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January 25, 2021
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It's been a rough year for hands, both physically and figuratively. On top of a saddening lack of physical contact, the constant hand washing that's necessary to keep COVID-19 from spreading has turned most people's hands into a dry shadow of their former selves. It's worth it, of course, but when the lyrics to "Sweet Caroline" start to make you want to cry, you know things are dire.
It's no vaccine (soon, it's gotta be soon), but for dry skin, shoppers say L'Occitane's Shea Butter Hand Cream is the only antidote you need. And at $12 for a tube of the French-made lotion, at least your hands can feel like they're on vacation. As a millennial who grew up beelining for Sephora and Hollister as soon as I hit the mall (fearlessly dating myself here), I remember my mom pulling me into L'Occitane's French Provincial-decorated stores just to buy its hand cream. Ten years later it's still a best-seller, fitting for a lotion that moisturizes all day long with just a small dab.