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thanks everyone for the continued replies, switched soaps a month or so back to non antibacterial which helped BIG time, i always read and knew in the back of my mind not to be using antibacterial but never did it, was fine except for the winter when i had issues and just used lotions at night, still experiencing dry cracking, probably my own fault i should probably be moisturizing each night ill try to do better and be using the coconut oil, i used a badger lotion i found in the drawer ingredients>>organic extra virgin olive oil, castor oil, jojoba oil, beeswax, and essential oils of rosemary, peppermint, balsam fir, eucalyptus, tea tree and cardamom

hand felt great the next morning but it didnt last long by the end of the day the relief i had was gone and actually seemed to be cracked and sore even worse than before, so maybe something in there isnt as good as was made out to be, but will get the coconut oil and be using that as i am half way there as changing soaps has helped...

thank you all again for your help!

great to see this, have sent a request...will be great! glad you posted up the info

greetings friends, was curious what you all use for vitamins and supplements to balance what your missing out on?? i have read B12 and D3 supplements are a must so curious what brands you would recommend and if anything else would be beneficial? obviously everyone is different and it also depends on other things but a general question is all....also would any of you recommend a full daily vitamin?? looking at the garden of life 'raw one' but i remember in the past reading that daily mutli vitamins are just a waste of money and make expensive pee?? i dont think i would necessarily need one myself as i juice 3 times a day and have good suppers/ snacks throughout the day but for my wife i feel could be benefit so please do let me know and share anything else that might be good to know, not just for myself but others new to this way of living.

thanks in advance to you all, really appreciate all the great insight on here!

thank you both very much, i had always read antibacterial wasnt very good but had always used so figured it was down to something else, but will get rid and try both of your suggestions. thanks again.

Greetings everyone just wanted to ask the question to see what others have experienced and what they use. I have always had dry skin in the colder months and used a lotion/cream called 'glysolid' which was about the only thing that would work to help relieve the cracked and sometimes bleeding hands that i would encounter.

Have been 100% raw now for over 2 months and its warmer here now but still having the struggles that i normally only used to get in the cold months....I have at least 2 green juices a day as well as a sweeter grape or pineapple i juice then a huge salad for supper with avacados,peppers,carrots,mushrooms and a lovely dill sauce...i pound the water as well having at least 2 liters(maybe this isnt pounding, 2 liters seems alot when i have 1.5-2 liters of juice as well) ontop of the juices so i should think i am getting enough hydration and good clean eatting??

The wife wants me to go see a doctor now which i really dont want to do as i dont believe they are really of much use other than to get you on a product that you need the rest of your life!! not sure if its just a case of continue with the glysolid(which i would rather not as there some crazy stuff in it dont know what half of it is!!)or if there is anything else anyone recommends, i do wash my hands alot having 3 kids and cleaning up but nothing more than i used to  so dont think that is a huge issue or reason behind the dry hands??? even so is there a liquid soap that anyone recommends to use, at the moment i switched to a dettol/e45 mix in the hopes that it was the imperial leather soap i was using might have been the issue, seems a little better but still hands get quite bad. No dry skin anywhere else other than the hands.

Anything at all to help or any hints or tips you guys use would be great, and anything more natural based than this stuff i am currently using would be wonderful, have wanted to get away from it and get something more natural but they get so bad need something thats quite strong and this stuff has always worked well...

thanks agian.