Hands, too, require constant attention
Hands can give the woman's age faster than any other part of the body, so for them to be carefully looked after. Hands with dry, cracked skin, poorly maintained, with calluses and the burrs are not only old and give out your age, through broken skin can easily penetrate pathogenic microbes.
Incorrect frequent washing, under the influence of wind, sun, cold, chemicals (dyes, synthetic resins and others) your skin degreased, her cracks and abrasions. How can this be avoided? After all, every woman has to perform many daily household chores.
First of all, the hands need to worry constantly, and not on a case by case basis. Here are some tips for those who want to keep your hands beautiful:
1. Performing any work related to moisture, wear gloves. When washing dishes, use rubber gloves with cotton lining, while working in the garden - thick gloves.
2. Do not leave to dry wet hands, immediately dry with a towel and brush with cream. If possible 1-2 times a week, wear cotton gloves at night, pre-lubricated hand skin nourishing cream.
3. Hand washing, use warm water and toilet soap. They have the best cleaning effect, and they contain high fat well soften the skin.
4. Do 1-2 times a week hand massage with a nourishing cream. Start with the fingertips, palm, and then finish the massage with your fingertips. This is best done before bed.
5. Once a week, do baths of heated vegetable oil, dipping into his hands for 30 minutes. These trays are very useful and polish.
Good softening effect on the skin of the hands have a cucumber juice, decoction of oatmeal, potatoes, warm baths from infusions of herbs - chamomile, clary sage, lime color (1 tablespoon of herb per 1 liter of hot water).
Often the skin becomes dry, rough, scaly, red. In such cases, we need to do the bath of oil, as well as of ammonia with glycerol: a 2-liter of warm water - one tablespoon of glycerin and a teaspoon of ammonia. Also help trays of starch solution. 1 teaspoon of starch needed to brew a cup of boiling water, the resulting paste diluted to 1 liter of warm water. After the bath is necessary to grease the hands of any vitamin cream, pre-dry wiping.
very effective tool for untidy skin of the hands with the presence of cracks, and brittle nails and rough skin of elbows - gryzhnik smooth, cooked in a mixture with olive oil. Need 100 grams of fresh chopped herbs to insist in '/ g liter of olive oil for one week and used to lubricate the skin after washing.
Hands must be protected from chilling, effect of low temperatures. In the cold season, be sure to wear warm gloves. If redness of hands have a good effect contrast (alternating hot and cold baths). In water, the hands need to hold for 2-3 minutes to complete the procedure of cold bath. Duration of treatment 10-12 minutes. It is also useful to make the bath of decoction of wild cherry bark.
Those whose hands sweat a lot, we can recommend to do the salt baths (1 teaspoon per gallon of water) or vinegar (1 tablespoon per gallon of water). Water should be warm, to keep her hands for 5-10 minutes. Will also help the trays of willows (willow white). Prepare the infusion. 1 teaspoon of powdered bark pour 2 cups of cold water and infused for 8 hours, then strain. Hold the brush in a tincture for 5-10 minutes.
After cleaning, berries, vegetables, washing hands is helpful to rinse with a weak solution of vinegar (1 tablespoon per gallon of water) or yogurt and rub your hands with lotion.
Along with the hand care needs careful care of your nails. Nails - this horny growths skin, its structure is determined by heredity, but can change under external influences (care, nutrition, work performed, etc.).
contribute to the growth of nails foods rich in iron, calcium, iodine, vitamin B. Green, milk products, carrots, soy, eggs and seafood are especially useful.
growth rate of the nail is unique, in their youth they grow faster. Interestingly, the warm weather, vigorous activity (typing on a typewriter, playing the piano) stimulate the growth of nails, pregnant women, they also grow faster. Established that the nails grow faster than most on the middle finger, the right-and left-handers, respectively, on the right and left hands.
Under the influence of extreme cold or sunshine nails become brittle, and from the frequent use of soap - soft.
Horizontal stripes appear on the nails, talking about past illnesses, even if that streak came to a nail, then you are somehow damaged the nail bed. Vertical stripes are most often hereditary, with the age they appear stronger and sometimes referred to excessive dryness of the nail plate.
yellow nails is often associated with smoking or taking certain medications, sometimes nail-yellowing of the substances contained in the lacquer.
found that 95 percent of the microbes present on the skin of hands - under the fingernails. Under the free edge of nail dusty, dirty, horny scales, sebum, in which microbes. Therefore, manicures - nail care - is needed not only aesthetic but also for hygiene purposes.
Manicure must be done once every 8-10 days. Immerse the nails for a few minutes in warm vegetable oil, giving them until this nail file almond or oval shape. You can not deeply cut corners nails as this can cause an inflammatory process. In warmed oil or soapy water softens the cuticle and its easier to remove pre-exfoliate from the nail blunt spatula. Wiping cloth hands, cut the cuticle scissors, and small tweezers to remove her remains. If you are at the same time injuring the skin, treat the wound with a solution of hydrogen peroxide, brush with tincture of iodine. The final stage of nail polish - nail polish. The choice of lacquer - a matter of taste. Young women with beautiful hands, you can use bright colors, the elderly - pale. Varnish is applied with a brush very thin layers: first colorless, then 1-2 times a color, and then colorless. Since lacquer dries quickly and will be harder to hold. If the nails are brittle, often impose a varnish is not recommended, some people also have an increased sensitivity to it, is that their skin is irritated and even inflamed. In this case it is better to refrain from the use of lacquer, and use natural remedies: glitter nail can be strengthened by using lemon juice or wine vinegar. Of moistened cotton wool, wipe her fingernails and polished to a shine with a piece of suede.