The Best Hand Creams & Hand Care for Men
Reviews by Thom Watson, qualified beauty therapist, testing men’s grooming since 2011. About Thom
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CeraVe for Eczema-Prone Skin: My SA Smoothing Cream & Cleanser Review
The CeraVe SA Smoothing Cream and SA Smoothing Cleanser transformed my skin, and I don’t say that lightly. For years my hands were thick, rough, cracked and sore with eczema-prone skin, extra galling when you work in skincare and people assume you should have it sorted. This cheap little duo, about £22 for both, did…
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L’Occitane Cade Hand Cream Review
This landed on my doorstep a good few months ago and I was intrigued. The main selling point on the press release were it being part of the L’Occitane Cade men’s collection; 96% ingredients of natural origin and it’s remarkable nail biting prevention properties. Now sadly, I’m not able to enjoy L’Occitane hand creams largely…
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Luxurious Lather: Anti-Bacterial Hand & Body with The Body Shop Lemon Range
Anti-bacterial hand products can be pretty boring but the last two years have shown us what a necessity it is. So I was thoroughly surprised to discover this fabulous extended Lemon range from The Body Shop. You may remember the old Sweet Lemon range, I reviewed it on here almost 10 years ago, but this…
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Hand Saviour: Lush Sweet Wild Orange Hand Balm
Lush Sweet Wild Orange Hand Balm is the second new launch I picked up from Lush last week alongside the Posh Chocolate Body Wash (reviewed). It was recommended by a consultant in the Leeds shop after I was talking to her about my hands; I wish I got her name to give her a shout…
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Tisserand Rose and Geranium Leaf
I originally picked this up at Home Sense who tend to stock Tisserand products from time to time. If you’ve never been or even heard of Home Sense, they’re TK Maxx’s fabulous home and interiors store and if you’ve never been, GO. This was a weird one in terms of attracting my attention as I…
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Yves Rocher Summer Spree
Why aren’t there more Yves Rocher shops in the UK!? It drives me nuts there’s only one in the whole country in Marylebone, London Central. If you’re not familiar with the brand, they’re a very comfortable cross between The Body Shop and Avon. Their products are wildly underrated, providing excellent efficacy, with good formulations and…
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NEW Frederic Malle Hand Soaps
No sink is complete without hand soap and due to my grandmother’s obsession of ‘keeping soaps for best’ that sit there in a box for years, I always get them used and enjoy using them. So it was pretty exiting to get hold of two of the NEW Frederic Malle hand soaps in the post this week.…
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The Body Shop targets sensitive skin with NEW Almond Milk & Honey Bodycare
Finding gentle and nourishing body care when your skin is easily irritated can be a pain; believe me I know. You’re either stuck with ‘sensitive’ products that really aren’t, i.e. Dove Men+ Care or go down the pharma rout such as E45, Aqueous creams and other drab, dull and joyless products. The range is composed of the…
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The Ultimate Hand Softening Routine
Over the last 5 years or so, I’ve dealt with highly annoying dermatitis on my hands; linked to my recently diagnosed Asthma (seriously, falling to bits here) and also due to a life of dealing with cosmetics on a daily basis. Whilst it’s important to moisturise well and regularly; removing the layer of surface dead…
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The Body Shop Enrich Not Exploit Campaign & Limited Edition Hemp Hand Cream
Whilst I’m still on a high from the incredible skincare The Body Shop has been producing lately, it’s been further added to with the new Enrich Not Exploit campaign. Until recently, The Body Shop seemed to have faded into just another mid-range beauty brand and had most certainly lost its way. The new campaign that…
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Cracking up this Christmas? Top Winter Hand & Foot Care with Clarins
It was during a meeting with the team at Clarins that I was taken aback by this rather good tip. Combining the famous Clarins oils with their hand and foot creams (or your own, to be fair) turns them into superhero products for staving off winter dryness. Blue Orchid Treatment Oil The Blue Orchid Treatment…
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Introducing Le Couvent des Minimes: The New Brand from L’Occitane
L’Occitane is not only it’s own brand but is in fact the L’Occitane Group; owning L’Occitane, obviously; L’Occitane Au Bresil, unfortunately; Erborian and the widely celebrated Melvita. So allow me to introduce the new brand launching last week exclusively in Boots stores – Le Couvent des Minimes. Humble beginnings In 2004, Olivier Baussan – the founder of L’Occitane,…
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Burt’s Bees Tips and Toes Kit
Yesterday I was pottering around Huddersfield, just to get out the house and do anything other than sit at my desk chair. It was in Boots where I was looking for hand creams and other such bits that it hit me, I’ve never tried Burt’s Bees products before. Now for someone with such a massive…
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Sampar First Hand Cream
Last weekend Sampar officially launched here in the UK. Hurrah! Sampar Glamour Shot is the product that initially brought me to the brand (you need this in your life) and with every new addition to my Sampar collection, I’ve not yet ceased to be impressed. Sampar First Hand Cream is a great anti-ageing handcream that…
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Grown Vanilla & Orange Peel Hand Cream
Over the last few years, I’ve developed a tiny little bit of eczema on my right hand. Now this has to be cared for, moisturised and gently exfoliated to coax away the build of of dead skin cells. The problem is however, I hate hand creams; they really wind me up. I use my hands…
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L’Occitane Bonne Mère
So you can obviously tell where I’ve been shopping lately, but I’ve been really desperate to try the L’Occitane Bonne Mère range. The range The range is marketed as Everyday Gentle Skincare, for even the most sensitive skin and completely paraben free. It has two variations: the first is the traditional soapy scent, and the…
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The Body Shop Hemp Hand Oil
I get dry hands. They used to be completely fine, but over the last few years, I’ve been getting dry patches on my fingers that are flare ups of eczema. I’ve used many hand creams but the problem is that they often tend to sit on top as dry and dead skin cells often block…