Hand skin care: folk remedies, baths for softening hand skin, cream recipes and hand masks
From frequent interaction with water, the upper layer of the epithelium becomes thinner, the skin loses its smoothness. Of course, you can use creams bought in the store, but folk remedies for hand skin made according to old recipes will bring no less benefit.
In this article, we will tell you about hand skin care, teach you how to make baths, creams and oils according to folk recipes, and also share other secrets for caring for dry hands.
If cracks appear, lubricate your hands at night with creams "Children's", "Alyonushka", "Spermaceti". Or pharmaceutical preparations – "Radevit", "Pantoderm", "Bepanten", homeopathic ointment "Calendula", methyluracil ointment. Then put on cotton gloves for the night. And be sure to do all the housework with rubber gloves!
beer hand bath recipe
The recipe for this hand bath is very effective. To prepare this remedy, pour 50 g of chamomile herb with a glass of hot beer and keep the mixture in a water bath for 15 minutes. Then cool it to a warm state and take a bath for 15 minutes. After that, dry your hands with a napkin and grease them with a nourishing cream. Using this folk remedy for dry skin of the hands, after a few procedures you will feel a positive effect.
Folk remedy for hands: whey baths
To soften rough skin, use the following recipe for hands: take whey or sauerkraut juice baths in the evenings (no more than twice a week). Pre-wash your hands with warm water, hold in the bath for 10 minutes, and then rinse, dry, grease with a rich nourishing cream, massage your fingers well and put on cotton gloves for the night.
Try to do all housework with gloves on, after each washing dishes, taking a bath (shower), lubricate your hands with a nourishing cream and twice a month do special nourishing baths to soften the skin of your hands.
Folk remedy for dry skin of hands: baths with soda
The recipe for this bath for the skin of the hands is especially useful after contact with household chemicals, washing and washing dishes. Often the hands begin to peel off unpleasantly – this is “household eczema". In this case, baths with soda will help (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of cool water, preferably boiled). The duration of the procedure is 15 minutes. Then dip your hands in warm olive (or sunflower) oil and, without wiping, let it soak in. After 30 minutes, blot the remaining oil with a napkin and grease your hands with a nourishing cream. This recipe for hand skin will help get rid of everyday eczema and make your hands smooth and beautiful.
Hand baths with oils and starch
Boil liquid jelly (1 tablespoon of potato starch per 1 liter of water), cool it to a warm state and add the juice squeezed from one lemon. Immerse your hands in a bowl with this composition for 15 minutes. At the same time, lightly massage the phalanges of the fingers.
Now heat the olive oil, rinse your hands in cool water, pat dry with a towel and rub the oil solution into the skin for five minutes. Rinse your hands again in cool water, wipe them and grease with a nourishing cream. Baths for hands with oils will make the skin soft and velvety.
Hand lotion for dry skin
Mix equal parts lemon juice, rose eau de toilette and glycerin. Store the resulting mixture in a dark glass bottle. On clean hands, steamed in warm water, carefully wiped beforehand, apply a small amount of the prepared lotion and rub it into the skin with massaging movements. This procedure relieves dryness and irritation, heals small cracks and makes the skin of the hands smooth and tender.
Another folk remedy for hands is lotion with wine (for dry, tight skin). Mix 1/2 cup of strong tea leaves and 1 cup of dry sour wine, add 2 teaspoons of sage, the same amount of mint and one teaspoon of rose petals. Put the resulting mixture in the refrigerator for ten to eleven days, then strain it. Store in refrigerator. Wipe the skin of the hands with this composition daily in the morning and evening before applying a nourishing cream.
Traditional medicine for the skin of the hands: almond milk
Almond milk has long been used to soften the skin of the hands. Take 40 g of peeled almonds, crush it in a mortar, then grind it in a coffee grinder to a powder. Pour the powder with a glass of warm boiled water, add two pinches of salt, shake well, then strain through cheesecloth. Store the resulting milk in the refrigerator. Shake the bottle before use. Rub the milk into the skin of the hands once or twice a day. Then lubricate your hands with a nourishing cream.
Homemade Hand Cream Recipes
Hand cream "Lemon". Combine 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice with a tablespoon of any fat cream. Add the juice to the cream drop by drop, stirring constantly. After obtaining a homogeneous mass, add 1 teaspoon of thick sour cream. The cream can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days.
The hand cream made according to this recipe is applied in a thick layer, massaging movements. Leave to act for 20-30 minutes. After that, remove the remaining cream with a cotton swab dipped in lotion. Apply nourishing cream. The maximum effect of this mask can be achieved if you use it in a course (ten to fifteen procedures) every day or every other day.
A homemade aloe hand cream recipe is the best for aging skin. Keep a few fleshy aloe leaves in the refrigerator for a week. Then squeeze the juice out of them (2 tablespoons), combine it with 50 g of lanolin cream, pouring in the juice in small portions and stirring constantly. To the resulting homogeneous mixture, add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Before applying the nourishing cream, steam your hands in a hot salt bath. Then dry with a napkin, apply cream and leave for 15 minutes. After that, remove the residue with a swab and apply a mixture of protein and salt (two teaspoons of egg white with 1/4 teaspoon of fine salt). Keep the protein mixture for 10 minutes, then rinse your hands in an herbal infusion (for example, St. John's wort, chamomile or sage), dry and brush with a nourishing cream.
Cream-mask for hands with herbs. Make an infusion of 1/2 cup boiling water and 2 tablespoons of St. John's wort. Insist 2-3 hours. Then strain and mix with 50 g of lanolin until a homogeneous mass is obtained, add 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil. Keep the mask on your hands for 20-25 minutes, rinse with cold water and lubricate your hands with cream.
Cream-mask for hands "Egg". It is desirable to use this mask in a course of ten to twelve procedures. The composition is not stored in the refrigerator, so each time the cream must be prepared anew.
To 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil (olive, almond or castor), add one egg yolk and a teaspoon of honey. Apply the resulting mixture on your hands and leave for 30 minutes. Then rinse with warm water and apply a nourishing cream.
Cream-mask of oatmeal. It is desirable to use such a hand mask in a special course of three treatment procedures. Pour 5 tablespoons of oatmeal with a glass of hot milk and leave to infuse for 30 minutes under a warm lid. Then add 50 g of lanolin and rub thoroughly. Also add two teaspoons of vegetable oil. Keep the finished mask on the skin of your hands for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with cool water. Then smear your hands with a nourishing cream. Instead of oatmeal, you can use other flakes, such as wheat or barley.
Hand mask recipes
Hand mask with beer and potatoes. Boil one large potato and mash with about 1/2 cup hot beer and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil. Apply a warm mass on your hands, wrap with polyethylene and cover with a terry towel for 15 minutes. After that, wash off the mask with warm water and lubricate the skin with a nourishing cream. This hand mask recipe is very effective and will help keep the skin smooth for a long time.
Mask of potatoes with milk. In the cold season, hands often crack. To protect your skin from frosty winds, do special warm hand baths in the evenings (twice a week). To do this, mash warm potatoes by mixing them with milk or cream. You can add a tablespoon of olive oil. Warm your hands in warm water, wipe dry and apply the prepared warm puree to the skin of your hands. When the mixture has cooled, rinse it with water and lubricate the skin of the hands with a nourishing cream.
You can protect the skin of your hands with glycerin with lemon oil: add 10 drops of lemon oil to a jar (25 ml) of pharmaceutical glycerin and lubricate your hands with this compound.
Folk remedies for the skin of the hands: healing of wounds and cracks
You can also apply this recipe: cut an aloe leaf in half lengthwise and attach it with adhesive tape to the wound overnight. Healing occurs in 1-2 procedures.
If cracks on the fingers and in the corners of the lips appear frequently, add natural bee honey to your daily diet. A noticeable effect can be achieved by using honey both internally and externally – lubricate painful cracks with it several times a day.
Try to eat foods rich in vitamins A, E and group B (butter, eggs, meat, cheese, cottage cheese, rye bread, oatmeal). Take 1 tablespoon of sesame oil with meals in the morning.
If you are familiar with unpleasant and painful cracks near the nails, use the following recipe: take dry cinquefoil root (sold in a pharmacy), grind it in a coffee grinder, take one teaspoon of the resulting powder and mix with one glass of butter (softened). Put in a water bath and heat for 10 minutes, stirring with a wooden stick. When the mixture has cooled, put it in a jar of cream and store in the refrigerator. Treat the cracks with the prepared ointment once or twice a day. The remedy also helps with cracked lips.
Recipes for hands: keep a beautiful shape
It is important not only to take care of the skin of the hands, but also to pay attention to maintaining their beautiful shape. With age, the forearm area in most women noticeably thickens and sags. Two simple exercises will help you keep your hands beautiful until old age.
1 Stand up straight with your feet shoulder-width apart. Bring straight arms back and slightly to the sides. Slowly turn outward folded "boat" palms to the limit, feeling the tension in the triceps. Then return them to their original position. Repeat the exercise fifty times.
2 Push up against the wall twenty to fifty times. Thanks to this simple exercise, you will not only take care of the shape of your arms, but also strengthen your chest muscles.
Traditional medicine for the skin of hands and nails
Another old Russian traditional medicine recipe for hand skin and nail strengthening can be made as follows. Take a handful of red or black currants (you can mix them), squeeze the juice through cheesecloth. Ready juice can be stored in the refrigerator for two days. Rub a small amount of juice in a circular motion into the nail plate and the last phalanx of each finger for 2-3 minutes. The frequency of the procedure is 3-4 times a day for a week.
Salt bath recipe for hands and nails
In the evening, take warm sea salt hand baths (1-2 teaspoons of salt in 1-2 cups of water) for 20 minutes. Then, for 5 minutes, gently rub your fingers and palms in the direction from the fingertips up. After that, massage your hands with warm natural olive oil with a few drops of lemon juice. Put on cotton gloves at night. A noticeable effect can be achieved if this procedure is done every day or every other day for two to three weeks.
But the most effective way to strengthen nails is to spend three to four weeks at sea. No need to take special care of the baths and dilute sea salt with water – just swim for your pleasure. By the end of the holiday, you will be pleasantly surprised by the result!
Baths for hands and nails with oils
To strengthen the nail plates, it is useful to take daily baths and rubbing with warm cosmetic oil with the addition of essential oils for 5-15 minutes. After two weeks, you will notice that the condition of your nails has improved significantly. Cosmetic oils of avocado and rosehip are suitable for this purpose. For greater efficiency, add 2-3 drops of essential oils of lemon, eucalyptus, lavender to a tablespoon of cosmetic oil. Or rosemary and patchouli. Sweet orange and ylang ylang oils are also recommended for brittle and splitting nails.