Hand Creams

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5 Clever Ways to Use Hand Cream

You have a tube of hand cream stashed away in your purse and perhaps in your car or at your desk, too.

You have a tube of hand cream stashed away in your purse and perhaps in your car or at your desk, too. While it's great for adding moisture back to your palms, this versatile product also has other useful tricks that can help beautify in a pinch.

1. Take down frizz: Get those unruly strands or random flyaways in check. Rub a small dab between your palms and then lightly run through your strands to smooth and tame.

2. Groom curls: If your twists need some attention, break out the hand cream to hydrate and define your curls.

3. Cuticle treatment: Sure, you slather it all over your hands, but if you have dry, cracked cuticles, make sure to give each finger a little extra love around your nail beds.

4. Fight static: Are your clothes clinging to you in all the wrong places? Use hand cream in a pinch. To stop static, either rub hand cream sparsely on your palms, lightly smoothing over your clothes, or head to a discreet location and apply under your clothes (as in directly on your skin) where needed.

5. Hydrating shave cream: If your shaving routine has left you high and dry, why not use a rich hand cream as an alternative? Your skin will thank you.

L'Occitane

Help Out Your Hands

If you spend a lot of time taking care of your face, your hands are probably feeling a little bit neglected.

If you spend a lot of time taking care of your face, your hands are probably feeling a little bit neglected. The summer pool and beach time—not to mention the usual abuse from cooking, cleaning, and working—has made them look old and scaly. Here are my favorite luxurious and super-rich hand creams to make sure that your hands are just as pampered as the rest of your body.

L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream happens to be one of my favorites, as well as one of the company's best sellers. This hand cream (they now have a Lavender Hand Cream as well) is a super-smoothing, indulgent balm made with 20 percent shea butter, honey, sweet almond extract, jasmine, and ylang-ylang oils. It also contains anti-oxidizing vitamin E to help nourish damaged skin. Your hands won't feel greasy or oily after use; rather, they'll feel refreshed and soothed. Buy it here for $25 for 5.2 oz or get a travel-size for $9.

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