Hand Cream for Chefs: Cracked Hands From the Kitchen
Chefs and kitchens · Skin is gear

Twelve hours of water, heat and citrus. Knuckles split by Friday.

A line cook washes hands dozens of times a shift, then plunges them into hot water, acid, salt and onion. Add twelve hours on a kitchen floor. This is the hand and feet routine that fits a shift: fast, clean, and done before service.

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Skin is gear
Why kitchen hands crack

Water, heat and acid, all shift.

Every hand wash takes some of the skin's oil, and a kitchen asks for dozens a shift. Hot water and dish soap take more. Citrus, vinegar, onion and salt find every crack and make it sting. Knuckles split first because they bend the most, and the knife hand builds a callus that catches. Below the hands, the feet and lower back take twelve hours on tile.

The routine has to fit the kitchen. Repair absorbs in about a minute, so it goes on before service and after close, and you wash before you touch food the same as always. Split+ goes on overnight, when nothing is in your hands for eight hours. Performance keeps the feet drier in clogs. Rhino was formulated by a chef. Kitchen hands are not a theory to us.

A double, hour by hour

From prep to close.

Where kitchen hands and feet go wrong across a shift, and what goes on at each stop.

The night before · 11 PMFeet first.

Performance on the soles before bed. Feet stay drier in clogs for twelve hours.

Performance
Prep · 2 PMA barrier before the water.

Repair on clean, dry hands. It absorbs before you pick up a knife. Wash before you touch food, as always.

Repair
Service · 7 PMThe split that stings.

Split stick on a cracked knuckle at a break. It stays put through glove changes.

Split
Close · 11 PMWash gently, then repair.

Castile wash instead of the dish soap on the way out. Repair on the hands.

All Natural Castile Body WashRepair
Home · MidnightOvernight is when it heals.

Split+ whipped balm on the cracks, cotton gloves if it's bad. Massage Cream on the feet, calves and lower back.

Split+Massage Cream
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The pack

What's in the knife roll.

One-ounce sizes in the knife roll. Full sizes at home. Case packs for the whole kitchen.

All of it, one boxRhino Skin Kit

Daily care, deep conditioning, real hydration. Three full sizes, the whole routine.

The whole routineRhino Skin Kit$56.85$44.95
8 items · pick a size, hit Add
Before service, after closeRepair$8.95
Knife roll, cracked knucklesSplit$4.95
Whipped balm, overnightSplit+$8.95
Gentler than dish soapAll Natural Castile Body Wash$5.95
Feet in clogsPerformance$8.95
Feet, calves, lower backMassage Cream$8.95
Lower back after a doubleRAD Roller - Helix$49.00
Tight handsHydrate$8.95
The crew

The people who test this on the line.

Line cooks, chefs, bakers, dishwashers. They tell us what survived a weekend of doubles.

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Seen in the kitchen

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The pass, the knife roll, the family meal. This wall is yours.

Tradesperson's gloved hands working with a wrench — Rhino skin care for working hands.@rhinoskinsolutionsHealthcare worker washing hands — Rhino skin care for hardworking hands.@rhinoskinsolutionsGuitarist's hands on the fretboard — Rhino skin care for musicians' fingers.@rhinoskinsolutionsWashing hands — Rhino skin care for frequently washed hands.@rhinoskinsolutionsCracked heel close-up — Rhino skin repair for dry, split skin.@rhinoskinsolutionsWorking at a desk — Rhino skin care for everyday hands.@rhinoskinsolutionsBare feet close-up — Rhino skin care for feet.@rhinoskinsolutionsPhysical therapist treating a knee — Rhino muscle and joint care.@rhinoskinsolutionsWashing hands — Rhino skin care for frequently washed hands.@rhinoskinsolutions@rhinoskinsolutionsHealthcare worker washing hands — Rhino skin care for hardworking hands.@rhinoskinsolutionsTag us
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