Why I use kitchen hand cream, on my body in the bathroom.

I think it’s really interesting that Cucina built an entire business out of making soaps and hand creams, specifically designed for kitchen use. Most companies would have branched out and started making eyebrow shampoo by now. But the fact that they can grow, without having to do that, is a testament to how good and addictive this stuff is.

Cucina Regenerating Hand Cream is made with cold pressed olive oil. It’s designed to deeply moisturize hands dried out from frequent washing. It also contains olive leaf extract, which stimulates the skin and helps heal minor cuts and burns.

(Minor cuts and burns? Sounds like me after making a bagel in the morning.)

Cucina hand cream absorbs really quickly and leaves no greasy residue, only super silky, soft skin behind. 

Being the rebel that I am, I decided this stuff was too good to reserve for hand use only. Before I knew it, my hand application was working its way up my arm, then down my torso, to my feet.  I knew I would soon end up in my kitchen, naked, doing dishes, covered in hand cream. So I decided to ignore the fact that “Cucina” was Italian for “kitchen”  and made it my bathroom, body moisturizer.

It has a light scent that doesn’t last too long, but is very uplifting. All the scents smelled nice, but I went for the Sanguinelli Orange and Fennel. 

 

This stuff isn’t cheap, but its packaging is lovely and classy and will make you feel like the only reason you’re standing over the sink doing dishes is because the maid called in sick (yet again).

I wish Cucina would start a new line called “bagno” (bathroom in Italian) specifically for bathroom use, so when people see Cucina in my bathroom, they don't picture me getting arrested for peeing in kitchens all over Italy.

Comments

[Morgan]

Hilarious, as always, and I LOVE Cucina. It's totally my reward for keeping my sink clear and tidy. It's on sale at Anthropologie every once in awhile.

[jenny]

Hey Morgan,
I like, that rewarding yourself for keeping the sink clean, i'll have to try it. Thanks for the Anthropologie tip!
jenny

[Katie]

"I knew I would soon end up in my kitchen, naked, doing dishes, covered in hand cream." HAHAHAHA!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for that laugh. I really needed that. As for the mental image of you peeing in kitchens all over Italy, well...

[jenny]

Hey Katie,
Thanks. Glad I could make you laugh and gross you out all in one post:)
jenny

[Heath]

Oh silly girl :) You will be happy to know that Cucina is just a small offshoot of a large Canadian bath/skincare company called fruits & passion. Look, it's even on the bottle :) They are like the Quebecois Bath and Body Works. It's been years since I've visited their website but I think its fruitsandpassion.com or fruitsetpassion.com or both. Well, yeah, I guess you could just Google it.

[jenny]

Ahh, I knew they were too good to just stick to hand products.
Thanks for the info!
jenny

[Self Tanning Queen]

Great post! I'm always looking at new super moisturizing products to use under my self-tanner.

Olive oil also contains polyphenol compounds and have been compared to traditional antioxidants, like Vitamin E which help protect our skin from over exposure to the sun. So it's moisturizing and anti-aging!!

[ponds age miracle]

Interesting product good you shared this,where can i buy this product?

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