Atrixo - greasy hands here i come!! (Atrixo Intensive Protection Cream)

Member Name: bonsibabe

Product:	Atrixo Intensive Protection Cream
Date:	04/04/07 (118 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: It does moisturise your hands

Disadvantages: It can be quite greasy

Well I have really dry skin on my hands which are prone to become really dry, chapped and broken. Thanks to almost 4 years of nappy changes with 2 kids and the baths, washing dishes, etc; not to mention that I have eczema on my hands and cannot use the normal steroid creams for very long, I am constantly on the lookout for a low-cost method of keeping my hands moisturised and smooth.

Whilst in Germany I saw some Atrixo Intensive Care hand cream (in Germany this is marketed as Atrix). It was quite reasonably priced at 1.99 euros which works out at roughly £1.40 for a 75 ml tube. To me this is not a bad price as a 75 ml tube can last a fair while with me, even though I use hand cream every day.

The tube itself is a pale green in colour, with the atrixo logo at the top. The cap is a flip cap with the cream coming out of a small hole in the centre under the lid. This is handy as you can store the tube by standing it on the cap and this also enables an easy application of cream.

The cream that I purchased also contains camomile, which of course is renowned for its soothing properties. This was another reason for my purchase, as I have found in the past that some creams can irritate and camomile has always been an ingredient that has soothed my hands.

Back to the cream. When dispensed from the tube, it is squeezed out onto the palm of the hand. You do not need a lot of cream as it can be a little greasy.... The first time I used this I accidentally used too much cream and my hands felt really greasy for ages afterwards. Once I had established the right amount of cream for my hands, the greasy feeling only stayed a few minutes before my hands were nice and soft.

The smell of the cream is very similar to that of vaseline cream but with a hint of camomile - making it quite a pleasant smell and not offensive at all.

The cream does absord into the hands quite quickly, but on the down side I have found that I do have to reapply the cream after I have done the dishes or had my hands in water for any reason. This is quite a drawback for me as I am a busy person and would ideally like to be able to use the hand cream twice a day at most, but with this cream I have had to use it 3 or 4 times a day to keep my hands from becoming dry and chapped.

Between that and the greasy feeling, I had to deliberate on whether or not to recommend this cream to others, but on the plus side my hands are looking rather lovely and not a crack in sight! So I will give this product a recommendation, based purely on the fact that it does moisturise and protect hands from normal daily living.

Personally I use another hand cream now, which is slightly more expensive and doesn't need to be reapplied all the time. But I do still keep a tube of this in the cupboard for the times when I have run out of my normal cream or have trouble getting into town to buy it. It does work well as a standby.

If you are looking for a cheaper hand cream, then this is a good one to try as it does moisturise and protect, even if only for a short time before it needs to be reapplied.

I know that this isn't the longest review, but there's not a lot more I can really say about this cream.

Thanks for reading xx

Summary: Definitely not the best on the market