L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream

Advantages: Hands that feel wonderful
Disadvantages: It can feel slightly heavy at first - Pricey

...Having used L'Occitane now for over three years I think my trial of this product adequate to speak honestly about it. I have occasionally wandered to other “recommended” brands but I always seem to go back to both this one and my Moor Spa cream. Why? Well if you’ve read some of my other ops you will know that I am prone to severe excema on my hands and occasionally minor outbreaks elsewhere. That makes the choosing and using of lotions and potions ...
...give me the results that L'Occitane does. Like its brethren above it also left enough on the hands to mark everything I touched. Liz Earle: Liz uses naturally pure ingredients and her cream was designed for people who suffer from excema. Ideal you would think? So it is but it still hasn’t the strength of the cream on which this review is based. However, while the Liz Earle hand cream is a good reliable product I found it was not quite as thick ... Read review

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...The Product ************** Here's what L'Occitane has to say about their product: "L'OCCITANE'S famous Hand Cream is our number-one selling product... and for very good reason. Enriched with 20% Shea Butter, this super-creamy balm in a take-it-everywhere tube quickly penetrates to protect, nourish and regenerate the skin. We blend nutty ingredients such as almonds, honey and coconut oil into this buttery, fast-absorbing mixture for the ultimate ...
...good to. I could definitely do with some protection on my skin, as I spend a lot of my day with my hands in and out of hot water washing pots or cleaning. Packaging ************** This product comes in a sleek silver tube with a chunky hexagonal top that is easy to grip and open. The tube contains all vital ingredient information as well as a couple of warnings, the most important being that this product contains almonds, so people with nut allergies ... Read review

Advantages: Moisturises without greasiness, long-lasting, little goes a long way
Disadvantages: packaging a bit bleurgh, not widely available

I first came across this particular hand cream a couple of weeks ago while I was browsing around Debenhams looking for inspirational Christmas gifts. I remembered that tucked away in my purse were some unused gift vouchers that I’d received for my last birthday and decided it was high time I treated myself. I had been complaining lately that my hands were becoming dry due to those cold mornings standing at the school gates followed by sitting in ...
...were taking their toll on my skin so some serious hand pampering was called for. Although using a moisturising hand wash did help in the short-term I decided to buy a hand-cream for a more-lasting effect, so I browsed around the skincare department and saw the L’Occitane display and tried a tester of the Shea Butter Hand cream. Within minutes my hands had lost their dull, scaly complexion and in its place, silky soft skin. I was impressed so I decided ... Read review

Advantages: Moisturises like no other product that I have come across
Disadvantages: Rather expensive and it isn't widely available

I was first introduced to L'Occitane when I smelt one of their candles in the exhibition room of my jewellery teacher's designs. I had never smelt any other candle like it and so promptly went out to buy one of my own. I walked into that shop to purchase a single tin of that Melissa Pear candle and ended up coming out of the shop with it and half of the entire Shea Butter Range to the detriment of my poor wallet. Thankfully, on a trip to the South ...
...found L'Occitane there and my beloved Shea Butter. Actually, L'Occitane may have found me, as it's home is in fact Provence where I happened to spend most of that week. Even more thankfully, L'Occitane was half the price there so I stocked up, as did my friends, and we happily came away with yet again half the shop. The product I love( yet another one ) is from the Shea Butter Range. Most of the body washes, body lotions are really good , but the ... Read review

Advantages: Hands remain smooth even after washing them.
Disadvantages: Lack of stockists and price

Let me start by saying how I first heard of L'occtaine products. Over christmas I was at home and scanning the TV decided to watch QVC always a laugh to see what they have for sale. This time however, I was left laughing on the other side of my face. The product on sale was L'Occtaine Shea Butter Hand cream and within minutes they had sold over 200 tubes having only 500 in stock. I couldn't believe that a hand cream could be in such demand and so ...
...QVC - however, it is not. They did lead me to think that they were the only stockists of this cream in the UK which is entirely untrue. So anyway, I'm in Covent Garden end of January and stumbled across the L'occtaine shop - much to my amusement and disbelief - I'm new to London you see. I couldn't resist I had to go in. So I took my friend in having filled her in on the QVC episode and we were pleased to find that they had testers that you could ... Read review

Advantages: Fast absorbing, moisturising, protective, pleasant smell
Disadvantages: Contains mineral oil

...I first came across this on QVC while flipping through channels. I used to be sceptical about shopping channels but after realising one of my favourite brands, Liz Earle, was first introduced in QVC, I became more receptive to other products on QVC. The show host and the beauty expert emphasised the anti-aging benefits in the hand cream and how nice it smells but she only really caught my attention when she tried and said it didn't feel greasy but very moisturising and absorbed quickly. I was wondering whether it contains dimethicone, which makes cream or lotion easy to absorb but can actually irritate more sensitive skin. I forgot whether they said anything about it being gentle or not. I just felt that I really wanted to try it although I was quite happy with L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream, which has been highly recommended... Read review

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Advantages: Smells great, work well, reasonable price, no adverse reaction
Disadvantages: Can be difficult to get hold of

...A long while ago, I read an opinion on Ciao about L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream which inspired me to buy the product, and I was very impressed (potential for a future opinion I feel). I have bought a few other L’Occitane products when I am feeling rich and like I deserve a treat, but my most recent purchase is their Ultra Moisturising Night Care. •• THE COMPANY •• L’Occitane is a wonderful French company that uses natural ingredients to produce some marvellous beauty products. It was created in 1976 by Olivier Baussan a native of Provence. Using the traditional method of extraction, he developed L’Occitane’s very first products based on essential oils extracted from local plants. He later went on to develop a humanitarian-partnership with African women. In the Burkina Faso... Read review

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Advantages: Lovely L'Occitane scents, long lasting, refreshing, soothing, and doesn't dry out
Disadvantages: none really, (unless you feel £3.50 a bar is too much)

...You can buy these L'Occitane products on many websites e.g. www.miam-miam.co.uk - and on the high street (although I'm in London where there is a L'Occitane shop and John Lewis). We came across L'Occitane products recently in a hotel we stayed in on our holiday in USA. In the hotel we had quite a few products from shower gel to hand cream, but I loved the L'Occitane soaps. They have shea butter in them and just feel lovely to use. L'Occitane make a load of different scented soaps, I have tried chestnut, verbena and cinnamon orange (i think!). L'Occitane verbena is my favourite, a sort of lime/flower scent, really really nice! An invigorating, fresh clean smell, ideal for the morning or a soak before you go out for the evening. The L'Occitane soap size is 100g (3.5oz), square in shape and is wrapped in pretty brown lined paper... Read review

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