NICHE WORKPLACES: Inside The Limited World Of Hand Models. “Amanda George usually wears gloves and opens car doors very carefully. She eats with plastic utensils, applies hand lotion and cuticle oil regularly, and avoids bright nail polish that might stain. . . . George can also use her perfectly size-7, thin-fingered, spotless hands to earn $1,000 for a day’s work. And in an advertising world full of hand-related products like toilet paper, jewelry, watches, nail polish, and handy wipes, there’s a small but lucrative market for hand models to earn extra money or even make a career of it.”