Say Goodbye to Lotion Mitts

Published on Thursday, January 31, 2008, by Aida Mollenkamp / Edit Post

Here in the test kitchen, food isn’t the only thing on our minds. Also important: lotion. We wash our hands so often that our skin becomes parched, itchy, dry, and red. Many of the lotions we’ve tried offer little protection or are so intense we feel like we’re wearing lotion mittens. While we have found a few shea butter products that are affordable and do the job, I’m currently crushing on Fresh’s Sugar Blossom Hand Treatment. Yes, it costs a lot more than I would spend on that drugstore vat of shea butter, but it’s got an addictive citrus scent, and it makes my skin feel great. Fifteen dollars is a small price to pay for the daily abuse my hands put up with.

Fresh Sugar Blossom Hand Treatment, $15 for 1 ounce

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  • hmm. i just use a couple drops of olive oil, since i usually have it open anyway.

  • forgot to mention Coumarin. plant-derived blood thinner used as the active ingredient in rat poison.

    Probably included for its fragrance of new-mown hay. Oh, well. That makes me feel better.

  • I counted at least nine different preservatives. Not what you should be putting on your hands. The tiny cappilaries which service the nerves in your fingers will deliver this immediatley to the bloodstream.

    Try 'Nature's Own' brand of Aloe cream: Aloe Vera, (hydrolyzed wheat protein, Panthenol (Vit B5) and sesame oil.) All natural, no preservatives, natural fresh scent, feels great and LASTS....+READ

    I counted at least nine different preservatives. Not what you should be putting on your hands. The tiny cappilaries which service the nerves in your fingers will deliver this immediatley to the bloodstream.

    Try 'Nature's Own' brand of Aloe cream: Aloe Vera, (hydrolyzed wheat protein, Panthenol (Vit B5) and sesame oil.) All natural, no preservatives, natural fresh scent, feels great and LASTS. It actually penetrates the upper levels of skin instead of sitting on top. Heals scrapes and minor burns, great on chronically dry cuticles.

    SUGAR BLOSSOM HAND TREATMENT

    Ingredients:
    ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER WATER
    GLYCERIN
    SQUALANE
    BUTYLENE GLYCOL
    PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAISOSTEARATE
    HYDROGENATED COCO-GLYCERIDES
    STEARIC ACID
    GLYCERYL STEARATE
    PEG-100 STEARATE
    CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC/SUCCINIC TRIGLYCERIDE
    TROMETHAMINE
    FRAGRANCE (PARFUM)
    LIMNANTHES ALBA (MEADOWFOAM) SEED OIL
    CETYL PALMITATE
    HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA FLOWER EXTRACT
    SHOREA ROBUSTA SEED BUTTER
    SUCROSE
    CAMELLIA KISSI SEED OIL
    RIBES NIGRUM (BLACK CURRANT) SEED OIL
    SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS (JOJOBA) SEED OIL
    PRUNUS ARMENIACA (APRICOT) KERNEL OIL
    TRITICUM VULGARE (WHEAT) GERM OIL
    GLYCOLIC ACID
    LACTIC ACID
    OENOTHERA BIENNIS (EVENING PRIMROSE) ROOT EXTRACT
    NELUMBO NUCIFERA FLOWER EXTRACT
    PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA ROOT EXTRACT
    LILIUM CANDIDUM BULB EXTRACT
    CITRUS NOBILIS (MANDARIN ORANGE ) FRUIT EXTRACT
    CITRUS GRANDIS (GRAPEFRUIT) FRUIT EXTRACT
    PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT
    CITRUS MEDICA LIMONUM (LEMON) PEEL OIL
    BEESWAX (CERA ALBA)
    TOCOPHEROL
    TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
    ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER
    PROPYLENE GLYCOL
    XANTHAN GUM
    SODIUM HYALURONATE
    TETRASODIUM EDTA
    PROPYL GALLATE
    SODIUM METABISULFITE
    CITRIC ACID
    BENZYL ALCOHOL
    BENZYL BENZOATE
    CITRAL
    CITRONELLOL
    COUMARIN
    GERANIOL
    LIMONENE
    LINALOOL
    PHENOXYETHANOL
    BUTYLPARABEN
    ETHYLPARABEN
    ISOBUTYLPARABEN
    METHYLPARABEN
    PROPYLPARABEN-COLLAPSE