Hand care in winter, good care recipes and important tips

The most common hand skin problems in winter and off-season

These include increased dryness, cracking, redness, rough skin, pimples, roughness and cold allergies.

The reasons are temperature changes and weathering. To retain heat, pores and blood vessels narrow, and the surface layers of the skin do not receive proper nutrition. Over time, the effect accumulates and the condition of the hands worsens significantly. Without additional care, cracks and pimples appear, which only deepen, causing pain. How to properly care for your hands in winter to avoid these problems?

Three basic rules for winter hand care

Cosmetologists include protection, regular hydration and nutrition among them.

Protection

Basic hand protection is wearing gloves outdoors and while doing housework. In winter, give preference to warm gloves with added wool or fleece lining. If your fingers are very cold, it is better to choose mittens. Do not refuse such simple and effective protection, even if you plan to stay outside for no more than 15 minutes.

At home, also remember to protect your hands when working with water and chemical detergents. They have an aggressive effect on the skin of the hands and cuticles, quickly ruining the manicure.

If you still work without gloves, use warm water, not cold or hot. Cold will cause cracks and redness due to narrowed blood vessels and pores, and hot will quickly dissolve the protective lipid layer, making the skin of your hands dry and hypersensitive.

A simple and useful life hack for doing housework while wearing rubber gloves:
You can use the time you spend on housework to take extra care of your hands during the winter. Apply nourishing cream to your skin, put on thin plastic gloves, and then rubber gloves of your size. Do your usual housework, and at this time your hands will receive their dose of care and nutrition. Rubber gloves should not be large in order to hold thin polyethylene gloves well.

Hydration

This stage is extremely important throughout the year. In winter you shouldn’t neglect it either. Cosmetologists recommend replacing the usual light creams and lotions with denser ones, often with elements of moisturizing and nutrition in one formula. Apply moisturizer after each hand wash and any contact with water.

Hand care during the cold season: 4 tips

In autumn and winter, the skin of our hands becomes dry and our nails become brittle. That's why it's so important to choose good care products. We found out what will save your hands in the cold.

Make masks

✓ Whitening

The acid contained in lemon juice has a slight peeling effect and lightens age spots.

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! Mix the juice of 1 lemon with 2 tsp. 33% fat cream, add starch at the tip of a knife and beat until creamy. Apply to hands for 25 minutes. Don't rinse your hands. Remove the remnants of the mask with a cotton pad soaked in tonic.

✓ With olive oil

This mask is best done before bed and left overnight. It will heal cracks and nourish dry skin.

! Mix 1 tbsp. l. olive oil with 0.5 tsp. sea buckthorn Add 5 drops of oily vitamins A and E and 1 tsp. cream with panthenol. Apply a thick layer to the skin of your hands and put on cloth gloves.

✓ Dairy

This mask is useful not only for the skin of the hands, but also for nails, since the calcium contained in milk strengthens them.

! Boil 2 potatoes and mash with warm milk. Put 1 tsp in it. butter and apply to the skin of your hands, wearing gloves. Keep it on until the warm mask has cooled down.

How to make a beautiful manicure for short nails Not everyone is comfortable wearing long nails. However, even with short nails, hands should be well-groomed. We'll tell you how to make a beautiful manicure for short nails.

Moisturize

The skin of your hands is naturally prone to dryness. Products with oils will help to moisturize it: for example, argan.

It is considered one of the most rich and will quickly restore even very dry and cracked hand skin.

By the way, the cuticle also needs hydration. Apply special products before bed and you will forget about hangnails.

Pitai

Pay attention to products with a “glove” effect. They form an invisible film on the skin that prevents skin dehydration.

Sea buckthorn is a natural nutrient for the skin of your hands. It is a storehouse of unsaturated fatty acids and “vitamin of youth” C.

Strengthen

Almost all nail problems: brittleness, dryness, delamination can be solved by products with keratin. This is a building protein that makes nails strong.

And in combination with oils, such as jojoba, keratin provides additional moisture to the nail plate. It becomes smooth and even.

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Restoring cream for very dry hands “Intensive care” Garnier. Price 207 rub.

Sea buckthorn nourishing hand cream Weleda. Price 600 rub.

Moisturizing hand cream with argan oil ORLY. Price 925 rub.

Revitalizing nail serum with acai berry extract ANNY. Price 609 rub.

Anti-Age hand cream BABOR. Price on request.

Hand and nail cream “Orchid Flowers” Elemis. Price 1829 rub.

Moisturizing hand and nail cream “Almond” The Body Shop. Price 750 rub.

Nivea “Comprehensive Care” hand cream. Price 65 rub.

Cream lotion SOS “Everyday Care” Velvet Handles. Price on request.

Keratin nail mask RescueRXx CND. Price approx. 1400 rub.

CC nail concealer with keratin proteins Lumene. Price 327 rub.

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Night hand care

Busy lifestyles can distract you from taking proper care of your hands during the day, which means you can take better care of them at night. Polyethylene overnight hand wraps will do their job, and in the morning you will admire beautiful velvety skin.

For wraps you will need a nourishing fatty cream, a night nourishing hand mask or olive oil (up to 1 tsp). Before going to bed, apply any of the products to your hands, put thin plastic gloves on top, and then terry cosmetic gloves. In the morning after washing, apply your usual nourishing or protective cream.

Nourishing and moisturizing hand masks in winter

More intensive hydration and nutrition of the skin of the hands will be provided by masks for winter care. They can be purchased at the store or prepared at home from a number of ingredients. Cosmetologists recommend applying hand masks 1 or 2 times a week as needed.

For homemade masks, use glycerin, olive, coconut or shea butter as a base. They simultaneously nourish and moisturize the skin. Additional popular ingredients are honey, egg, oatmeal, potatoes, milk, lemon. By mixing the ingredients in different proportions, you will get excellent options for nourishing and moisturizing masks for the winter season.

It is recommended to apply the mask to slightly steamed skin of the hands to improve its permeability, and then cover with polyethylene and a terry towel or terry mittens. The optimal application time is from 15 to 40 minutes. After removing the mask, lubricate your hands with cream and do not go outside for at least half an hour.

How to care for your hands in winter

Hands are a very sensitive area of the body that requires special care. Especially in winter.

With the arrival of cold weather and the heating being turned on, our skin begins to suffer from temperature changes - it’s frosty and windy outside, and the air in the room is too dry. All this has a negative effect on the hands, because the skin on it turns red and irritated.

Hands are a very sensitive area of the body that requires special care. It is in the winter that you need to keep an eye on it the most.

Hand gloves

In winter you can't do without gloves. Warm ones are needed for going outside, rubber ones for cleaning the house. This is the simplest and most effective way to rid your skin of dryness and flaking.

Hand cream

Hand cream should be used all year round, but the type of cream should be chosen depending on the time of year. For winter, nourishing and protective creams based on oils are suitable, which will save the skin from drying out. They should be used half an hour before going outside.

You shouldn't give up moisturizing creams in winter either. The main thing is not to use them before going outside. Moisturizing will be beneficial if you use the product while working in the office or at home before bed.

Warm water

Cool or icy water is a serious stress for the skin of the hands, which already suffers from the cold in winter. The skin begins to dry and peel. The same thing happens in excessively hot water. Therefore, at this time of year, hands are washed in warm water. And under no circumstances should they go outside with wet or damp hands.

Moisturizing soap

In winter, it is advisable to wash your hands not only in warm water, but also with moisturizing soap. It has a creamy texture and contains various extracts and oils that will nourish and restore the skin. And, for example, an antibacterial product will harm the skin - it contains triclosan, which eliminates bacteria and dries out your hands.

Cuticle oils

Don't forget about the cuticle in winter. This is the driest skin on the hands, which can crack and cause discomfort. To soften the cuticle, oils that contain vitamin E are suitable. Applying the oil can be combined with a light hand massage, which will increase blood circulation in the skin and help improve its condition.

Peeling

Peeling is one of the most important and common procedures for the skin of the hands. This is a gentle removal of dead cells of the stratum corneum, making the skin softer and healthier. But in winter you need to exfoliate no more than a couple of times a month and with the mildest means. Moreover, the skin of the hands should not be too dry and chapped.

Homemade masks and baths

In cold weather, the skin of your hands will benefit from homemade herbal baths, for example, linden, sage, chamomile or calendula. Paraffin baths or masks will help, as well as moisturizing and nourishing masks with oils and vitamins, designed specifically for hands.

Spa treatments for hands and nails in winter: paraffin therapy and Brazilian manicure

When you need to lift your spirits in cold weather while still caring for your hands, consider paraffin therapy and Brazilian manicures offered at spas. The first will quickly restore the skin, and the second will quickly restore the nails and cuticles.

Paraffin therapy will moisturize the skin of your hands and restore its natural healthy state. The procedure speeds up metabolism, increases blood circulation, removes toxins and relaxes. After it, a nourishing cream is usually applied. Skin looks 5-10 years younger.

Brazilian manicure is a type of European, unedged manicure. To perform it, a one-time set of an orange stick, a nail file and special gloves with cream filler is used. The cream contains tea tree oil for nourishing and moisturizing, allantoin, witch hazel, emollient, keratin and calcium for strengthening and whitening nails. The master puts on gloves with cream, and after softening the cuticle, cuts off the tips of the gloves and simply moves the cuticle with an orange stick. You get the most delicate skin on your hands and a well-groomed manicure as a result.

Additional cuticle care in winter

Like the hands in general, the cuticle requires no less careful care. The skin here is thin, prone to drying out and flaking. Exposure to cold, moisture and temperature changes affects it first.

Cosmetologists recommend systematically caring for the cuticle, especially in winter. Apply vitamin E, tea tree, or chamomile oil two to three times daily. Keep it within reach.

When you don't have cuticle oil on hand, use your fingertip to take small drops of nourishing cream and apply around the nail along the cuticle line. Leave for a couple of minutes and then rub. Combine this same technique with your usual ritual of applying cream to additionally nourish and moisturize the cuticle throughout the day.

Hand care in winter, what is included in this concept?

In the old days, only people of “blue blood” could boast of having well-groomed hands, but today everything is different. In the modern world, by the appearance of the skin on your hands, you can easily recognize a self-loving woman, a career woman, a housewife or a caring mother who does not have enough time to attend to family chores. Whoever you are, do not forget that every woman needs hand care in winter, regardless of status or position. After all, these are the hands that will hug a beloved man, touch the delicate skin of a baby, and greet parents when they meet.

How and with what should you wash your hands in winter?

Personal hygiene rules include a certain amount of hand washing per day. In winter, it is best to use liquid mild soap for this procedure. The water for washing should be warm; contrasting temperatures should not cause stress to the epithelium, because:

cold water makes the surface of the hands harder, which can cause peeling;
hot – degreases the epithelium, making the surface dry.

After washing, it is necessary to wipe your hands dry, since moisture left to “dry” can cause irritation or chapping over a certain period of time. After the procedure, it is advisable to apply a care cream.

Hand care in winter, which cream to choose?

Every woman has a tube of hand care cream in her cosmetic bag. Is it suitable for hand care in winter? The basic rules of winter care emphasize that it is necessary to lubricate the skin of your hands in winter at least three times a day.

For skin prone to irritation, you need to choose a cream with chamomile, calendula, extracts of these herbs soothe the upper layer of the dermis and promote the rapid healing of cracks, treats redness.
Dry skin should be cared for with a cream containing aloe extract and Shea butter. It must be fatty and nutritious in order to saturate the cells with useful elements.
For rough skin, a cream based on lecithin or glycerin is suitable. They have a positive effect and smooth the skin. As for care, it is advisable to take a warm soda bath before application, then the cream will be better absorbed and will have maximum effect.

Treat your hands to maximum nutrition once a week. To do this, apply vegetable oil to them, preferably olive or linseed. Put cotton gloves on top and leave overnight. You will notice the effect in the morning.

Pamper your hands with warm baths

To make your hands look younger and your cells to regenerate faster, you need to take baths with nutrients twice a week. We present several recipes:

For one glass of milk, take a tablespoon of honey, a teaspoon of vegetable oil. Heat the milk until the honey dissolves, but is not hot. Immerse your hands in the milk bath and hold for up to 15 minutes.
Bath for housewives. An ideal option for women who are desperately short of time to take care of themselves. Surely everyone cooks rice at home at least once a week. Do not rush to pour the broth from it into the sink. Pour it into a container and let cool to room temperature. Immerse your hands there for 10-15 minutes. You can also use potato decoction.
A bath for those who have problems with blood circulation in their hands. This is expressed in redness of the fingers when going out into the cold. Contrasting salt baths will help here. One with cold water, the other with hot. Alternately dip the brush into each salt bath 10 times. After the procedure, lubricate your brushes with camphor-based ointment.

Cleansing with peeling

For greater effect of baths and creams, you can do home peeling procedures. They will help remove the upper keratinized layer of the dermis. After peeling, the brushes will become soft and tender. For this procedure, you can use a purchased scrub or prepare it yourself.

Grind half a teaspoon of sea salt. This can be done in a coffee grinder or blender, but not in flour. The particles should be felt under your fingertips. Mix the resulting powder with 1–2 tablespoons of rich cream. The scrub is applied to the hands and massaged in a circular motion. Rinse off with warm water.
Soak your brushes in warm water and apply candied honey mixed with ground coffee. For two servings of honey, take one serving of coffee.
Mix the heaviest cream (if it is not available, butter will do) with corn flour (the finest). The mass is applied to the hands and massaged. After the peeling procedure, you can take nourishing baths or apply a cream that suits your type.