The Body Shop Hemp Hand Protector

...fed up I went into The Body Shop in Harrogate, held them out to the assistant and said, "Please have you got something to sort these out?!" She took one look and said, "Oh my God" or similar, then took me over to the Hemp stand and recommended this product with no hesitation. I read the blurb which described it as "heavy duty for hardworking hands" and recommended it for gardeners and other people whose hands took a lot of stick. So despite the hefty ...
...on at bedtime and had the really strange experience of feeling my skin drinking it! Yes, it just felt like that. I slathered a load of the cream on and half an hour later my skin felt less dry but like it needed a top-up. I even woke up a couple of times during the night and put on some more. The next night I just put it on a bedtime and didn't need the top-ups. After that I carried on using it for a week or so and it totally healed my hands, the ...

kitchengoddess 03.05.2004 · Read full review
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...really into beauty products and the whole regime thing, to be honest I don't have the time, inclination or sticking power when it comes to doing something once or twice a day like that. Her indoors always goes on at me and says how much easier my life would be if I tried having a regular regime I stuck to when it comes to looking after my skin. Before I met her I used soap on my face and shower gel on my body, that was it when it came to cleansing, ...
...why. They are worse in the winter but it sometimes happens in the summer too. We have tried to figure out what it is, it must be an allergy to something I come into contact with but there seems to be no real pattern to it. I was just using Atrixo on my hands when they were really bad but it wasn't really doing much good and when they were really bad using it would sting like mad. Then a few weeks ago her indoors gave me something that she thought ...

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Hemp? In the Body Shop? I had always looked with some suspicion on their shelves of hemp-based products. I don't know why, I kind of felt a bit uneasy about them. As though people might look at me, looking at the shelves, and think "Hmmm. we know what she gets up to." However, my opinions have been totally changed since I was out with a friend and she gave me a dab of her Body Shop Hemp Hand Protector. She told me she had found it excellent for ...
...squeezed some into my palm the first thing I noticed was the greyish colour. It didn't look like any conventional handcream. More like something you'd use to clean your grouting. Next I noticed the smell. It's slightly reminiscent of patchouli, I think, and very pleasant in an earthy sort of way. I really do prefer more natural smells like this to artificial ones. Once I'd rubbed in the cream, my hands felt lovely and soft for the rest of the day ...

JoannaPiano 18.05.2008 (17.05.2008) · Read full review
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...maligned plant, you know. The very mention of the word brings to mind images of people getting stoned on cannabis, of hippies and drug use. But seriously, hemp is actually a mere cousin of the psychedelic drug, and the levels of THC (the psychoactive bit) are so low in industrial grade hemp as to be almost non-existent. Honestly! I mean, would I really be reviewing mind altering hand cream on a family site such as this? ;-) The hand cream I am on ...
...original Source came along. The Body Shop has been around for some 26 years now (making it older than me!), and still upholds its policies of never testing anything on animals, of supporting community trade with the Third World, of defending human rights and protecting the environment – they are one of the few companies to stand out in this arena among the ethically challenged companies that crowd our high streets. And it was these policies that ...

Collingwood21 01.11.2002 · Read full review
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...really necessary- and combined with the chilly weather my poor hands had taken quite a battering, feeling quite red, raw and rough. As a long-time Body Shop fan I took myself off to their store to find a suitable cream to bring me some relief. The Hemp Hand Protector in its smart shiny metallic tube and green and black packaging caught my eye- I suppose it doesn't look quite as feminine as most hand creams so it appealed to the stupid male ego in ...
...get? I felt butcher by the minute and started looking for "testosterone" on the ingredients list! Real men use Body Shop hand creams! Anyway, I was a bit put out at the £6.50 price tag for a 100ml tube, which seemed a bit steep. But Body Shop do helpfully provide a tester so I decided to put some on first to see how it felt. I liked it and was so keen for some relief I took it to the till. The cream contains hemp seed oil, glycerine, allatonin ...

sparkydog 18.01.2002 (25.01.2002) · Read full review
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...and was immediately intruiged by the the hash leaf on the tube! The tube is very eye catching- a shiny silver foil tube with contrasting brown writing and of course the hash leaf. Although I got a mere 10ml tube, the larger tubes are the same design. The lid is a screw off one that the tube balances on. It tends to get a bit clogged up with but is easily cleaned. When you open the tube, the stuff comes flying out which tends to waste a little of ...
...bit thicker. It looks exactly the same colour as mint ice cream but this dissapears when you rub it in. However it's not actually a moisturiser but a protector yet my hands always feel very sort and supple for ages after I've used it. A non greasy layer forms which protects your hands from things like rough weather. This layer doesn't drop off when washed unlike most moisturisers. The great results I experienced lasted for a good couple of hours. ...

kwhyte 05.08.2002 · Read full review
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Over the past six months I have really been suffering contact dermatitis this is caused by the exposure of chemicals. As a hairdresser I am always in contact with chemicals and substances, which trigger of a flare up. Sometimes these flares are very mild and only blister slightly, but more often then not these flare ups can swell my hand and cause painful blisters the size of 50 pence pieces. After putting up with this problem for weeks I went ...
...is the strongest steroid cream available. Within seven days the blisters went so it did work but stripped my skin layers, my hands skin is very thin and translucent in colour. I have since learned that I am allergic to nail extension acrylic liquid, when ever I come in contact with it I flare up. I can not stop using acrylic liquid as this is my job and I would not only lose my job but my business as well. I will always be allergic to this now, ...

amberlevi267 13.01.2009 · Read full review
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...little and she went into the Body Shop only a few months ago to ask what they recommend for her to use, and they told she should try Hemp Hand protector. So she brought home a tester and I tryed to see if works and it it the best thing I ever tryed for dry skin. A few days later I went in to purchase some hand protector and they told me they do it for feet aswell, by this time I didn't know if I should buy both the hand and feet Protector or just ...
...than hands. The sales assitant told me that you can use the Hand Protector on your feet aswell.So I went with what they sales asstiant told me and I purchased the Hand Protector for only £6.00. To begin with i didn't really like the smell of it left but it if had to do the job then I thought it will pass and it did. Since that day I have used it both on my hands and my feet, it makes my skin much softer and I feel more Confident that my dry skin ...

watchfulspice 17.08.2001 · Read full review
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The frosty weather plays havoc with my hands. This is mainly due to the fact that I am constantly plunging them in to water for washing paintbrushes etc which severely dries them out.......so much so that I actually end up with cracks and cuts inbetween my fingers. Not pleasant and very painful to say the least. My Mum suffers from the same problem with her hands in the winter so she gave me a spare tube she had of Body Shop's Hemp Hand Protector ...
...£8 per 100ml tube. The Body Shop often have 3 for 2 offers available but I tend to pop to the local Body Shop outlet store where massive reductions are to be found. It has to be said though, you have to keep visiting these outlet stores as they replenish the stock regularly and you can't always find specifically what you are looking for. ~ Packaging ~ The Hemp Hand Protector comes in a tube (rather like a tube of toothpaste), with a screw top ...

neenn 05.02.2006 · Read full review
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Hemp is the last thing I though Anita Roddick would have in her Body Shops! There are many myths that cannabis can actually help the body, and luckily for Anita, it’s true. Don’t go out and buy because you think you can get high! (I have seen youngsters come in and do this!) It’s all non-intoxicating and safe to use, so you won’t be seeing stars and fairies! But what makes it different from other hand creams? Well, the hand protector contains ...
...good that it can enter the dry skin cell layers and replace lost moisture, while other hand creams only create synthetic later, protecting the skin for a very small amount of time. The lanolin in the hand protector creates a barrier to protect moisturised skin cells, preventing them from drying out again. The end results – wonderfully soft, and moisturised hands. It is particularly good for suffers of eczema. My boyfriend gets it on his hands, and ...

funphobic2 27.12.2003 · Read full review
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...review as I went into the Body Shop to but some Brow and Lash Gel and it was 3 for 2. I have many allergies so find it hard to use sented body lotions etc and this caught my eye. Its in a silver tube with a big light green band around it with the logo HEMP emblazoned on it with a Cannabis leaf. It claims its a hand protector and is for dry to extremely dry skin. I vaguely rememeber using this when I was nursing as my colleague always had a tube of ...
...a little bit therefore making the tube good value for money as it will last forever - providing you don't lose it. Now to the Cannabis. The web site www.bodyshop.com gives an overview of all the products and on reading this I have found out that Hemp is not actually cannabis as I thought but a cousin of the cannabis plant (I did not know plants could have cousins so there you go the new fact for the day.) The web site tells us the levels of drug ...

natalierees 18.01.2004 · Read full review
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...when I saw this in the Body Shop it looked ideal. It said it was for 'very dry' skin, so I was hopeful it would help. The product came in a metallic tube with a screw top on it. I was unsure how much to apply so started off with a small amount. As I rubbed it in it felt a bit painful but I guessed that was to do with the fact my hands were so very dry. After I'd finished rubbing it in (which I found took a while even though I didn't think I'd used ...
...And red. And then the bobbles came. Strange little bobbles on my skin like big goosebumps. I've never had such a reaction to a product before so was highly alarmed by this. My mum told me not to wash it off - maybe it was just because it was helping my skin (strange logic of my mums - if it hurts it must be helping). After about 15 minutes my skin stopped burning and the bumps had subsided. They were still a bit red but they did feel moisturised. ...

BananaNoodle 28.06.2008 · Read full review
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...Proud I think about the experiences I had as a youth, when on the “weed”, indeed whilst on the “weed” I managed to fail at least one Scottish Higher Certificate (Similar to an A Level but better!) – nothing to be proud of, I vowed after opening the results envelope that I would never stray again – that is until now. ~~ Not a Lie Have you ever tried to draw a Cube in contact with a Sphere – Higher Technical ...
...who hath not sinned cast the first Monolith! No doubt criminal charges are about to be pressed, back to the opinion, quickly. ~~ The Product of Such Immense Power I have not been “high” for at least 20 years, but at the moment my hands are most definitely chilled out, too say the least they are so laid back and groovy they are palm faced upwards looking out of the window and contemplating the universe. Why? “Body Shop Hemp Hand ...

clanmac4 03.02.2001 (05.02.2001) · Read full review
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I'm not really the type of guy who uses hand, face or even foot cream, but due to the nature of the sports I am into (Powerlifting & Strongman) I've had to take action. I started to get callus on my hands, which is basically when the skin gets rough and thick. It's not that painful as such but is very annoying when lifting weight and occasionally did cause my skin to rip. So as everyone does I asked my mum what I should do and she recommended The ...
...cream made from cannabis, what the hell!'. So I tried it out anyway what did I have to lose. The Body Shop Hemp Hand Protector is thick creamy in texture and a light green colour. I applied it on my hands twice a day for a few days and it really works. The Hemp Hand Protector doesn't leave your hands feeling greasy or slippery. It dissolves into your skin almost instantly leaving no visible marks. It smells nothing like cannabis, it actually has ...

Surj1 06.02.2008 · Read full review
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...protection I think THIS is the better choice. It isn't very greasy and does soak into the skin fairly quickly, but it is more effective if you use it at night when you can leave it on and not mind if its a little greasy. Equally though I use it through the day too! Lol. Even if your skin seems fine, it is a protector, so using it before the damage is done is ideal. It really works, you have to keep using it throughout the winter to keep your skin ...
...do have to watch the tube when using it though, as it is one of those tubes where the contents carries on coming out and there is only so much moisturiser two hands can take in one dose lol. My mum and nan now use this hand cream too, as they suffered quite badly from cracked skin in the winter months, they have struggled to find one that works, but this winter there problem is solved with this. There is a distinctive smell to the product as it ...

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