Orange & Clove Hand Wash
There are plenty of things that we love about plummeting temperatures in the winter: snuggling on the couch with a good book and a fleece blanket, sipping a mug of piping hot chamomile tea, the natural flush that appears on our cheeks after shoveling snow off the driveway. One thing that certainly does not make this list, however, is the scaly cracked skin that crops up on our hands each year when freezing temperatures set the stage for dry winter skin. Yuck!
Be prepared this winter to fight the battle against unbearable, chapped hands. By using these two easy steps, exfoliating dead skin and applying a natural moisturizer every day, you will keep your hands soft and smooth all winter.
(1) Exfoliate those dead skin cells
Natural exfoliant: pure cane sugar
Exfoliating is the process of sloughing off dead skin cells so that fresh, more moisture-rich cells may be revealed. One of the safest and most natural exfoliants is one that you probably already have in your kitchen cupboard- it’s plain old white sugar. For an easy and gentle hand exfoliant, start off with a pump of Daub and Bauble Hand Wash in your palm. This luxurious hand wash is filled with emollients such as Vitamin E and Aloe Vera. It also contains natural vegetable glycerin, which helps to heal those little cracks that appear in your skin when it’s cold.
Make Your Own Natural Skin Exfoliant
- Squirt a dab of yummy-smelling hand wash in your palm, add a teaspoon or two of white cane sugar.
- Lather this in your hands using soft, circular motions, concentrating on scaly spots.
The sugar will gently scrub off the dead skin cells on your hands, while the Daub and Bauble Hand Wash will create a luxurious lather that will sweep the dead skin away. Your hands will be left feeling amazingly soft, and you can exfoliate them as often as once a day to keep them feeling pampered and smooth.
Make sure to use the Daub and Bauble Hand Wash each time you wash your hands throughout the day as well. It is important to avoid using hand soaps with drying ingredients such as alcohol and Triclosan during the winter. These ingredients suck the moisture right out of your hands. Now, while your hands are still damp from washing, it’s time for the next step.
(2) Apply a natural moisturizer daily
Fig & Thyme Hand Lotion
After washing your hands, gently pat them dry, (do not rub them). Now it’s time to add a nice thick layer of moisture with Daub and Bauble Hand Lotion. Like the hand wash, the lotion comes in a variety of delicious scents: energetic orange and clove, exotic fig and thyme, refreshing lemon and ginger, and rich cacao and spice.
Daub and Bauble Hand Lotions are chock-full of ingredients that will go right to work at healing your dry skin. One of the best parts is that they won’t leave your hands feeling greasy, either. you’ve probably heard about the amazing moisturizing properties of Shea butter, right? Well, Daub and Bauble Hand Lotions contain Shea butter along with grape seed oil and avocado butter. Your hands will drink these nurturing ingredients right up.
Don’t forget the gloves!
Remember to protect your hands when you go outside in the cold! Don’t let the winter wind lick away all of that luxurious moisture.
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