When hands get really dry, at home will use liquid body wash, Dove, Nivea, Olay.

I had the same experience with the Jergen's "moisturizing" hand wash. It made my hands terribly dry. I have not found any that don't dry out my hands. The idea of using a moisturizing body wash is a good idea. I believe it would be a lot less drying.

I like Soft Soap Milk and Honey. It just seems gentle.

Mrs meyers

I love that trader joes soap.

Right now, I'm using exactly the same as carol, I'm diluting the Dr. Bronner's unscented in distilled water and putting it in my empty Bath and Body Works foaming bottle. I wash my hands all day long, it doesn't dry my skin terribly but I don't think it does it any favors either. Right now, it's the only thing that I can use though that I'm not allergic to.

I forgot to mention that Bath and Body Works is having their clearance sale. My husband loves the foaming hand wash, it's supposed to contain shea extract. I asked my husband if he thinks it's drying to his hands and he said "no, it doesn't seem to be". He likes the Twisted Peppermint because it's not girly smelling. :)

I'm not sure what we're talking about here but in the kitchen I use Purell which does not dry out my hands and I wash my hands quite a bit during the day.. Body Wash for the shower I use Aveeno. Someone here recommended it a couple of years ago and I love it. Bought from Costco it is affordable.

Almost forgot, I also use an olive oil/beeswax balm on my hands too.

I recently concocted 1 cup of water, 1/4 cup Dr Bronner’e Peppermint soap, and 1 tsp glycerin. It seems to dry my hands less, although I would not go so far as saying it moisturizes them. I probably need to get a foaming dispenser. I have a standard pump dispenser and the stuff is pretty thin coming out.

Yes, get a foaming dispenser, that will make all the difference in the world. If you have an old one that's empty, you can just reuse that one. I'm going to experiment with adding some glycerin to my concoction and see if it's more moisturizing.

I'm sensitive to many scents and try very hard to use only products that are cruelty-free. I've recently been using the Lemon scented J. R. Watkins foaming hand soap in the kitchen and bath, and I'm very happy with it. My hands are in pretty good shape lately. They claim their products are 95% naturally derived, (from their website) "free from Parabens, Petrolatum, Chemical Sunscreens, Glycols, Phthalates, Ethanoloamines, Synthetic polymers, Formaldehyde Donors, Synthetic Dyes, Silicones, Talc, and Mineral Oil".

JR Watkins foaming lemon soap

I just re-ordered foaming hand soap from Bath and Body Works (the cherry Merlot scent is amazing!) and it seems they have added coconut oil to their formula. I didn't think anything of it until today when I thought of this thread and realized that my hands don't feel so dry since I started with these new soaps. They were having their big sale. Not sure if it is still going on.

I couldn't offer any suggestions on hand wash because I use whatever happens to be there. However, as a semi-compulsive hand washer, I would recommend O'keefes working hands cream. It saved my hands from bleeding and cracking during the winter months...

I only use it at night before bed, but it really is great stuff!!!!!

I do the same I use Bronners or Trader Joe's. Also I put cream on my hands and wear gloves three to five nights a week to keep the moisture in. My hands are out in the weather all the time or working very hard cleaning a house. They get dry and this has kept my hands nice all winter long.

As a body moisturizer I use a mix of vitamin E and whatever cream I have on hand. That works very well on the spots that get rough, elbows, knees excetera.