Call it an age thing but every so often there seems to be a new, previously neglected, part of me that starts to need maintenance. More recently it was my cuticles. Before the got all raggedy and sore I admit I didn’t really know what cuticles were but they made themselves known, believe me.
To sort them out I started using Burt’s Bees lemon butter cuticle crème, a kind of lip balm for your fingers.
I was first introduced to Burt and his superb hive of bees by my best friend who loves the brand for its environmental credentials (using beeswax, not petroleum) and for not testing on animals. For a while I thought they only made lip salves but after a shopping trip with my pal found they did a whole range of lovely products.
Their cuticle crème does the job and did stop my fingers flaking away. I was also known to use it as a make-shift lip balm if there was none to hand.
The downsides were that it was quite greasy as the wax sits on your fingers – not so good if you have to type. It also went really solid in the cold which made it extremely difficult to use, but I guess if it works then I can’t complain. The other good point was that if my nails were looking a bit dry or they had gone transparent after a bath (or, more likely, a heap of washing up) then the cuticle crème was the perfect cure.
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