How does the reader feel when Esperanza shares that "no matter how much avocado and glycerin she puts on her hands, they will never look like the hands of a wealthy women from El Ranco de las Rosas? Which Esperanza is more likeable?

I think Esperanza is just trying to process her reality in California. She and her mother will never be able to recreate the past, a past which Esperanza looks back nostalgically on. There is no mixture that can recreate the experiences the family had in Mexico. That is the reality of the situation, but perhaps they can create new ones.