Neal's Yard Remedies Wild Rose Hand Cream Review

Firstly I should say that Neal's Yard Remedies 'Wild Rose' Hand cream actually contains rosehip seed oil rather than rose water. Rosehip oil is great emollient (moisturiser) and skin conditioning agent (makes skin feel softer and look nice) that is rich in antioxidants (anti oxidants delay or prevent cell damage.) Along with the beeswax in the cream rose hip oil helps to reduce moisture loss to the skin and keep the skin barrier function in place. This hand cream also contains lots of essential oils including sweet almond oil, sunflower oil,  geranium oil, grapefruit peel oil, frankincense oil, ylang ylang flower oil and patchouli leaf oil. The hand cream consists of 92% organic ingredients and is certified by the Soil Association. There are also no parabens, synthetic colours or genetic modified organisms in this hand cream. It is vegetarian approved but presumably not vegan because of the beeswax it contains. This cream  is also a cruelty free product that is not tested on animals.

Neal's Yard Remedies claim that this hand cream 'deeply nourishes and softens to leave hands feeling soft and looking radiant...and protected.' The texture is really creamy without being thick and my hands felt really nourished afterwards and sooo soft! The beeswax creates a barrier to prevent any moisture loss from the environment, so that when you wash your hands some of the cream will remain on the skin. By creating a barrier it can be said it's protecting the skin from the environment. It takes awhile to fully absorb into the skin around 13-20 minutes and is more waxy rather  than greasy on the skin.

While I like the pretty packaging I think that they should make it more obvious that it contains Rose hip oil rather than rose water. This product works but personally I'm not a fan of the strong herbal scent so I wouldn't purchase this particular hand cream again, I'd choose the other hand creams from Neal's Yard in their range such as their Bee Lovely Hand cream which I've reviewed here.

Neal's Yard Wild Rose Hand Cream is available at Neal's Yard Remedies £10 for 50ml