15 Best Hand Creams to Keep Your Skin Moisturized
Dry hands from washing them too much? Here are the best hand creams from 15 brands that can help you!
One of the greatest concerns in our current situation is airborne pathogens, and that forces us to be vigilant especially in public spaces. After all, you never know what you’re actually touching. The easiest way to protect yourself is to make a habit of washing your hands.
Naturally, this means sanitizing products such as alcohol gels and sprays are the newest essential items. They offer a convenient way to get rid of germs on your hands without a trip to the bathroom, allowing you to clean up wherever you need to.
Convenience comes at a price, however. Cleaning your hands with alcohol gels, or even simple soap and water, can make the skin crack and dry out, especially if you’re washing constantly. That’s inevitable when you’re required to sanitize your hand several times a day.
No worries. These skin issues can be mitigated by using hand creams. On this list, we’ve selected 15 moisturizing products for your hands, with nutrients and antioxidants that’ll nourish your skin back to its soft & silky glory.
(Sorted alphabetically.)
AVEDA
AVEDA Hand Relief™ Moisturizing Creme contains highly effective ingredients that seal the moisture in your skin. It’ll keep your hands soft, smooth, and healthy even after three washes using Andiroba oil and other long-lasting, plant-based hydrators.
The Moisturizing Creme is also infused with vitamin extracts from fruit acids, which gently exfoliate and remove old skin cells.
Ingredients like vitamin E and lactic acid can help protect your skin from everyday pollution, get rid of marks and wrinkles, and even out any discoloration. Plus, your hands will smell amazing from the Rosemary Mint scent.
Burt’s Bees
Thick yet fast-absorbing, Burt’s Bees Ultimate Care Hand Cream is rich with natural moisturizers that have been extensively researched and developed. It’s clinically proven to be able to revitalize even the driest of skin.
The cream is made from baobab oil, which is full of essential fatty acids and antioxidants. What’s more, it contains only natural fragrance and is approved by dermatologists as hypoallergenic.
Bisabolol, butterfly bush extracts, and watermelon seed oil work together to instantly moisturize and nourish the skin without leaving it oily.
Clarins
Clarins Super Restorative Hand Cream promises to make your hands so soft you’d think they’re wrapped in fluffy cotton balls. Using natural extracts from Montpellier rock-rose, a small shrub-type plant found in the dry and sunny parts of France, the cream does a wonderful job of removing age spots.
The Super Restorative Hand Cream also contains extracts from Harungan, a species of Madagascan plant, which rejuvenate and strengthen the skin, bringing out a naturally youthful look for your hands.
Eucerin
Recommended by dermatologists, Eucerin Advanced Repair Hand Cream is known for its light, fast-absorbing formula that doesn’t leave sticky residues.
It is intensely moisturizing and helps repair extra dry and rough skin, returning it to a silky smooth state. Furthermore, this one is a great choice if you have issues like skin irritability since it doesn’t contain any synthetic fragrance.
HARNN
HARNN Tropical Wood Hand Cream with Fresh Cell is packed with nourishing ingredients like shea butter, organic argan oil, organic olive oil, plant cellulose from Kiwi, and nano-white extracts.
The formula helps remove age spots and wrinkles, which means your hands will go back to being silky soft and youthful in no time.
The product works for all skin types; whether yours needs moisturizing or a glow, this one has you covered. For Tropical Wood scent, the cream has an aromatherapeutic quality thanks to sandalwood and orange blossom extracts. Rubbing the cream on your hands will help you relax in a snap.
Himalaya
Himalaya is an iconic Indian skincare brand famous for its eye cream, often hailed as the essential item for skincare routine. And now, the Age-Defying Hand Cream is looking to be its next star. The formula repairs and protects your skin, keeping it as youthful as ever.
Main ingredients include cocoa butter, rose myrtle, spiked ginger lily, and greater galangal, which make your hands and nails soft, smooth, and supple. The hand cream also offers protection from UV rays, which often causes premature aging.
Kiehl’s
As the packaging puts it, Kiehl’s Ultimate Strength Hand Salve is “formulated for the driest, most active hands” and has always delivered on this promise. The cream itself is made from plant-based oils and wax from olive oil.
It’s made to protect your hands by sealing in the moisture and keeping your skin silky smooth. The Hand Salve rejuvenates even extra dry skin due to extensive work, neglect, or extreme conditions; it’ll make your hands soft, smooth, and healthy.
La Mer
Lamer, a premium skincare brand, touts its Rejuvenating Hand Serum as the ultimate formula for the delicate skin around your hand. The treatment targets discoloration by making your skin radiant. It also re
La Roche-Posay
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Mains repairs damaged skin and returns it to perfect health with Niacinamide 4% and Glycerin 30%.
The cream is fast-absorbing and leaves no oily or sticky residues. It can soften rough skin as well as provide much-needed protection, keeping your hands supple even after vigorous wash.
PAÑPURI
Siamese Water Uplifting Hand and Nail Cream by PAÑPURI, a Thai luxury skincare brand, is rich with natural extracts that nourish your hands and nails as well as hydrate dry skin.
Key ingredients include red rice extracts, which add a radiant glow to your skin, as well as jasmine absolute and organic ylang-ylang and peppermint oils for a deeply relaxing aroma. Meanwhile, pomegranate extracts restore your hands back to a healthful state.
Shiseido
Shiseido Hand-Foot Urea Cream offers 2-in-1 care for your hands and feet with Urea 10%, which moisturizes and gently exfoliates the skin.
After the dead skin cells are removed, the cracks and rough patches on your hands and feet will disappear, leaving you with youthful and healthy skin. The creamy balm is thick and offers lasting hydrating effects without oily or sticky residues.
Smooth E
Smooth E Baby Hand Serum can transform your rough hands into ones that are as soft as a baby’s cheeks, all thanks to the African shea butter. Plus, the cream-based serum can remove wrinkles and scars, as well as even out discoloration and make your skin absolutely radiant from bearberry extracts.
Other ingredients, such as Vitamin W and antioxidant Allium Cepa, protect your skin from everyday pollution and prevents irritation and inflammation.
Soap & Glory
Although most famous for its delicious fragrance, the Soap & Glory Hand Food Hydrating Hand Cream is super effective at hydrating your skin.
Shea butter, macadamia oil, fennel, and lotus extracts work together to lock in the moisture and silky softness of your skin. The cream is fast-absorbing, leaves no sticky residues, and of course, comes with the brand’s signature scent.
Vaseline
Vaseline’s Intensive Care Hand Cream is packed with five essential nutrients for your skin. It offers deep moisturizing effects on extra rough and dry hands as well as prevents bacterial growth.
The light cream is fast-absorbing and can be applied as often as needed to get your hands and nails silky, smooth, and healthy.
Yves Rocher
To round off the list, we’ve got Yves Rocher Bhandcare Nutrition Hand Cream. The cream is made to heal extra dry skin and deeply moisturize it with organic arnica extracts, making it silky soft and so touchable.
The formula also protects your skin from pollution and removes wrinkles, cracks, and other blemishes that come with dry hands. The light cream is fast-absorbing and leaves no oily or sticky residues.