Spotlight Magazines Spotlight on Mansfield North April 2015 | Página 8

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Top Tips For Nice Hands

A healthy diet is important. Eating
proteins, and food or supplements
that contain vitamins B and E will
help you have healthy, strong nails
and soft and supple skin.
Regularly moisturise your hands
with a good quality product.
Winter tends to dry out our skin
so use a heaver lotion during the
colder months. Massage lotion in
when you apply it to help it soak
in. If your hands are particularly
rough add Vaseline.
Protect your hands with gloves
when washing up, cleaning,
gardening or doing other
chores.

Use lukewarm water when washing your
hands and never use normal dish soap as
this tends to be too harsh and can dry the
skin.

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Trim your nails every two weeks or
more often if required. When filing
your nails file in one direction rather
than using a seesaw action.
Apply a scrub to your hands with
a good exfoliating agent once a
week to get rid of dead skin.
In addition to moisturisers,
hand creams and scrubs try a
cuticle cream or lotion to stop
cuticles drying out.
If you paint your nails, always
use a base coat so that your
nails don’t stain.
For extra pampering, go
for a manicure once a
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