How To Look After Your Hands Between Manicures in Chichester

Perhaps you’re a frequent visitor to a nail salon in Chichester… or maybe you’ve never plucked up enough courage to book a manicure because your hands are in a state! Whichever sounds more like you, there are some top tips that apply to everyone who wants to look after their hands at home, and we’re here to share them with you!

Top Tips for Healthy Hands and Nails

• Avoid hot water like the plague! We don’t mean never wash your hands – of course, hygiene is critical, and washing dishes can be unavoidable. But run your water at lukewarm temperatures rather than any higher, because hot water can be very drying to the skin. It can also cause nail polish to lift sooner than it should, so washing in lukewarm or cool water will help protect your manicure too.

• Use moisturising lotion as often as you can. It’s easy to forget, but if it helps, keep a tube by your kitchen and bathroom sinks, on your bedside table and in the bag you carry round with you every day. Frequent moisturising really will keep your skin supple and prevent the signs of ageing.

• Exfoliate! If you use exfoliator on your face, rub the excess onto your hands and around your cuticles. It will help remove dry skin and again, contribute to soft, supple skin.

• Look after your cuticles. Push them gently back, never clip them – they are there to protect from infection, so don’t try to eliminate them entirely. Rub a little cuticle oil in as often as you remember – if you don’t have any, then coconut or olive oil are great substitutes. Healthy cuticles encourage strong nail growth, so looking after them pays dividends.

• When you’re choosing a hand cream, look for one with a good sun protection factor (SPF). Just as your facial skin can suffer from ageing in direct sunlight, so can the skin on your hands.

Book a Regular Manicure

Of course, we would say this because we’re a company that’s known for doing nails in Chichester, but there are good reasons why manicures from professionals will help you keep your hands healthy. First, a professional manicure usually includes a short hand massage, which can help increase the blood’s flow in your extremities, as well as maintaining flexibility in joints and muscles. Regular massages can also help slow down wrinkles forming. Then, there’s exfoliation which removes dead skin cells and calluses that not only look unsightly, but prevent new skin from regenerating if left untreated. Your technician will also look after your cuticles for better nail growth and will also ensure your nails are truly, deep-cleaned, preventing the build-up of any fungal growth that can accumulate at the sides of nails.

Lastly, booking a manicure is a little treat for yourself that can have a hugely positive effect on your mood. And if you want to go one step further, or your own nails are nothing to write home about, why not consider asking for gel nails, acrylic nails or shellac nails when you visit our salon in Chichester? It’s a touch of glamour that can make a world of difference to your self-confidence!

At Charlotte’s Nails, we can offer advice and treatments to keep your hands looking great and feeling healthy. And if you’re looking for other ways to lift your spirits, we also offer facials and body massage, eyebrows waxing, tinting and shaping and pedicures in Sussex too! For your little ones, we even host a dedicated children’s party in Chichester, where they can receive mini beauty treatments all of their own. Call for details today.