From dry to smooth hands in 5 steps
How often you pay attention to hand care? Are your hands often in contact with water? Do your hands need regeneration and relaxation? In the warmer seasons dry skin of your hands can be solved with a good hand cream, but in winter time due to the cold weather, the skin of your hands can easily crack. Did you know that by not treating damaged skin in the long-term period, it can lead to the growth of bacteria and potential escalation of the skin problems?
Reserve only ten minutes of your time and try a relaxing hand treatment at home. Here’s how to recover your hands overnight in five steps:
Immerse your hands in a water with body bath added.
You can skip this step if you have just took a shower. The important thing is that the skin of your hands has softened. Next, dry your hands.
Peeling.
Peel your hands with some peeling products you have bought earlier or make your own mixture of either honey with baking soda or olive / coconut oil with baking soda. Make this mixture in a ratio of 1: 1. Massage in circular motions palms and back palms, all the way from the ankles to the finger tips. Dry your hands.
Nourishing cream.
Apply a rich nourishing cream (it is supposed to be a little greasy). If you don’t have a suitable nourishing cream, you can put a few drops of olive or coconut oil on your hands along with the regular cream you are using and massage thoroughly so that the skin absorbs as much cream as possible.
Hand massage.
Massage your hands for a few minutes to stimulate circulation and relieve stress.
Plasticization for deep hydration.
Finally, put the freezer bags (or kitchen plastic foil) on your hands, and then gloves over it so that the foil does not move during the night. If you don’t have gloves, you can also use old socks on which you will cut the tops and make a slit for the thumb. Combining the freezer bag / kitchen foil with something cottonish over (gloves / socks…) allows the deep hydration of the skin. It is best to sleep through the night like this and you will notice in the morning how soft your hands will be.
Depending on the current condition of your skin, you can repeat the same treatment in a couple of days. If you occasionally take care of your hands, then one night treatment should be enough.
This aesthetic detail of dry hands is very quickly noticed at the first handshake or gesticulation, so with our little easy-daily trick there is no need to keep your hands dry anymore.