What woman does not dream of beautiful and well-groomed hands? Looking at women's hands, you can determine her age, so proper hand care will keep their beauty, youth and skin health for a long time.
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Hands are a rather tender and vulnerable part of the body that is constantly exposed to external influences. To protect the skin from harmful factors, whole systems of competent hand care have been developed. The main secret of smooth and gentle hands is regular and comprehensive care. Its main principles are: cleansing, nutrition, hydration and protection.
Not everyone has the opportunity and time to visit beauty salons regularly or buy expensive products, but at home, hand care can be done at any convenient time.
Numerous companies offer different product lines to preserve the beauty and youth of the hands. Depending on what the skin needs at the moment, you can choose the right hand care product. In any case, it must meet certain requirements:
- Shelf life. The later the cream is released, the better.
- Do not purchase cosmetics in large packaging, as such products must be used as quickly as possible, because open packaging can cause bacteria to multiply.
- Get products that match your skin type.
- The product must be certified.
- Learn the composition - natural ingredients should prevail.
Hand Care Rules
Rule 1: It is necessary to wash your hands correctly, namely: use warm water for washing, since too cold water will provide peeling, discomfort for your hands, and too hot water will make your hands skin less fat, thereby depriving it of a protective barrier. After washing, wipe your hands dry with a towel - this will help prevent burrs.
Rule 2: You need to choose the right soap, preferably with natural ingredients. Ordinary solid soap, all the more laundry soap, is not suitable for this purpose. Soap is best to use liquid or in the form of a gel.
Rule 3: To remove dead skin particles, it is recommended to use soft peeling or scrubs, which will not be difficult to cook at home.
Rule 4: When washing dishes, working with various liquids, it is recommended to use rubber gloves. This will help protect delicate skin from external factors. If for some reason it is impossible to use gloves, you need to put a protective cream on your hands - this will create a film that will prevent the ingress of harmful substances onto the skin.
Rule 5: Regularly, on a daily basis, it is necessary to apply a nourishing cream. This is best done after every contact with water or other liquids. Humidification is a rule for any season, and especially in winter. To avoid reddening of the skin in the cold, hand care in winter involves the use of a protective cream an hour before going outside.
Rule 6: Hand massage perfectly helps to cope with fatigue, which means it retains youth and beauty.
Rule 7: Hand masks are an integral part of hand care at home. Cooking a mask on your own will allow you to choose the ingredients that suit your skin and give a noticeable result.
Rule 8: Hand gymnastics, like massage, is necessary.
Hand hygiene
After washing with soap, hands can be rinsed with acidified lemon water, water with vinegar in combination 1 tbsp. l per 1 liter of water or a weak solution of potassium permanganate. This will restore the acid pH balance of the skin, restore the ability of the skin to resist microbes, and eliminate the harmful effects of chemicals. Next, you need to thoroughly dry your fingers, hands, where the skin begins to peel and dry faster. When washing hands in public places, it is better to use cloths for drying, rather than an electric dryer.
Hand scrubs
Exfoliation of the skin is a very important point in the process of hand care. It helps not only to remove keratinized skin particles, but also to improve blood circulation, to prepare the skin of the hands for further procedures. There are many different recipes for home scrubs. Here are some of them:
Mix sea or table salt with a fat cream. Apply the mixture on hands, massage gently in a circular motion.
You can mix honey and ground coffee in a 2: 1 ratio.
Also, any oil can be mixed with corn flour and put the mixture on hand. After the scrub has been washed off, treat your hands with a nourishing cream.
Baths for hands
For a more gentle cleansing of the skin of the hands, you can use the bath. For example, in 1 liter of warm water, dilute 100 g of salt or sea salt. Keep your hands in the bath for about 15 minutes. Then you need to wipe your hands and spread with cream. For cracks in the hands, use a starch bath: 1 tbsp. l of starch is diluted in 1 l of warm water, hold hands in it for 15 minutes, then rinse with water and apply a nourishing cream.
Hand masks
After applying the masks, the skin becomes more hydrated, and cell repair processes are stimulated. Masks should be applied to cleansed skin. The composition of such products includes moisturizers, vitamins, oils, natural ingredients, etc. Masks are divided into moisturizing, anti-aging, regenerating, etc. These products for hand care can be industrial production, you can also make them yourself. As a mask, you can use a regular hand cream, which is applied with a thick layer on the hands, aged for 15 minutes, then washed off with water or the excess removed with a napkin.
Winter hand care
In winter, hands require additional care, as wind and frost adversely affect their condition. The skin of the hands becomes dry, peeling, weathered. Therefore, a nourishing cream is needed here. The winter cream should contain lipids and saturated fatty oils that will help restore fat metabolism. Vitamins A and E, which are part of such creams, will improve the structure of the skin and saturate it with vitamins. There are whole systems of hand care with different skin types.
Glycerin in the winter cream should be a minimum amount, since it accelerates skin aging, preventing oxygen from penetrating. Natural ingredients, such as honey, jojoba oil or aloe juice, have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. They provide good protection and nutrition. At home, you can also make masks that will help your skin recover in the winter. To tone the skin, you can make masks twice a week.
For example, a softening mask: crushed oatmeal, beaten yolk and a dessert spoon of honey. The mask should be applied to the hands, held for 10 minutes, you can massage your hands with the mixture and, after washing it off, apply a nourishing cream.
Perfectly moisturizes the skin of the hands in winter, the following mask: you need to take 2 tbsp. l low fat cottage cheese and mix with green tea, lemon zest and oil (1 tbsp. l. each). A mask of heated castor oil can be left overnight by wearing cotton gloves.
Nourishing, moisturizing and protecting your hands
Creams nourish, moisturize and protect the skin. Therefore, hand care products are divided, depending on the purpose, into nutritious, medicinal, moisturizing, anti-aging, they can be factory-made or made with one's own hand. The cream selected depending on the type of skin and purpose will benefit and give a healthy look and beauty.
Gymnastics and hand massage
Exercise will help relieve the accumulated fatigue during the day, get rid of stress. It is necessary to do exercises opposite to the position in which the fingers were during the day. Compression exercises are possible - unclenching fists, hands, fingers, flexion-extension of the fingers, rotation of the hands clockwise and against it.
Hand massage will enhance blood circulation, accelerate the regeneration of skin cells. It can be done independently. You need to apply a moisturizer on your hands and massage in a circular motion each joint and finger, imagining that you put on a glove on your hand.
The main thing in hand care is an integrated approach and regularity. You need to remember to cleanse and tone your skin daily, use soft scrubs and peels, make hand masks at least once every 2 weeks, nourish and protect your skin with products that are right for you. You can use both ready-made sets for hand care, and made with your own hands. And then the result will not be long in coming - the skin will delight with its freshness and radiant beauty of youth.