How to properly organize hand care

For the look of a successful modern girl, pens are no less important than a beautiful face and an appetizing figure. And this is not only a neat manicure. The skin on the hands, by the way, betrays age. Therefore, the handles should always be smooth and soft. This article will tell you how to properly care for your hand skin, which is especially important in winter.

How to care for your hands

In order for the leather of the handles to always please with its smoothness, it is necessary to take care of it daily. Every day, hands are exposed to various types of work, chemicals, wind and other things. To keep the skin of your hands always soft, you must:

• Eat right. Our health directly depends on a high-quality diet, not only the condition of the skin.
• Drink plenty of fluids. At least 1.5 liters of clean water per day.
• Use hand scrubs at least once a week. Peeling will help the skin to renew itself more quickly and remove unnecessary roughness.
• All household work is best done with gloves. This will prevent your hands from interacting with household chemicals that dry your skin.
• Hand gymnastics. It will help to avoid wrist problems, swelling and other troubles.
• And, of course, proper hydration. If you follow all the points above, then your hands will only need to apply a moisturizer every day, before going to bed.

But what if the rules were not followed and now it is necessary to urgently return the skin of the hands to its former tenderness?

Hand care products

The simplest thing is to buy a good quality cream. Apply to hands 3 times a day. Give preference to the following supplements:

1. Aloe extract if your hands are very dry.
2. Glycerin will help keep the skin from flaking.
3. Contribute to relieve irritation herbs- chamomile, lavender, calendula, sage.

For emergency skin care hands, you can put on a good moisturizer, put on rubber gloves on top and go to wash the dishes. Necessarily hot water. This method will help to restore the skin as quickly as possible. The high temperature reinforced with rubber will steam the skin and the cream will be absorbed as efficiently as possible.

It is also helpful to make nourishing hand masks. Pamper your pens with additional moisturizing methods at least once a week. For this, baths, masks, wraps or paraffin therapy are suitable.

Paraffin therapy at home is quite simple and effective.

• Purchase regular cosmetic paraffin from the pharmacy. Represents a bar. It costs about 150 rubles, but it will last for a very long time.
• Place in a waste iron bowl. Put on the smallest fire.
• Heat the paraffin wax until the entire bar is melted into liquid. This usually takes about 10 minutes.
• Remove the cookware from the heat and let the paraffin cool slightly. Just do not put the dishes in cold water - paraffin hardens very quickly.
• After about 5-7 minutes, the temperature of the liquid will become comfortable for the hands. Just take some of the paraffin with your fingers and spread it over your hands.
• Wait a little - a film will form. It is easy to peel off, just rub your hands.
• You do not need to use any additional tools. The skin after paraffin will become smooth and hydrated. And it will also repel water well.
• You can carry out the procedure every day, as an alternative to the nourishing cream before bed.

Hand masks

The best ingredients in face care masks skin hands are the following products:

1. Honey.
2. Sour cream.
3. Egg yolk.
4. Cream.
5. Raw potatoes.
6. Olive oil.
7. Sea salt.
8. Iodine.

You can use these ingredients in any combination with each other. And to grow well fingernails, iodine, sea salt and red hot pepper will help. Here are some simple yet effective hand mask recipes.

• Grated apple, a couple of tablespoons of petroleum jelly and the same amount of olive oil, a drop of camphor or mint oil. Apply to hands, hold for 10 minutes and rinse with plain water.
• Mix the egg yolk with a teaspoon of honey. Add a spoonful of jojoba oil and coconut... Hold on hands for 10 minutes, then rinse and apply a thin layer of grape seed oil.
• Take 2 tablespoons of olive oil, mix with lemon juice. Heat a little and add a couple of drops of iodine to the mixture. You can separately hold the phalanges of your fingers in it - food for nails. You can simply spread it on your hands and rinse off after 15 minutes.

Hand baths

In order for the cream or mask to be better absorbed, which means they give the best result, the handles need to be prepared. To do this, you can make a bath.

List of the best and simplest hand baths:

1. Take a liter of warm milk and soak the crumb from white bread in it. Soak the pens in this mixture for 15 minutes, then rinse with water. This bath will help soften the skin and heal cracks.
2. Cabbage pickle will help to eliminate the roughness of the hands. Drain the brine into a separate container, warm to room temperature and dip the handles. After 20 minutes, rinse your hands with water.
3. Boil linden flowers with boiling water. Let cool slightly and hold the pens in this water for 20 minutes. Linden rejuvenates the skin, softens and fights against microbes.
4. Grate baby soap, fill with water. Add baking soda and keep the pens in this mixture for 25 minutes.
5. A decoction of eucalyptus leaves will make the skin soft and kill bacteria. Does not require rinsing.