The use of sea salt in cosmetology is no longer new. Including to improve the condition of nails. You can use such a useful remedy at home. Nail trays with sea salt can be made according to a variety of recipes.
What are useful baths
Before you make baths for nails with sea salt, you need to figure out which ones they will bring benefit. And her, by the way, is not enough:
- Salt baths strengthen the nail plate. Their strength is increasing.
- Sea salt prevents stratification of nails. Therefore, those who by nature or for some reason they constantly exfoliate should try the bath.
- Salt solution promotes faster nail growth. Unless, of course, do it right. It is believed that a two-week course of application is enough to grow healthy and strong nails.
Impurity Salt Bath Recipe
This is the easiest way to prepare a bath for nails with sea salt. It will require only warm water and a sufficiently deep container. And, of course, sea salt, for example, for baths - without impurities, dyes and fragrances. Or, for example, edible sea salt. Depends on what is at hand.
A glass of warm water (standard volume - 200 ml) will require a tablespoon of salt. It is thoroughly dissolved so that only a small precipitate remains at the bottom. Fingers are immersed in the solution for 10-15 minutes.
After the bath, you can apply a nourishing cream to the nails or rub in the essential oil. Perform the procedure preferably in the evening. This recipe helps to strengthen nails, make them stronger and healthier, prevent delamination and the appearance of fungal diseases. After two weeks of use, you can make a short pause - a week or a half.
Iodine recipe
This option is best for eliminating foliation on the nails. You can perform baths for nails with sea salt and iodine every evening after removing the varnish. In general, the color coating may not be removed, but then the effectiveness of the procedure will be less. And the varnish will last not so long - it will begin to crack.
To prepare the bath you will need warm water, a couple of drops of iodine, a tablespoon of sea salt and a few drops of lemon or orange juice. All ingredients are mixed, the nails are immersed in the solution for 5-10 minutes.
After the procedure, it is necessary to apply a nourishing cream, otherwise the cuticle from lemon juice and iodine may become too dry and sensitive. Salt solution with this recipe acts as deeply as possible on the nails, compacting their structure. As a result, they cease to delaminate.
Oil recipe
Trays for strengthening and nail growth are most often performed in the evening, so that the nails can fully relax and absorb all substances as deep as possible. The oil-salt recipe is suitable for those who need to quickly restore the nail plates after a failed extension, for example, or an injury. To prepare the bath you will need:
- any three essential oils (e.g., orange, lemon, sage);
- sea fine salt (or ocean salt);
- warm water.
Oils need only a couple drops of each, salt - two teaspoons with a slide, and water - 200-250 ml. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Fingers are lowered into the resulting bath for 15-20 minutes.
After the procedure, you do not need to apply cream or lotion to the skin of the hands, it will become soft and velvety on its own from oils. The course of use is 3 weeks.
Herbal Recipe
Home baths for strengthening nails involve the use of not only the above described recipes, but also the use of good old infusions of herbs. Their benefits are invaluable. Firstly, because it is a completely natural product. Secondly, infusions have a positive effect on the skin of the hands and on the nails themselves, nourishing and moisturizing them. Herbal bath will require herbs:
- nettles;
- daisies;
- eucalyptus;
- motherwort;
- peppermint.
All of them can be infused at the same time in one container (about one teaspoon of each type in a glass of boiling water). When the infusion has cooled, the herbs are removed from it, add a tablespoon of sea salt without impurities, mix thoroughly. In the resulting bath, the nails and hands are held for 20-30 minutes.
Exactly the same recipe and method can be applied to the legs - it relaxes and nourishes the skin, making it softer. After the procedure, hands should be rinsed with running water, it is not necessary to lubricate the cream. The duration of the course is 2 weeks. The herbal bath recipe can significantly accelerate the growth of nails, make them smooth and strong.
Additional tips
After the bath once a month, you can make a nail mask with red pepper, which accelerates the growth of the free edge of the nails. To prepare, you need a cream with glycerin and ground hot pepper (pinch). The mask is applied with a cotton swab exclusively on the nail plates, excluding the cuticle and side rollers. After 5-10 minutes, it is removed, the hands are washed, and then lubricated with a nourishing cream. More than once a month, it is not recommended.
In addition, in order for nails to grow strong and healthy, it is worth abandoning homework without gloves (including washing dishes), smoking, and avoiding blows with the nail plate. If whitish or yellow spots appeared on the surface, then this is a signal that the body lacks calcium and fluid! It is necessary to maintain water balance throughout the day, eat enough vitamins and minerals.