Miss Leah
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Dishpan Hands - Vintage Remedy
I am fanatical about using gloves...and I use the heavy duty blue ones (True Blues or Blue-ettes, I think they are called). That way I can use the really hot water to wash the dishes too. My great grandmother had beautiful hands all of her life. She used to periodically take lemon juice and salt and rubbed it all over her hands and wrists and then rinsed off and put on a thick hand cream. I think she used Paquin's but any heavy cream would be good.
When I know I'm going to do tons of dishes (say after a party), I do the above treatment, then put on cotton gloves and THEN put on my blue gloves and go to town. After the dishes, my hands are soft and smooth as a baby's behind! Who said chores had to be bad for your hands?
I am fanatical about using gloves...and I use the heavy duty blue ones (True Blues or Blue-ettes, I think they are called). That way I can use the really hot water to wash the dishes too. My great grandmother had beautiful hands all of her life. She used to periodically take lemon juice and salt and rubbed it all over her hands and wrists and then rinsed off and put on a thick hand cream. I think she used Paquin's but any heavy cream would be good.
When I know I'm going to do tons of dishes (say after a party), I do the above treatment, then put on cotton gloves and THEN put on my blue gloves and go to town. After the dishes, my hands are soft and smooth as a baby's behind! Who said chores had to be bad for your hands?