Handmade natural skincare - aromatherapy hand cream with organic shea butter

These are lovely light hand creams which have been formulated to provide long lasting hydration, without feeling heavy or sticky when applied to the hands.  Only a small amount is needed and this should be smoothed onto the hands, where it will sink in quickly leaving a light aromatherapy fragrance.  Our hand cream feels light and non-greasy when it's first applied, but leaves the skin feeling soft and silky.

Last year we trialled using aluminium tubes for our hand creams, but found they are less popular than plastic squeezable tubes.  The aluminium tubes are like old-fashioned toothpaste tubes (with crimped ends) so you squeeze them and fold over the metal as you use up the cream.  They're recyclable but can become dented quite easily.  Some customers have told us that they prefer plastic tubes since they travel better and it's easier to squeeze out the contents.  So we still have the aluminium tubes for customers who are looking for a recyclable option, but now have plastic tubes available in 2 sizes:  30g and 50g.

These hand creams are packaged in translucent plastic tubes.  The plastic has a soft satin feel and when they're new they look yellow, since you can see our hand cream through the container.  They are not refillable.

Our hand creams are available in the following aromatherapy varieties:

Exotic Rose - a lovely rosy blend that includes geranium, palmarosa, rosewood with a hint of rose essential oils. 

Happy - our popular blend of geranium, grapefruit and cypress essential oils.

Patchouli - similar to our bathing products with musky patchouli softened with uplifting sweet orange essential oil.

Relax - a lovely blend that's similar to our bath bomb blend containing lavender with balancing rosy geranium.

Uplift - a bright, citrusy blend that includes grapefruit, mandarin, rosewood and lime essential oils.

Natroma Aromatherapy Hand Cream Ingredients:

Jojoba oil - it's actually a liquid wax that is highly penetrating, since it closely resembles the natural sebum in our skin.  We use an organic cold pressed oil.

Shea Butter - a rich, nourishing organic botanical butter to provide lasting softness and hydration.

Coconut oil - a lovely oil that provides moisture, whilst remaining light and easily penetrating to the skin.

Aloe vera - well known for it's skin soothing properties.

D-Panthenol - with a proven track record in providing moisture and conditioning qualities in skincare products.

Glycerine - a vegetable derived version, that will retain moisture in the skin.

Squalane - we use a vegetable based version, derived from olive oil.  Squalane is moisturising and assists in the absorption of the moisturiser into the skin.

Vitamin E - to nourish, protect and soften the skin.

Calendula extract - a gentle botanical extract reputed to calm skin irritations.

Essential oil fragrances blended by our Aromatherapist
 

This formulation also contains an emulsifier and preservative (phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin) .