A good hand routine with our Hydrating Hand Wash with Kalahari Oil has three steps: wash, pat dry, and massage in a little hand cream while your hands are still faintly damp. Do it in the morning, after the washes that leave your hands feeling dry through the day, and once more, slowly, at night. The whole thing takes under a minute.
The wash does the cleaning without leaving hands tight. The cream, our Hydrating Hand Cream with Kalahari Oil, does the holding. Here is each step, and how the routine shifts from morning to night.
Step 1: Wash
Run the tap warm and wet your hands. Press one pump of the wash into your palm, or two if your hands have had a long day of cooking or gardening. Work the lather slowly between your palms, then over the backs of your hands, between your fingers and around the nails, for about 20 seconds.
The wash is a castile-style liquid soap made from organic coconut, olive and jojoba oils, with organic aloe vera and a touch of Kalahari melon seed oil. Coconut gives the lather its lift, olive keeps it creamy, and jojoba leaves hands soft. Rinse well with warm water.
Step 2: Pat, do not rub
Blot your hands with a soft towel and stop while they are still slightly damp. This is the step most people skip, and it is the one that changes how the next step works. A little water left on the skin gives the cream something to hold in.
Step 3: Cream, while hands are still damp
Take a small amount of the hand cream and massage it over knuckles, cuticles and wrists first, then the backs of the hands, then the palms. It opens as a light, silky texture and melts in as you work it, then settles into a soft-touch finish with no grease left behind.
The cream is built on Kalahari melon seed oil, a light oil rich in linoleic acid that helps skin hold moisture. Aloe leaf juice and glycerin add a cool layer of hydration, and coconut, sunflower, jojoba, avocado, argan and borage oils cushion dry skin and leave hands feeling supple through the day. Because it sinks in quickly, you can go straight back to typing, cooking or turning pages.
If you want the two in one order, the Hand Wash and Hand Cream Bundle pairs a 16 fl oz bottle of each in one matching scent.
How the routine changes through the day
Morning
Wash, pat and cream after you have done your face and before you get dressed. A light layer is enough. The cream sinks in fast, so it will not mark your sleeves or your phone.
During the day
You do not need cream after every wash. Use the wash every time, and add cream when your hands start to feel dry: after washing up, after a stretch of frequent washing, or when you come in from the cold. Keeping a bottle of cream at your desk as well as by the sink makes this much easier.
Evening
Make the last wash of the day the slowest one. Warm water, a full lather, a thorough rinse, then a more generous layer of cream worked into the cuticles and over the knuckles. Hands have the whole night to stay soft.
Carrying the routine past your hands
The same idea works in the shower. Our Replenishing Body Wash with Kalahari Oil is made the same way as the hand wash, from saponified organic coconut, olive and jojoba oils with aloe and a touch of Kalahari melon seed oil. Follow it with our Rejuvenating Body Cream with Kalahari Oil on damp skin, especially over elbows, shins and heels.
The hand wash, hand cream, body wash and body cream share their scents, so you can keep one scent from the sink to the shower. Moroccan Fig and Bergamot is crisp and fresh, Hawaiian Black Lava is deep and musky, Violet and Bergamot is a fresh floral, and Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba is bright citrus over soft woods.
Questions about a daily hand routine
Why put hand cream on while my hands are still damp?
A little water left on the skin helps the cream spread easily and gives it moisture to hold in. Patting dry instead of rubbing leaves just enough behind.
Do the hand wash and hand cream come in matching scents?
Yes. Both come in Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, Hawaiian Black Lava, Violet and Bergamot, and Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba, and the bundle pairs them in one scent.
Do I need cream after every single wash?
No. Use the wash every time and the cream when your hands feel dry, plus a more generous layer at night.
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