Beautiful nails are healthy nails. Even the most stable varnish will not stick to brittle and dry nails. And when you consider that natural beauty is in fashion now, maintaining a healthy nail becomes an especially important process. Restoring the nail plate includes a healthy lifestyle, the use of vitamins, and wellness treatments. For example, a very effective remedy for the health of nails is a mask of red pepper.
Mask performance
This ingredient helps restore nails and also enhances their growth. Therefore, regular procedures will allow you to grow your nails in the fastest possible time. In addition, it favorably affects the skin of the hands. This is especially true for the destroyed dermis, which has on the upper layer of a chick and sores. Destroyed cells quickly regenerate, damaged places heal thanks to improved blood circulation.
Vitamin C and carotene provide the nail plate with strength, durability, significantly reduce brittleness and fragility. A positively burning powder affects the matrix and the nail roller. And also the composition of this product includes iron, phosphorus, iodine, with the help of which the growth of the nail is accelerated. Vitamin K improves the condition of the cuticle. Another valuable element in red pepper is pantothenic acid. Under its influence, the color of the nail plate is transformed and becomes more uniform.
There are several options for making masks from this burning seasoning. They can be used as a therapeutic agent, but can be used as a preventive measure. Usually this ingredient is recommended for the preparation of masks against fragility of nails, their weak growth or delamination of the nail plates.The effect is observed quite quickly.
Contraindications
The components that make up the red powder, quite aggressively affect the state of the tissues, and therefore it is recommended to perform a mask containing this ingredient no more than a couple of times every four weeks. If the procedure is used as a prophylaxis, then once a month is enough. If pepper is introduced into the mask in a minimal amount, then weekly use is allowed. There are a number of contraindications for the use of such masks.
- Means, which include hot pepper, can not be used for women suffering from hypersensitivity to the skin of the hands, as well as those whose body is prone to allergies.
- Before the procedure, it is recommended to check the resulting composition on a small area of the skin. If the test revealed a burning sensation and redness, then the use of a mask should be avoided.
- It is worthwhile to postpone the use of a mask if fungal diseases of the nails are detected.
- And it is also forbidden to use such a mask for women with damaged cuticles.
Recipes
To strengthen nails
We will need:
- ground red pepper - 2 tsp;
- low-fat hand cream - 1 tbsp. l .;
- water - 0.5 ml;
- lemon juice - ½ tsp
Cooking:
- we combine all the ingredients and mix well;
- warm the substance in the microwave or in a water bath for 10 minutes;
- wait until the composition cools down and gently spread on the nails;
- wrap the fingertips with polyethylene or put on transparent gloves and leave for 15 minutes;
- rinse with warm running water;
The procedure is performed 1-2 times a month, if necessary, weekly use is permissible.
For nail growth
We will need:
- ground red pepper - 10 g;
- mineral water - 10 g;
- hand cream - ½ tbsp. l
Application:
- mix all the ingredients in one bowl;
- warm the drug in a water bath and apply to the nails;
- we stand 20-25 minutes and wash off the mask.
Recommendations
In order for the mask to be most effective for nail restoration, and burning components do not worsen the condition of the skin of the hands, It is recommended to use some tips for applying the product.
- Before use, it is necessary to remove the varnish from the nail surface and hold your hands in a solution of sea salt for 20 minutes.
- Instead of saline, you can make the following bath: cut the lemon into two parts, pour a teaspoon of sea salt in each, insist a little, drip 5 drops of iodine and hold your fingertips in the lemon “cups”.
- If the varnish is not removed, then apply the mask to the base of the nail bed. If you use the product on the entire nail plate, then the result will not be achieved, since the nail under the varnish layer will experience additional stress.
- After the mask, it is recommended to rub vegetable oil into the nails to avoid overdrying the skin. Most suitable olive, burdock, jojoba, hemp, flaxseed.
- It is better to perform the procedure before bedtime. The oil after the mask is applied overnight.
Reviews
Most of the opinions about red pepper nail masks are positive. Women share cooking recipes and admire the effect. It is noted that the tool accelerates the growth of nails, prevents their fragility and peeling, makes the nails shiny and healthy. Among the special advantages, the availability and economy of such a mask, as well as the simplicity of preparation, stand out.
Of the minuses, the impossibility of using in the presence of cuts on the skin of the hands, as well as the permissibility of rare use due to the hotness of red pepper, are noted.
See how to speed up nail growth with a red pepper mask in the next video.