I reviewed O’Keeffe’s Working Hands hand cream last February, and am a bit annoyed that it’s already that time of year when I have to whip out the jar. My hands are dry again to where it hurts. It looks like one of my knuckles bled a little as well.
This stuff will do the trick. It won’t erase the dryness from my hands immediately, but if I start using it nightly, it should help soothe my hands in a couple of days. I just have to remember to use it every night, which I haven’t been doing.
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Most people love O’Keeffe’s Working Hands, some people don’t. I find that it makes my hands feel a little waxy, which I don’t like, but I like the end result. The hand cream my wife uses is much slimier, as are some of the other moisturizers I’ve tried. I also tried Aquaphor, but that stuff is very sticky and messier to work with.
The discount is applied automatically to your cart at checkout, and the deal ends 12/24/2014. In order to get the discount, the cream must be sold and shipped directly by Amazon.
Michael Quinlan
Zim’s Crack Creme is also great for dry hands. I think it actually works faster and better than O’Keefe’s. The down side is it’s a liquid which can really be messy.
Kai
Bag Balm, anybody?
Mac
Use it rarely, but yup.
NERemodeling
thanks for the heads up, My current jar has about 5 more uses in it and i have been meaning to grab a new jar.. got 2!
it does have a weird waxy feel but it goes away pretty quickly i find, also, i usually put it on at night so its not an issue
this stuff works great, i havent tried bag balm but i have used udderly smooth and that works well also.
Dave in VT
That waxy feeling is due to paraffin being one of the ingredients. Regarding the matter of ingredients, I try to avoid putting anything on my skin that contains ingredient names containing “methyl” or “propyl” syllables (one of the ingredients in O’Keeffe’s is Hydropropylmethylcellulose), as those indicate molecules that compromise the skin barrier integrity and enter your tissues directly.
My personal favorite for skin is 100% shea butter. I use it on hands, my face after shaving, and I even rub the excess into my hair. Derived from the Shea Nut Tree in Africa. It’s not expensive. Many products on Amazon.
Soapbox: we discuss using safety equipment and best practices when using tools and handling toxic substances, but it bothers me that companies can put toxic chemicals in their skin products (especially makeup) and we tend to use them because we assume it’s safe. Unfortunately, there’s almost no regulation in this area. There is plenty of documentation about the skin barrier issue.
*steps off soapbox*
Hope this helps someone!
ktash
I use shea butter, too. I put it on my hands before turning out the lights and put a pair of cotton gloves over it. I really glob it on very thick. It does the trick!
I sometimes mix the shea butter with olive oil and vegetable glycerin (health food or pharmacy). The glycerin is a wetting agent, so it doesn’t sit on your skin. You may need to heat it gently (watch carefully can catch fire like any oil) to get it in a liquid or semi-liquid form for the combo. Also takes out the lump from bulk shea butter. That combo makes it soak in better and thinner. I use this during the day after handwashing when I don’t want the thick gloppy stuff. Unrefined shea butter is available in bulk online very cheaply $10 bucks worth will last several years. The natural food store has it in refined form but very, very pricey. It is cheaper than anything else and it doesn’t have strange chemicals in it, some of which rob the skin of moisture.
If you have cracked feet from dryness, fungal infections can get in, so I use it on feet at night with socks, too.
Steve
I have used all of the other stuff, Bag Balm, Zim’s, Something that cost about 75$ a jar, and none of them have done the job that O’Keeffe’s does. My wife even uses it and swears by it.
I just picked up a “value size” jar 10.8 oz at Bed, Bath and Beyond for $11. I also had a coupon which saved me a couple of dollars.
fred
I decided to buy 4 as stocking-stuffers and was about to click on the 4-Pack ($28.95) when I realized that the single pack at $6.98 times 4 = $27.92
Doc
I’ve been using Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream (unscented, please) for decades and have never been found wanting. It and O’Keeffes appear to have a largely similar formula, though O’Keeffes has paraffin (wax) and dimethicone (silicone oil, basically), which very likely is the reason people call it greasy. These things stay on the surface of the skin, like a protective barrier, and don’t dry or absorb.
Neutrogena: Water, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Dilauryl Thiodipropionate, Sodium Sulfate, Fragrance (Fragrance added only in scented option)
O’Keeffe’s: Water, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, Ammonium Stearate, Ammonium Borate, Dimethicone, Ceteth-10, Laureth-4, Paraffin Wax, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Allantoin, Octyldodecyl Stearate, Diazolidinyl Urea, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate