Are your hands as soft as your face?

Callistemon it was thought to be a reaction to an antibiotic I was taking so that’s another one to go on the banned list! It was the speed with which it happened that was really scary.

My DH has the same BigBertha , same hobby! ⛳️ ?️‍♂️

I have one brown hand and one white hand. I'm a golfer so it's par for the course! I hate rubber gloves so don't own any but everything goes in the dishwasher anyway. Hand cream on the bedside table at the moment is L'Occitane Lavender the lovely smell helps waft me off to sleep.

Sorry, I was not clear, flippancy doesn't always read as well as it sounds.

What Fanny said upthread M0nica.
. I got the wrong end of the stick. Sorry.

TillyTrotter I’ve bought Marigold gloves as a start but what products do you buy / tips do you have to keep your hands looking young and soft please?

Well, I started, with a silly suggestion and then answered your question above. What were you expecting?

JaneJudge Sun 05-Sep-21 13:24:27
in a word NO grin my hands are not as soft as my face BUT have you seen these??

Just ordered, thanks Jane.

I apply a great big blob of hand cream before putting on rubber gloves and then wash up or clean using very hot water. I'm not sure if it helps much.

I have hand creams everywhere so I can apply some if my hands start to feel dry, which is quite often....

I use those disposable gloves if I am going to work with red onion, red cabbage (to prevent staining) or raw meat (hygiene). I recently bought plastic ones which are awful. Difficult to get on and don't stretch at all. I won't be making that mistake again. It'll be back to the latex ones next time. I can re-use those several times (e.g. for cleaning the bathroom, not for food).

Always wear rubber gloves when washing up etc. Now use the Marigold black gardening ones for that as the yellow ones last no time at all.

Put Vaseline Intensive Care hand cream on every night. Nails on left hand strongish and fairly long, unlike my (much used) right hand.

Never apply face cream. Hands and face feel similar, not sure if that’s good or bad.

Increasingly I start to wo der if my face will fell as soft as my hands - I'm becoming somewhat leathery-complexioned. Partly with having lost weight, partly with being 66.
Eheu, fugaces.....

I’ll try some of those JaneJudge. Thanks.

I never wear rubber gloves, rarely wear gardening gloves, apply hand cream during the day when I remember, but I do apply a rich hand cream every night without fail.

My hands seem to be fairly soft and my nails are longish

in a word NO my hands are not as soft as my face BUT have you seen these?? You can get them for your feet too. Asda seems to loads of different brands of them

TillyTrotter my answer is to do as little as possible and if you have a DH at home, maybe get him to immerse his hands in water and wash the dishes if you do not possess a dishwasher.

My hands are beautifully soft and the only time I apply anything is when the frosty weather appears.

Interesting everyone says Marigolds, the brand, a bit like we say hoover. There are collection points for said gloves as they’re not biodegradable. I don’t use gloves, not even for gardening, unless it’s something particularly scratchy, like brambles and remember hand cream rarely, but my hands aren’t too bad.

Blossoming

My hands are as soft as my face, thanks to my Marigolds, long handled cleaning things, Mr. B doing the majority of the work, tough gardening gloves and copious amounts of hand lotion. I’m being very careful with them since the awful Stevens
Johnson Syndrome last year when they blistered and all the skin peeled off.

It does sound awful, Blossoming, I had a similar reaction many years ago when I was on a certain medication.
? ok since.

That sounds awful *Blossoming^. Our skin is a very sensitive organ isn’t it?
Thank you Fanny , if a stick has 2 ends, yup, I get the wrong end ?
I’m going to get a Poppit (on) gloves holder for when they are not in use so they stay dry inside instead of in a pool of water at the side of the sink. ??

I always use Marigolds for washing up and wet cleaning and even peeling potatoes because I get contact dermatitis if I don't!

JayLucy I can sympathise.
Hand sanitisers, especially the ones outside shops, have given me contact dermatitis and it is proving very difficult to get rid of.
The DGC got red, sore hands (one gets eczema) from hand sanitiser and the nasty soap provided in school.

I find Neal's Yard hand cream good although it is expensive.

My hands are as soft as my face, thanks to my Marigolds, long handled cleaning things, Mr. B doing the majority of the work, tough gardening gloves and copious amounts of hand lotion. I’m being very careful with them since the awful Stevens
Johnson Syndrome last year when they blistered and all the skin peeled off.

I always wear Marigolds. The worst feeling for me, is when you get some water inside and it goes cold and icky. Bleurgh

I use Neutrogena hand cream. It feels more like a barrier cream than a hand cream. Anyway it works for me. Cant bear the feel of Marigolds so never wear them but will force my hands into gardening gloves.

Tilly
I hope that Monica doesn’t mind me speaking for her, but I tend to think that her tone of exasperation wasn't directed at you, but at the advert’s daft premise
It is so easy to get the wrong end of the stick on here, I’m forever doing it

I vividly remember my mum looking at her hands and comparing them to my beautiful, smooth young hands. Now I know why she was sad to no longer have youthful hands - mine now look like hers did then
I can't complain however because I rarely use rubber gloves and never use hand cream.......

I think sometimes you spend a silly amount on face cream, in the hope that it will turn back time , but begrudge spending more on handcream than a couple of quid!
I have been advised several times to wear cotton gloves /socks on hands and feet over a layer of hand or foot cream, but apart from one time when I found that both hands and feet became so hot in the middle of the night and kept me awake, that I have never done it since!
I always use Marigolds for washing up and wet cleaning and even peeling potatoes because I get contact dermatitis if I don't ! I also use own brand washing up liquid - recently bought Fairy and it quite honestly isn't worth the extra money!
I too remember Palmolive washing up liquid and have seen it still available in some small shops, but what about Meadow Fresh that not only was supposed to wash dishes squeaky clean, but act as an air freshener ! (Still available in Savers shops!)

?? Does anyone remember Palmolive washing up liquid? One old tv ad had a salon customer happily soaking her cuticles in a container of this.