If you’re working out in the garden this bank holiday, keep your skin protected and conditioned with this gardener-approved hand cream with thousands of five star reviews
If this May Bank Holiday and the coming weeks means you’ll be getting outside to tackle some overdue gardening jobs, you’ll probably find that your hands feel the effects of the hard work and regular washing, feeling dry, chapped and sore. Luckily, Amazon shoppers have found a must-have solution – and it’s on sale.
A 96g jar of O’Keeffe’s Working Hands is currently down from £8.49 to £6 on Amazon at the moment, making it a great extra addition to your shopping basket if you’re buying other gardening essentials on the site (we’re seeing that products such as Wet & Forget patio cleaner and Bosch EasyAquatak Pressure Washer are proving to be popular buys at the moment).
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A rich and intensely moisturising hand cream, O’Keeffe’s Working Hands contains glycerin, which helps to lock in moisture and form a protective barrier over the skin, with shoppers calling it “the best cream for rough hands out there” and “perfect for gardener’s hands”.
Boasting over 85,000 reviews globally and an impressive 4.7 stars out of 5 overall, here’s what some of its fans are saying about this household essential:
“This hand cream is brilliant, it doesn’t have an over-powering scent, it absorbs very quickly and within first use my husband said his hands were less dry and painful,” one person wrote online. “I have often bought cheaper hand creams in the past but I will be using this from now on. As a keen gardener myself, I used some on my own hands and couldn’t believe how soft and hydrated my hands felt. I will be buying two tubs from now on!” You can also buy a multipack of six jars for £32.99, saving you an additional £4.
“I bought this for a friend who works outside in the garden, fishing, golfing and with machines the whole time and won’t wear gloves. The result is horribly cracked and painful hands with ingrained dirt that he just can’t get rid of,” other review reads. “This stuff had him on the phone the following morning saying it had already made a difference and a week later his hands are unrecognisable. It’s been a bit of a revelation.”
A third five-star review jokingly called it ‘a face lift for your hands’, writing: “I have 50 year-old hands which are often neglected through gardening, DIY, cleaning etc. If I use this at nighttime, just before bed, when I wake up my hands look like they did when I was muuuuuch younger. All smooth and soft! I wonder if they make a face cream!”
One minor downside that one person found, however, was that it comes in a tub rather than a bottle, writing: “The jar size is good, but it’s messy to use; I wish it had a pump.” If you’re looking for an alternative that instead comes in a tube, The Body Shop Hemp Hand Protector, from £8, also has thousands of five star reviews and is one of The Body Shop’s bestselling products.
And if you’re shopping on Amazon this weekend, don’t forget to check out some of the other gardening must-haves on sale on the site; hose pipes, grass seed and pizza ovens are all hugely reduced this bank holiday.
