Please recommend a good hand cream.

[MrsJingleBells74]

My poor hands are dry & cracked to the point of bleeding at the knuckles. Please can someone point me in the right direction of a good hand cream?

Clarins Jeunesse des Mains is a must-have for me. It's thick, protective, smells divine and is very effective.

Jo malone's is lovely. £30 though. I just bought an almond one from The Body Shop today, really nice, and reduced at the moment from £10 to £5.

L'Occitane shea butter handcream is ridiculously rich and soothing.

L'Occitane's cream always gets very good reviews on MN.

Body Shop Hemp hand cream. It is excellent.

Also a Dr Organics, royal jelly ? Cream. Also very rich. from Holland & Battery.

I love hand cream.

Another vote for Clarins. If too spendy then Soap and Glory Hand Food - smells lovely and does the job.

Sorry I'm laughing at Holland and Battery!

I love the smell of the Clarins one but not sure I can justify the expense at the moment but will have a look at the other ones.

Astra - seriously.

Neutrogena
Also gloves in a bottle! Yes it's called that. Not a cream but a barrier lotion that stops hands drying out more.

And body shop also does hemp oil. I use that then the hand cream and cotton gloves on at night.
Vv dry of hands!!

Aveeno or Atrixo: you don't have to spend £££s.

L'occitane is lovely but DH suffers badly in winter and swears by Neutrogena and at least it's cheap

Superdrug does quite a good one - I don't know what the name is but it's their own brand and is in a pink container. It absorbs much better than any other cheapo one I've used.

Nutogena if they're really bad.

L'Occitane Shea Butter one is lovely too.

Thanks - I too get knuckle splitting.

JingleBells - you have my sympathy! I was forced to watch that rower's 'Extreme Adventures' and there was one where he was dropping iodine on burst blisters on his hands. He was doubled up and I inwardly thought 'Tch... typical bloody man', but I feel bad now as my finger cracks sting like nothing on earth!!

Garnier Hand Repair is the only thing thats stopped the cracked and bleeding thing. I used it lots to start off and now morning and night seems to prevent it. Is only about £3 too. I also reccommend lanolin (as in nipple cream) for clearing up cracks overnight.

Argan oil

Sorry, it's not posh but Nivia's intensive hand cream is fantastic for me and asda sell the mini tube for £1

Neutrogena Norwegian Formula. Fantastic and affordable.

L'Occitane Shea butter. But when mine crack, the only thing that works is Sudacrem...

Kheils. Or it might be keihls. It's v v good.

Neutrogena concentrated hand cream is excellent. I get terribly dry hands in winter and I use this before bed and they are much better in the morning, then I use the Neutrogena daily cream during the day.

Avene is the best. Tip top and not too expensive....

Aveeno is very good for dry hands. I am using this at the moment as my hands become very dry and chapped during winter. GP prescribed Double Base Gel when I had eczema on my hands, very greasy though.

As a side note, I think the Clarins one stinks! Most overrated product I think. Smells of old ladies and not even v effective.