The best I ever found is Neutrogena & Sally Hansen Apricot cuticle cream. Use to work in flower shop & my hands very always dry & fingers would split. Doctor told me to glue split with super glue. It forms a shield over split & holds it together till it heals in a few days. Just be careful you don't glue fingers together. Had a friend that was an army medic tell me that super glue is what they used in the field for wounds till they got back to hospital. Hoofmaker is great but it makes your finger tips tough (not dry) as a boot. Really thickens the skin. I feel for you. You are where it gets awful cold, I would die there. My skin starts getting bad when the leaves start turning. I know weird.