Each woman in the cosmetic bag has several means for the hands: creams, scrubs, cuticle oil. Do not ignore and such an effective simple cosmetic procedure, like a bath for hands. Firstly, there is no need to buy expensive care products for carrying out the trays, and secondly, the effect of them comes almost instantly.
Baths for softening the hands skin
The main problem of women's hands in winter and spring is coarse, rough skin. You can mitigate it in several ways. The paraffin baths are most effective in this case. This salon procedure, hands several times lowered into the melted cosmetic paraffin, until it cools thickly. After the paraffin layer is scraped off, the skin of the hands becomes very tender and silky.
You can make paraffin baths at home, yourself. To do this, you have to buy this product and warm it up in a water bath. Cosmetic paraffin on sale is not often found, it is not easy to get it, but do not worry if you do not succeed. There are also less complicated ways to get rid of coarse skin. For example - a softening hand bath with glycerin:
- Heat to a temperature of 60 degrees liter of water.
- Add in water 4 tbsp. spoon of glycerin, stir well.
- Pour 3 capsules of vitamin A and the same amount of vitamin E.
- With a thin trickle, fill the container with a mixture of glycerin and water.
- Put your hands in the tub so that the water reaches the wrist.
- The time of the procedure is 16-18 minutes, after which the hands should be washed very thoroughly with warm water, wipe dry and apply moisturizing cream.
Such hand baths are also very effective in case of cracks. If the burrs and cracks are not a one-off phenomenon for you, but a constant problem, you can also try hand-held baths with starch:
- Spread a spoonful with a starch slide in 1.5 liters of cold water.
- Heat on low heat until the mixture begins to slightly thicken.
- Pour the contents into a bowl to speed up the cooling.
- Add to the mass of 4 drops of essential oil of eucalyptus, 5 drops of peppermint oil and 3 tablespoons of olive unrefined oil. Mix thoroughly.
- Immerse the hands in the bath for a few minutes, then rinse your palms with warm water. The cream after the procedure also does not need to be applied.
Baths for moisturizing hands
In order to moisturize a very dry hand skin, you have to fork out a little, since the most effective way to solve this problem is oil baths. Of course, it is most effective to use olive oil, or jojoba oil. But you can combine these expensive products with cheaper counterparts:
- Take 200 ml of refined sunflower oil and 200 ml of chamomile decoction, mix, heat on a water bath to a temperature of 50 degrees.
- Add a spoonful of rosemary oil, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of linseed oil and as much lemon juice. At the end, pour in a small amount of unrefined olive oil cold pressed.
- Put your hands in the bath for 15 minutes, at the end of the procedure, wash them with warm water.
Before making such a bath, it will be very good to apply a scrub.
Remarkably moisturize the skin of hands and herbal infusions. You can cook them to your taste, as components are suitable for such plants:
- chamomile;
- sage;
- mint;
- Melissa;
- lemongrass;
- Oak bark;
- calendula.
This fact will surprise you, but a good moisturizing effect is provided by salt baths for hands. The main thing is to conduct them correctly. You can use sea salt , or use the iodized dining room. The main thing is to add to it a small amount of soda, lemon juice, and after the procedure apply a nourishing cream on your hands. Optimum proportions - 1.5 liters of water, 4 tablespoons. spoons of salt without a slide, 0.5 teaspoons of soda and juice of a whole lemon.
Believe me, spent 20-30 minutes to prepare and hold the bath completely justify themselves. This procedure, especially if you are not lazy to do it every week, will give the skin of your hands youth and beauty for many years!