A few days ago, as part of a #bbloggers chat, I was wahh-ing
on about wanting to find a good, high street hand cream. I followed up the
recommendation I received (mainly Soap & Glory based) with an unfruitful
lunch break spent testing them out in Boots.
The next day the Body Shop promotion started where you could
test out one of their hand creams for free. My step-dad, who I obviously trust
for all my beauty product recommendations, swears by their hemp one so I
thought it was probably worth another lunch time trek to the shops. Plus the 30ml
tubes usually retail for £5 so it was a pretty good saving.
I was torn between the Almond Hand and Nail Cream or the
Absinthe Purifying Hand Cream and in the end I opted for the latter since I
love to be alternative and what-not. It’s probably worth noting at this point,
for anyone with a vaguely teenager mind like mine, that it does not smell
anything like alcohol! I particularly wanted a strongly scented hand-cream as I
wanted it to be refreshing after a morning on a grimy train. (Plus I put my
head in my hands a lot whilst at work so it’s ice for them to smell good!). The
scent it carries is slightly herby and hyper-clean, with a hint of perfume.
It’s possibly not the most moisturising hand cream, but it
has improved the dryness I was feeling without making my hands seem greasy or sticky. It
absorbs really quickly so is excellent for on the go use, however I, and I am
unsure whether this is a genuine problem or just a ‘me’ problem, can never seem
to get the lid back on first time which makes using it a bit fiddly.
I wouldn’t say that I am 100% committed to this hand cream
as I have been with some other products, but I’m definitely more inclined to
make the Body Shop my first stop when testing them out.
What other hand creams would you recommend?
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