We’re all washing our hands more frequently these days, and my hands are feeling it. The skin is dry and itchy, and my cuticles are a wreck. Then I ran out of my favorite hand lotion!
This all got me to thinking that we have many great recipes in our decade of past blog posts, so I went hunting. Here’s a curated list of gentle soaps, moisturizing cuticle treatments, lotions, salves, and even a scrub to help.
1. Simply Soothing Lotion Bar Stick
2. Lanolin Salve (Though this salve was created for feet, it works on hands, too.)
3. Cuticle Treatment Cream
4. Simple Cuticle Oil
5. Warm Cream Hand Treatment
6. Bright Lemon Hand Scrub
7. My Favorite Hand Cream
8. Special Request Orange Cuticle Butter
9. Aloe Butter Hand Cream
10. Tina’s Lanolin Butter
11. Balsam Poplar Lotion Bars (These lotion bars can be made with any herb-infused oil, or just use plain oil.)
12. Oh My Butter!
13. Easy Cuticle Oil with Orchid Extract
14. Soy Cuticle Jelly
15. Bonnie’s Hand Cream
16. Brian’s Hand Butter
17. Mid-Winter Light & Thick Hand Cream
18. Emergency Lotion for Dry Skin
19. Emergency Lotion for Dry Skin Day 2
20. Honey-Do Super Hand Cream
21. Precious Cuticles
22. Oatmeal & Honey Almond Soap
23. Easy Chamomile Oatmeal Cold Process Soap
24. Milk Soap
25. Lavender Hydrosol Lotion
26. Fresh Aloe Soap
27. Tomato Paste Soap
28. Honey and Beeswax Soap
29. Egg Soap
30. Coconut & Wheat Germ Oil Soap