Your in good Hands this winter.

During the winter months, the skin on our hands can become dry, red and flaky due to the damaging effects of the cold winter elements.  If you prepare now before it gets too nippy you can avoid the brutal assault and battering your hands will likely take, just by paying a little extra attention to the care of your hands every day.  The most important thing you need to remember is to hydrate your skin and keep it hydrated.

Let’s look at some of the best options available to give your hands the extra moisture they need for winter.

Beta Alistine Age Delete Hand-Zone
Smoothes, hydrates and nourishes the hands with a powerful combination of Beta Alistine and Vitamin E.  Ideal for excessively dry skin to ensure hands remain soft and supple.
                                                                   

NAT. Hand Cream  
A beautifully nourishing hand cream with a rich blend of nut oils, calendula and essential oils of lavender, ylang ylang and geranium.  This cream absorbs into the skin with no sticky residue making it perfect for frequent application during the day.

emerginC Relief Hand Cream
A rich, nourishing, active cream for hands, packed with antioxidants and plant extracts.  Formulated with pure, potent botanicals while being paraben free to soothe, calm, hydrate and relieve dry skin.



Simplicite Nourishing Hand and Nail Crème
An extra-rich, non-greasy hand and nail care cream.  It is great to use night and day for protecting and soothing dry skin.  It contains pro-Vitamin A, to sooth and relieve dehydrated hands while strengthening and protecting the nails.

It is a good idea to keep your hand cream accessible to regularly moisturise, soften, and protect.  I have one in my handbag, next to my bed, and one right near the kitchen, laundry and bathroom sinks.  We simply need to moisturise more often, so by keeping your hand creams within reach you will be more inclined to slather them on several times a day.

To get the best results from your hand cream exfoliating is essential.  It will slough away dead skin cells revealing softer, smoother skin.  Whenever you exfoliate your body, take an extra moment to pay attention to your hands as well.  I recommend Dermalogica Exfoliating Body Scrub or NAT. Sea Salt Smoother.  Alternatively select a hand cream such as Alpha-H Age Delay Hand and Cuticle Care because it contains glycolic acid, which is an exfoliant, to leave your skin refined while at the same time restoring moisture to dry, thirsty hands.

If your hands are especially dry and cracking, you may need extra measures to get them back on track.  In this case, try a balm for an intensive treatment to fight severely dehydrated hands.  I suggest Esthederm Hydra System Urgent Balm to immediately calm and smooth dry and irritated skin.  Otherwise, SkinCeuticals Primacy Hydra Balm soothes irritation and seals in hydration, resulting in increased comfort, radiance and suppleness. 

Although your winter skincare rituals may be more time consuming, but as long as you are vigilant in nurturing your skin with the proper care and sustaining frequent hydration it will pay off with your hands being super soft and smooth all year round.

Do you take extra care of your skin through the colder winter months.