7 Best Hand Creams For Dry, Sensitive Hands

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Below are the best hand creams for soft hands! Whether it is winter or summer, smooth hands are possible, cracked heels can be a thing of the past. 

If you are wondering, which cream is best for my hands in winter? What should be applied on hands in winter? Or, which hand lotion is best for dry hands?

You’ve come to the right place. 

In this post, you will learn about a few quality creams and lotions that will give your hands softness in winter, spring, summer or fall, and at a reasonable price. 

Creams and lotions help the hands maintain their moisture, and moist skin is soft skin. 

With regular daily use, especially during drier seasons or in drier climates, you can achieve smooth, soft hands using creams and lotions. 

Below are seven of the best creams and lotions on the market suitable for dry, sensitive skin on hands.

Most of the products in this post are marketed as body lotions or face creams, so remember, you can use body lotion and face cream on your hands.

We chose lotions and creams marketed for other parts of the body than hands to include in this post for a few reasons:

  • Buying your lotion in larger quantities can bring down the cost of your hand cream, saving you money. 

  • Buying face cream for your hands can put all those youthful ingredients to work on your hands - and youthful looking hands are a good thing.

  • Many hand creams on the market today contain irritating ingredients, acne causing ingredients, and even environmental toxins, which limited our search range. 

The goal of Lots of Lacquer is to have fun. Having fun sometimes means having calm skin.

For this reason, all the lotions and creams for caring for dry skin on your hands mentioned below are safe for sensitive skin and they will not clog your pores.

Without further ado, the seven best creams and lotions for dry, sensitive hands:

Photo of person putting dot of cream on back of hand by Linda Prebreza from Pexels

Photo of person putting dot of cream on back of hand by Linda Prebreza from Pexels

1 - Olay Regenerist Ultra Rich Moisturizer (Fragrance Free)

The Olay Regenerist Ultra Rich Moisturizer includes peptides, niacinamide, and shea butter. This cream is thick and luxurious - so a little bit goes a long way.

While it is marketed as a face cream, you can use this moisturizer just on the cuticles to add hydration and prevent snags, and apply it to your feet after a shower, to let it really soak into your heels. 

2 - La Roche-Posay Lipikar Body Lotion for Normal To Dry Skin

Also called the Lipikar Lotion Daily Repair Moisturizing Lotion, this lotion has a creamy consistency, absorbs quickly. It includes shea butter, glycerin, thermal spring water, and niacinamide. It replenishes skin's essential lipids and provides all day hydration.

This lotion is a workhorse, and has a smooth, rich, silky feel. Plus, it’s an accepted skincare product by the National Eczema Association.

3 - La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm AP+

The Lipikar Balm AP+ Intense Repair Moisturizing Cream offers lipid replenishing, up to 48 hours of hydration, and it has been clinically shown to reduce dry, rough skin. It has been accepted by the National Eczema Association.

It’s got a richer texture than the prior lotion mentioned and it also includes a unique prebiotic ingredient, Aqua Posae Filiformis, to improve the skin microbiome, which is absent in other Lipikar lotion listed above.

4 - Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Original

Vaseline is a classic occlusive moisturizer, meaning it locks in hydration. Apply it when your hands are wet, such as after the shower, and it will keep the moisture right there on your skin.

You can also use Vaseline as an overnight hand mask. Simply coat your hands with a generous amount of Vaseline before bed, put on some cotton gloves, and go to sleep. Take your gloves off in the morning and notice how soft your skin is.

Need an eco-friendly alternative? Check out Waxelene.

5 - Aveeno Sheer Hydration Daily Moisturizing Lotion for Dry Skin

This Aveeno moisturizer contains soothing oats, has a very lightweight feel and it’s fragrance free. It is breathable on the skin, you can hardly tell you have cream on your hands.

As a lotion that contains no pore clogging ingredients, it is multipurpose, meaning you can use it anywhere, too.

6 - CVS Health Intense Dry Skin Therapy Smoothing Hand Lotion

This hand lotion has a rich texture and it is the diamond in the rough of hand creams. It is fragrance free, paraben free, and phthalate free. It contains alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) and urea to slough off dry skin. In a world where chemical exfoliants in hand lotions are rare, this is amazing.

7 - Gold Bond Pure Moisture Body & Face Lotion

This lotion has a lighter weight feel, much like the Aveeno Sheer Hydration mentioned above, and it is free of parabens, dyes and fragrances. It includes grapeseed oil and hyaluronic acid for moisture retention and also urea for exfoliation.

Photo of person holding smear of cream in white jar on pink background by Anna Shvets from Pexels with text overlay 7 Best Hand Creams For Dry & Sensitive Hands

Photo of person holding smear of cream in white jar on pink background by Anna Shvets from Pexels with text overlay 7 Best Hand Creams For Dry & Sensitive Hands

If you choose one of the body lotions for your hand cream or simply want to have your lotion handy by the kitchen and bathroom sinks, and you prefer a jar, simply grab an empty lotion jar, and pump out the amount you need, as needed.

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