Hand Cream - loyal assistant women, which should always be within reach. The hands are constantly exposed to water and various detergents - not only do we wash our hands more often than other parts of the body, but we still have to do the dishes, do the cleaning, and not all remember that these activities need to wear gloves.

Ingredients

The most common ingredients of the commercial hand creams are:

• The base oil or carrier oil. They are part of most hand creams. The oils have moisturizing and healing effect, in addition, they protect the skin. Moreover, oil is used in the production of creams because of their ability to mix with other ingredients. Most often in the hand creams include jojoba oil, coconut oil, vitamin Vitamins for everyone   E, and almond oil.
• Emollients have a thick texture, effectively smooth and moisturize the skin. Emollients in creams hand can be shea butter, cocoa butter, lanolin and beeswax.
• Vitamins and minerals are found not all hand creams, but is included in their composition for the sake of additional useful features. For example, vitamin E is often a part of the healing hand cream - it stimulates restoration of damaged skin. Vitamin A in the form of retinol is an ingredient in many anti-aging cream for the hands. In addition, hand creams often added zinc, vitamin C and vitamin K.
• Herbs, herbal extracts and essential oils are among the most popular ingredients of hand creams and other cosmetics. Aloe and chamomile Chamomile: the rays of beauty   have moisturizing properties, green tea Green tea   oats and rejuvenate the skin. Mint cream gives a cooling effect and pleasant aroma. Other common ingredients - essential oils of lavender, sandalwood and lemon tree.
• Colors and flavors - not mandatory, but very common components of hand creams. Today, however, more and more popular creams do not contain artificial colorings and flavorings.
• Water is part of any hand creams. It links all the other ingredients and enhances the moisturizing properties of the cream. As oils and emollients, it serves as a carrier for other substances, and neutralizes excess fat ingredients such as lanolin or cocoa butter.

Homemade hand cream

For supporters of the idea of ​​natural cosmetic preparations hand cream at home can be very attractive. Home cream - is especially good idea for allergic people as well as for owners of sensitive skin. Due to the absence of preservatives and dyes likelihood of adverse reaction on the skin cream reduced.

• Hand cream of almond oil

Ingredients: 0.25 cup of beeswax, ½ cup almond oil, half a cup of coconut oil, 0.25 cup of rose water.

Melt the beeswax in a water bath. Add the almond and coconut oil, mix well. Then, stirring constantly, pour the rose water. Pour the still hot cream into a container (preferably glass). When the cream hardens, it can begin to use; Cream store tightly closed.

• Hand cream of cocoa butter

Ingredients: 4 tablespoons of beeswax, 4 tablespoons cocoa butter, 4 tablespoons of almond oil.

Melt in a water bath beeswax and cocoa butter. Add the almond oil. Stir ingredients and pour into a glass container.

• Hand cream for mature skin

Ingredients: 4 tablespoons of shea butter, 2 tablespoons of camellia seed oil, 10 drops of essential oil of carrot seed.

Place the shea butter and camellia seed oil in a container and put in a water bath. When the shea butter has melted, add the essential oil and mix everything carefully. Remove the container from the heat and pour the cream into a glass jar with a tight lid.

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