Homemade Hand Cream Recipes

Homemade hand cream recipes - Our hands work so hard for us, constantly being exposed to all sorts of weather and chemicals to which we never give any thought until they feel dry and uncomfortable. However, our hands deserve the best; give them a treat with one of our lovely softening homemade hand cream recipes.

Wearing protective gloves while we are washing dishes, clothes, cleaning etc is a must, as so many chemicals are added to washing ingredients nowadays. Exposing your hands constantly to water will dry your skin out and cause premature wrinkles, and if that isn’t bad enough, your nails will become brittle and will break.

The Weather Wearing warm gloves on a cold winter’s day will prevent your hands from the pain of chapping. However we shouldn’t forget on a hot day the sun can do as much damage to our hands, if not more. We tend to be very good at applying sun lotion to our bodies and faces but - be honest -how many of us remember to massage a good sun protector into our hands before emerging into the hot sun ?

Gardening Hands If you are a gardening fanatic, don’t forget to use a pair of gardening gloves : yes I said a pair. So many gardeners only use the one glove because they find it a nuisance on the hand they work with. Buy a pair of gloves which feel comfortable and give you the freedom to work without thinking about how the gloves are restricting you.

Swimming If you are a swimmer you are probably aware of the drying damage chlorine does not only to your hands but to your body skin and hair. Using a rich hand and body moisturising cream as soon as you have dried yourself can help control dry skin.

Kitchen Soap Traditionally kitchen soap is harsh, either gardening soap or a bar of carbolic. Your hands are important to you so keep in the kitchen a bar of soap which is enriched with oils or glycerine for moisturising your skin.

Moisturising Hand Cream

• 3tbls lanolin
• 1tbsp olive oil
• 1 capsule vitamin E

Place lanolin and the olive oil into a bowl and heat it over boiling water. Melt them together on a very low heat making sure you stir frequently.

Add the capsule of vitamin E to the mixture stirring all the time.

Allow to cool by stirring the mixture for 2-3 minutes.

Place the mixture into a storing jar.

Glycerine and rosewater hand cream

• 2tps cornflour
• 125ml rosewater
• 2tbls glycerine

Mix the cornflour and 4 tbsp of rosewater in a bowl to form a paste.

Put the remaining rosewater into a pan with the glycerine - and heat very gently.

Mix in the cornflour paste, stirring all the time so that the mixture thickens.

Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool before placing in a storage jar.