A Sparkling Solution For Hands That Need Help

I’m on a mission for more ladylike hands. (Currently, they don’t even deserve to be called hands. They’re mitts. The next step is paws, then hands.) So I got pretty excited when I came across a hand, nail and cuticle treatment like none I’d ever seen before.

You know those fun, bubbly balls you plop in your tub for a pampering bath? Naturally Clean by Essie‘s Vitamin-Enriched Manicure Revitalizer is basically that, except bite-sized. However, it would behoove you to not eat them and, instead, drop one in some warm water for a five-minute fizz sauna for your hands.

That’s what I did, right here at the office, with a plastic bowl left over from someone’s Chinese takeout order. (Yes, I washed it first. I don’t think lo mein is a valid beauty treatment.) As I fought the urge to shout, “Madge, I soaked in it,” it not only offered a relaxing mid-afternoon break, it also provided my frightful fingers with the benefits of an antiseptic botanical blend, including eucalyptus, fruit-based AHAs, and vitamin C.

One treatment didn’t transform my mitts, but by the time I get through all 18 gently scented tablets, I fully expect to have hand-model scouts beating down my door.