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I love using coconut oil to help with my dry skin. thanks for the chance!

A great tip for making hands soft and smooth is rubbing hands together with lemon juice and sugar. Rinse off and your hands are smooth and soft. Lather with your favourite lotion. Also great if they are smelly after eating fresh seafood with your hands. Oh you can use salt too but if you have any cuts it will sting! I use this all the time when I have done garden work (not that often) but lots during winter.

It’s crazy how much drinking enough water helps. I hear this constantly and, yet, rarely follow the advice but when I do, amazing!

Whenever I get dry and hands, I mix some everyday sugar with some olive oil and scrub, scrub, scrub. Rinse off the sugar and slather on the lotion. Put on gloves out just sit back for a bit, and let the oil soak in!

Udderly smooth is my go to cream!

Baby oil in the shower – after you’ve finished washing, but before you dry off – rub baby oil into your still wet skin. Really helps with the dry, scaly patches I get on my legs and elbows.

I use Mary Kay extra emollient night cream for my hands, elbows, and it is perfect for lips! It works great!!!

I really like Gold Bond lotion….or for really dry feet, try A&D diaper ointment and some cotton socks!

Slather your hands with coconut oil and wear 100% cotton socks to bed. You’ll wake up with super soft skin!

I totally have the same dry skin problem! Here are a few things that I do to combat winter & the effects of rock climbing chalk on my poor little hands: 1) Paraffin dip- it’s genius!!!! My hands are always super soft after a little dip in hot wax. 2) Miracle Hand Repair cream- it’s a super thick cream that isn’t greasy and works well day or night! and 3) Homemade sugar scrub- Just use a 2:1 ratio of sugar to coconut oil, put it in a pretty jar and use it whenever you need an extra moisture boost!

I still really like using Bath and Body Works lotions as they work fairly well on my hands. (But that could be because I don’t have super dry skin on my hands. My elbows are another story.) But they have this one scent I only found recently called Sweet on Paris and it smells amazing. It smells almost like your in a Paris bakery! It’s a great mix of blackberry, lemon meringue, and vanilla.

Hi I love your blog, it gives me so much inspiration and good ideas for my face I use Grape seed oil, it is so light and gives a soft and smooth finish to your skin. I use it for both removing makeup and moisturizing, hope you try it.

I sew all the time, and since moving to Montana, the winters are pretty brutal on my hands. I love the high-elevation cream from Origins (and it works on the face), I’ve used the Gold Bond (it’s okay), but my favorite is the bee bar (looks like a bar of bees wax in a tin).

I just discovered Gold Bond Ultimate Healing with Aloe. My hands are becoming so soft! We are cold here in NE AZ and my hands are always so dry.

My go to remedy for dry skin, burns, insect bites, cuts and everything in between is this wonderful item i can’t do without called PawPaw cream. it is from Australia but is available online. My daughter’s boyfriend from Australia brought me some years ago and I am hooked on it. It is also great for diaper rash. I rub in all over my feet and especially the rough areas of my heel at night when I feel they are extra dry and cracking and then put some socks on overnight. The next morning it feels as smooth as when i get a pedicure.

I’m with everyone who says you need to drink lots and lots of water. I notice that if I slack on my liquid intake for even one day, my lips and cuticles start cracking!!

Coconut oil works for me. I also cover myself with any thick body butter after I bathe or shower.

I slather whatever lotion or potion is handy (ha!) on my poor dry hands at every opportunity, especially after washing them. A tube or pump of something is in just about every room of my house, coat pocket, and purse!

When I have time (and I can make myself sit still!), I will use warmed olive oil. I haven’t tried the coconut butter yet – I may have to do that this weekend.

I usually use Aveeno brand lotion because it makes my skin super soft and doesn’t irritate my skin like some lotions do. If you have sensitive skin, definitely recommend!

I recently discovered almond oil, and though it feels a little weird rubbing oil on your skin, it makes it so soft!

I also second Alma’s vitamin E recommendation, it’s great for moisturizing, but also for healing small cuts and preventing scars. You can buy straight up Vitamin E cream.

I get eczema on my hands, so I’m a huge fan of Cortizone’s Eczema Intensive Healing Lotion – but it’s great for any dry skin. It rubs in easily and doesn’t have a strong smell.

I wash my hands constantly in an attempt to not get sick and a couple of years ago I ended up with dry, cracked skin on my hands. That’s when I discovered a great little product called Hoof Alive. I found it at Rainbow Acres in Marina del Rey, but I would guess other health food shops should have it. It comes in a tub and feels a bit like lip balm. It has a rather distinct smell so I only use it at night, but it works wonders.

I love Deep Sea Cosmetics Dead Sea Hand and Body Lotion. My hands take a beating from all the hand washing I do and this stuff keeps them from getting dry and cracked. Thanks for the opportunity to win.=)

Good ol’ fashion Petroleum Jelly for dry, cracked, chapped hands!

Jergen’s ultra healing lotion is the best. I use it all the time since my hands are so dry from washing all the time (I work in a hospital). Also, after washing my face at night, I use Pond’s dry skin cream on my face every night.

My kids have struggled with dry skin and excema. The best tips I have for them is, after baths, to slather them down with eucerin cream….when their skin is still wet. It helps to retain the moisture!

In the evening grate a potatoe, add half a spoon of luke warm water, half a spoon of olive or sunfloweroil, mix this.

Put it on your hands, wait till it is dry, rinse with luke warm water.

Next day, fill a bowl with warm water, just comfortable enough to keep your hands in for a while and add 7 or 8 spoon of olive/sunfloweroil. After soaking your hands in the water/oil mix, take out your hands, put a few drops of oil on your hands and put warm clean cotton socks over your hands. Leave the socks as long as possible, preferably all night.

If you have callused hand, try the above but scrub your hands with ungorunded salt woth oil, mix 1 spoon of both and scrub your hand (or feet) with it. After that soak your hands in water/oil mix.

I use Aquaphor, although not nearly as often as I should!

Aquaphor is probably one of the greatest inventions ever, something I use every day to treat my dry skin! It keeps lips hydrated for hours, and then I slather some on my hands at night and put on some cotton socks to let it soak in letting your body heat help infuse it into the skin. By the morning, I gently wipe away with a hot, damp, washcloth and WHAM moisturized hands. Aloe vera gel also helps to keep skin feeling soft.

My girls get VERY scaly, awful crackly hands in the winter, despite our efforts of fish oil and plenty of water to help from the inside out. I FINALLY found a cream that doesn’t make their hands sting like crazy! In fact, it doesn’t sting at all! The Body Shop Olive Body Butter. The. Best. Done.

Aquaphor did the trick when my son was younger. I have been using Avon Moisture Therapy lately.

i’m constantly using bath and body lotions and anti-bacs, they’re the best!

My son’s hands get horribly dry and cracked and the lotion that has worked the best for him is Aveeno Baby Daily Moisturizing lotion. We put it on at night with a pair of mittens and he is good for a couple of days.

I put an oatmeal lotion or homemade oatmeal rub on them and wrap them in a warm towel for about 15 min. works wonders

Great tip for dry lips is olive oil. Just dab a little on and spread it around. tastes good and you have it at home. Much better than Chap Stick.

I use Jojoba oil on my face or even emu oil but it is harder to find. You can either use it by itself or a couple of drops of essential oil for a beautiful scent.

Thank you so much for offering such a wonderful giveaway. My skin (especially on my shins) is horribly dry during winter months. The only product I have found that keeps my skin soft and itch free is Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion. I also swear by Rosebud Salve for chapped lips.

Coconut oil! It works for everything: dry skin, dry hair, dry lips, and cooking! Plus it’s good for you so no worrying about what nasty chemicals are in your lotions.

Bag Balm is the BOMB in that little green cube! Slather it on feet and cover with those colorful fluffy socks (I call them “bed socks” cause they’re the warmest) for a perfect overnight conditioning. Great to use on hands (I’m a massage therapist) and its the fastest cure for chapped lips I’ve ever found (and I’m 50).

I’m an all natural girl and in our house, we LOVE Burt’s Bees. We use quite a bit of their products. We all have some sort of skin problem, mine being eczema. My fiance uses Argon Oil which is amazing and I love using organic coconut oil. And if I have a zit coming on…straight lemon juice. Apply it as much as needed. My zits go away within a day or two because of this. Something else that helps with just about anything, is Lansinoh’s Lanolin. It’s pure and unless you are allergic to anything sheep, this works great on burns, chapped lips, dry hands…and of course what most people buy it for…babies! It’s fairly inexpensive, works better than Bag Balm and a little goes a long way!