If you’re looking for a twist on the usual fruity hand lotion gift sets this holiday season, then I have a therapeutic cream to recommend that is the perfect size for Christmas stockings: O’Keeffe’s! This brand offers two intensive creams: O’Keeffe’s Working Hands and O’Keeffe’s Healthy Feet.
Both creams come in a round jar and have a consistency that reminds me of coconut cream. The Working Hands cream has a very slick feel going on, and it has a very dry finish – almost the same sensation as when I wear a matte lipstick, if that makes sense? I’m used to using creams that leave a moisturizing top coat, so I would use this in conjunction with another lotion for comfort. It almost feels a little sticky on my hands after application. As for the skin on my hands, it’s looking good after about a week of sporadic usage; I’m not sure if this is correlation or causation. At times, it seems like this cream can be a bit irritating to my skin, but again, I haven’t used it long enough to tell correlation or causation.
I have also been giving this cream to Jai, since he has been doing a lot of construction and his hands are totally torn up – they feel rough, cracked and splitting. I do think this cream helps his hands so I’ve been encouraging him to use this as much as possible!
Both of us are liking the Healthy Feet cream. I swear by foot lotion as a way to keep my feet soft and looking nice, but I often forget to do it – especially the last few years, when I couldn’t even bend my knees enough to reach my feet without pain! Jai has very, very dry and cracked heels, so he needs this even more than I do. The great thing about these products is that the packaging is very gender-neutral and utilitarian, so they are perfect for everyone from busy moms with dishpan hands to guys that do jobs with heavy labor. And of course, some dads have dishpan hands and some moms pour gravel, so any person who works with their hands or has dry skin could enjoy these!
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is the latest album from Paul McCartney, released October 15th. This is his first full album of original material since 2007 – last year’s release, Kisses on The Bottom, was mostly covers. I was very interested to hear what his latest work would be like – music has gone in some very interesting directions in recent years, and major label releases have changed alot in just 6 years. Of course, no one is the master of evolving and changing sounds seamlessly like the creative genius behind Abbey Road, so I was curious indeed to see what this album had in store.
, a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers special from when I was a kid, featuring the robot getting the Command Center into the festive spirit. I remember that my mom always thought Alpha was annoying with his constant “Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi”, so I know she must have just loved this full half hour of Alpha singing Christmas carols like, “Deck the halls with boughs of holly, ay-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi!” It’s super cheestastic and makes me super happy! The special is pretty much just Alpha and a group of children singing and decorating a tree, with a small cameo from the Power Rangers at the end.
. As the name indicates, Alpha has been packaged together with a holiday-themed episode from one of the newest batches of Rangers. I haven’t watched “Super Samurai Stuck on Christmas” yet because it doesn’t feel Christmas-y to be watching this when I still have Halloween stuff in the yard, but I can’t wait until I can bust out a mug of cocoa and curl next to the tree to watch it in December. You guys 
on here instead for the Christmas trifecta? Oh well, good thing I own a VHS copy of that too. 😉
