Burt's Bees Hand Care Kit (Burt's Bees (Paperback))

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Summary: The book is the best bit of this Burt's Bees bargain
Review: I received this kit as a Christmas present -- it contains sample sizes of Burt's Bees Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Cream and Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream, as well as a pair of gloves and a little book on hand care (the best part of the package, IMHO). The almond hand cream is very strongly fragranced and too oily for me, but I know people who like it. The lemon butter cuticle cream is very nice, but I wish it were longer-lasting. I put it on before bed and woke up with nice soft cuticles, but after puttering around for only a few minutes in the morning my skin was back to its original dry, cracked state. The gloves, which you are meant to put on after applying the products and wear overnight, are made for people with average-to-small hands. Although they do stretch a little, they were annoyingly tight on me and the fingers were so short I had to make a little cut between the pinky and ring fingers so they would fit properly. They do prevent the products from getting all over your sheets, though.

The little book, however, contains good general skin-care tips which you can easily follow using your own products if you don't like the ones in this kit (which is what I'll probably do).

Overall, it was a fun kit to play around with, but I won't be buying the full-size versions of these products in the store.