The secret to keeping your hands beautiful and smooth in winter
Keeping your hands healthy, bright and soft all winter long is not difficult if you know the following 'secrets':
Exfoliate regularly
Just like facial skin, the skin on the hands is also often exposed to a lot of dirt and bacteria, so it is easy for the hands to become infected, gradually becoming dark, dry and ugly.
To help new skin cells form and develop in the best way, what you should do now is to regularly exfoliate your hands, helping to remove all dead skin layers, creating conditions for new skin cells to develop, helping your hands to be brighter, smoother and softer.
Wear gloves
Hands are constantly exposed to external factors such as cold water, chemicals and dry air. To protect your skin and minimize damage, you should wear gloves when going out in cold weather. In addition, you should use rubber gloves to clean the house, wash dishes, mop floors, and clean the bathtub.
Moisturizing is one of the important steps in hand care. You should buy a bottle of hand cream and use it no more than twice a day (morning and night). If you have dry skin, keep the tube of hand cream near the sink and apply it after washing your hands.
Your nails also need to be moisturized, so apply hand cream and vitamin E cream to protect the skin's epidermis. In addition, to provide moisture to the skin, you should drink enough water.
Salt has softening and antibacterial properties. Therefore, you should start taking care of your hands and feet with this simple ingredient when winter comes. Not only does it take care of your skin, a basin of warm salt water also helps you relax and have a deep sleep.
Soaking your feet and hands in warm salt water helps women relax, exfoliate dead skin cells and nourish the skin. Just need ½ basin of warm clean water and a few spoons of dissolved sea salt. Every night, before going to bed, soak your feet and hands in a basin of warm salt water to help relax and soften the skin, avoiding the risk of dryness and cracking in the cold and dry weather.
Honey + coconut oil
Honey is a precious natural ingredient that women trust in beauty. Not only does it nourish the skin from deep within, honey also helps the skin on the hands and feet fight harmful bacteria due to the natural antibacterial properties in honey. Use 1 teaspoon of honey; 2 teaspoons of coconut oil, mix well and apply on the hands and feet to nourish the skin and prevent dryness and peeling.
Yogurt contains many nutrients that deeply care for the skin from within. The active ingredients in lemon and yogurt also help soften and whiten the skin over time. Take a few spoons of unsweetened yogurt; 5-6 drops of fresh lemon juice, mix well into a smooth mixture, apply to hands and feet, then gently massage every night. The active ingredients in lemon and yogurt will penetrate deeply and nourish the skin to become smooth and bright.
Apply sunscreen
Hands are one of the places that are exposed to the most sunlight, especially when going out, so if you do not take good care of them, your hands will definitely suffer many serious consequences such as wrinkles, dark spots and rapid aging...
The best protection is to apply sunscreen regularly, even in winter. Make this a part of your daily routine before going out.
Lemon is also a great solution to dry skin. The acidity in lemon will remove dead skin cells and regenerate new skin cells.
Use a cotton ball to apply lemon juice to dry, cracked heels every day or soak your feet and hands in a basin of warm water mixed with half a cup of lemon juice for about 15 minutes. Use a pumice stone to scrub your heels to remove dry, dead skin, then rinse with warm water and dry with a towel.
Banana
Not only is it a nutritious food, bananas are also effective in cleaning and moisturizing dry skin in winter. How to do it: mash a ripe banana and apply it to cracked hands and feet.
Leave it for about 15 minutes and then rinse with warm water. Then, soak your hands and feet in cold water for about 2 minutes. If you apply this therapy regularly, you will have smooth hands and soft pink heels.