Love Letters and Lace

Avon Moisture Therapy Creams: Intensive Healing & Repair, and Calming Relief I suffer from super dry hands in the winter, so I'm always on the hunt for a new, good hand cream. No kidding, you could probably find 4 or 5 different creams in my purse alone. I've been trying out some of the Avon Moisture Therapy hand creams and I've been really impressed with the results. There are 3 different creams in this line, but the ones I have are the Calming Relief and the Intensive Healing & Repair ones. I love each of them for different occasions. The Calming Relief cream is fantastic as an every occasion type of cream. It absorbs quickly and relieves all discomfort you can get from dryness. This is a must have to use after you wash your hands and they're feeling stripped and dry. The Intensive Healing & Repair cream is great to use around bedtime or when your hands are extremely dry and chapped. This one is much thicker, so your hands will be a little greas

Those of you who have been around my blog for a while now know that I'm pretty much addicted to Aveeno's Eczema Care hand cream. I've gone through at least 6 tubes of this and it's pretty much my favourite non steroid treatment for the eczema on my hands. When I was going to the drugstore the other day to pick up a new one of my Aveeno ones, and I saw that Polysporin had an eczema cream as well, which I was pretty curious about. I liked that it came in a bigger tube, which is a huge benefit considering how quickly I go through my Aveeno one. I'm always a bit hesitant when I try a new eczema cream because I find that not many of them have the right balance. They're either way too thick and greasy, or just so thin that my skin absorbs it in milliseconds and feels as thought I applied nothing. Here's the thing that I find pretty interesting: When you compare the ingredients in both these products, they are almost 100% identical, in the same order. So I

Anyone who works in a healthcare setting (or anywhere else that requires frequent, intense hand washing) knows that there's nothing worse (and more common!) than dry, cracked hands. I have had such a hard time dealing with this problem and I've tried out so many hand creams trying to find the best of the best; fast absorbing, non greasy, intensely moisturizing and safe for sensitive skin. I've found quite a few great creams and I thought I'd share my favourites! These are all ones that I swear by and are also safe for sensitive and eczema prone skin. If you have really dry hands or are washing your hands frequently and need a good moisturizer to keep your hands soft and lovely, these are definitely ones to try. In no particular order....... Lush - Formulae Known As (AKA the old Charity Pot) I love this stuff! I picked up one of these the first ever time I shopped at Lush and I've been repurchasing it ever since. It smells so nice (kind of like chocolate!) but