Are your hands as soft as your face?

Excellent post, full of helpful advice MOnica. I thought ideas for keeping hands in good condition was what OP asked for. Your opening paragraph was humorous, I thought.

?? my DH would run a mile Nell .

I have a pack of disposable gloves which fit like a second skin. The tight wrists make a very satisfying snapping noise as I pull them on. They're great for scaring DH when I loom over him like the nurse from hell and say I'm about to perform a procedure ...

Monica you missed my sense of humour with a title I thought would catch people’s attention. I’m unsure why you bothered replying to be honest,
but thank you anyway.

Avoid Fairy liquid and go for one of the cheaper varieties. Fairy just makes my hands sore and itchy. Use gloves now and again gut that’s all.

Yet again I agree with Monica. I do almost exactly the same.

Sit around all day with your hands stuck in a bowl of hand cream

Seriously, who ever had hands as soft as their face? The nature of the skin on each organ is different, one usually has a layer of fat under it, the other doesn't, at least, not on the palm of the hand.

I have very dry skin so usually wear marigolds for any household task involving liquids and have done since I started my first flat share, and when I wash my hands i put handcream on. The main purpose of that is simply to avoid the very unpleasant feel of dry hands, rather than achieve some ignorant male copywriters idea of what women want.