CRACKED HEELS AND ELBOWS

They’re the two common problem areas that are often neglected. These heavy-duty creams will nourish their dry and dehydrated skin back to life.

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They’re the two common problem areas that are often neglected. These heavy-duty creams will nourish their dry and dehydrated skin back to life.

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1 Kocostar Foot Peeling Pack, $15, Sephora

This gentle sheet mask helps to exfoliate dead skin cells from cracked heels and soften calluses, leaving your feet softer, smoother and moisturised.

2 Supergoop! Forever Young Hand Cream SPF40, $22, Sephora

Enriched with sea buckthorn fruit, meadowfoam and argan oil, this antioxidant-rich hand cream not only keeps hands soft, but also has SPF properties to minimise UV damage.

3 Estelle & Thild Spring Rose Blonde Body Lotion, $35, Sephora

This has aloe vera leaf juice and jojoba oil to instantly hydrate while locking in moisture at the same time, ensuring that skin stays supple and smooth for hours.

4 Sulwhasoo Essentrue Deep Nourishing Hand Cream EX, $45

The perfect rescue for dry hands, this rich hand cream has Sulwhasoo’s Essentrue Korean Herbal Medicinal Oil Complex as well as bamboo sap to nourish and restore, keeping skin velvety soft.

5 The Body Shop Almond Milk & Honey Calming & Protecting Body Butter, $30.90

Formulated with natural botanical extracts, this nourishing cream delivers 48 hours of intense hydration to calm sensitive and dry skin.   

6 L’Occitane Shea Intense Hand Balm, $46

Enriched with 25 percent shea butter and allantoin, this ultra-rich balm can be massaged into dry areas – hands, cuticles, elbows and heels – to keep skin smooth and supple. It also functions as a mask – just apply a thick layer over skin for 10 minutes and wipe off the excess.

7 Origins Reinventing The Heel Mega Moisture for Dry Cracked Feet, $54

Infused with rose fruit, jojoba oil and shea butter to nourish dry soles. The inclusion of salicylic acid ensures that skin remains super soft, while menthol extract instantly soothes tired feet.

8 Orbis Rechercher Body Refrebility Gel, $35

The bead-like vitamin capsules are packed with vitamins C and E, cactus and mandarin extracts, as well as hydrolysed elastin, which work together to calm and moisturise skin, while citrus notes of lemongrass, grapefruit and bergamot refresh the senses.

9 Cle de Peau Beaute Radiant Multi Repair Oil, $200

A multipurpose oil infused with the brand’s signature Illuminating Complex EX, it can be used to soothe and hydrate from top to toe. Apply it anywhere on the face and body – even hair.