Dear LPG, 

Ladies, as we get older, we can all agree that wrinkles have no problems finding their way to our skin. 
I know that most of us try our best to ignore them but I have noticed that there is as much advertising which showcases anti-ageing products as we walk around our streets, watch our televisions and read our magazines these days as there is for makeup creams and other preparations we have used over the years, which probably helped us to get many of them in the first place. 

I suspect that, like me, most of my contemporaries do the best they can with the help of a mirror when we try to make sure we look as normal as we can each morning before avoiding anything reflective for the rest of the day. 

But while we spend all that time worrying about our faces, we often forget those other very hard-working parts of our bodies: our hands. We do so much with them daily, and many of us don't give them a second thought even though if we are doers, our eyes must focus on them every time they work for us. Putting them in and out of water is not the best thing either, and yet, if we have followed all the critical advice we have been given over the past three or so years, we have spent even more time than ever washing them.

I keep buying the hand creams, not the cheap ones, but I admit to not using them as often as I should. 
Following the more intense hand-washing instructions that Covid-19 reminded us of keeps them submerged even more. Then, when I have turned to dry them on a towel, I am already thinking about the next thing I plan to do, which so often helps me forget the exercise's hand-creaming part.  

I recently stumbled upon something that might make a difference. I found a few recipes for some homemade hand creams, which got my attention. I am not sure they are any better than the shop-bought ones, but for some odd reason, I have found that I remember to use the ones that I have taken the trouble to make myself much more readily. 

So, as part of my crusade to get people to be kinder to their hands, I have asked LPG to share some of the recipes in the hope that if you make it yourself, you might remember to use it more readily.   

One last note: gentlemen, your hands are not exempt. They also need all the help they can get

GK, Brockley.

GK shares her recipes and a  little advice for the gentlemen…

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