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Which drugstore basics actually fix dry, cracked skin?
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items I am a mom of two and my hands are wrecked by October every year from washing them a hundred times a day. Instead of buying another expensive cream I went back to the cheap drugstore stuff my mom kept on her dresser, and most of it beat the fancy thi...
My mom kept a jar of this on her dresser my whole childhood and I finally bought one myself last winter when my cheeks were flaking through makeup. I use it as a night cream and I wake up without that tight feeling, and one jar has lasted me since Fe...
POND'S Dry Skin Cream Face Moisturizer
I keep the blue tin by the back door and use it on my knuckles, on my kids' cheeks in winter, and on my heels before bed. A tin runs about six dollars and I am still working through the one I bought last year. It is genuinely thick and takes a minute...
NIVEA Creme Moisturizing Cream Tin
I buy the big 14 ounce jar because I go through it on hands, elbows, lips, and my son's chapped chin all winter. Layering a thin coat over lotion at night is the single thing that finally healed my split knuckles. It is straight up greasy, so I only ...
Aquaphor Advanced Therapy Healing Ointment
I bought this after my hands split open at the knuckles from dish soap, and it closed the cracks in about four days. It sinks in fast and is not greasy, which is why I can actually use it in the middle of the day instead of only at bedtime. It smells...
O'Keeffe's Working Hands Cream 3.4 Oz
Slathering on a thick cream and then pulling these over the top is what finally made overnight hand treatment work for me, because otherwise I just wipe it all onto the sheets. Four pairs means I can throw them in with the regular wash instead of bab...
Cotton Moisturizing Gloves for Overnight Hand Care
I reach for this every day after the shower because it is cheap enough that I never ration it and it does not leave me sticky when I get dressed right away. The aloe one is the version I keep rebuying. It has a soapy drugstore smell that fades in abo...
Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion, Aloe, 14 Fl Oz
The 12 percent lactic acid is what actually took the sandpaper bumps off the backs of my arms after about three weeks of nightly use, and nothing else I tried even touched them. I now use it on my shins too. It stings if you put it on right after sha...
AmLactin Daily Nourish Lotion 12% Lactic Acid
I use this on my legs and on my daughter's upper arms because it exfoliates without me having to scrub anything, which she will not sit still for. It is thicker than the AmLactin so I prefer it once the weather turns cold. The tub gets messy once you...
CeraVe SA Moisturizing Cream for Rough Skin
My heels get bad by August from living in slides all summer, and this is what I put on after I file them down. The urea is the part that actually softens the thick skin instead of just sitting on top of it. It is fragrance free, but it takes a good f...
Eucerin Advanced Repair Foot Cream, 3 oz
I was nervous about this because it looks like a cheese grater, but it takes the hard yellow skin off my heels in about two minutes. Using it on dry feet works far better than doing it in the shower, which I learned the slow way. It is very easy to o...
Rikans Colossal Foot File and Callus Remover
I pull these on over foot cream and by morning my heels are smooth instead of catching on the sheets. The gel lining is the reason the cream ends up in my skin instead of soaked into a cotton sock. They run warm, so in summer I only wear them for an ...
ZenToes Moisturizing Gel Heel Socks
My sister brought one of these back from Japan years ago and I have kept one in the shower ever since. It is long enough to reach my whole back, which no loofah has ever managed, and it lifts the flaky skin off so my lotion actually absorbs instead o...
SALUX Japanese Exfoliating Wash Cloth
I switched to this once I worked out that my old body wash was half the reason my legs itched every night. The pump also stops my kids from dumping a third of the bottle down the drain. It barely lathers compared to a foaming wash, which felt wrong t...
Dove Deep Moisture Body Wash Pump
I keep a box of these for the nights my daughter's eczema flares and she cannot stop scratching long enough to fall asleep. One packet in a lukewarm bath settles her down, which is honestly what I am paying for. The oatmeal makes the tub slippery and...
Aveeno Soothing Bath Treatment Eczema 8 ct
None of the creams did much for me until I realized my bedroom air was bone dry all winter with the heat running. Running this at night is why I stopped waking up with a scratchy throat and skin that felt two sizes too small. The tank needs refilling...
Levoit 3L Cool Mist Humidifier for the Bedroom