It is said that you can pass any anti-aging treatments, and use the best cosmetics in the world, but his hands will still give out the true age. If this statement is often true, because many women forget about the good care of your hands.

Rules hand care

• Wear gloves. As soon as the temperature starts to drop, get out of the cabinet gloves. Even if your hand is not too freezing cold air can damage the skin, making it dry and rough, and even lead to cracks. The frost should never go out without gloves - even a couple of minutes.
• Never use household chemicals without protective rubber gloves. Substances that are a part of various cleaning products can not only dry skin but also cause burns. If we wash the dishes hands, it too should be done with gloves, even if you use it only water and ordinary soap.
• Allergy sufferers should also wear rubber gloves before you clean and cut vegetables or fruit. Irritation and itching of the skin of the hands can cause, such as chili peppers, eggplant, zucchini and citrus fruits.
• Hydration outside. Maybe the best thing you can do to the skin of hands, especially when you get older - it regularly moisturise them during the day and at bedtime. For moisture, you can use any cream or lotion, but the special hand creams have certain advantages. Firstly, they are quickly absorbed and leaves no greasy film on hands. Secondly, many hand creams protect the skin from exposure to dry air and cold, hard water, and so on. The most effective moisturizing components in hand creams are petrolatum, glycerin, shea butter and safflower oil.
• Moisturize from the inside. Effective moisturizing the skin can not be without regular hydration of the body from the inside. In order to provide the body with sufficient amount of moisture, many experts recommend drinking eight glasses a day, but the volume of fluid required can vary, depending on a person's weight and level of physical activity. Therefore, it is best to drink the water in such a quantity and so often not to thirst - it is a sign that you will not have enough moisture, and this should not be allowed.
• Say "no" hot water. Hot water quickly dry out the skin, so wash your hands should be cool or lukewarm water.
• Buy a good soap. Soap is one of the main enemies of the soft, smooth skin of the hands. This is true of any soap, but some species are particularly aggressive against our skin. Avoid antibacterial soaps and soap containing a large amount aromatizitorov and dyes. As a rule, the best choice is a soap with moisturizing ingredients, or designed specifically for sensitive skin.
• Protect your hands from UV light. Everyone knows how useful sunscreen, but most women are regularly applied to them only on the face and may be on the neck. About the hands are often forgotten and sometimes even wash them specially after applying sunscreen Sunscreen: summer trends   on the body, as it leaves a greasy film on the hands. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation - it is one of the main reasons because of which is already on hand in a pretty early age wrinkles and dark spots Brown spots: whether they can be removed completely? . To avoid this, sunscreen should be applied well, the hands every time you leave the house without gloves.
• Anti-aging products for hands. Modern hand creams can both wrinkles and make much less visible age spots. The active components of such creams typically are retinol, licorice extract, kojic acid and hydroquinone. Of course, these creams are not as effective as, for example, laser resurfacing, but they can be substantially rejuvenate the skin and to some extent to slow down the aging process.

Home remedies for hand care

• Scrub lemon juice and sugar. Mix two tablespoons of sugar with the juice of half a lemon, apply the scrub on your hands for a few minutes, distribute it over the skin with light massage movements. This scrub not only effectively cleans and softens the skin, and lightens dark spots.
• Scrub brown sugar and baby oil. Mix two tablespoons of brown sugar with one tablespoon of baby oil (can be used instead of unrefined olive oil). Apply scrub on your hands, for a couple of minutes massage them in a circular motion, then rinse your hands with water at room temperature.
• Tool to soften the skin of hands of tomato and lime. Mix in equal proportions lime and tomato juice, and add to this mix a teaspoon of glycerin. Apply the product to your hands and massage them for five minutes. Rinse your hands with cool water. This tool is especially useful for dry and rough skin of hands.
• Hand mask from honey The benefits of honey: tasty recovery   and olive oil. Mix equal amount of honey and olive oil, apply the resulting mask in his hands, and leave for thirty minutes. To avoid accidentally dirty clothes or furniture, you can wear cotton gloves.
• Hand lotion of glycerine and rose water. Mix two tablespoons of rose water with a spoon of glycerin. This tool can be used as a normal moisturizer as often as you need it.
• Moisturizer for hands of castor and olive oil. Mix equal amount of oil, add a teaspoon of lemon juice and apply the mixture on your hands. Massage your hands for 5-10 minutes, leave the vehicle for another twenty minutes, and then blot the excess oil with a paper towel.
• Moisturizing hand mask of honey and banana. This mask is very useful for dry, chapped skin of hands. Crush into a puree quarter of a banana, mix it with a teaspoon of honey, the same amount of lemon juice and soft butter. Apply the mask on your hands and leave it on for fifteen minutes, then wash it off with water at room temperature.
• Hand cream from beeswax and shea butter oil. To prepare this cream, you will need four tablespoons of beeswax and shea butter, eight spoons. Put the ingredients in a small saucepan and melt them over low heat. Remove the pan from the heat and add the cream, eight tablespoons of evening primrose oil and a few drops of lavender essential oil. Thoroughly mix everything, pour the mixture into a glass jar and place it in a cool place. When the cream thickens, it is ready for use. It can be stored for several months, and used for the daily care of hands and to treat dry, cracked skin of the hands.

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