Burt's Bees Hand Salve

Pros

• Soothes dry and overworked hands with moisturizing almond oil and stimulating rosemary.
• Smooth hands make for easier knitting as the yarn doesn't feel as rough.
• Comes in this great little tin that is completely portable and will fit easily in your knitting bag.
• It's more than 98 percent natural.

Cons

• It's slightly smelly, owing to the beeswax, rosemary and eucalyptus.
• It's not for slatering like lotion.

Description

• Burt's Bees Hand Salve is 98 percent natural because natural vitamin E is not stable enough to use.
• Ingredients include moisturizing almond oil, rosemary for circulation and lavandin to prevent scars.
• This portable and easy-to-use salve can be applied whenever needed to soothe hands (or other parts).

Guide Review - Burt's Bees Hand Salve

I first encountered Burt's Bees Hand Salve when I bought a little kit that included small quantities of several Burt's Bees products. Back then I was gardening a lot, so I was enchanted by the hand salve, which bills itself as being a farmer's friend.

This is not your typical hand lotion. If you turn the tin upside down it won't spill. It's sort of the consistency of petroleum jelly but it goes on in a much thiner layer.

The smell is slightly strong, but I don't mind because the smell tells me I'm doing something good for my hands (it's almost like using a lotion with menthol; the smell isn't great, but you know the result will be). And almost immediately after putting this on, my hands feel better, whether I've been weeding in the garden or working on a marathon knitting session.

Burt's Bees Hand Salve smooths out dry patches of skin and makes the knitting much easier. It's the perfect addition to your knitting bag in the cold winter months.