How important do you think it is for a woman to take care of her hands, which can be done right at home? Surely many of you are thinking about this question. Of course, the external attractiveness of the face is very important, but the hands with special cunning betray our real age.
That is why the topic of how to rejuvenate 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 "tasty" selection of recipes in this direction.
Fruit, soda and oatmeal . . . . Hand peeling
Peeling is a simple but incredibly effective procedure. It allows you to renew the skin of the hands, and also can act as a preparatory stage for the subsequent application of various masks.
At home, the procedure can be performed 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 in every kitchen.
- A small spoonful of baking soda should be poured with the same volume of warm water. Add the same amount of sour cream or yogurt to it. Stir the mixture well and apply on hands, making gentle massage movements. The duration of the procedure is five minutes. Wash off the composition under warm running water.
- Pour boiling water over small oatmeal flakes - 1: 1 ratio - and leave to swell. Two or three minutes will be enough. After that, add egg yolk and a little fresh lemon juice to the finished mass. Apply the composition to your hands and massage well.
- Pomegranate and grape juice exfoliates well the upper cells of the epidermis. To form a peeling mixture, any of these drinks must be combined with starch, rice flour, or oatmeal.
- Fruit peeling gives an excellent effect. In addition, he prepares very quickly. Just mash any "sour" berries and apply the gruel to your hands. The duration of the procedure is fifteen . . . twenty minutes. Remove berries under running water.
The peeling prepared according to the following recipe will help to save chapped and heavily flaky fingers:
- You need to combine the sleeping coffee grounds and ordinary 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 to your hands.
This recipe can be used once a week. The tool is simultaneously a peeling, and a scrub, and an anti-pigment mask.
To provide your hands with additional protection, it is advisable to add a few drops of tea tree ether to each home peel. The oil has excellent antibacterial properties.
Hand masks
Women over 40 for the most part come to the conclusion that no even the most expensive creams can replace home care. That is why homemade baths, masks and peels are incredibly successful.
For the preparation of masks for all areas of care, you can use literally any products that are found at home on the refrigerator shelf.
With boiled potatoes
It is necessary 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, then you can add a little warm milk to it.
Apply the mask to the hands and leave to "work" 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. Oil your fingers and wait ten minutes. After that, the mixture can be washed off.
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 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 any additives, and lie down with it for a few minutes - a wonderful mask against skin aging.
With oat flour
You need to mix oatmeal (you can grind the 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 composition to your hands and put on 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 spoonful 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
Fatty sour cream (one spoon) must be combined with egg yolk and a spoonful of liquid honey. Mix the components thoroughly so that the mass becomes homogeneous. Apply to hands and leave for twenty minutes.
Simple and easy - useful hand baths
If your hands have very dry skin, then oil baths will help to reanimate the fingers, returning them to their former velvety texture. Such oil baths - this is the name of the procedure in the salon - should be taken as a habit by every woman. Moreover, 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
Any vegetable oil can be used to prepare the bath. But it is best to take olive, peach or almond.
- Beforehand, the oil must be slightly warmed up and a couple of drops of lemon juice must be added to it.
- Pour the product into a flat bowl so that it is convenient to dip your hands into it.
- Dip 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 discarded.
With soda
Baking soda baths will give your fingers the softness of silk.
- Soda (two teaspoons) must be dissolved in a glass of warm water.
- Grease your hands with 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 reapply the oil.
With a decoction of potatoes
You can use potato broth to prepare the bath. Wait for the liquid to cool and then add some 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 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 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 need to take one hundred milliliters of table vinegar - not vinegar essence! The duration of the procedure is no longer than five minutes.
Hand gymnastics
To keep your hands young as long as possible, it is advisable to perform a simple set of exercises during the day.
- We actively spread out for several minutes and connect the fingers of both hands.
- With the fingers of one hand, we try to spread the fingers of the other as wide as possible.
- For the third exercise, you will need to buy a small ball so that it fits in the palm of your hand. With the index and thumb (first one hand, then the second), you should try to squeeze it as much as possible.
Hand massage
Massage is a real magic remedy, which, unfortunately, we forget about. But it is precisely stroking and tapping that improves local blood flow. The result is better absorption of nutrients and accelerated tissue regeneration. At the same time, massage helps to relax the hands, which is also very important.
Hand massage can be performed 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 with it.
- Massage your wrist.
- Rub your fingers. A feeling of pleasant warmth should appear in them.
- Stretch each finger joint.
- Imagine wearing thin gloves. "Remove" them from each finger in turn.
And as a final step, apply your own skincare cream to your hands.
As you can see, home care using only natural products is far superior to salon treatments. In addition, such procedures do not present any difficulties.