Health & Beauty
by Rowena Kitchen A
woman’s second face is in her hands – ancient Chinese saying
Hands do a lot of work over Christmas and just at a time when your hands will be noticed you will have been in the kitchen pretending to be Nigella. We all get a case of ‘Domestic Goddess’ at this time of year, totally over excited at making our own mince pies, Christmas cake AND pudding. Although your home made version is going to be rather more costly than store bought, the whole Stir it up Sunday, the adding of your own silver charms and the children joining in seem to make the cost irrelevant. So, all the extra washing up, the cleaning of the house from top to bottom and changing beds for incoming guests has made your hands rough and dry and your
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nails a disaster area. Ragged cuticles and nails of such varied lengths that you go from schoolgirl to witch on one hand alone are not a good look. Arriving at the various functions you are attending over the Christmas period will mean shaking hands and holding a glass of champagne or two whilst trying to curl you hand into a shape that hides your nails and reduces the amount of desiccated dull skin on show.
What can you do to remedy the situation? Hopefully in time for the first festive visitors to be arriving and cooing over your own fabulously decorated home with the gentle scent of oranges and nutmeg in the background.
Hands are one of the parts of the body that get maximum exposure to wind and sun. Direct contact with drying elements such as detergents and hot water make the hands age at a faster rate. If your skin is dehydrated then you may experience gaps in the ‘glue’ that holds the top layer of cells together. This allows even more moisture to escape and creates a dull looking skin.
The fragile structure of the hands makes the skin especially vulnerable to ageing. The backs of the hands have few oil glands so the skin shrivels and chaps easily around the joints. Wearing sunscreen everyday and applying hand cream constantly is your first line of defence, as I have said many times before!
Sagging hands sound horrible but as the bones thin and the fat cells shrink that’s what happens. We can’t
Ragged cuticles and nails of such varied lengths that you go from schoolgirl to witch on one hand alone are not a good look.
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
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