What woman does not dream of beautiful and well-groomed hands? Looking at a woman's hands, you can determine her age, so proper hand care will preserve their beauty, youth and skin he alth for a long time.
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Hands are a rather delicate and vulnerable part of the body, which is constantly exposed to external influences. To protect the skin from harmful factors, entire systems of competent hand care have been developed. The main secret of smooth and delicate hands is regular and comprehensive care. Its main principles are: cleansing, nourishing, moisturizing and protecting.
Not everyone has the opportunity and time to regularly visit beauty salons or buy expensive products, but at home, hand care can be done at any convenient time.
Numerous firms offer different lines of products 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:
- Expiration date. The laterreleased cream, the better.
- Do not buy cosmetics in large packages, as such products must be used as quickly as possible, because open packaging can lead to the growth of bacteria.
- Shop for products that suit your skin type.
- The product must be certified.
- Study the composition - natural ingredients should prevail.
Hand care rules
Rule 1: It is necessary to wash your hands properly, namely: use warm water for washing, as too cold water will provide peeling, discomfort to the hands, and too hot water will degrease the skin of the hands, thereby depriving it of a protective barrier. Dry your hands with a towel after washing to avoid burrs.
Rule 2: You need to choose the right soap, preferably with natural ingredients. Ordinary solid soap, especially household soap, is not suitable for this purpose. Soap is better to use liquid or in the form of a gel.
Rule 3: To remove dead skin cells, it is recommended to use a gentle peeling or scrubs that are easy to prepare 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 the influence of external factors. If for some reason it is impossible to use gloves, you need to apply a protective cream on your hands - this will create a film that will prevent harmful substances from entering the skin.
Rule 5:Regularly, on a daily basis, it is necessary to apply a nourishing cream. It is best to do this after each contact with water or other liquids. Humidification is the rule for any time of the year, 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 is great for helping to cope with fatigue, which means it preserves youth and beauty.
Rule 7: Hand masks are an integral part of hand care at home. Making your own mask will allow you to choose the ingredients that suit your skin and give a noticeable result.
Rule 8: Hand exercises, like massage, are essential.
Hand hygiene
After washing with soap, hands can be rinsed with water acidified with lemon, water with vinegar in combination with 1 tbsp. l. per 1 liter of water or a weak solution of potassium permanganate. This will restore the acidic pH balance of the skin, restore the skin's ability to resist microbes, and eliminate the harmful effects of chemicals. Next, you need to carefully wipe dry your fingers, brushes, where the skin begins to peel off and dry faster. When washing your hands in public places, it is better to use tissues to dry your hands, rather than an electric dryer.
Hand Scrubs
Skin exfoliation is a very important step in the process of hand care. It helps not only to remove dead skin cells, but also to improve blood circulation, prepare the skin of the hands for further procedures. There are many different recipes for homemade scrubs. Here are some of them:
Mix sea or table s alt with fat cream. Apply the mixture on your hands, gently massage in circular motions.
You can mix honey and ground coffee in a ratio of 2:1.
Also, any oil can be mixed with cornmeal and applied to the hands. After the scrub is washed off, treat your hands with a nourishing cream.
Hand baths
For a more gentle cleansing of the skin of the hands, you can use baths. For example, dilute 100 g of table or sea s alt in 1 liter of warm water. Keep your hands in the bath for about 15 minutes. Then the hands need to be wiped and smeared with cream. For cracks in the hands, use a starch bath: 1 tbsp. l of starch is diluted in 1 liter of warm water, hands are kept in it for 15 minutes, then washed off with water and a nourishing cream is applied.
Hand masks
After applying the masks, the skin becomes more hydrated, cell renewal 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 hand care products can be industrially produced, you can also make them yourself. As a mask, you can use a regular hand cream, which is applied in a thick layer on the hands, aged for 15 minutes, then washed off with water or the excess is removed with a napkin.
Hand care in winter
In winter, hands need extra care, as wind and frost adversely affect their condition. The skin of the hands becomes dry, flaky, weathered. Therefore, a nourishing cream is necessary here. The winter cream should contain lipids and fatty saturated oils, which 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 hand care systems for different skin types.
Glycerin in winter cream should be minimal, as it accelerates skin aging by 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 winter. For skin tone, you can do masks twice a week.
For example, a softening mask: crushed oatmeal, beaten egg yolk and a dessert spoon of honey. The mask should be applied to the hands, hold for 10 minutes, you can massage your hands with the mixture and, after washing it off, apply a nourishing cream.
The following mask will perfectly moisturize the skin of the hands in winter: you need to take 2 tbsp. l. low-fat cottage cheese and mix with green tea, lemon zest and oil (1 tbsp each). The heated castor oil mask can be left on overnight while wearing cotton gloves.
Nourishing, moisturizing and protecting hands
Creams nourish, moisturize andprotect the skin. Therefore, hand care products are divided, depending on the purpose, into nourishing, healing, moisturizing, rejuvenating, they can be factory-made or made by hand. Selected depending on the type of skin and purpose, the cream will benefit and give a he althy look and beauty.
Gymnastics and hand massage
Exercise will help relieve the fatigue accumulated 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 counterclockwise.
Hand massage will increase blood circulation, accelerate the regeneration of skin cells. You can do it yourself. You need to apply a moisturizer on your hands and massage each joint and finger in a circular motion, imagining that you are putting a glove on your hand.
The main thing in hand care is an integrated approach and regularity. You must not forget 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 kits for hand care, and those made with your own hands. And then the result will not keep you waiting - the skin will delight with its freshness and radiant beauty of youth.
