To get perfectly soft, manicured hands you need time and patience. Should these virtues be in short supply, you can always go the drugstore beauty queen route with Burt's Bees Lemon Cuticle Butter.

Packaged in a snappy yellow tin, lemon oil softens your cuticles while the Vitamin E, sweet almond oil and beeswax add long-lasting moisture. I'm not one to toss around the phrase "miracle product," but I can honestly say that I've never found a nail problem that this cuticle butter couldn't fix.