Chapped Hands
Do you suffer from dry chapped hands? Are they really painful, especially in the cold weather? Below are a few tips to help ease and soothe those poor hands.
- Here's a recipe for chapped hands
1 part oatmeal
1 part boiled water
Mix the ingredients together making a paste. This paste you put on your hands. Leave for a minute or so and rinse off with boiled water. Rub glycerin into the hands. Wear gloves and leave overnight
- Take some Heartworks Skincare hand cream. Rub just a bit into your hands gently. Make sure your have enough on there. Put more on if needed. Put on gloves and leave overnight.
What's in the hand cream is soothing and healing calendula oil and then very moisturising oils such as shea butter, cocoa butter, coconut oil, sweet almond oil and apricot kernel oil. Then, for protection against the cold and strong winds we add beeswax.
The Do's and Don't's For Chapped Hands
- Do use one of the above recommended steps to take to soothe chapped hands
- Do moisturise your hands daily especially in bad extreme weather conditions
- Do wear latex gloves when putting hands into water
- Do avoid toxic and caustic materials on your hands
- If in the garden, wear garden gloves
- Don't wash dishes or floors or anything that involves water and chemicals without protecting your hands with suitable gloves
- In cold weather don't forget to wear gloves or mittens