Thirty seconds, twice a day.

One oil in two applicators, and a balm for everywhere else. No ten-step routine, no equipment.

The oil, brush or dropper.

Start clean

Hands washed and dry — the oil works best with nothing in the way.

Freshly washed hand resting on a marble basin edge, water beading, a linen towel lifted toward it

Apply

Sweep the brush — or place one drop — along each cuticle and the skin framing the nail.

A dropper holds a single bead of oil above a cuticle, the bottle beside it

Massage

Small circles until the shine settles. The formula is built to absorb deeply and nourish longer: the lanolin carries the oils into the skin and keeps them working until you apply again.

A thumb massaging oil into the cuticle in small circles

Make it daily

Once a day minimum — the brush while you're out, the dropper once you're home.

The dropper on a marble ledge at home while a hand slips the brush pen into a tote beside a ring of keys

The balm, cuticles to heels.

Fingertips lifting a little balm from the open jar and warming it between finger and thumb

A little goes far

Warm a small amount between fingertips. It covers more than you'd think.

A thumb working balm into the knuckles of the other hand, the jar open behind

Go where it's dry

Massage into cuticles, knuckles, knees, feet and heels — anywhere skin cracks, splits or roughens. It sets like a top coat, not a slick.

The jar on a nightstand in lamp light beside folded cotton gloves, a hand pulling one on

Sleep on it

Best overnight, before gloves or socks, or ahead of a hard-wearing day. Apply it over oiled cuticles at night and it seals the oil in as well.

The whole routine is three small things.

on the go

The brush goes with you

Lives in the handbag, the desk drawer, the station cart. Sweep along each cuticle, massage until settled, get on with the day. No drips, no waiting.

Cuticle Oil — Brush

at home

Pippi and Bloom cuticle oil dropper bottle in window light against a pale wall

The dropper stays home

The unhurried version. A single drop at the base of each nail, massaged in slowly — the punctuation mark at the end of a day.

Cuticle Oil — Dropper

anywhere dry

Pippi and Bloom all over balm — one jar open, one lid facing out — in window light against a pale wall

One jar for every dry spot

Its own formula, not just the oil in a jar. A rich, lanolin-anchored balm made for all over: cuticles, knuckles, elbows, knees, feet and heels. It penetrates cracked skin, holds moisture in through hand-washing and a full day's work, and is still working at breakfast. Use over oiled cuticles at night, it locks the oil in too.

All Over Balm

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