VIDEO: Recipes for a hand bath

There are various reasons for a hand bath: your hands are dry and chapped, your hands are cold or you just want to do something nice for yourself. Whatever makes you want to give your hands a hand bath, make a little ritual out of it. The following recipes are fun, relaxing and nourishing.

Hand bath - this helps against cold hands

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1. Leave warm water in the sink or, even better, in a bowl. The water should never be too hot, otherwise it will dry yours skin unnecessarily.
2. Put a handful of dried chamomile flowers in the water and soak your hands in the liquid for a few minutes.

Two recipes for dry hands

Although these recipes are a rescue measure against dry hands, the hand baths are just so good. If wellness is in the foreground, you can add scented oil, such as rose oil or lavender oil, to the hand bath.

• Warm the milk; but it should not be too hot and not boil. Then add the olive oil and honey and mix everything together well. Bathe your dry hands in it until the milk becomes too cool for you. You can also use buttermilk instead of normal milk.
• If your hands are very dry and cracked, you can do a hand bath from pure oil. To do this, warm olive oil, put it in a bowl and massage fingers and Nailswhile you hold them in the oil. Do not remove the oil from your hands afterwards, but put on thin cotton gloves. This increases the effect of the olive oil.

Except for the pure olive oil bath, it is important that you dry your hands well afterwards and apply additional cream if possible.

Hand peeling - why not?

So that your kitchen does not become a battlefield, you should prepare the salt for the peeling in advance on a small plate.

1. Warm up olive oil and put it in a bowl. Then dip your hands in the oil and bathe them for a few minutes.
2. Then pick up some salt and massage it into your hands.
3. Gently push back your cuticles.
4. Then rinse your hands with lukewarm water and pat them dry carefully.