Hand care citrus
Massage cream from orange blossoms
This mixture can be used both as a massage and as a moisturizing cream for the skin. For its preparation you will need an unusual set of components. But sometimes it's worth pampering yourself, even if the process of preparing a cosmetic product takes a long time. Distract at this time from everyday worries and try to concentrate completely on your body. The effect will surpass your expectations - it will not only be cosmetic, but also psychotherapeutic( you will feel like a real Cleopatra).
Buy lecithin beads or capsules in the pharmacy, also prepare rose water, almond oil, olive oil or avocado oil, beeswax, neroli oil, or orange tree essential oil.
Put 1 teaspoon of lecithin granules in 25 ml of rose water for several hours, preferably overnight.25 ml of almond oil and 50 ml of olive oil or avocado oil and pieces of beeswax( 10 g), place in a heat-resistant dish and put on a water bath. Lightly heat the mixture until the beeswax dissolves completely. Add lecithin and rose water, mix thoroughly and remove from heat. Add the citrus essential oil. Allow the mixture to cool slightly and pour it into a jar with a screw cap. Abundantly rub the cream into the rough, cracked skin on the hands, elbows, and feet.
Very simple and effective tool for pilling
Elbows and knees can be rubbed with half a lemon - contained in it, fruit acids noticeably smooth and soften the skin. This tool is especially useful for you during the summer holiday - the smoother the skin, the tighter the tan falls on it.
If the skin on the elbows is particularly dry, it is useful to make warm baths with the addition of vegetable oil or ammonia with glycerin, also help soda tubs. Dry skin on the elbows should be showered in front of the shower with a stiff brush, and in the steamed skin you can rub cucumber juice or lemon juice.
Healthy nails
Are you unhappy with the state of your nails? To strengthen fragile and brittle nails, it is useful 1-2 times a week to make for them a bath of warm vegetable oil with the addition of a few drops of vitamin A, 5 drops of lemon juice and 3 drops of 5% iodine tincture. With a strong stratification of nails, it is useful to take sea-buckthorn oil inside and at the same time lubricate their nails.
Both in the nail plate and in the skin around it is useful to regularly rub lemon juice( you can from time to time replace it with table vinegar, cranberry juice or black and red currant).Regularly - does not mean very often, otherwise you can not strengthen, but dry your nails.
Broken, as well as yellowed from smoking nails should be wiped for 7-10 days with lemon slices. This strengthens the nail plate, cleans the stains, gives the nails a shine.
Detergents that we use in everyday life, such as washing powders, violate the acid-base balance of our skin. To restore the normal pH, after washing the laundry, make a warm bath with lemon juice( you can also wash your hands with sour milk).
For dry skin, a mixture of glycerin( a tablespoon) and juice of 1 lemon will become a balm.
The rough skin of the hands will find its former elasticity, if you put on it such a mixture: grated raw potato, a teaspoon of honey, a few drops of lemon, orange, grapefruit, carrots or cabbage. Wear gloves from above and sit for an hour or two in front of the TV.You can and go to bed!
Hands will be soft if regularly pampered with their trays: in 100 ml of olive or peach oil add 8-10 drops of citrus essential oil. Preheat the mixture to 50-60 ° C and put your hands in it for 15-20 minutes. Then wash them with soap and rub the nourishing cream.