14 Hand Creams to Soften Up Your Dry, Parched Granny Hands This Winter
My hand cream addiction started during those brutal Boston winters in college, when I'd blow all my money on $30 tubes of Clarins Hand and Nail Treatment (or "crème jeunesse des mains" as I annoyingly liked to say, because the fancy French translation seemed to justify the then-extravagance). I even stopped leaving the white and red tube in the living room because I realized my roommate was helping herself to generous amounts of the lush cream like it was generic Lubriderm or something. (It's like $2 an application!)
But seriously, a really good hand cream is a must in the winter. Not just to soothe parched, weather-beaten hands (made worse by all the neurotic hand-washing) and painful cracked cuticles, but because dry, raisin-y hands can make you look older. At this point, my winter hand wrinkles are putting about 10 years on me. So in the name of research -- and my quest for eternal youth -- I tried out a slew of adorably packaged, totally portable and ultra-moisturizing hand creams for the season — plus a few old favorites, like my trusty Clarins.
Click through the gallery below to see how you can keep your hands soft, moisturized and youthful this winter — and in a range of price points, from low to La Mer.