My hands are getting scaly and extremely dry now that fall is arrived, and I anticipate that they will crack shortly. Nevertheless, I find that any hand cream I attempt to use is really greasy because I have oily skin, even on my hands and arms. My hands feel oily after using products like Aveeno, L’Occitane, Eucerin, Okeefe, and Vaseline lotion.
Is there any kind of lotion or handcream that truly hydrates, absorbs fast, and doesn’t leave a greasy residue?
I’d suggest Neutrogena’s Norwegian hand cream! It is quite thick, but for me it absorbs fairly quickly and has healed my split-prone super dry skin. I usually hate the feeling of anything on my palms/fingers, but I haven’t found this to leave that type of feeling.
when i use the aveeno hand lotion specifically meant for the hands, it feels kinda greasy but when i use the aveeno body lotion it soaks in really quickly and is moisturizing as well
Caudalie has a hand cream called “vinotherapist hand and nail cream” that I think might be my perfect consistency. It absorbs quickly and isn’t too thick but actually hydrates AND it smells like a freshly cut grapefruit
The neutrogena Norwegian formula hand cream is great because it is glycerin, so when you rub it in, it turns white and then sinks in. Instantly better looking hands. Like crepey dry hands to smooth and plump. I’ve even used it on super chapped lips in an emergency before and it worked great (tasted awful).
Problem is that if you want fast-absorbing, non-greasy feel, you’re left with creams that are pretty ineffective at solving the actual problem, IMO.
I slather on grapeseed oil and Eucerin Original Healing cream and leave latex gloves on for an hour so at night, or even sleep in them. Couple rounds of that really helps.
Seconding this. I buy mine from Marshalls or Winners, and they’re HG for me. I have the snail kind at work, and the peach kind at home, they work wonders.
Something I didn’t see in the comments that I do. I live where it gets very cold in the winter and also get dry, cracked hands. Slather the back of your hands or wherever is dry in Vaseline and then put on those thin cotton gloves and wear them to bed. Whatever doesn’t get absorbed by morning can be washed off. It’s amazing!