A woman has revealed her favourite products to keep her hands hydrated and looking youthful.
She said that while she has tried many expensive creams in the past, budget-friendly beauty products work best.
Reddit user Waste-Carpenter-8035 shared his favorite products for youthful looking hands on the platform.
She revealed in the post that she’ll never forget when her high school boyfriend told her she had “granny moves” in the library.
The experience left her deeply scarred, and from that day on, she knew she had to solve the problem.
“Since that day I’ve been mean and have been on a mission to have the softest, most wrinkle-free hands,” she said.
Now 27, she admitted she’d “tried every expensive hand cream” in an attempt to turn back time.
She also said she tried every “trick” out there.
There was one anti-aging product that stood out and was a game changer.
O’Keeffe’s Working Hands Hand Cream, Fragrance Free, $8, available at Target.
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The product description states that it is a “concentrated hand cream that heals, relieves and repairs extremely dry, cracked hands.”
“This is real,” the Reddit user added, owing the discovery entirely to her spouse.
“My husband is the one who got me into this business,” she said.
The couple both work in construction, so they spend a lot of time outdoors.
She explained that being outside in the winter is “really hard” on her hands.
“Plus, turning up the heat in the car to keep them warm or sitting in front of a space heater in the office 24/7 isn’t going to help them,” she added.
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- Keep your skin hydrated from the inside by drinking water and from the outside by using a moisturizer.
- Be sure to use sunscreen even if you are not in direct sunlight.
- Use Vitamin C to brighten your skin and don’t forget to apply it to your neck.
- Argireline Solution 10%, $9.70, The Ordinary
- The Inkey List Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Face Serum, $10, Sephora
- The Inkey List Caffeine Depuffing + Dark Circle Eye Cream, $11, Sephora
- CeraVe Anti-Aging Retinol Serum, $12, Walmart
- CeraVe Vitamin C Serum with Hyaluronic Acid, $14.58, Amazon
- Boost Lab Neck Firming Serum, $29.99, Amazon
- Sea cucumber collagen anti-aging cream,
$88$70, Besher
She said she usually applies this at night before going to bed.
However, one Reddit user warned that the cream could be disliked if used incorrectly.
“The label apparently says that if it’s sticky, you’ve used too much. I had the same problem at first, but once I used less, it stopped being sticky!” they explained.
“I didn’t realize it was tacky,” the original poster said.
“Weird,” she added.
Others praised the skin care products.
“This product works great for me. When my hands started to get really dry and cracked I bought the nighttime lotion and applied a thick layer of it and slept with socks on my hands,” one commenter wrote.
“I wish I could sleep with socks on my hands! I’ve tried it, but it feels weird and I end up taking them off in the middle of the night,” she replied.
