On the eve of the fast season of short skirts, sandals and resort romances, the fair sex representatives take special care of their feet before opening them for public viewing. Needless to say that many beauties have to cope with such troubles as cellulite, calluses, dry skin and so on under the list. Let's try to disassemble every item of this hateful list.
Swelling and tired legs
You spend all day on your feet, and by evening they just "buzz". What to do? Always keep ice in the fridge. It is best if you prepare it from herbal infusions. A tray with ice cubes from mint leaves, marigold, chamomile is just an indispensable tool for caring for tired and swollen legs. If the stock has an ordinary ice, you can use it. Only in this case it is necessary to add to the "ice bath" a few drops of lemon juice or menthol oil. In addition, rubbing ice cubes is a wonderful alternative to conventional baths, if veins are widened on the legs.
Before you begin to care for the skin of the legs, you need to cope with fatigue and swelling. This is also a good help for the bath of decoction of lime flowers, chamomile and honey. The recipe for cooking is as follows: 2 tablespoons of lime blossom and 2 tablespoons of chamomile inflorescences pour 1 liter of boiling water, insist 5 minutes and strain. In the resulting broth, you need to pour in another 1 liter of warm water, add 1 tablespoon of honey and mix well. Keep your feet in a prepared bath for 15-20 minutes.
An excellent tonic effect also has contrasting baths, which also improve blood circulation and increase muscle tone. Prepare two basins - one with hot water, and the other with a cold one. Alternately drop your feet into hot water (for 3-5 minutes), and then - into the cold (for 10-20 seconds). Repeat this procedure is recommended five times, and should be followed by cold water.
Increased sweating of feet
The reasons for the sweating of the legs can be too tight and closed shoes, heavy physical stress. And also hot weather or diseases of the legs and the whole body as a whole. What to do? Begin the care of your feet from the baths. Prepare a simple herbal bath. To do this, take 100 grams of herbal collection of sage and nettle, taken in a ratio of 1: 1, pour 3 liters of boiling water, insist 20 minutes and strain. Then, for 10-15 minutes, lower the legs into the received bath.
To get rid of excessive sweating of the legs, you can also use decoction from the oak bark. Take 50-100 grams of oak bark, pour 1 liter of water and boil for 20-30 minutes on a small fire. The resulting broth is used to make daily baths.
A wonderful effect also has a mask made from apricot kernels. Apricot bones grind in a coffee grinder, and dilute with water until the consistency of gruel. And then apply to the feet for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off the mask with cool water.
Interdigital intertrigo
The main causes of interdigital intertrigo are moisture and friction. They need to be eliminated and begin treatment so that they are really beautiful legs. What to do? It is useful to shift fingers with fresh birch leaves 2 times a day. And to disinfect the cracked skin, you need to use the tincture of calendula: 1 tablespoon of marigold pour 1 liter of boiling water. You can lubricate the sea buckthorn oil. You can use special baby creams, ointments containing zinc.
Cracks on the heels
What to do with cracks on the heels? You can finely chop 5-7 large bulbs and pour into the pelvis. And then rub the onion for 20 minutes. After the procedure, the legs must be washed with warm water and greased with vegetable oil.
Also, you can get rid of cracks on the heels with the help of trays of herbs and broths. Anti-inflammatory and healing effect is exerted by plantain, celandine, chamomile, string, pine needles. Cracks gradually disappear and in the event that to do or make trays or basins with addition of a calendula, a plantain and a neetle. To do this, insist 2 tablespoons of herb collection per 1 liter of water. After taking herbal foot bath should be greased with a fat cream.
Coarsened, foot skin
How should I take care of my feet when my feet are rough? It is necessary to dilute the blue clay with water until the formation of gruel. Then the resulting mass is applied to the feet and wait until it dries. After the procedure, rinse with warm water. At the end of the legs should be greased with a fat cream. If you do this mask from time to time, the foot skin will be really soft and gentle.
To soften and moisturize the skin of the foot will help and the next mixture. 2 teaspoons of castor oil mixed with 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 1 tablespoon of raw protein. Rub the mixture daily until the desired effect is obtained. If you want to have velvety heels, take the rule several times a week, abundantly lubricate them for a night with a fat cream, put cotton socks on top and go to bed. And, of course, we must not forget about the faithful assistant - pumice and its analogues. They should be treated once a week.
Rough skin on the knees
Beautiful legs are difficult to imagine without beautiful knees. But what if the skin on them became coarse and ugly? We need to make masks. Excellent help to cope with this problem wheat bran, diluted with milk to the consistency of sour cream. You can also use a mixture of vegetable oil and lemon juice (10: 1). Or a mixture of honey and lemon juice (2: 1). Any of the above masks should be applied for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water and apply a nourishing cream on the knees. Those who do not have time to prepare masks, you can advise you to take a lemon, cut it half and massage your knees. After the procedure, thoroughly wash your feet with warm water and grease with a thick cream.
Dry and scaly skin of feet
What to do? Dry skin of shins with sprinkling with warm water, and after rubbing honey over the skin. And honey should be rubbed until it turns white, and then leave for 20-30 minutes. Sometimes women on calves and thighs have "kolgotochnaya dandruff", caused by the frequent wearing of tights. Get rid of it will help coffee grounds - it's not only a wonderful scrub, but also an excellent means for nourishing the skin, containing oil. After you rub your feet with coffee grounds, rinse it with warm water, and grease the legs with milk for the body.
If you have dry skin of the legs, you can also use a mixture of lemon juice or orange and vegetable oil (1: 1). Become the owner of a gentle and smooth skin of the feet will help the bath, prepared from warm water and milk. Keep feet in such a bath should be for 10 minutes.
Calluses
Corns are a frequent enemy of beautiful legs. Unaccustomed to direct contact with footwear materials, the feet often respond with a protest to the first experiences of wearing new shoes. What to do? Of course, apply for the night a crumb of bread, aged for half an hour in vinegar. To prevent the appearance of a burn, the skin around the callus should be greased with a fat cream. The resin of any coniferous tree helps quickly to get rid of the callus. Put it on the steamed corn and seal with adhesive plaster. After 1 to 2 days the corn will disappear.
Ingrown nail
The ingrown nail is not a rare and very painful problem. This is the result of wearing narrow and uncomfortable shoes and improper cutting of nails. What to do in this situation? It is advisable to see a doctor. But you can try to cope with the problem on your own. To do this, you first need to steam up your legs. Then, armed with a wooden stick, poke the edge of the ingrown nail and put under it an anti-inflammatory ointment (for example, sintomycin). And then "squeeze" her cotton wool. Vatka will prevent the ingrowth of the nail. Do this procedure every day until the nail grows. When you get rid of the misfortune, do not forget that the toenails should have a slightly square shape that repeats the tip of the finger. If you round the edges, the nails will start to grow again.
Cellulite
The so-called "orange crust" is not only a skin defect, but a problem caused by stagnant phenomena in the tissues. With the care of your feet, the fight against cellulite becomes a real test. What to do? Fight! Moreover, the offensive should be conducted in all directions. This means that you need to get rid of not only the symptoms, achieving a good aesthetic result. But primarily from the causes of cellulite. Therefore, without a specialist here can not do. The most effective ways to combat cellulite include wraps, massage and mesotherapy (the introduction of drugs and other substances into the skin and subcutaneous layer of fat). And experts recommend to complement one procedure with another. Agree, to implement the entire course on its own, to put it mildly, is problematic. So, if you need a real result, not a short-term effect, do not waste time on all sorts of gadgets. Immediately contact the professionals.
No doubt, it's troublesome to take care of yourself. But do not doubt that you will be rewarded not only with excellent well-being and a sense of ease, but also enthusiastic "Ah ...!" From the fans of well-groomed legs. With competent care of your feet, you are provided with beautiful legs!