Same here! My hands feel terrible in winter. It can be painful to clench my fists and relax my hands because they get so badly chapped. If I put cream on it, it burns and irritates because... well, it's chapped. =[

My mum gave me some cream the other week to help my hands, and it didn't burn or irritate me at all. It's a L'Occitane Hand Cream with Lavender essential oils. Not only does it smell great, but my hands were smooth again in about three days if I applied twice/three times a day. The beauty is that you don't even need to use much of it - I have a 75ml tube, and I've hardly used any of it since it was given to me.