When we think of anti-ageing skincare our first thoughts are usually for wrinkles and age spots around our face and neck, yet our hands are one of the first areas to reveal our age. Not to mention our hands are always on display (like our face!), and the skin on our hands is thinner than our faces, yet we don’t always give them the TLC they deserve (after all, they do so much work for us all day). Here are some of our top tips for keeping your hands smooth, gorgeous and youthful, especially during the drying winter months. You’ll thank us in a few years!
Slough away dead skin cells
In the same way you exfoliate your face, sloughing away the layers of dead skin cells on the hands is a great way to get them looking and feeling lush and smooth. We love the Ginger&Me Sugar Body Scrub, which is infused with luxurious botanical oils and natural essences. If you want something more delicate, try using your face exfoliator on your hands too. Our favourite is the delicious cranberry scented O Cosmedics Exfoliating Cleanser, which contains four natural exfoliating bead types, plus peptides for anti-aging benefits.
Start treating your hands with care
Frequently washing your hands with drying soaps or using detergents can dry out your hands, which leads to rough, peeling or itchy skin. Try using gloves if you are doing dishes, and swap your soaps from harsh sanitising ones to a natural and moisturising hand wash – it will still do the job, just in a less drying way. And make sure you dry them properly! For even more luxurious skin, add a couple extra pumps or drops of your morning and evening face serums and moisturisers and use them on the back of your hands as you finish your skincare routine.
An overnight hydrating facial for your hands
We’re obsessed with the O Cosmedics Hydra Plus Sleep-In Mask for our face so we tried it out on our hands too, and woke up with luxuriously soft and nourished skin. It’s enhanced with O Cosmedics’ signature V8 Peptide Complex plus vitamins, antioxidants, shea butter and other nourishing and hydrating ingredients. Make sure it’s the last thing you do before bed (or door handles will be tricky!), just massage into face and hands and rinse off in the morning.
Take a step up from ordinary hand creams
Many hand creams on the market may smell and feel nice, but are laden with cheap synthetic ingredients that will only mask dryness and create the illusion of hydrated skin (think silicones, artificial fragrances and petroleum). Instead, invest in a hand cream with quality, natural oils to actually nourish the skin, with antioxidants to protect against signs of ageing.
Our favourite is the Sodashi Geranium and Lavender Hand Cream the wonderfully emollient yet light in texture this fragrant cream nourishes and hydrates hands, nails and cuticles hour after hour. A blend of strengthening and antioxidant-rich Avocado Oil, Rosehip, Lavender and Shea Butter deeply moisturise and protect hands and nails, leaving skin brighter, softer and supple.
Rejuvenate your hands with advanced skin treatments
Are your hands already showing signs of aging such as wrinkles and age spots? Our advanced skin treatments are available as hand treatments, including Dermapen, Viora Skin Tightening and IPL, which will help rejuvenate and clear the skin on the hands to make them look more youthful. Just book in a consultation with us (redeemable on any spa treatment) and find the best treatment for you, whether it’s tightening and brightening the skin or removing unwanted brown spots and patches such as pigmentation, liver spots, freckles and sunspots.
Get your hands looking gorgeous and groomed
Groomed nails will ensure you always look polished, professional and put together. To make sure your nails are looking gorgeous at all times, a gel manicure is a great option, as it lasts chip-free for around two weeks. If you prefer normal nail polish or don’t like the look of coloured nails, opt for a relaxing classic manicure once every two or three weeks to get your nails and cuticles looking tidy and polished, then keep a long-lasting nude nail lacquer at home to keep them looking deluxe – we love Faby Nail Lacquer in the shade “Skin Tight”. Do you find your nails are thin and peel or split often? Try using a nail hardening polish instead, such as Faby Power, to strengthen and reinforce the keratin structure of nails.
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