{For soft, smooth hands in the fall, keep them nourished and moisturized}

Since I was a little girl, I’ve been slightly obsessed with hand lotions. I remember dreading high-fiving the opposing team after soccer games, afraid the other girls would notice the calluses I’d developed playing on the bars in the schoolyard. My mom always had incredibly soft hands, so I would raid her bathroom cabinet and slather on her creams, often mixing some of each kind till it created a sticky mess. Luckily, I’ve moved on from my days on the uneven bars, so keeping my hands soft is a much simpler task. These are some of the best hand creams I’ve tried, in order of my favorites – just in time for the start of dry autumn weather:

1. Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Skin Therapy Cream with Aloe
2. Crabtree & Evelyn La Source Ultra-Moisturizing Hand Therapy
3. Aveeno Skin Relief Hand Cream
4. Mary Kay Hydrating Lotion
5. Johnson’s Extra Care Healing Hand Cream
6. L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream