Helping hands They work hard, so give them some TLC, says Laura Mulley
Visit a top clinic for a facial and your treatment might involve a most terrifying device – a high-tech camera that analyses your
If your hand-cream regime has fallen by the wayside recently, now’s the time to get back into it. Keep some everywhere – by your bed, on your desk, next to your side of the sofa. In sight, in mind, after all… If you really can’t bear the greasy sensation on your palms and fingertips, apply it to the backs of the hands only.
Celeb manicurist Sabrina Gayle loves
“It instantly nourishes the skin, leaving your hands soft and silky,” she says.
Although technically from a men’s grooming brand, my boyfriend and I each have a big tube of
by our own side of the bed. It gives hands a healthy, non-greasy sheen and has a mouthwatering mint scent.
As a cosmetic dentist and aesthetician, Dr MJ RowlandWarmann, the founder of Smileworks Liverpool, is constantly washing and disinfecting her hands and has found a surprising solution for chapped hands – udder cream. “It’s cheap as chips but it replenishes the barrier function of the skin and makes my hands like new,”she says.“Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.” complexion at every level, before finally declaring your skin’s “age”.
The last time I experienced this, I was chuffed that it churned out a number three years younger than
Sabrina advises breaks between gel manicures and, rather than picking at them, making sure you’re removing them properly, in a salon or at home using an acetone remover, like
of patience.
and a bit
Between periods of polish, apply
which hydrates and replenishes distressed nails.
And strengthen them from the inside out by taking
This contains nailboosting nutrients like selenium, zinc and amino acids. my real age. However, I fear that if it was pointed at my hands, the results wouldn’t be quite so good.
Impatience at the hand-dryer, a love/hate relationship with hand cream and a habit of peeling off gel polish have resulted in hands that could belong to a woman twice my age. Here’s how to help turn back the clock… contains a cocktail of hyaluronic acid, peptides and plant-stem cells. Meatier mitts might find them a snug fit, but the results are dramatic – an instant reduction in the appearance of redness and pigmentation. Testing it on just one hand, my untreated one felt hideously calloused in comparison.