Smooth hands

I always like to take pride of my nails and go for regular manicures to keep my acrylic nails looking white and immaculate but one thing that i seem to neglect a little is my hands. I mean why spend so much on my nails if they are placed on hands that are in need of some serious TLC.

I only realised just how haggard my hands were looking when i went for a Clairvoyant reading and sat in utter shock when some poor woman had to read my palm on dry hands that looked very old. I felt really ashamed and wanted to put some gloves on and run out but instead I sat there for 40 minutes and as soon as it was over headed straight to the Trafford centre to buy hand beauty products LOTS of them too!

I went to The Body Shop to stock up and walked away with a bag full of goodies. I went for Hemp Hand Protector, Thirsty Hands Moisturiser Gloves, Coconut Hand Wash and Almond Refining Hand Scrub.

So very excited with my new purchases I went home and lade them all out ready to make my hands look more like 23 year olds hands and not an 83 year olds! Firstly I started with the Almond Refining Hand Scrub I used this to scrub my hands and spent a few minutes rubbing off the dead skin, then I used the Thirsty Hands Moisturiser Gloves and sat with them on for a couple of hours, these are actually really comfy and a good excuse to sit back with a hot chocolate and relax and not have to do any house work…perfect. When I took the gloves of already my hands were super soft and looked fresh so to finish off the regime I used Hemp Hand Protector, I didn’t think my hands could get any smoother after the gloves but this stuff is amazing, I can understand why it’s the Body Shop’s best-selling hand cream. This is now my little pot of treasure that will have to come every where with me!

So after my hand pamper I am officially a happy girl again with smooth hands and not a dry bit of skin in sight. I will definitely not let my hands get in such bad state again and will always spend a couple of minutes a day to moisture them and every week I will treat myself to a night wearing the cotton gloves. I have also got a bottle of the Coconut Hand Wash in my bathroom and kitchen sink so no excuse for grose hands now and hopefully not such shame when I next go for a Clairvoyant reading!!!

Healthy fingernails…

I have been wearing acrylic nails for a loooooong time and I have had them off for one week and I am in agony! I want to go and get my acrylic nails put back on but I need to let them breathe for the first time in years before I do that!

I have been doing some research on ways to try and strengthen my nails so I will share my tips with you!

From what I have found out it is all about supplements and a balanced diet.

Protein is important to build calcium in the nails so you need to eat plenty of chicken and fish. This will help brittle nails and ragged cuticles.

Make sure you stock up on your vitamins. To build keratin you need Vitamin C, Vitamin E and biotin in combinations.

If you notice white spots on your nails you need to take Zinc.

When washing up and cleaning always wear rubber gloves to protect your nails from the chemicals used in cleaning products.

Use a hand and nail cream daily. You can also buy creams specially designed for your cuticles that you should use every day to push the skin down.

If you really want to give your hands and nails some TLC, smoother your hands in moisturiser and wear light cotton gloves to bed.

Nail varnish that lasts three weeks…

Summer holidays are about to come a hell of a lot easier thanks to the leading nail varnish brand OPI!

OPI new lacquer treatment lasts three weeks without a chip in sight, WOW! If you take extra care it will last even longer.

There is 18 stunning colours to chose from so you will be spoilt for choice.

If you visit an OPI salon a trained nail technician will do the work for you and you will have beautiful, chip free nails for around £40.00.

So if you want to have fabulous nails this summer you no where to head to…

Youthful Hands

Hands are a huge age give away of your age, take Madonna for instance she has an amazing face and figure for a 50 year old but have you seen her hands!!!

Most people forget to give there hands a little TLC but you really should, so start now!

Caring for your hands will only take 2 minutes out of your day even if you only add a bit of hand cream everyday, The Sanctuary collection offer a selection of really good hand creams at a reasonable price that will help to prevent your hands from premature ageing.

Once a week you should cover your hands in cream and wear cotton gloves overnight to help your skin absorb the cream better, this will leave your hands soft and smooth in the morning.