Ten essential tips for hand and nail care!

Face and hand care are uppermost in our mind as regards the total beautification of our body. Both of them are visible parts of the body. Hand care is an important part of daily care routine and nail care is important when it comes to personal grooming.

  It is an interesting fact that our fingernails absorb water 100 times faster than our skin does and they also lose their moisture very fast which causes dehydration and drying of cuticles. Thus, both the hands and the nails have to be kept clean, moisturized and attractive.

Here are some essential tips on hand and nail care which would definitely help all.

1. Moisturize your hands for at least 4 times a day, will give them a healthy glow.

2. Always wear rubber gloves when working with water or harsh detergents, will protect them from weak nails and the reaction of detergents on your skin.

3. Exfoliate occasionally to remove the dead skin cells from your hands. You can also use an old tooth brush to brush your hands twice a weak.

4. Soak your hands in warm milk for five minutes to strengthen your nails and hydrate your skin. The lactic acid in milk will exfoliate dead skin from your hands while calcium will give strength to fragile nails.

5. Avoid clipping your nails to shorten them. Instead file them down to size.

6. Apply a top coat as often as possible to help protect the tips.

7. Break the habit of nail biting, it is very destructive to both the nail and the cuticle and can lead to infection that can actually deform the nail.

8. An excellent time to do your manicure is after a shower or the dishes. These activities will remove dirt from under the nails as well as soften dry nails.

9. Do not use nail polish remover frequently especially those containing acetone which tend to dry nails out. Use nail polish remover only once a week.

10. Never peel or scrape off nail polish or use metal instruments on the nail surface to push back the cuticle. This can scrape off the protective cells of the nail surface.

Scalp care tips!

Your basic hair care tips should always begin with scalp care because without the base of the scalp you will have no hair to care for. Most of the hair problems have their roots in scalp problems and thus it is important to find out how to solve them. Here are the most basic and essential scalp care tips that you must follow for beautiful problem free hair. 

• The dry flaky skin of the scalp is basically what we call dandruff. So you need to oil your scalp properly before you oil your hair. Rub warm coconut oil into your scalp and it will solve your dandruff scalp problems.

•          Your scalp skin has pores just like the skin on your body. You have to make sure that those pores are open before you oil your hair. Weak hair is often a manifestation of a scalp problem as the oil that you massage does not get absorbed into the roots. Wrap a hot towel (towel dipped in hot water and drained) and let it stay for 5 minutes before you oil your hair.

•          When washing your hair, you have to scrub your scalp clear first because the oil and the grime accumulate here. If your scalp remains unclean then hair gets oil in a day and if you have itchy hair then the dandruff too returns quickly after a hair wash.

• If you have hair odor then it is probably due to smelly scalp. There is something called a smelly scalp syndrome, this is actually a fungal infection of the scalp. It happens either because you are not using the right kind of towels and pillow covers or you pick it up from a person with whom you have close physical contact. You need a medicated anti-microbial shampoo for its treatment and also start using good quality new towels and pillow covers.