It’s called Accidental Allure, I’ve decided. Those things that you probably don’t even realise are beautiful, and sexy and make men (or women) melt like an icy pole on hot asphalt.
Examples:
Having really smooooooth skin
Having nice feet that are well-looked after
Having hair that smells really awesome (cue Herbal Essences)
Having a graceful, elegant neck and playing it up by wearing your hair pulled back
Having incredibly soft hands
Having a yacht
The hands one got me started on this, cos my friend Panth has hands so soft it’s criminal. They make me want to hold them, or get a hand massage by them, but mostly they just make me want to apply lots and lots and lots of hand cream.
Hand cream, of course, is a highly contestable area of cosmetics. Like lip balms, everyone has Their Favourite, and It Is The Only One You Should Use.
Here are the ones I have ascertained to be the most lauded, most loved, most bought:
Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream
L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream
Crabtree & Evelyn Gardeners Hand Therapy
And one that I am currently using, Aveda Hand Relief
These are all fine, fine picks, fruits. I think mostly they are so loved because they are hydrating without being greasy, and very nourishing indeed. They help keep your cuticles moisturised and non-craggy and non that-really-hurts-even-though-it’s-just-a-tiny-piece-of-torn-skin-on-my-finger.
But over to you:
What is your favourite hand cream?
Why?
What’s your criteria?
And, most importantly, do you own a yacht and may I please go on it one day?
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