Winter and my hands are killing me...............

Well it's snowing again. And I know after talking to a friend of mine, her hands are killing her just as much as mine are. The cold weather really can have a negitive effect on your skin. Since I love house-cleaning, it doesn't always love me back. I try to use gloves, but I don't always. But ya know what even when I do, for some reason my hands still do the same thing, every winter. Every year around the nail at the top I get little cracks. They hurt like paper cuts. On the sides I get hard skin. So I am going to try some calendula oil and see how it goes. I have never used it before but I am willing to give it a try.