A’kin Hand, Nail & Cuticle Cream Reviews

A’kin Hand, Nail & Cuticle Cream By Nicky B Packaging: Recyclable plastic tube with a black plastic lid Application: A’kin Hand, Nail & Cuticle Cream is extremely moisturising without being greasy (a rare find in a hand cream) and is absorbed really quickly. Ingredients: Contains essential oils and vitamins B5 and E to protect hands from the signs of ageing. Also includes persea gratissima oil (from the avocado, great for dry skin) and simmondsia chinensis oil (from the jojoba shrub to calm and soothe hands). I love anything that includes shea butter and this hand cream has this too. Shea butter is a natural fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree by crushing, boiling and stirring. The tree only grows in the wild, and can take up to 50 years to mature (living up to 300 years!). Africans have known about the benefits of shea butter for thousands of years. It’s an amazing mosturiser because it contains so many fatty acids which are important to help skin to retain moisture and elasticity. It helps to heal burns, sores, scars, dermatitis, psoriasis, dandruff, and stretch marks. It may also help diminish wrinkles by moisturizing the skin, promoting cell renewal, and increasing circulation. Results: Leaves hands feeling really soft and cuticles well-moisturised. Pros No chemical nasties: free from sulphates, parabens, ethoxylates, propylene glycol, petrochemical cleaners, silicones, phthalates, mineral oils, DEA and artificial colours Vegan No animal ingredients or testing Cons I’m not that keen on the smell of this cream, I don’t know why as I normally love the Scent of lavender and geranium. I’d like to try the unscented hand cream A’Kin also Produce. A’kin Hand, Nail & Cuticle Cream (£10) and A’kin Skincare Products are available at naturisimo.com

Review of Trevarno Olive & Almond Hand Cream

Review of Trevarno Olive & Almond Hand Cream Packaging: Trevarno Olive & Almond Hand Cream comes in a signature opaque glass jar with metal screw top 30mls in box. Ingredients: Rich in natural ingredients including Lavender Flower Water has been blended with Olive Oil, infused with healing Comfrey, Almond Oil, Jojoba Oil, Beeswax, Cocoa Butter, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Vitamin E and Essential Oils of Geranium, Grapefruit and Juniper. Cream is suitable for vegetarians Application and Comments: As with all Trevarno products the hand cream is very rich. Recent products I have tested from the range have been too rich for me but due to the intensive test conditions with my hands being so dry and cracked the hand cream my didn't change the condition of my hands significantly when testing. I have no doubt with normal/dry hands the cream would take care of moisture and healing. The cream itself is rich; only use the tiniest amount during the day (especially for use with touch screen phones and gadgets!) Although I applied it in the mornings and my hands drank in the cream some people may find it too rich to be able to continue daily tasks. Excellent to use at night for intensive treatment. The scent is similar to other products from the range although the combination of the olive oil with lavender and almond oil was quite pleasant, not too strong in the olive scent and it didn't seem to linger. I wash my hands a lot but during my testing period my hands were constantly in water and foot scrub products therefore any cream was going to have an impossible task. I have yet to find one which could revive my hands which also suffer from poor circulation therefore dryness is inevitable. If the Olive & Almond Hand Cream had been in a tube I would have found it more convenient to keep with me during the day applying each time my hands were in water. Although the jar is a luxury way to present the product it really is more appropriate to keep besides the bed and not in a pocket or handbag. The constant dipping into the jar isn’t the most hygienic way to keep the cream germ free. That said it was a treat to feel the texture of the cream, similar to double cream. It would be a rich cream in normal circumstances; my hands really have suffered and would need to apply Trevarno’s more often during the day. Even though my hands are in poor condition Trevarno’s hand cream didn’t sting my hands on application. Pros Supporting a UK producer (Cornwall) using Organic certified. Vegetarian (beeswax) Cruelty free Luxury ingredients to keep hand supple with the addition of soothing/healing ingredients A little goes a long way Cons Didn’t show significant improvement for my hands although this was due to circumstances (my hands didn’t get any worse) Tube would be more portable and germ free Trevarno Olive & Almond Hand Cream (£10.34) and Trevarno Skincare Products are available at naturisimo.com