Review | Wild Rose Hand Cream

Recently, I've become a bit of a hand cream lover. I've always wanted to use it endlessly, but I have to be careful because I have eczema on my hands, so sometimes it's just too risky. However it's cleared up a lot in the last few years, and now this is my newest obsesion! 

I picked this up because it was half price as I walked past The Body Shop in Nottingham; how could I resist that?! The 100ml size is normally £10, but I got it for £5, which is actually the price of the 30ml size! You can find it on the website here. Although I bought it because it was on offer, I would definitely still buy this for its full price because I love it so much.

I've sampled it a few times before I bought it, and every time it left my hands feeling absolutely amazing. I'm not a huge fan of wild rose, but it's growing on me the more I'm using it and I'm starting to quite like it. I think it's a very relaxing smell, and I try to use it before I go to bed so I've started to associate it with unwinding. It's not an overpowering scent, but I find I can sometimes get a whiff of it still a few hours after I've put some on.

There are also other scents; absinthe, hemp and almond, but wild rose is by far my favourite of the lot.

The actual cream isn't very thick once you apply it, and it sinks in to my skin so much faster than I expected it to. I don't feel like I have to sit there with my hands out waiting for it to dry. I've noticed a definite improvement in my skin since I've been using it too- it's a lot smoother and less irritable. I've found it's especially good for getting rid of redness too, especially at the moment when it's such cold weather! Another total bonus is that it has SPF 15 in it, so it's protecting your skin from even the few and far between rays of winter sun. I'm a strong believer in using SPF products all year round!

The packing, from what I've heard, can be a bit controversial; personally, I love it. The main thing you need to be careful with is if you travel with it. The packaging is a soft metal-kind of material, meaning if you squash it, the next time you open it, you'll know about it. I've seen a few people struggling with the fact that they've gotten out far more than they intended! Mine sits on my desk however, so this isn't really a problem for me.

Would you give this a go, or have you already?!

n xx