Hands that work
Built for hands that work for a living
If your hands crack open at work, stop buying hand cream.
It's made for dry skin. Yours isn't dry — it's split to the knuckle. Hard Repair is a repair balm that seals the cracks, doesn't sting on skin that's already open, and absorbs in thirty seconds. So you pick your tools straight back up.
No sting on open cracks · Absorbs in 30 seconds · 100-day money-back guarantee
Between us we've got sixty years of hands that split open every winter. Knuckles cracked to the bone. Fingertips you tape up before you can hold a spanner. We bought every tube on the shelf — the drugstore creams, the famous tins, the ones that shout “heavy-duty”.
Two things went wrong every single time. They stung like hell the moment they touched an open crack — so you only ever put them on once things were already getting better. Exactly too late. And they were gone within the hour, because you wash your hands ten times a day and they were mostly water and perfume.
So we spent two years building the thing we actually wanted. A balm you can put on the day your hands are at their worst — that doesn't bite, doesn't leave grease on your tools, and stays put through a shift. Not a hand cream. A repair balm, for hands that are broken, not just dry.
Hand cream isn't built for hands like yours.
Hand cream is made for dry skin — the office kind, tight after a wash. Yours aren't dry. There's a difference between skin that feels tight and skin that splits into the knuckle and bleeds into your gloves by Tuesday.
Most of what's on the shelf is perfumed water. It soaks in, feels nice for ten minutes, and does nothing for a split thumb. And the fragrance and alcohol that make it feel nice are the same things that make it sting on cracks that are already open. Hard Repair leaves all of that out, on purpose.
Left alone, it gets worse
A split knuckle doesn't just hurt. It costs you.
You already know how this goes, because you live it:
- It catches on everything — every tool, every glove, every pocket.
- It bleeds into your gloves, and onto the sheets at night.
- It throbs at three in the morning and wakes you up.
- Some men glue the cracks shut just to work through the day.
A hand you can't close is a hand you can't work with. That isn't a cosmetic problem — and it's the thing we built Hard Repair to end.
See what it costs to fix it →The formula
Four layers. One job: close the split.
No fragrance. No alcohol. No essential oils. No colourants. Four things, doing four jobs.
Aloe vera is second on our list, not a trace at the bottom. With panthenol and allantoin, it's the reason Hard Repair doesn't burn on skin that's already open.
Glycerin and sodium hyaluronate pull moisture into the skin and hold it there.
Petrolatum, shea butter and squalane form the layer that survives hand-washing. That's the difference from a cream that's gone within the hour.
Allantoin supports the cell turnover that closes the split. Panthenol restores suppleness without a greasy film.
It doesn't sting on cracks that are already open. That's the whole point.
No fragrance · No alcohol · No essential oils · Nothing that bites
Side by side
What it has that the shelf doesn't.
| Hard Repair | Ordinary hand cream | The green tin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium hyaluronate | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Squalane | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Panthenol | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Aloe vera (2nd on the list) | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Fragrance | None | Usually | None |
| Stings on open cracks | No | Often | Maker warns about it |
| Absorbs in 30 seconds | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| 100-day guarantee | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
What to expect
Night by night.
We'd rather under-promise. You've probably had three products fail already.
Made properly
Made in the UK and safety-assessed under UK cosmetic regulations before it goes in a jar.
The full ingredient list is printed on every jar, in order — including exactly how much of what.
No perfume, no alcohol, no essential oils, no formaldehyde donors. Nothing that stings or hides a weak formula.
Why we made this
Two fathers with the same hands.
“Between us we've been on the tools thirty years each. Our hands looked the same: cracked every winter, split at the knuckle, taped up more mornings than not. Nothing on the shelf held up on a job site. So we made the thing we couldn't buy — and it fixed our own hands first. That's the only reason it exists.”
Real hands, real nights
Split knuckles, sealed in nine nights.
Same hand, same angle, nine nights apart. Phone photos from the seeding trial — unfiltered.
“First cream that didn't sting when I put it on. Knuckles were shut inside a week. Doesn't come off on the wheel, either.”
“Winter wrecks my hands every year. Put it on before bed, gloves over the top. No more blood on the sheets by day four.”
“Absorbs and it's gone. Grip a wrench thirty seconds later, no slip. That's what I wanted, and nothing else did it.”
The difference
Why tradespeople switch.
This isn't a hand cream
Hand cream is made for dry hands. Yours are broken. There's a difference between skin that feels tight and skin that splits into the knuckle.
No grease on your tools
This is why most men stop applying anything. Thirty seconds and you don't feel it — or see it on what you touch.
It doesn't sting
The well-known tins can burn on cracks that are already open — the label even warns about it. No fragrance, no alcohol, no essential oils. Nothing that bites.
It stays on through washing
Ten washes a day. A water-based cream is gone within the hour. Petrolatum, shea and squalane last the shift.
Four actives the green tin doesn't have
Sodium hyaluronate and glycerin bind moisture. Panthenol and allantoin do the repair work. Aloe vera is second on our list, not a trace at the bottom.
Choose your supply
Get your hands back.
One jar lasts about a month. Most men keep one by the bed, one in the van, one in the toolbox.
If your hands aren't visibly repaired, we don't deserve your money.
- No forms · no return shipping · no questions about why
- Refunded within 3 working days of your email
- Use the whole jar — the refund applies anyway
- Covers single jars and every bundle
Frequently asked
Questions we get a lot.
How quickly will I see results?
Will it feel greasy on tools or under gloves?
What's the difference vs. the well-known green tin?
Is this suitable as a gift?
Stop taping your fingers up every morning.
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