How important do you think it is for a woman to take care of her hands, what can be done at home? Surely many of you are thinking about this question. Of course, the external attractiveness of her face is very important, but her hands with special insidiousness betray our royal age.
That is why the topic of how to rejuvenate the hands at home has always interested us and will be in demand for a long time. And today we have prepared for you a small but "tasty" selection of recipes in this direction.
Fruits, sodas and oatmeal. . . . Hand peeled
Peeling is a simple but incredibly effective procedure. It allows you to renew 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 done a couple of times a week. This is enough to keep your fingers in perfect condition.
Here are some recipes that you can easily create. After all, everything you need is a must-have in every kitchen.
- Pour a small tablespoon of baking soda with the same volume of warm water. Add the same amount of sour cream or yogurt. Stir the mixture well and apply it to your hands, making gentle massaging movements. The duration of the procedure is five minutes. Wash the composition with warm running water.
- Pour boiling water over small oat flakes (1: 1 ratio) and let them swell. Two or three minutes will suffice. After that, add the egg yolk and some fresh lemon juice to the finished batter. Apply the composition on your hands and massage well.
- Pomegranate and grape juice exfoliate the upper cells of the epidermis well. To form a peel mix, any of these drinks must be combined with starch, rice flour, or oatmeal.
- Fruit peeling gives an excellent effect. In addition, it prepares very quickly. Simply crush the "sour" berries and apply the mush to 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 save chapped and very scaly fingers:
- You must combine the coffee grounds to sleep and the common 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 it on your hands.
This recipe can be used once a week. The product is simultaneously a peeling, an exfoliator and an anti-pigment mask.
To provide additional protection to your hands, it is advisable to add a few drops of tea tree ether to each homemade peel. The oil has excellent antibacterial properties.
Hand masks
Most women over 40 come to the conclusion that even the most expensive creams cannot replace home care. This is why homemade baths, masks, and scrubs are incredibly successful.
For the preparation of masks for all areas of care, you can use literally any product that is at home on the shelf of the refrigerator.
With boiled potatoes
You need to boil two unpeeled potatoes and, without cooling, grate. Then chop the cucumber in the same way. Mix both products. If the composition is too thick, you can add a little warm milk to it.
Apply the mask to your hands and leave it to "act" for twenty minutes.
With olive oil
In olive oil (two tablespoons) add a little lemon juice, just a couple of drops, and two drops of iodine. Grease your fingers and wait ten minutes. After that, the mixture can be washed off.
This mask is interesting because it not only nourishes the skin of the hands, but also strengthens the nail plate.
With protein
Separate the white from the yolk and beat until firm, like for a meringue. Add a drop of lemon juice and olive oil. Apply the composition and hold for fifteen minutes. Your fingers will receive excellent nutrition.
And the yolk can be applied to the face without additives and lay with it for a few minutes, a wonderful mask against skin aging.
With oatmeal
You need to mix oatmeal (you can grind the flakes in a coffee grinder) and a tablespoon of runny 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 composition on your hands and put gloves on top. The effect is amazing! This is confirmed by the reviews of women.
With lemon zest
You will need lemon zest (tablespoon) and the same amount of olive oil. Mix the ingredients and add a tablespoon of green tea (the drink must be strong). And the last component of the mask is cottage cheese (two large spoons).
Keep the composition for at least half an hour.
With sour cream
Fat sour cream (a tablespoon) should be combined with egg yolk and a tablespoon of liquid honey. Mix the components well so that the dough becomes homogeneous. Apply to the hands and leave for twenty minutes.
Simple and easy hand baths: useful
If your hands have very dry skin, the oil baths will help to revive the fingers, restoring them to their former velvety texture. Such oil baths, this is the name of the salon procedure, should be taken as a habit by all women. In addition, it does not represent anything 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 the best is to take olive, peach or almond.
- Beforehand you have to heat the oil slightly and add a couple of drops of lemon juice.
- Pour the product into a flat bowl so that it is convenient to put your hands in it.
- Soak the brushes in the oil for ten to fifteen minutes.
- Then gently blot off excess liquid with a paper towel.
The oil can be reused rather than thrown away.
With soda
Baking soda baths will give your fingers the softness of silk.
- Soda (two teaspoons) should be dissolved in a glass of warm water.
- Grease your hands with warm vegetable oil and dip them in a soda solution.
- The duration of the procedure is twenty minutes.
Then dry your hands with a paper towel or soft cloth and reapply the oil.
With potato decoction
You can use potato broth to prepare the bath. Wait for the liquid to cool and then add a little vegetable oil. 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 the absence of it, ordinary salt will do. The procedure helps to remove redness from the skin and also has a firming 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 take one hundred milliliters of table vinegar, not vinegar essence! The duration of the procedure does not exceed five minutes.
Hand gymnastics
To keep your hands young for as long as possible, it is advisable to perform a series of simple exercises during the day.
- We actively extend ourselves for several minutes and connect the fingers of both hands.
- With the fingers of one hand we try to extend the fingers of the other as wide as possible.
- For the third exercise, you will need to buy a small ball to fit in the palm of your hand. With your index finger and thumb (first one hand, then the second), you should try to squeeze it as much as possible.
Hand massage
Massage is a true magic remedy that, unfortunately, we forget. But it is precisely the strokes and strokes that improve local blood flow. The result is better nutrient absorption and accelerated tissue regeneration. At the same time, the massage helps to relax the hands, which is also very important.
Hand massage can be done anywhere, like sitting in an armchair in front of the TV.
- Make a fist with one hand and rub the palm of the other with it.
- Massage your wrist.
- Rub your fingers. A sensation of pleasant warmth should appear in them.
- Stretch each knuckle.
- Imagine wearing thin gloves. "Remove" them from each finger in turn.
And as a final step, apply your own skin care cream to your hands.
As you can see, home care that uses only natural products is far superior to salon treatments. Furthermore, such procedures do not present any difficulties.