I\u2019m a woman of a certain age. And while I guess that\u2019s technically been true my entire adult life, it\u2019s now the kind of thing I announce with a somewhat pejorative affectation before offering an explanation for the rituals I\u2019ve adopted in my 40s. For example: \u201cI\u2019m a woman of a certain age, so of course my room needs to be a crisp 61 degrees Fahrenheit for me to sleep through the night.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m a woman of a certain age, so I slather my face and neck with Vaseline before bed.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m a woman of a certain age, so I always wear gloves when I wash the dishes.\u201d Okay, that last one is a lie. But I\u2019ve been trying really, really hard to make it a true statement, because no matter how much sleep I get (not enough) or how young my face looks (younger than 44, if I do say so myself), if my hands are even a little bit dry, they don\u2019t just give away my age\u2014they look like they belong to someone much older.<\/p>\n
The disconnect here is that I\u2019ve been pretty diligent about skin care and sun protection from the neck up since my early 20s, but I\u2019ve never regularly used hand lotion and only started putting SPF on them in the last couple of years. I also don\u2019t regularly subject my face to scalding hot water and detergents like I do my hands every time I wash dishes without gloves\u2014which, until fairly recently, had been daily.<\/p>\n
I admit I first started using dishwashing gloves to preserve the life of my pricey manicures, but I quickly realized that\u2014when combined with simple skincare and sun protection\u2014the gloves help my hands look less crepey and feel much softer. Well, as long as I keep up with everything, that is. And it took switching up my system (and my gloves) to make donning dish gloves a habit.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve tried so many different dish gloves and most have been bulky and unpleasant to wear. Fancy, cotton-lined ones often have too much room in the fingers and wrists, and while the thicker rubber created a better heat barrier between my hands and the hot water, the extra material\u2014especially when combined with soap\u2014made it hard to grip dishes, and I definitely lost a few pieces of delicate glassware to the bottom of the sink. Then I picked up a few pairs of cheap HDX Green 11 mil Reusable Nitrile Gloves<\/strong> in my size (medium) at a hardware store and haven\u2019t gone back. The thinner material makes it easy for me to feel what I\u2019m holding and the textured grip ensures nothing will slip out of my soapy, gloved hands. Yes, I can feel super-scalding hot water through them, but hey\u2014at least it\u2019s not hitting my hands directly like when I wasn\u2019t wearing gloves at all. I also tried Moxie Large 2-Count Embossed-Grip Nitrile Reusable Cleaning Gloves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As much as I try to reduce clutter on my kitchen counter, I\u2019ve learned that if my dishwashing gloves are out of sight, they\u2019re out of mind. Now, I keep my gloves draped over the faucet or the ledge of the sink so I always remember to put them on. A bonus of the cheap, thin gloves is that they drape easily. If you\u2019d like a more formal (or less conspicuous) arrangement, there are glove holders for that.<\/p>\n When the dishes are done, I take off my gloves, drape them over the faucet to dry, then reward myself with two little treats for my hands. The first is Naomi After-Cooking Hand Scrub<\/strong> followed by a luxe lotion that I keep next to the sink. 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