Skincare Tips for Hands & feet

If you’re ready to get the royal treatment for your hands and feet, you’ll need to find a nail salon or body care spa that offers a great manicure and pedicure. Having your nails, fingers, wrists, toes, ankles, and the soles of your feet massaged, moisturised, and buffed to perfection by a professional beautician is a great stress reducer and confidence booster.

Manicure and Pedicure
Whether you just want a simple manicure to touch up your nail polish or a complete hand and foot massage to moisturise, exfoliate, and restore your hands, there’s a manicure and pedicure service for you.

Most nail salons offer a wide range of colours and designs, as well as a variety of hand and foot care services. A total manicure and pedicure is about much more than just beautifying your nails. It involves soaking your hands and feet in warm water, followed by gentle massage, cuticle treatment, and exfoliation. Most pedicurists will clip or file away calluses and rough areas on your feet, restoring them to baby-soft smoothness.

A mani-pedi is a great choice if you want to treat yourself to a relaxing spa treatment. It’s also a perfect option for a girls’ day out, spa birthday, or pre-wedding bridesmaid party.

Tips for a Long-Lasting Manicure and Pedicure
If you’re getting a professional manicure or pedicure, the last thing you want is to accidentally damage it or have the polish chip off quickly. To keep your nails pristine for as long as possible, try the following tricks:

• Apply moisturiser to your hands and feet every night, or every couple of nights at least.
• Exfoliate your hands once a week using an exfoliating skin care product. Or, try a homemade mixture of salt or sugar with olive oil, a natural moisturiser that nourishes the skin.
• Before polishing, clean your nails with alcohol or nail polish remover. This will clear away any oils that might stop the polish from bonding properly to the nails.
• Sealing the colour with a clear top coat will extend the longevity of your manicure or pedicure. Some salons will do this even if you don’t mention it; others have to be asked.

Whether you want to look your best for a wedding, reunion, or other event, or just need a relaxing break from the daily grind, you can find the perfect nail salon or day spa near you on our manicure and pedicure pages.

Taking care of hands and feet during the winter months is a bigger challenge and requires more effort given the harsher environmental conditions and cold spells can be extreme especially on the hands. Jumping back and forth between your warm home to the bitter cold outdoors to the hot heat of your car and back again can take a toll on your skin after a very short amount of time. However, there are some relatively easy things you can do to prevent damage to your skin.


Turn Down the Heat
It can be very tempting in the winter to crank up the heat when you are taking a shower or washing your hands. While it may sound counterproductive, warm and hot water will dehydrate your skin rather than moisturise it. Your skin has natural oils that create a barrier to keep moisture in. Hot water breaks down this barrier, causing your skin to lose those naturally moisturising oils. Instead, opt for lukewarm water rather than hot water. The slightly cooler water will help preserve that precious moisture barrier.

Exfoliate
Exfoliate your hands and feet to help prevent dry, cracked skin. Don’t exfoliate if your skin is already cracked, as this will only make the problem worse. An exfoliant is great if your face is suffering from dry skin.

Wear Gloves and Socks 
You wear gloves and socks outside in the cold to stay warm, so put them on while you are inside to stay moisturised! Before going to sleep, lather your hands and feet with a strong moisturiser. Drop cuticle oil or rub Vaseline on your nails and cuticles.  Next, put on a pair of knit or cotton gloves or mittens. Thick cotton socks work well for your feet and for your hands if you do not have a pair of gloves. When you wake up in the morning, you will have soft, moisturised skin!

Slough It Off
If you are a bit more committed to preventing dry skin all year round, cleansing brushes are a great way to exfoliate your skin quickly and easily on a regular basis. 

Consider a Humidifier
If you’ve got dry skin all over, consider moisturising not just your skin, but the air around you as well. Cold weather in the winter dries out the air in your home. A humidifier can help restore some of the moisture in the air. Just be sure to clean it regularly so that it doesn’t release bacteria or mold into the air.