Natural Home Made Hand Recipes to Relieve Dry, Rough, Chapped Hands 1. A really cheap and brilliant way to moisturize hands and keep them soft is EVOO (extra virgin olive oil). EVOO is gentle and very effective on extremely dry chapped hands as it helps restore the lost natural oil. Rub a generous amount of warmed EVOO on your hands, several times a day (if you do not mind greasy hands). Or, gently massage oil into your hands before bedtime, put on cotton gloves and leave it on overnight as you sleep. This will give your hands a real therapeutic hydrating home treatment. If you dislike the smell of olive oil, add a few drops of scented essential oil, like lavender or lemon. Oils such as coconut oil, almond oil or sunflower oil will also work well for overly dry hands. 2. There are 3 things that really work wonders for dry chapped hands – beeswax, cocoa butter and Shea butter. For homemade shea butter hand cream recipe, melt together 4 tablespoons beeswax and 8 tablespoons shea butter. Then add 8 tablespoons evening primrose oil and 10 drops lavender essential oils. Mix all ingredients completely until smooth. Transfer to a jar, and leave to harden. 3. To make coca butter hand cream at home, melt together 4 tablespoons beeswax and 4 tablespoons cocoa butter. Add 4 tablespoons almond oil and mix them really well. Pour into a jar and let it solidify. 4. It always a good idea to use a hand scrub before using a hand cream so that the cream can be better absorbed. Try making this inexpensive home made papaya almond oatmeal hand scrub. It is a gentle exfoliating hand scrub that will get rid of dead skin cells while moisturizing the skin underneath, leaving you with nourished, soft, touchable skin. To make this papaya almond hand scrub, you will need 1 tablespoon papaya, ½ teaspoon ground almonds, ½ teaspoon ground oatmeal (you can also replace it with sugar or salt ), 1 teaspoon honey, and ¼ teaspoon pineapple juice. Mashing papaya in a small bowl. Add oatmeal, almonds, honey and pineapple juice. Stir until a paste forms. Place mixture in your refrigerator for 15 minutes. To use, lightly scrub the mixture over your hands. Gently massage your skin for about 5 minutes before washing off thoroughly with cool water. 5. Alternatively, use this simple hand soak made with pineapple juice to help remove dead skin cells and soften rough hands. This natural home remedy is perfect for dry or chapped hands. You will need these ingredients for this chapped hands home treatment – 2 tablespoons honey, 10 drops lemon balm oil, 10 drops papaya oil, and organic pineapple juice. Heat honey in your microwave oven for 10 seconds, and transfer it into a bowl, large enough to comfortably fit both hands. Slowly stir in lemon balm oil and papaya oil. Then pour pineapple juice into the bowl until it is about ¾ full. Soak your hands in mixture for about 15 minutes while gently massaging your hands and fingers. Rinse off completely with cool water.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 03:31:13 +0000
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