Whoo hoo! My first post in my new health & beauty blog! I have one to explore my personality (introspective), one for my photography, one for my writing (mostly essays on modern topics I find interesting or pertinent to me), and now one that's entirely dedicated to my beauty care regimen. I'm obviously a big fan of the blog, I find it helps me to read back in my own posts to see what's worked for me in the past and what hasn't. In this particular case, I think a blog is exactly what I need to get my skincare products in order. Thank you for taking this journey with me.

So let's get right to what got me to post today anyhow shall we? I was recommended this product by a friend of mine because I was dying for hand lotion that would moisturise my hands, but not leave them too greasy to type! She told me about Elemis' Intensive Hand Therapy lotion last year, and I just realised today that I've been using it for a year since, because I was looking down at my hands as I worked on something else and noticed those little cracks aren't there anymore.

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Do you *know* how exciting that is? This is progress! I love progress! My hands used to be a tad bit of a source of shame for me, I hated seeing them in photographs because they seemed to take over the whole picture. I'm sure this is just because I was sensitive about my long fingers (I'm a piano player with a 9-key span) that had horrid nails attached to the ends of them - but now my fingernails are stronger and don't chip or look yellow/lined. I can paint them again without feeling guilty! I'm always happy when I find that I've invested in something for bettering myself has become a success, this is one of those times. Perhaps I will post a picture of my perfectly pretty palms soon!