Kaylz - My hands go through phases of being a bit dire. I'm now linking it to times I inadvertently have gluten (grrrr! Bangs head on desk).
Anyway, when they're at their worst (dry, hard and tend to crack in the bends of my index fingers and thumbs), I use Neutragena , or Nivea Rescue and Care during the day. Both are very food. I also have some lovely Soap and Glory hand cream which pleasant too, but not as "heavy duty" as the others.
At night, at those times, I wear some cotton gloves (from eBay at about £1 a pair) and lather my hands up with E45 or the like and go off to bed. It works, but is a bit odd the first few times, and of course my OH had a bit of a chuckle about it all. In the morning, I just turn the gloves outside in and throw them in the washing basket.
Of course, the real answer, for me, would be not trip up with gluten, but that can be easier said than done sometimes.
