Hand Care - essential for hard-working hands

 
 
Hand care for hands which nurture need nurturing & nourishing themselves!
 
There's nothing like an afternoon or morning spent working in the garden or in the house or anywhere, really.  It is really fulfilling, spiritually and physically, and of course you can enjoy the sights of your labours immediately - the result is all your hard work.

For many of us, though, we also feel a need to give our hands a little or a lot of tender loving care, as they can feel dry, not to mention be incredibly grubby.  So here's a selection of goodies for gardeners to help them care for their hands as well as their garden!  Or they can enjoy a long soak in the bath
The National Trust has a Lavender Hand Cream

The National Trust has a Lavender Hand Cream, (75ml).  It's beautifully scented, infused with lavender oil and marigold extract, and it's got beneficial plant butters, oil and vit E.   For £10.00 it would make a lovely gift for a gardening loving friend.  Find out more from the National Trust.
 This is the Odylique Gardeners' Rescue Kit, available from Natural Collection  There's the Odylique Gardeners' Rescue Kit from Natural Collection.  It includes Calendula Balm (20g) - you can apply this on skin that's cracked, dry or chapped such as hands and feet, elbows and cuticles, and the Odylique Spot-on-Serum (20ml) which helps aid the repair of scratches, minor skin damage.  stings or bites.  This is for £19.00 from Natural Collection.
This is the Gardener's Repair And Relaxation Gift

This is the Gardener's Repair And Relaxation Gift, available from Not on the High Street for £34.95.  The gift box has a personalised card with the recipient's name and your personal message, small gardener's scissors (not for use on you, for use in the garden, perhaps cutting herbs or flowers, and a pack of 20  extra wide wooden seed labels, in birch wood, to help keep the garden neat and ordered.  Go to Not on the High Street to find out more and buy this gift.
 This is the Scent Free Sun Cream SPF30 200ml from Green People Not a hand care kit as such, but Green People have a natural sunscreen scent-free SPF30 which could be a lovely gift for people who like organic beauty products and spend a lot of time in the sun.   They also have sun products for children.    See their range here.
For people who love horses and ponies, how about the Dartmoor Gardener's Soap? For people who love horses and ponies, how about the Dartmoor Gardener's Soap, a hard-working soap with olive oil and pumice, just the thing for removing stubborn soil or grease - and yet kind to the skin. The soap is £5.25 and 5p from every sale is donated to the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust.   Find out all about it from Not on the High Street.