Hand peeling: The 3 best DIY recipes
Well-groomed hands are the business card of every woman. But especially in the cold months, when temperatures drop, the skin quickly becomes brittle and cracked. As a manicure and creaming alone is often not enough. A hand peel removes dead skin scales and makes dry, rough hands in the blink of an eye supple again.
With just a few ingredients and a few simple steps, you can make your own hand peeling? free from synthetic fragrances, colors and preservatives and without microplastic. We will explain step-by-step how to do your own exfoliation.
1. Hand peeling with sea salt and olive oil
Ingredients:
- 5 tablespoons of sea salt
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- A big bowl
That's how it's done:
- Mix sea salt and olive oil in a bowl until the mixture has a not too oily, but not too grainy consistency.
- Now rub your hands with the salt peeling and let it work for about ten minutes.
- Then wash with a pH neutral soap and lukewarm water.
Effect: A scrub with salt cleanses the skin and dissolves old skin cells. The olive oil strengthens the fingernails and prevents brittle fingernails. The salt also extracts additional moisture from the skin. Important: do not forget to apply creams!
You have broken fingernails? There are even more tips here.
2. Hand peeling with sugar and honey
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons of sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- A big bowl
That's how it's done:
- Mix the sugar with the honey until a granular consistency is obtained. Extra tip: If you like, you can enrich the hand peeling with avocado. The green fruit is rich in essential fatty acids and vitamins B and E and provides dry hands with extra moisture.
- Gently rub hands with the sugar-honey mixture for about ten minutes. If you like, you can leave the peeling under gloves.
- Finally, wash off the scrub with warm water.
Effect: The sugar is gentler on the skin compared to salt, does not rub too hard and reduces moisture. The honey also has an anti-inflammatory effect and smooths your hands.
You are interested in cosmetics with honey? Then have a look here.
3. Hand peeling with grains and yogurt
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon of yogurt
- 1 tablespoon of cucumber juice
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
That's how it's done:
- Mix the yoghurt, cucumber juice and poppy seeds together.
- Then rub your hands with the scrub.
- After ten minutes exposure wash hands under lukewarm water.
Effect: The lactic acid contained in the yoghurt clarifies, refreshes and soothes the skin. The Cucumber juice has a moisturizing effect and supports cell renewal.
That's why a homemade hand peel is much better
A homemade hand scrub is made from all-natural ingredients dispenses with synthetic fragrances, colors and preservatives and works without microplastic. In many products in the beauty shelves (including body scrub, toothpaste, shampoo) is still microplastic.
The small microplastic beads in scrubs & Co. make the skin while petting - but they are a great disadvantage to the environment, They pollute drinking water, oceans and endanger humans and animals. And let's be honest: Who wants to harm himself and his environment if you can do good with minimal effort and at the same time do something yourself? Thumbs up!
Extra care after the peeling
A hand peeling not only frees the skin from dead skin cells, it also prepares the hands for the subsequent care. A subsequent hand mask or rich hand cream pampers stressed skin in an instant. Especially effective high-fat hand creams with olive, almond or evening primrose oil, Chapped areas are calmed by creams with the ingredient dexpanthenol.
Tip: If you do not have hand cream at home, you can also resort to general purpose cream. Apply a thick layer and leave under a foil or gloves. Simply rub in the remains. On top there's a guide: Manicure for well-groomed hands.
You would like to make your own lip scrub yourself? How that works, we show you here.
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