This drugstore cream is an all-rounder that repairs the skin

Beauty Created by Boticaria García and Gema Herrerías, it is used for irritations, scars, redness... It is now essential in any toiletry bag.

By Ores Lario

There are cosmetics whose fame precedes them and have become a fetish to which the public professes extreme fidelity. Take the multi-purpose Bio-Oil, which has been Amazon's best-selling skincare product for ten years and is the number one selling scar and stretch mark treatment in 23 countries. Favorite of celebrities like the Kardashians, Natalie Portman or Jennifer Lopez. Carmex lip balm has also achieved cult-favorite status as a multi-tasker, a best-seller staple in professional makeup artists and celebrities alike, as in addition to being a Vaseline, it can also be used under lipstick, as a highlighter on cheekbones or to hydrate cheekbones. cuticles when dry. Its success can be compared to that of the famous Weleda Skin Food cream, whose formula has remained unchanged since its creation in 1926 and combines vegetable oils that nourish and repair the skin of the hands, feet, elbows, lips and face. It can also brighten a dull face and even repair dry cuticles. His effectiveness has given him legions of fans, Victoria Beckham included.

The mentioned cosmetics are beauty all-rounders. In this list of essentials for the toiletry bag, a product of recent invoice and national DNA has just slipped. It has been baptized as Mano de Santo and it is a multifunction product, which acts quickly and efficiently in the face of various problems. With its launch, the dream of the pharmacists Marián García, better known as Boticaria García, and Gema Herrerías, have come true, who have devised a basic that did not yet exist in Spanish parapharmacy: a soothing and repairing cream at the same time.

This cosmetic has just been launched on the market and was born with the vocation of becoming essential, although its history dates back to 2014, when Boticaria García began to recommend a cream on her blog and on social networks that she colloquially referred to as "hand of saint" for those people whose skin is attacked by external factors. "Hand of a saint? What cream is that?" they asked. “Very easy!”, he replied. "Ask your pharmacy for a repairing, soothing cream..." but finding it was not an easy task. Until now, when the two professionals and friends have managed to bring it to reality with a careful formula.

The combination of ingredients that make it a useful cream for different uses contains active ingredients such as panthenol (provitamin B-5, which repairs the skin's barrier function and reduces redness and inflammation) and extracts of custard apple (helps reduce itching), centella asiatica (with restructuring and moisturizing action) and adansonia extract (with antioxidant properties). Its fluid pink-gel texture is what sets Mano de Santo apart from any other calming and multi-purpose proposal in the pharmacy. And it is enough to apply it on the skin to soothe reddened dermis and assaulted by factors such as cold or wind and even mosquito bites or sunburn. It can also be used in combination with peelings and retinoids and, in short, it is an anti-pruritic, moisturizing, anti-redness and repairing cream.

Mano de Santo contains allergen-free perfume and its texture is pleasant and does not leave the skin sticky after application. The creators of this all-rounder recommend applying it in a thick, even layer on clean, dry skin, two to three times a day, avoiding the eye area. After use, the skin regenerates as if by magic, hence its name.