11 Best Luxury Hand Creams to Soothe Dry, Cracked Hands

With a seemingly endless array of beautiful botanical smelling products, Aesop’s hand cream is a no brainer. Creamy and rich, Aesop’s Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm contains cocoa and shea butter as well as sweet almond, coconut, and macadamia oil to deliver rich hydration to damaged skin. 

Made with soothing sesame oil and strengthening myrrh, this hand cream aids in fortifying the skin barrier, protecting your hands from environmental damage while working to reduce signs of ageing (like dark spots) and conditioning nails and cuticles.

A definitively luxe hand cream. Formulated with shea butter and essential oils like argan, avocado, apricot, rosehip, sunflower, and geranium, Henné’s hand cream is lightweight and fast-absorbing, yet provides rich hydration and nourishment. 

Tamanu and argan oil meet in a rich yet non-greasy formula, working to soothe, soften and hydrate dry hands and cuticles. Persian rose and sweet orange peel provide a gorgeous scent, making every application a sensory experience. 

An industrial-strength formula, Khiel’s Hand Salve works on even the driest of hands (think dryness caused by manual labour, industrial work, exposure to harsh elements, and neglect). This formula contains a blend of avocado and sesame seed oils and natural wax to form a protective barrier against moisture loss while soothing and conditioning skin.

This highly concentrated multi-correctional formula targets signs of hand ageing, though its bioactive ingredient, tremella fuciformis sporocarp, which works similarly to hyaluronic acid. With consistent use, it improves the appearance of firmness, elasticity, density, evenness, brightness, texture, smoothness and hydration, resulting in healthy, youthful-looking hands. 

Based on Byredo founder Ben Gorham’s perception of the colour white, Byredo’s Blanche Hand Cream is a stylish olfactory experience, with notes of pink pepper, white rose, neroli, peony, and sandalwood that makes your hands smell heavenly while keeping them nourished and moisturised. 

For the luxury lovers among us, Chanel’s Le Lift hand cream contains botanical alfalfa concentrate, which works in a similar way to retinol, aiding to fade dark spots. Brightening liquorice and hydrating mimosa, jojoba, and sunflower waxes also feature, resulting in an effective all-rounder formula.

Formulated with plant-based keratin, multivitamins, and probiotics from kombucha, Sensori+ Hand Immune Booster takes a holistic approach to skincare. Probiotics work to soothe inflammation and rebalance the skin’s microbiome, multivitamins strengthen the skin’s inherent immunity and promote the skin healing and repair process, and plant-based keratin enhances the skin barrier function. With three scents to choose from, our pick is the Gayndah Orchard, with notes of bergamot, neroli, and cedarwood.

Whilst not a luxury cream (or even a dedicated hand cream for that matter), Weleda Skin Food is a tried and tested remedy to dry, rough skin. A blend of plant oils, botanical extracts, lanolin, and beeswax, this ultra-rich hand cream is ideal for intensive care during the colder months. 

The OG moisturising hand cream, French cult-favourite L’Occitane’s hand cream is instantly recognisable by its pared-back silver tube. Formulated with shea butter, this rich balm is delightfully nourishing and provides lasting hydration.