Massage
This procedure should be carried out daily. After all, with the help of massage, we help to get rid of the heaviness in the legs, we remove fatigue. On the feet there are many active points that are associated with the entire system of our body and with all our organs. And when a short massage is done every night, it becomes a healing procedure. And even if you do not have the skills to do a massage, it's all right, follow the instructions:
1. We will use the soles of the active movements. Then we start to knead every part of the foot.
2. We will pass in circular motions on the sole of the foot.
3. We will loosen each finger, from the base to the nail.
4. At the base of each finger, we make a point massage, clockwise from 3 to 4 circular motions.
5. We finish the procedure by stroking the movement to the ankle and lower leg - moving from the bottom up.
2. Baths
An important part of caring for feet is the bath. This is a cooling and pleasant procedure. You can solve different problems using different components:
- to remove fatigue you will help decoction of plantain and mint, from a mixture of nettle. Take the grass equal shares and fill them with boiling water. When the water is 38 degrees, let us lower our legs and take a bath.
- improve the circulation can contrast baths, keep your feet alternately for one minute in cool water, the water temperature is 15 degrees and in hot water - 40 degrees. After 5 minutes rinse with warm water and dry it dry.
- help restore vivacity, tone - baths with essential oils of tea tree and lavender, calendula, with sage. Take a bath no more than 15 minutes.
2. Masks
Cosmeticians in winter are advised to make masks every two weeks, and in summer not less than once a week. The skin quickly becomes dehydrated due to heat and becomes coarse and dry. Only careful care with the help of masks will help prevent this.
For dry skin of feet
Take a small amount of milk and boil an apple in it, and then rub it in a mash. Puree put on your feet and wash it off in half an hour. We fix this procedure with a nutritious cream.
For rough knees
Vegetable oil and orange juice make in a proportion of 10: 1, apply light massage movements on your knees. Smoem in half an hour and apply a moisturizer.
3. Peeling
Peeling is an obligatory part of the summer care for feet, it removes the horny layer, activates blood circulation, heals. On the human foot there are seventy thousand nerve endings, if they are influenced, we will help the work of your internal organs.
Sea salt scrub for feet
Mix the sea salt with olive oil, so that a thick mixture is obtained. Add a few drops of lemon juice. We will put on 10 minutes for steamed feet and massage clockwise. Then wash the scrub with warm water, and if necessary, use foot with a special brush or pumice stone.
4. Hemorrhages and calluses
Most often these troubles arise:
- when a large load on your feet, from a long stay on your feet,
- insufficient foot care,
- Wearing tight or narrow shoes.
Orthopedic insoles can alleviate these troubles. If you wear comfortable shoes, then you are insured against corns, (compaction of the keratinized skin), which causes severe discomfort when walking.
From natoptyshey helps to get rid of a pedicure, some folk remedies:
- make a compress of aloe, apply and leave for the night,
- Salt baths: per liter of warm water one tablespoon of sea salt. The duration of the bath is from 20 to 30 minutes.
There is one frivolous recipe, but it really helps: you stroke it with a ballpoint pen, and soon it disappears without a trace.
5. Cracks
Cracks occur due to insufficient care, irregular moistening of the skin of the feet, due to lack of vitamins A and E, and also because of uncomfortable shoes.
It is quite difficult to get rid of cracks, you need regular care, patience. It is better not to allow this, but if the cracks appeared you need to go to the doctor, prescribed ointments will help to solve this problem more quickly. You can also use masks:
Recipe for incisions on the heels
On a plastic grater, we rub an apple, put it on a cotton cloth. We will compress the feet, fix the compress with a bandage. In half an hour we'll wash it off.
From deep cracks
We take two tablespoons of fresh leaves of mother-and-stepmother, we wash them, then we cut them. Boil a glass of milk, add this sliced mixture and put it in a water bath. Let's cool and apply a thin layer on the cheesecloth, hold the compress for half an hour. The cracks will soon tighten and heal.
6. Sweating
Sweating can poison life, because it is not only accompanied by an unpleasant odor, but also micro-inflammation, painful rubbing. With this help to cope with only leather shoes, no leatherette. There are folk remedies, and pharmacies sell creams that normalize sweating.
Tea for feet
Take 2 tea bags and drop them into a liter of water, boil them for about 15 minutes. Then remove from heat and add two liters of hot water there, close the lid and let it cool down a little. This bath should be done half an hour before bedtime.
7. Cooling
In the summer, there is a feeling that the feet are literally burning. It can be flat feet or osteochondrosis, after consulting with a doctor, you can buy yourself orthopedic insoles. They, of course, will not cure flat feet, but they will help to forget the "burning" of the feet, the feeling of heaviness, the pain.
In addition, you can apply the "cooling" procedures, the baths in which we add a few drops of aromatic oils of lavender or mint.
8. Depilation and epilation
The first mention of depilation and hair removal refers to the 4th century BC, already then women tried to get rid of hair on the body. At the end of the 19th century, a depilator appeared, when with the help of an electric current they got rid of hair, but the procedure was very painful. Now many different means, the choice is huge. A survey was conducted, which showed that if you use a depilator in warm water, then it can have a beneficial effect on the skin. Water minimizes pain, relieves redness, helps to avoid irritation and has a relaxing effect.
9. Pedicure
The decoration of our legs is a beautifully selected varnish. Fashionable women are allowed to decorate their nails in different colors from black to orange. Beautifully look varnishes with different metallic luster, defiantly beautiful, playing in the sun.
Now you've got to know what foot baths can be done, and what care you can take for your legs.