Aveeno Intense Relief Hand Cream

Hi guys, I just thought I would give a review on this product introduced to me by my mum. Aveeno's Intense Relief Hand Cream.

Here is the story: I am currently on some medication to get rid of my acne (great results by the way! :D) and maybe about a month ago I got these little red bumps on the back of my hands after removing make-up from them. I didn't really think anything of it.

Then mum and I went to a MAC launch party and of course I was trying all sorts on the back of my hands and I noticed the little red bumps again. I thought the make-up might have caused it so I used a MAC wipe to remove it and that was a bad idea. They turned bright red and stung so bad. They later started to peel.

I then had a dermatologist appointment a week after that occurrence, I said to the derm whats happening and she didn't seem to care so I thought ok it's no biggie.

But recently it happened again! But this time much worse, the red bumps and peely skin hung around for days. I told mum and she gave me some moisturiser to try that is for skin with eczema. I tried that and it stung the back of my hands so badly, so I washed it off asap!

Mum did a little research online and found out a lot of people on the same meds as me for their acne were getting the same thing on the same place of their bodies. They were recommending to keep hands out of hot water and were raving about this hand cream.

Mum always raves about it and has a tube in just about every room of the house, so I tried it but wasn't expecting much or at least for it to sting my hands. Quite the opposite! My hands are now smooth, not all dry and peely and no longer bright red and inflamed.

I have been using it for a few days now and couldn't be happier. Hand creams usually give me a bit of grief either making my hands sweat, overly greasy or way too perfumey. Aveeno's Intense Relief hand cream is absorbed almost instantly and is no way greasy or perfumey.

I apologize for the long story, but I think sometimes when you read reviews online that person may give it a raving or horrible review but you don't always get the background, so I felt it was necessary :).

Also I am a little bit upset with my dermatologist not really caring or even taking a look at my hands when she brought up the topic "side effects" from the meds. She may deal with hundreds of people trying to get rid of their acne, but this is my first time with such a strong medication and I have no idea what to expect. 

I have also noticed a patch of the same eczema type thing on one of my legs, so I will be using the Aveeno for that area too.

I promise to have some polish reviews soon, this eczema thing has just scared me a little is all :)

Skin MD Natural - Face, Hand & Body Shielding Lotion

This moisturiser was sent to me to review, so here it is!

WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BOTTLE:
"Exceptionally enhances your skin's hydrating and protective abilities."
"Far more effective than conventional moisturizers"
"Promptly absorbs, transforming the outer layer of skin into a hydrating invisible shield"
"Finest natural ingredients together in a quantum advance in skin hydration"
"Regeneration is fully realized within a few days"

Did you understand any of that? It reminds me of when I was at school on the computers having to type up a word document; and to make it not so repetitive I right clicked a lot of the words and changed them to a synonym so all my words wouldn't be the same.

ON THE FACE:
I used it firstly on my face because I find a lot of moisturisers are way too thick or sunblocky feeling for it to be comfortable. This Skin MD Natural stuff is very thin so it felt great on my face.

However when it came to applying liquid make-up, I could see brushstrokes all over my face. This usually never happens. However powder foundation seemed to work ok.

I didn't see any change regarding my acne scars or dry flaky pieces of skin.

ON THE BODY:
I used it pretty much only on my legs. My legs are very dry. It went on lightly and lasted the whole day. I didn't really notice a change in my legs and their dryness.

ON THE HANDS:
On the hands it reminds me of something my friend brought to school one day, it was supposed to be like a silicon covering for your hands to stop germs getting on them I guess but it was in cream form.

It gave a nice soft touch. Very silky.

OVERALL:
In all honesty it just felt like it gave me a thin soft coat on my skin. No way was it moisturising. There were no changes in my skin. Just a thin silky coating. But really, why would I want that?

I almost find it more irritating when I apply this on my hands as it feels like my hands and cuticles are super dry but they feel very soft. I think my hands are confused lol.

I usually dislike hand-creams as my hands tend to sweat a lot and it just irritates me to have that feeling of the sweat feeling trapped in a way with the hand-cream.

My boyfriend also trialed it. His skin is quite the opposite to me as my face is oily and his very dry. He liked how it made his face soft but thats about all it did. He also started to get a couple of spots and he rarely gets any.

I am sorry Skin MD Natural, but I do not recommend this product.

I'm not sure if you can tell in my photos but the 1st is supposed to be with out the cream, the second showing you what it looks like and then the 3rd with it rubbed in.