Hands Will Love Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream

Hand cream. Hand cream is one of those products we use but unless you use it everyday, you don’t appreciate it. Only when hands look and feel dry, sometimes cracked and aged that we are rummaging around for our magic in a tube. Or at least that’s what I’ve been doing recently! The hand cream I’m currently using is Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream, which was gifted to me by Glow a few months ago. So what is this like? Is this any good?

Consistency/Texture/look

Glow’s Gin & Tonic Hand Cream is white in colour, smooth in texture and has the consistency of lotion. It’s liquid but not runny and not thick.

Fragrance

This has a citrus undertone to it. Earthy in scent and almost herbal. Gin & Tonic Hand Cream has a slightly masculine smell to it. It’s such an unusual fragrance and not something I’ve smelt before, especially in a body care product. It won’t appeal to everyone but it’s that kind of scent that slowly grows on you.

The state of my hands recently

Literally within the space of a week my hands have gone from a lovely brown colour, relatively smooth to ashy, dry and shrivelled. THIS is what going into the Winter season has done to them! So I’ve been carrying this in my pocket in work to help them look less dead like. This hand cream has had its work cut out with me!

In use

I tend to use this mostly in work because I’m using my hands a lot. Although this is lotion like in consistency, it has a slip to it so it feels very moisturising but it’s not sticky and greasy in feel. Sinks in very easily, and it doesn’t take long for me to be able to use my hands once this applied. My hands immediately look more healthy as the colour comes back to them and they look moisturised and not dry. Plus they feel less tight.

I do have to use this a regularly because I’m using my hands a lot so I apply this little and often. The fragrance isn’t strong but it’s there and I get a whiff of it throughout the day. Honestly? I was unsure whether I liked how this is fragranced but the more I used it the more I think I’m softening towards it.

Recommended?

I like this hand cream. Easy and quick to use, leaves the hands feeling and looking moisturised but normal and not shiny. It’s quite a light weight hand cream so perfect for normal to dry hands. Really dry hands may need something thicker but for most of us this will do nicely. Recommended!

This comes in different fragrances just in case Gin & Tonic isn’t for you. Available soon once Glow’s online store is restocked.