6-7months, I've never had cracked & sore hands since using this. Another vote for this. I wear gloves as much as possible which I think makes the biggest difference, and always smother my hands in cream when I go to bed. I used to use Neutrogena but I find it just sits on the surface and washes off in the morning.
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Post by joflo on Dec 20, 2010 11:23:05 GMT 1
Either Body Shop Hemp or Neutrogena Norwegian or Nivea SOS....whatever is kicking about
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Post by joflo on Dec 20, 2010 11:25:31 GMT 1
Oh yeah, I get the deep cracks at the corner of my thumbnails too. So painful. If you pare down the thick dry skin and apply a non-perfumed moisturising cream they tend to heal in a day or so.
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Post by lucia on Dec 20, 2010 20:56:47 GMT 1
Flexitol hand balm! (from Boots) I discovered it last year and it beats everything (and I've tried most!). L'Occitane Shea comes a close 2nd but is pricey.
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Post by gillee on Dec 21, 2010 19:08:05 GMT 1
This year I have tried to keep my hands dry and out of icy water as much as possible and found that using a thin pair of gloves underneath the black, tough, rubber marigold household type gloves (which you can buy from Waitrose) has really helped, as you don't feel the cold at all when cracking and removing ice from the waters. Also a good coco butter hand cream is good.
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Post by cassiejane on Dec 21, 2010 19:16:34 GMT 1
Gloves as much as possible, and good old E45 cream. You need to keep ontop of it before you get to the cracking bleeding stage though, poor you, its very sore isnt it.
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