How important do you think it is for a woman to take care of her hands, which can be done at home? Surely many of you are thinking about this question. Of course, the external pull of the face is very important, but hands with special secrecy betray our true age.
This is why the topic of how to renew your hands at home has always interested us and will be in demand for a very long time. And today we have prepared for you a small but "delicious" selection of recipes in this regard.
Fruit, soda and oatmeal. . . . Hand peeling
Peeling is a simple but highly effective procedure. This allows you to rejuvenate the skin of the hands, and can also act as a preparatory stage for the subsequent application of various masks.
At home, the procedure can be performed several times a week. That's enough to keep your fingers in perfect condition.
Here are some recipes you can easily create. After all, everything you need is a must in any kitchen.
- Pour a small spoonful of baking soda with the same volume of warm water. Add the same amount of sour cream or yogurt to it. Mix the mixture well and apply on the hands, making gentle massage movements. The duration of the procedure is five minutes. Wash the composition under warm running water.
- Pour boiling water over small oat flakes - 1: 1 - and let swell. Two or three minutes will suffice. After that, add egg yolk and a little fresh lemon juice to the finished mass. Apply the composition on your hands and massage well.
- Pomegranate and grape juice exfoliates the upper cells of the epidermis well. To form a peeling mixture, each of these drinks must be combined with starch, rice flour or oatmeal.
- Peeling the fruit gives an excellent effect. In addition, it prepares very quickly. Simply chop each "sour" berry and apply the wheat on your hands. The duration of the procedure is fifteen. . . twenty minutes. Remove the berries under running water.
Peeling prepared according to the following recipe will help preserve cracked and very cracked fingers:
- You need to combine sleeping coffee grounds and regular salt (1: 1 ratio).
- Add a teaspoon of lemon juice, honey and high-fat kefir to the composition.
- Leave the resulting mixture for about fifteen minutes and then apply on your hands.
This recipe can be used once a week. The product is simultaneously a skin, and a cleanser, and an anti-pigment mask.
To give your hands extra protection, it is advisable to add a few drops of tea tree essential oil to each house bark. The oil has excellent antibacterial properties.
Hand mask
Women over 40 for the most part conclude that even the most expensive creams cannot replace home care. This is why baths, masks and household peels are extremely successful.
For the preparation of masks for all areas of care, you can use literally any product found at home on the refrigerator shelf.
With boiled potatoes
You need to boil two peeled potatoes, and, without cooling, grate them. Then chop the cucumber in the same way. Mix the two products. If the composition is too thick, then you can add a little warm milk to it.
Apply the mask on your hands and let it "work" for twenty minutes.
With olive oil
In olive oil (two tablespoons) add a little lemon juice - just a few drops - and two drops of iodine. Paint with your fingers and wait ten minutes. After that, the mixture can be washed.
This mask is interesting in that it not only nourishes the skin of the hands, but also strengthens the nail plate.
With protein
Separate the white from the yellow and beat until stiff, like a meringue. Add a drop of lemon juice and olive oil. Apply the composition and hold for fifteen minutes. Your fingers will receive excellent nourishment.
And the yellow balm can be applied to the face without any additives, and lie with it for a few minutes - a wonderful mask against skin aging.
With oat flour
You need to mix oatmeal (you can grind flakes in a coffee grinder) and a spoonful of liquid honey. Add the egg yolk to the resulting mixture.
Such a mask can be used as a "night" mask, that is, you will need to apply the makeup on your hands and put gloves on top. The effect is amazing! This is confirmed by women's reviews.
With lemon peel
You will need lemon peel (tablespoon) and the same amount of olive oil. Mix the ingredients and add a teaspoon of green (the drink should be strong). And the last ingredient in the mask is cottage cheese (two tablespoons).
Keep the composition for at least half an hour.
With sour cream
Fatty sour cream (one tablespoon) should be combined with egg yolk and one tablespoon of liquid honey. Mix the ingredients thoroughly so that the mass becomes homogeneous. Apply on hands and leave for twenty minutes.
Simple and light baths - useful for hands
If your hands have very dry skin, then oily baths will help revitalize the fingers, restoring them to their previous velvety structure. Such oil baths - this is the name of the procedure in the salon - should be taken as a habit by every woman. Moreover, it represents nothing complicated, but a quick result in the form of rejuvenation of the skin of the hands, as they say, on the face.
With butter
To prepare the bath, you can use any vegetable oil. But it is good to get olives, peaches or almonds.
- Beforehand, the oil should be slightly warmed and add a few drops of lemon juice.
- Pour the product into a flat bowl so that it is convenient to dip your hands in it.
- Soak the brushes in oil for ten to fifteen minutes.
- Then gently wipe off the excess liquid with a paper towel.
The oil can be reused instead of discarded.
Me soda
Baking soda baths will give your fingers the softness of silk.
- Soda (two teaspoons) should be dissolved in a glass of warm water.
- Dip your hands in warm vegetable oil and dip in a soda solution.
- The duration of the procedure is twenty minutes.
Then dry your hands with a paper towel or soft cloth and apply the oil again.
With a decoction of potatoes
You can use potato soup to prepare the bath. Wait for the liquid to cool and then add a little vegetable oil to it. Now you can give up.
The duration of the procedure is fifteen minutes.
With salt
Mineral baths give an excellent effect. Here you need to add sea salt to the water, but in its absence, ordinary salt will do. The procedure helps to remove redness from the skin, and also has a strengthening effect on the surface of the nail plate.
Preparing a bath is very simple: you need to dissolve the salt in warm water and add a few drops of citrus essential oil.
With vinegar
With hyperhidrosis of the palms, when the skin sweats a lot, vinegar baths will help. For two glasses of warm water, you should get a hundred milliliters of table vinegar - not basically vinegar! The duration of the procedure is not more than five minutes.
Hand gymnastics
To keep your new hands as long as possible, it is advisable to perform a simple set of exercises during the day.
- We actively disperse for a few minutes and connect the fingers of both hands.
- With the fingers of one hand, we try to spread the fingers of the other hand as wide as possible.
- For the third exercise, you will need to purchase a small ball so that it fits in the palm of your hand. With your index finger and thumb (first one hand, then the other), you should try to squeeze it as much as possible.
Hand massage
Massage is a real magic potion, which, unfortunately, we forget. But it is precisely stroke and tapping that improves local blood flow. The result is better nutrient absorption and accelerated tissue regeneration. At the same time, massage helps to relax the hands, which is also very important.
Hand massage can be done anywhere, such as sitting in an armchair in front of the TV.
- Make a fist with one hand and rub the palm of the other hand with it.
- Massage the wrist.
- Rub your fingers. A feeling of pleasant warmth should appear in them.
- Stretch each knot.
- Imagine wearing thin gloves. "Remove" them from each finger in turn.
And as a final step, apply your skin care cream to your hands.
As you can see, home care using only natural products is much higher than salon treatments. Moreover, such procedures do not present any difficulties.