Winter is a one-two punch: Your cracked up skin sends you reeling and the icy sidewalks knock you flat on your bum.

For problem one, try Shea Cream from Minneapolis-based Galen Labs.

Five years ago, founder Kevin Olson started researching ingredients in beauty products and became entranced by the original maker of botanical skin products -- Claudius Galen. During the Roman Empire, the writer/philospher/doctor came up with all sorts of medical discoveries and even invented cold cream.

Olson personally developed the line, which is manufactured in Buffalo, Minnesota.

The cream uses unrefined shea butter that is whipped for two hours. The texture is not what you'd expect -- it is airy and there are bits of shea that you massage onto the skin of your face and body.

The concentrated formula also has vitamin E, St. John's Wort and calendula along with a light soothing fragrance. The result is uncanny -- skin has never been softer and red spots are calmed. It has worked wonders on eczema and rosacea.

Plus the concentrated formula is perfect for smoothing chapped hands and elbows.

Go ahead, call it a comeback.

Shea Cream by Galen Labs, available at local co-ops and salons. See full list here.

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