Hot manicure: what is it and how is it made?

The beauty of a woman’s hands is an important element in her appearance. She may be wearing a dress of unprecedented beauty and a stunning hairstyle. But if the hands have a groomed appearance, all efforts can be considered in vain. Therefore, hands require the same constant and thorough care, as for the face and hair. One of the great ways to keep your hands in perfect condition is a hot manicure. You just need to figure out what it is and how it is made.

Hot manicure can cause a lot of questions if you have to come across this name for the first time. This is a very pleasant, relaxing and at the same time useful procedure. To do this, prepare an oil solution or just oil, lotion, herbal decoction. Any selected ingredient is heated. Hands are dipped in a bath with a heated solution, this has a beneficial effect on the skin of the hands, cuticle and nails.

Those who often build up nails or coat them with gel polish (which you have to remove and apply a new one in two to three weeks) especially need this procedure.

But not only nails have a positive effect on such a manicure. If the hands are constantly dry, the skin is cracking and peeling, this procedure will become simply an indispensable food. Especially the hands need such procedures in the winter when they are exposed to the cold. Irritation, peeling, and excessive dryness can occur. And oil manicure will help.

A long stay at sea is very nice, but, unfortunately, it affects the nails not as beneficial as on the whole organism. And such care will help maintain them in good condition. After the hands were saturated with a useful solution and got relaxation, the master slightly dries them with a napkin, and then proceeds to the usual manicure - hardware or ordinary, then applies varnish.

The benefits of hot manicure are obvious. And they can be felt after the first procedure. And she will definitely want to repeat it. Once visiting a professional, you can then completely repeat this procedure at home, remembering the algorithm of actions.

• Nails will grow better, less prone to damage and negative environmental influences.
• They will become stronger and eventually cease to exfoliate if you repeat the procedure regularly.
• In addition, it is a good way to get rid of burrs and prevent their subsequent occurrence.
• The skin of the hands becomes soft and smooth. Inflammation, redness pass, small cracks and peeling disappear.
• Relaxing baths help relieve tension and even joint pain.
• Such a manicure has a beneficial effect on the whole body. After all, this is a moment of relaxation, relaxation, stress relief.
• Another advantage is that every woman can perform such a procedure at home if it is not possible to visit a nail salon at some point.

If desired, other beneficial ingredients and herbal decoctions can be added to the composition. Typically, the compositions that are used for hot manicure include vitamins A and E, glycerin, essential oils:

• glycerin is needed to nourish and moisturize dry and flaky skin;
• Vitamin E helps maintain youthful skin, and also helps strengthen and grow nails;
• Vitamin A helps relieve inflammation, improves blood circulation, which very well affects the general condition of the skin, making it smooth and soft.

The benefits of this type of care are obvious. The disadvantages can be attributed only to the fact that this procedure requires time, which, perhaps, is not always possible to find.

Well, and besides, for some, the disadvantage may be that this procedure in a good salon is not cheap. Another small minus is that with all the benefits and good effects on the hands and nails, there are contraindications for this type of care. These include: fungal infections, wounds, allergic reactions to various components.

Before doing a hot manicure, you need to make sure that all the wounds have healed, and the fungus can be cured by special means, which are sold in large quantities in pharmacies. To prevent an allergic reaction, first you need to put a drop of the solution on your hand and wait about half an hour. If everything is in order, you can carry out the procedure.

For a home procedure, you need to stock up on all the necessary items. You will need tools for manicure: small scissors, tweezers, a cuticle stick, a nail file. Cotton pads, clean napkins, and paper towels are also needed. Oil or lotion can be purchased ready-made at the store or made with your own hands.

In extreme cases, the bath should have thick walls so that the solution does not cool longer. In addition, you will need varnishes and other related things that will help in creating a beautiful manicure. It all depends on which option is selected.

Doing a hot manicure at home is not so difficult, it is better to consider everything step by step, prepare well for the procedure, have fun and then enjoy your well-groomed and beautiful hands. You need to choose the right time - a day off or evening, so as not to rush anywhere and pay attention to this, this will help to relax, rest, recharge with positive energy and put your hands in order.

The first step is to treat your hands with an antiseptic solution. Prepare the nails - remove the remnants of the varnish, file the nails with a nail file and give them a conceived shape. The oil or lotion is heated to a temperature not exceeding 50 degrees and poured into the bath. If it is heated, then even easier.

They put their fingers in the bath and relax and rest for half an hour. While the hands are saturated with nutrients, the whole body relaxes and rests. If there is not much time, you need to hold your hands in oil for at least fifteen minutes. Then the hands are removed from the solution, blot excess oil with napkins.

And then they do a finger massage, moving lightly in circular movements from the base of the finger to its tip, repeating this several times for each finger. You also need to pay attention to the hand and massage it lightly.

Thanks to the procedure, the cuticle softens well, which allows it to be painlessly pushed away with a stick or spatula and neatly trim the keratinized skin with scissors. If you accidentally injured your finger, you need to moisten a cotton swab in alcohol or peroxide and treat the wound.

Then you can continue the procedure. After processing the cuticles, the fingers are again lowered into the heated oil and held there for a little longer, the excess removed with a napkin. After that, you can apply a medical coating for the nails or the selected varnish and give the nails time to dry.

Purchased oils and lotions can be used immediately, and this saves time. But preparing the bath composition is a special ritual and even a bit of relaxation, this is the time that you can devote to yourself and personal care. Moreover, these baths are the best care for nails and hands. And if the nails are too brittle and constantly exfoliate, you can alternate different compositions and make such a bath at least once a week.

The result is not long in coming. After the hot bath is made, you need to rub the cream for the hands and nails, it is advisable to do this in the evening before bedtime, so as not to do anything, especially not to contact with detergents and cleaners.

Here are some options for bath solutions that you can prepare at home. Olive oil is most often taken as the basis, to which various ingredients are added. Glycerin and vitamins A and E are also mandatory components, they can be purchased in liquid form.

Half a cup of olive oil is heated in a water bath, half a teaspoon of both vitamins and a few drops of glycerin are added. Also complement the composition with a few drops of three essential oils - grapefruit, bergamot and geranium.

It will take half a glass of heated olive oil, vitamins A and E, and in addition a half ampoule of vitamin B. After the warm oil is mixed with vitamins and a few drops of glycerin are added, the finishing touch is introduced. It will provide the composition with additional beneficial substances and give a pleasant aroma.

After the olive oil is warmed up, a few drops of iodine solution are added to it. By the way, the oil can be heated not only in a water bath, but also in a microwave.Then add grapefruit oil. The useful composition is ready. Cedar, fir, eucalyptus, orange, lavender oils, as well as concentrated decoctions of chamomile, sage, mint, plantain, horsetail and other medicinal herbs, can be added to the compositions. At home, you can experiment with the compounds and take good care of your hands and nails.

How to perform a hot manicure procedure, see the next video.