K-beauty brand Huxley uses ingredients from the Sahara Desert — like prickly pear seed oil — which makes perfect sense when you think about how well these plants retain moisture. The brand's hand cream is lightweight but notably nourishing.
This trusty favorite provides a straightforward, ultra-rich and buttery option for those who prefer a lighter scent. Like its name implies, it's formulated with seaberry oil, a potent antioxidant the protects and softens your skin. It also contains cupuaçu butter, sal seed, and shea butter to hydrate, and cranberry seed oily to improve elasticity and smoothness.
If your hands are craving something even richer, SpaRitual's Hand Salve is a great option. It's made with marula oil, shea butter, and honeybush extract, aloe leaf extract, as well as a bounty of skin-loving botanical oils and extracts. Though a bit heavier than some of the other hand creams we've highlighted here, your skin can still breathe.
While a bit of a splurge, this showstopper of a hand balm moisturizes like a rock star. It's more of a balm than a lotion or cream, and is formulated with hydrating organic olive oil, nourishing rice bran oil, and vitamin E. The lavender scent leads more woody than herby or floral and is blended with notes of amber.
You'll have a hard time finding another hand cream that smells like this one — cinnamon sugar and cream. It boasts a moisturizing blend of shea butter, cocoa butter, and jojoba seed oil, while soothing aloe vera, cucumber extract, and enriching vitamins A and E round out the ingredient list.
