Don't need to try Vicki's wares.......as a result of this thread earlier in the year I discovered L'occitane's one minute handscrub (thank you Yvie) it is marvellous, miraculous stuff
I use Crabtree and Evelyn's Gardeners hand creams and their hand recovery. I find The hand recovery best works when you don't wet your hands first, its like rubbing you hands in sand. A real good exfoliator. Then apply the hand cream. They use to do a hand Remedy that you could apply at night which was brill , but they don't do that one anymore. TK Maxx sometimes have Crabtree stuff a lot cheaper.
Also if you go on Hot UK Deals .com you can get voucher codes up to 30% off. I love a bargain.
I had a manicure as part of my deal at Ragdale Hall. When did you last have a manicure? said the therapist as she perused my fingernails... Errm. about 40 years ago?
The five layer nail polish smudged after an hour and I took it all off the next day. I kept wondering whose hands were attached to my arms
Still no substitute for Lidl's almond and honey - cheapest around, vanishes into the skin and does the job even on my aging dry hands. Mind you I do tend to wear gloves for gardening - waterproof ones - but doesn't stop your hands getting frozen at this time of year!
Showa therma gloves are brilliant at this time of year. The palms and finger tips are waterproof and backs are insulating fabric so hands stay warm and dry. No good for finer work such as weeding - but great for winter work such as clearing leaves / wet foliage and keeping on top of jobs like shredding.
In the main season I tend to wear those gloves that look a bit like golfing gloves with fingers. Mix of very soft thin leather and fabric so they fit nice and tightly but have a bit of stretch as well. A pair of those just about lasts a season - I've never been able to make the thin cotton gloves last more than 2 heavy sessions.
Bare fingers or CSI latex gloves for pricking out and other very fiddly work.
E45 cream slathered on & left overnight (covered with cotton gloves) if hands are dire - otherwise W'rose gardeners hand cream range is good.
Last edited: 18 December 2016 13:11:30
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Crabtree and Evelyn Gardeners hand therapy.......when I'm desperate.
Normally don't bother and only wear gloves if things are damp and wear leather gauntlet ones for pruning berberis.
Don't need to try Vicki's wares.......as a result of this thread earlier in the year I discovered L'occitane's one minute handscrub (thank you Yvie
) it is marvellous, miraculous stuff
I use Crabtree and Evelyn's Gardeners hand creams and their hand recovery. I find The hand recovery best works when you don't wet your hands first, its like rubbing you hands in sand. A real good exfoliator. Then apply the hand cream. They use to do a hand Remedy that you could apply at night which was brill , but they don't do that one anymore. TK Maxx sometimes have Crabtree stuff a lot cheaper.
Also if you go on Hot UK Deals .com you can get voucher codes up to 30% off.
I love a bargain.
I had a manicure as part of my deal at Ragdale Hall. When did you last have a manicure? said the therapist as she perused my fingernails... Errm. about 40 years ago?
The five layer nail polish smudged after an hour and I took it all off the next day. I kept wondering whose hands were attached to my arms
Still no substitute for Lidl's almond and honey - cheapest around, vanishes into the skin and does the job even on my aging dry hands. Mind you I do tend to wear gloves for gardening - waterproof ones - but doesn't stop your hands getting frozen at this time of year!
Showa therma gloves are brilliant at this time of year. The palms and finger tips are waterproof and backs are insulating fabric so hands stay warm and dry. No good for finer work such as weeding - but great for winter work such as clearing leaves / wet foliage and keeping on top of jobs like shredding.
In the main season I tend to wear those gloves that look a bit like golfing gloves with fingers. Mix of very soft thin leather and fabric so they fit nice and tightly but have a bit of stretch as well. A pair of those just about lasts a season - I've never been able to make the thin cotton gloves last more than 2 heavy sessions.
Bare fingers or CSI latex gloves for pricking out and other very fiddly work.
E45 cream slathered on & left overnight (covered with cotton gloves) if hands are dire - otherwise W'rose gardeners hand cream range is good.
Last edited: 18 December 2016 13:11:30
I use Avon hand cream with olive oil. Or a hydrating cream.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.