Sometimes, due to physical work, exposure to the sun or the individual characteristics of the epidermis, the skin of the hands darkens and becomes covered with pigment spots. If you are faced with such a problem, quickly read the material - here you will find as many as 10 ways to help whiten your hands at home.
In this article:
Lemon tonicSoda maskPotato maskWith kiwi, cucumber and clayCucumber tonicOatmeal with milkPeroxide lotionsParsley with dandelionAlginate masksANA acids
Lemon tonic
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Let's start with the simplest and most obvious method - lemon juice. As you probably know, lemon has proven itself to be an excellent bleaching and brightening agent. If you carefully study the labels of cosmetic products with a whitening effect, you will definitely see lemon extract in one of the first five positions in the composition.
Thus, the brightening property of lemon is not an old wives' tale, but a fact fully confirmed by cosmetics manufacturers.
So, what can a lemon do:
- lighten pigmentation;
- even out skin tone;
- lighten yellowed nails;
- exfoliate dead skin cells of the epidermis.
The downside is that lemon dries out the skin if used in its pure form. As a result, you will get fair but very dry skin. Therefore, we recommend balancing lemon juice with humectants.
How to whiten your hands at home?
Keep a simple recipe for tonic: 30 ml lemon juice, 100 ml still mineral water, a tablespoon of glycerin. Mix everything, pour into a bottle and wipe your hands with this mixture 2-3 times a day.
Caution: under no circumstances go out into the sun after using this tonic. Lemon also increases the photosensitivity of the skin, so a walk in the sun without sunscreen is fraught with new age spots.
The simplest recipes
Spring is the time to tinker in the garden. But after gardening, the skin of your hands becomes rough and unsightly, because not all work can be done with gloves.
How to whiten your hands after working in your area? The most accessible recipe is to soak your washed hands in warm milk, then let them dry and lubricate them with cream. At night, lubricate with Vaseline, put on cotton gloves, and do not take off until the morning.
An ancient recipe: grate peeled potato tubers and squeeze out the juice. Rub your brushes with juice and wash off after a quarter of an hour.
Soda mask
This recipe is based on the brightening effect of lemon and mechanical peeling with soda. Suitable for evening out skin tone. Can be used as an intensive peeling 1-2 times a week, even if you have no complaints about your hand skin.
So, for the mask you need:
- soda – 4 tbsp. l;
- lemon juice - a quarter glass;
- cool water - literally a couple of spoons.
Mix everything and immediately apply to the skin of your hands, put on plastic gloves on top. You can additionally massage your hands with grains of soda until it dissolves in the water. After 15 minutes, take off your gloves, wash your hands with soap, apply your favorite cream.
Whitening baths
Often, after removing the varnish, a yellow tint remains. This is especially true when painting nails in dark colors. Therefore, it is important to protect the plate with a varnish base.
Yellowness on the nails can be removed by lightly polishing the nails. This method helps if the cause is varnish. You need to polish very carefully so as not to thin the nail plate and make your nails thin and brittle. Do not use a metal file for polishing.
If your nails are yellow after removing polish, try whitening baths.
Baking soda and hydrogen peroxide
Mix:
- 4 tablespoons baking soda
- 2 tablespoons hydrogen peroxide
- 0.5 cups warm water
Gently polish your nails and immerse them in the mixture for 5 minutes.
Table salt with citric acid
Sometimes yellow nails are a sign of poor nutrition or a consequence of smoking. If you need to quickly whiten your nails, this bath will help.
Mix:
- 0.5 cups warm boiled water
- 1 tablespoon table salt
- 1 tablespoon citric acid
Pour water into a bowl. Add salt and citric acid. Stir. Lower your hands and hold until the water cools down.
This bath not only whitens, but also softens the cuticle.
Potato mask
Regular boiled potatoes are a storehouse of benefits for your skin. In addition, it also perfectly brightens the skin, so it is recommended for combating age spots.
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To prepare the mask, mash the boiled potatoes with a fork and add a little milk. Apply the warm mixture to the handles under the gloves. Leave for 20 minutes and rinse with water. Even though the brightening effect of potatoes is inferior to lemon juice, your hands will not be dry after such a mask.
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There are many special liquids that lighten the skin after using the machine. They are available in the form of creams, gels, soaps and other forms. The products are great for cleaning your hands even the next day.
Important : it is better to work with oils while wearing protection, for example, rubber gloves. However, if it was not possible to avoid contamination, your hands should be cleaned as soon as all work is completed.
If it is not possible to use the above means, you should take a pumice stone and thoroughly rub your brushes with it, lowering them into water.
All the described methods do not help to completely wash away the darkening of the skin, but only to lighten it. The brushes will become completely clean after a few days.
There are also other options for how to clean your hands of mushrooms, for example, using detergent. But the most popular and effective methods were considered.
With kiwi, cucumber and clay
In home beauty recipes, kiwi is often used as an alternative to acid peeling. The fact is that kiwi is the leader in the amount of fruit acids. As you know, they perfectly exfoliate the skin, promote the renewal of epidermal cells, and lighten pigmentation.
Hand peeling:
- kiwi – 1 piece;
- cucumber – 1 piece;
- juice of a quarter of a lemon;
- White clay;
- water.
Mash the kiwi with a fork, pass the cucumber through a blender or grate. Mix their gruel and add lemon to it. In a separate bowl, prepare a clay mask: pour half a bag of kaolin with warm water and stir. Then combine both mixtures and apply to your hands. Wrap them in cling film, put on cotton gloves on top and leave the mask on for 20 minutes.
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Red elderberry
Towards the end of the season, ripe clusters can be found on the branches of red elderberry in the garden. Their juice is good at washing away traces left after sorting colored berries, as well as other garden work.
Rub the fruit into your palms and then wash your hands with cool water. This natural soap is capable of dissolving plant resins: they appear on the skin after interaction with coniferous crops or cherry growths.
Lotions with peroxide
If you have individual pigment spots on your hands, you can target them point by point. To do this, take regular hydrogen peroxide, apply it to a cotton pad, and apply the disc to the stain. Leave for 10 minutes, rinse your hands with water and apply moisturizer.
There are endless debates about the dangers of peroxide. However, according to doctors, it generally does not pose a health hazard. But it is not recommended to apply it to wounds, since this solution slows down tissue regeneration. Please note that if you have cracks on your hands, it is better not to use peroxide, as it will cause dryness and the cracks will take longer to heal.
How to bleach hair on your arms
Dark hair on the arms gives girls a lot of anxiety. This problem can be eliminated by lubricating your hair with hydrogen peroxide.
A mixture of hydroperite and ammonia:
- hydroperit - 3 tablets
- ammonia -1 tsp.
- water - 1 tbsp.
- shaving foam - 2 tbsp.
One procedure is enough to turn the hairs on your hands white.
Dear friends, you can cope with any problem. How to whiten your hands? Choose the right remedy and the problem will be eliminated.
Parsley with dandelion
Folk recipe for skin whitening. Take a bunch of parsley and about the same amount of fresh dandelions. Grind in a blender, apply the pulp to the skin of your hands and leave for half an hour. Since the mixture is quite fluid, you can stabilize it with clay. Just sprinkle in a little powder to get the consistency you want.
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Pour the remaining product with mineral water to create a brightening tonic. It can be used for both hands and face.
Cosmetical tools
There are special whitening pencils on the market that are easy to use. Suitable for whitening under nails.
This is a quick way to whiten your nails, for example when you don't have time. It will even fit in a clutch. Therefore, it is always worth having with you and using in case of emergency.
Apply in two ways: dry and wet. Lightly moisten the tip of the pencil and run under your nails.
Plus, using under your nails will give you a French manicure effect without the need to paint your nails with polish.
Special departments sell professional nail whitening products in the form of powder or paste. These remedies are effective. Use according to instructions. True, their price is appropriate.
Optical whitening varnish will give the effect of optical whitening. Use alone or as a base for varnish. Thanks to natural ingredients such as green tea extract or evening primrose oil, it nourishes and restores nails.
Optical whitening polish is recommended for people who struggle with damaged nails with numerous discolorations.
AHA acids
If you don’t want to bother making homemade masks, you can use any peeling with AHA acids to whiten your hands. True, fruit peels for the face can be rather weak, since they often contain less than 10% acids (we are talking about household peels).
It’s great if you have a special fruit peeling for your hands and body. Typically, the concentration of active substances in such a product is higher, from 20%, which will provide an excellent lightening effect.
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If you don’t use peelings, but you have a facial tonic with fruit acids, great, use it for your hands. As a rule, tonics contain no more than 5% acids, so don’t expect instant results. To enhance the effect, soak a cotton pad with tonic, apply to the skin, and wrap with cling film on top. Leave for 10 minutes, then rinse with water and moisturize your hands.
By the way, you can supplement your care with a whitening face cream, if you have one in your arsenal. Just apply it to your hands before going to bed under your gloves - it will work while you rest. If there is no whitening cream for the face, it is better to purchase a special brightening night cream for hands - in such a product the percentage of whitening components will be higher.
Where did the tendency to keep hands white come from?
Aristocratic pallor has long given way to a bright tan. This is not surprising - tanned skin looks healthier, and defects are not so noticeable. In addition, dark color makes you look slimmer. Unfortunately, not all of these benefits apply to the hands. The skin on your hands is prone to dryness, so tanning will simply make your skin look older. Dark skin on the hands makes the knuckles more visible, which in itself is unsightly. And the main disadvantage of tanned hands is the risk of excessive pigmentation or, as the common people call this effect, “senile buckwheat.” Of course, the cause of age spots is often age-related changes and hormonal imbalances, but it is not worth aggravating the condition by exposing the skin to direct sunlight.
In this article, we will mostly talk not about methods of sun protection, but about methods of dealing with darkening of the skin that has already appeared.
Eastern women who adhere to orthodox views completely hide their body and face under thick fabric. Only the hands remain visible. That is why representatives of Eastern cultures pay special attention to caring for the skin of their hands. Thanks to this factor, numerous recipes and hand care products came to us from the east.
In Japan, the whiteness of the female body and the elegance of well-groomed female hands are also welcomed. Therefore, in this culture you can also look for effective methods of achieving what you want.
Tomato
A good natural way to remove stubborn dark stains is to cut a tomato in half and rub it thoroughly on your hands. The juicy pulp should be absorbed into the skin. After a while, rinse your hands with warm water.
If necessary, the procedure must be repeated.
Tomato juice tightens enlarged pores. To enhance the cleansing effect, you can squeeze it into a bowl and add bran or ground oatmeal.
Treatment with drugs
If the cause of pigmentation is a hormonal change, hormonal medications are prescribed. For liver problems, hepatoprotectors (drugs that restore liver cells) are prescribed.
When digestion is impaired, you will have to take medications to normalize the intestinal microflora, treat gastritis, ulcers, constipation and diarrhea.
Attention! These drugs are prescribed only by a doctor, as they have quite a few contraindications and side effects.
