I looked at my hands recently and had a mini freak out for a second, my hands looked dry and old so I knew it was time to up the ante. The garden, picking up after kid, playing rough and tumble and farming aren't the kindest to my hands and digits but its the cool drying winter air that seems to be nailing (excuse the pun) my hands at the moment.
The packaging is simple Clarins, White squeeze tube with a screw top lid. Also handy as it sits on it lid so it's easy to squeeze out quickly, This hand cream is delish, the cream is a thick white cream with a kind of fruity scent, it absorbs nicely and it leaves a bit of a greasy residue for 10 minutes or so but its not too unpleasant. for a start I thought it was like any old hand cream nothing special about it but after 2 weeks of use using it at least 3 times a day I'm happy to say I have noticed a difference, my hands look smooth and the lines and creases have smoothed out a lot already. It also says it helps target age spots but I haven't got any of those so can't comment on that. And the nails? Well my nails were already hard and grew fast (I don't know why I'm a mum and farmer) I have gone from someone who would hide my hands to someone who is actually a wee bit proud of them now just because they look so good.
Love this hand cream. I think it's the only hand cream that actually has ingredients that can wind back the ageing of hands.
The cream itself is lovely and thick but doesn't leave the greasy residue like other popular hand creams. The scent, like most of clarions products is orange, which I like and the scent tends to stick around which is lovely.
It is the kind of hand cream that at first seems like all the others and you question the price tag, but after about a month of use I found my hands looked smoother, my cuticles weren't peeling and dry looking like they once did, and my hands and nails looked generally a lot healthier looking. I don't tend to grow super long nails but they're more likely to all be a uniform length now thanks to this hand nail cream as they're breaking a lot less.
It has a higher price tag than others but this is the only one I've found delivers results, especially around the ageing of my hands. A little goes a long way with this product also, so it lasts a really long time.
You won't regret this purchase.
Tips: I tend to wait for gift with purchase deals to buy this, and often at Christmas time there are gift sets that have the cream in mini trios which is great for the handbag etc.