14 Best Hand Products for Dry Skin in 2022
Exposed to harsh weather conditions, a never ending supply of hand gels and nasty chemicals - our hands don’t have an easy life. It’s time to show your skin the love and care it deserves with these favourite of our picks to make sure you’re in good hands.
To combat damage, restore, repair and revive, our editor has tested out a variety of hand products to compile this guide of must have staple pieces.
Swissline Make-Peace Hand Balm
Our editor’s firm favourite; Swissline has created the most caressing hand balm that works like a second-skin to protect and repair dry. This glove-like formula can even be worn overnight as a recovery leave-on hand mask or as a balm during the day. As the product was developed in response to the pandemic, it contains Echinacea Extract known as a mild antiseptic and immunity booster, particularly effective against viruses and all flu-type syndromes.
Fenty Skin’s Hydra Reset Intensive Recovery Glycerin Hand Mask
Up your bedtime routine and beauty sleep with Fenty Skin’s Hydra’ResetIntensive Recovery Glycerin Hand Mask. This rich formula is infused with powerful plant extracts and fruit oils to reveal nourished, revitalised, and soft hands each morning. The smooth, cushiony texture covers hands in a plush veil of deeply conditioning hydration to lock in moisture and leave hands with a soft, glossy sheen - being quite thick when applying, our editor recommends a pair of gloves overnight to help the product seep in.
Available at boots.
OPI Pro Spa Protective Hand, Nail & Cuticle Cream
This multi-tasking high performance hand cream moisturises, brightens, plumps and protects skin and cuticles while nourishing nails. OPI brings you the same results you know and love from Avoplex High Intensity Hand, Nail Cuticle Cream in an improved formula with an amazing scent.
ESPA Rejuvenating Hand Cream
This deeply hydrating hand cream from Espa softens and nourishes your skin with the help of moisturising Shea Butter and Rosehip extract which helps protect the skin and leave hands feeling soft and nails conditioned. Mulberry, Liquorice and Bearberry revitalise the skin’s appearance and give the rejuvenating hand cream a delicious scent.
Dr. Hauschka Hydrating Hand Cream
Dr. Hauschka Hydrating Hand Cream accompanies you reliably and effectively throughout the day, absorbing quickly and leaving no greasy residue. Its nourishing care leaves dry, overworked hands soft and smooth – and it even works wonders on rough elbows. Hydrating Hand Cream is your trusted companion for sensitive and hard-working hands – whether at home or on the go.
Décléor Rosemary Handwash Scrub
Rosemary Daily Hand Wash Scrub is a 99% natural-origin hand wash enriched with Rosemary Essential Oil & Walnut Powder to exfoliate, clean and purify your hands, leaving them softer and moisturised. The exfoliating gel texture transforms into a soft foam when mixed with water to remove impurities, leaving the skin purified. Your hands feel perfectly clean, clear and fresh. Your skin seems smoother & softer and overall skin appearance is improved.
Perricone MD Cold Plasma Plus+ Hand Therapy
This multi-tasking powerhouse strengthens, softens and replenishes the look of thin, crepey skin on the hands through intense moisturisation and diminishes the look of dark spots, veins and discoloration. This silky cream absorbs quickly and visibly firms, tightens and brightens while smoothing the look of fine lines and wrinkles and improving the skin’s elasticity over time.
Algenist Genius Liquid Collagen Hand Cream
Rejuvenate hands that feel dry or tight with the Algenist Genius Liquid Collagen Hand Cream, a hydrating skincare treatment that is rich in antioxidants. This velvety cream melts into the skin quickly, delivering nourishment that works to calm dryness and irritation. It is powered by the brand’s active vegan collagen, alguronic acid and a moisturising blend of shea butter and glycerine. Antioxidant-rich vitamin C and vitamin E promote a brighter skin tone and act to blur the appearance of age spots while helping to protect against environmental stressors.
Available at Cult Beauty.
Authentic Beauty Concept Hand & Hair Light Cream
The formula with Bakuchiol nourishes and protects skin and hair, pleasing the senses with its elegant, clean scent. With its ‘barely-there’ texture, the Hand & Hair Light Cream is lightweight and absorbs instantly to soften and smooth; whether run through the lengths of hair or massaged into the skin for a wonderfully calming hand massage, it provides hairdresser-proven, beautifully touchable results.
Monat Silky & Soothing Hand Cream
This fast-absorbing, ultra-nourishing hand cream delivers hydration to lock in moisture, improve texture and create a soft, silky finish that’s never greasy. Formulated with REJUVENIQE S™ and moisturising shea butter, this delightful hand cream indulges with deep moisture and guards the skin against dryness for silky smooth hands.
Nimue Anti-Ageing Hand Cream
Straight from the derma-cosmeceutical brand popular in professional treatments, this specifically formulated hand cream aims to reduce premature ageing on the back of the hands and arms. Used regularly, the Nimue Active Hand Repair can help maintain healthy and beautiful, soft, spot-free hands and over a period of time will help reverse environmental damage.
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Mavala Mava+ Hand Cream
Mava+ hand cream gives comfort to very dry or damaged hands by external factors (cold, harsh climatic changes, wind, use of solvents and detergents). In fact, a botanical complex with patterson’s curse, sunflower oil and heart seed forms a protective and film-forming shield. Contains, shea butter which provides a nourishing and smoothing effect, and bisabolol soothes very dry skin that feels tight.
Available at Fenwick.
Margaret Dabbs London Pure Hands Repairing Hand Cream
A recent launch from Margaret Dabbs London, this powerful intensive Repairing Hand Cream with Pentavitin provides lasting and deep hydration while Vitamin F Forte helps to nurture, protect and condition excessively dry, stressed skin and Sweet Almond Oil softens and smoothes the skin. Formulated to help maintain the skin’s natural healthy structure, with the delicate scent of Rose and Lemon.
Watermans Moisturise Me Hand and Skin Cream
Intensely hydrate skin and cuticles with MoisturiseMe®, formulated with Cupuacu butter, Shea butter, Cocoa butter, Allantoin and Almond oil to prevent dryness and deeply condition the skin and cuticles to nourish and diminish dryness, retaining skins natural moisture for ultimate skin hydration. The super moisture loaded formula will keep your skin hydrated leaving hands and skin soft and supple.