Hand Cream Happiness - Hissyfit Handy Work and Sukin Organic Hand Cream

As I have harped on a few times, I got a mole cut out of my hand in October. Scary. I wear sunscreen everyday, but with washing your hands about a thousand times a day it is bound to come off. I adore Hissyfit Saving Face which I use instead of a facial sunscreen (although, as Dee pointed out, a lot of people won't because it is incredibly thick) so I decided to pick up the hand cream from their range, mostly as I read on Miss Chew's blog that although it is really high in sunscreen, it soaks in quite readily. That is quite important for me, as for some reason, I don't mind heavy creams on my face, but my hands and body are a different story. I have no idea why it is, but I hate the sticky slippery situation that you get from creams and lotion, so when I apply hand cream I squeeze some onto the back of my hands and rub the back of my hands together, so that I don't get it on my fingers! Fingers are more likely to slip around, plus you have to touch so many things. Yuck.

God I am a weirdo.

Back on point. Hissyfit Handy Work is still quite a thick cream, but it is no where near as thick as Saving Face. Even though it is thick, it soaks in really well. It does leave a slight residue, but that is expected considering it is primarily a sunscreen, although it contains aloe vera and vitamin E to provide some lovely moisture. It smells like orange mint, which is an interesting smell, it reminds me of orange cream biscuits/toilet soap... I am not really sure how to describe it. It is not a disgusting smell, but it is not insanely pleasant. But, I am not a fan of anything citrus so other people might really love it. Luckily it dissipates pretty quickly. I completely trust the level of sunscreen in Hissyfit, and it has been proven to me as my hands haven't been burnt at all, even though I was chilling on the beach for a lot of today without reapplication. In all, I am really enjoying this hand cream, and it has become a little bit of a handbag staple for me.

At night before bed I slather my hands completely in my Sukin Hand and Nail Cream, which soaks in well and doesn't aggravate my weirdo obsession, but that doesn't really matter because I am asleep anyway. When I wake up in the morning my hands are lovely and soft, and this hand cream contains aloe vera and vitamin E (like Hissyfit), but it also contains hydrolysed soy protein to help strengthen your nails. It smells of the Sukin signature scent, which is a little like lavender and vanilla. I love that smell. Plus, sukin products are Australian Certified Organic, which is the massive drawing card for me. I bloody love this stuff (and the entire range, really).

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