As I mentioned in my previous product review I have a very hard time with dry skin in the winter time. I think by far my hands suffer the most. Being someone who spends a lot of time in the kitchen cooking as well as baking cakes for people who order them from me, I can't afford to have grossy josie looking hands. I have suffered for years with horribly dry, cracked hands. I wash my hands several times a day as well as wash several sink loads of dishes. My hands honestly take a beating. All though I wear gloves when I bake and decorate cakes for people, I still never felt comfortable doing things when my hands were such a mess. I would go to bed at night and my hands would literally ache and burn because my skin was so bad.
Over the years I've tried probably every type of lotion and cream on the market. Nothing really helped. This year I said enough is enough. I was desperate to find something that was really going to help. One weekend I was at my grandparent's house and Mimi ( that's my grandma) told me she bought this amazing stuff for her hands called O'Keeffe's Working Hands. (She also has problems with dry, cracked hands). She said her hands weren't cracked at all and it was really good stuff.
Over the next few weeks I searched high and low for it. I went to several different places and it was always out of stock. Finally we searched online and found a local store that sells it. My husband bought me a jar and the first time I used it I could feel and see a difference. By the next day my hands looked perfect. There was no dryness, no ugly cracked knuckles. It was like a miracle happened over night!!
I've gotten into the habit of using this every night before I lay down to sleep. It doesn't take much. There is no scent or odor at all. It is a bit greasy feeling, but it doesn't bother me much while I'm going to sleep. If my hands happen to be extra dry, when I've had them in water a lot more often than normal, or when the temperatures are really cold, I will apply some through out the day.
This is truly an amazing product and I recommend it to anyone who also suffers from dry, cracked hands!!
xxoo,
Emily
Every Winter I deal with itchy, dry skin. I've bought several types of body washes and lotions from Bath and Body Works and other super yummy places thinking if I moisturized enough it would help. It never really did. I would be fine during the day but as soon as I laid down at night to go to sleep my skin would go nuts itching. This made for long, torturous nights!!
This year I said enough is enough. I went to the Drug Store and bought what I'm calling my Saving Grace, or at least my skin and sanity's saving grace. ha ha Vaseline Total Moisture with Oatmeal Extract. This is by far the best lotion I've ever used. I usually take a bath or shower at night before I go to bed. After I've dried off I slather myself with this lotion. Focusing on the main parts that seem to get the most dry and itchy. The backs of my arms, down my sides, the backs of my thighs, and my shins.
After just one use I felt great!! I didn't have any itchyness at all. After a week my skin looked and felt great!! Even on the rare days when I shower earlier in the day I have no troubles with the torturous itchy skin at bedtime.
I would highly recommend this lotion to all of my family, friends, and acquaintances.
xxoo,
Emily
