The 15 Best Hand Creams for Smoother, Softer Hands

It's easy to forget how much our hands are exposed to the sun, but just like our faces, they need sunscreen, too. Supergoop's hand cream makes it easy to nourish and protect at the same time, thanks to its broad-spectrum SPF 40 coverage.

This mineral sunscreen uses avobenzone, octisalate, and octocrylene to help deflect sunlight from damaging your skin. Plus, it’s made with a trio of moisturizing ingredients: argan oil, meadowfoam seed oil, and seabuckthorn fruit extract.

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This best-selling balm from L’Occitane will help save your skin from unnecessary dryness. A soothing blend of honey and almond extracts, coconut oil, and shea butter, this correction cream leaves hands feeling supple and smelling fresh.

“I love this hand cream because it’s small enough to toss into my bag. It smells amazing, and it’s super thick and moisturizing — not greasy.” — Danielle St. Pierre, tester

This hand cream from Burt's Bees is a fast-absorbing, cruelty-free option that uses 99% natural ingredients, including shea butter, baobab oil, and pumpkin seed oil​​. Plus, it's affordable enough that you can keep one at home, one in the car, and one at your desk.

“I use it frequently, and I am really impressed by how quickly it absorbs into the skin. The smell is also incredible.” — Stefan Vazharov, senior technology editor

We love Grown Alchemist’s hand cream because it’s one of the most moisturizing hand lotions on the market, and you can thank its star ingredient for that. It's packed with hyaluronic acid to intensely moisturize every inch of your hands for a smooth, soft, and velvety feel. This cream is perfect, in particular, for extremely parched hands.

With AHAVA's hand cream, you'll harness the benefits of the Dead Sea to hydrate your dry, windburned hands. The formula is rich in minerals, witch hazel, and allantoin, and it's also great for softening cuticles.

“When my hands or feet need some TLC — or if my legs need it after shaving — I’ll reach for this hand cream and apply it liberally to enjoy its soft feel and scent!” — Melanie Yates, senior home decor editor

If you want a cream that feels truly luxurious and helps treat signs of aging, then this is your best pick. The silky cream seeps right into your hands without leaving a greasy feel on your palms and fingers.

It uses wrinkle-fighting TCF8, along with natural ingredients like honey and white peony extract to moisturize and repair any damage.

"Think of this one as the Rolls Royce of hand creams: Once you try it, you’ll never turn back." — Jennifer Hussein, tester

This Instagram favorite not only looks good, but it feels good too. The rich hand cream from Chanel uses a nourishing combination of shea butter, glycerin, and iris pallida to moisturize and brighten, while rose wax leaves behind a light floral scent that you’ll love to get a whiff off all day long.

This is the perfect hand cream for anyone who's fragrance-obsessed. This nourishing cream contains star skincare ingredients like shea butter, sweet almond, meadowfoam, and starflower oils to hydrate and smoothe your hands, while the luxury beauty brand's signature Côte d'Azur fragrance transports you to a Mediterranean getaway — even if you're just sitting at home.

It’s OK to be a clean freak, especially with your beauty routine. That's why we love this clean-beauty hand cream from Nécessaire: It ditches all of the synthetic fragrances and red-flag ingredients to bring you a formula that you can trust.

This hand cream is hypoallergenic and fragrance-free. It comes in recyclable packaging, so you and your hands can feel clean and good.

Soften and smooth tired hands in a breeze with this light and fast-absorbing Glossier hand cream that's made with antioxidant-rich rosemary leaf and sunflower extracts, as well as ultra-hydrating meadowfoam extract.

There’s also fermented coconut fruit extract to help seal in moisture and glycofilm pollustop, which forms a barrier around your hands to help protect against sun damage and pollution.

You'll also enjoy the faint fragrance that will make your hands smell fresh and clean.

This clean fragrance has one simple task: to make your hands feel and smell great. This gently hydrating cream is perfect for touching up lightly dried hands from washing and sanitizing.

Plus, it smells like one of Byredo's best-selling fragrances: Blanche, a delicious blend of peonies, musk, and sandalwood.

This smooth, silky, and quick-absorbing hand cream deserves a spot on your vanity for its lightweight formula that packs a punch.

It's filled with skin-softening ingredients like squalane and the brand's signature cupuaçu butter to create an airy veil that immediately seeps into skin for a grease-free feel. Plus, it smells just like a trip to the beach!

This hand cream takes treating dry skin seriously. It's made with the brand's signature ingredient, lanolin, an oil secreted by sheep to condition their wool, and it's excellent at helping skin retain its moisture.

It's beloved because the silky texture absorbs quickly without leaving a greasy residue behind, and the moisturizing effect is long-lasting.

The packaging isn't the only amazing thing about this hand cream: Its silky, fast-absorbing formula is made with a blend of shea, jojoba, and argan oils that leave your hands feeling like you just got a paraffin treatment.

"The minute this cream touched my skin, I knew it was special. It glides on like no other and absorbs almost immediately. Plus, the citron verbena scent is truly addicting." — Erica Murphy, director, SEO & content

While pretty much any hand cream can be used to soften cuticles, but this one actually strengthens nails, too. Along with adding moisture back to dry hands, this cream from Clarins contains sesame oil and Japanese mulberry, which together act like a shield to protect hands from the elements.