Beautiful nails are healthy nails. Even the most resistant varnish will not hold on brittle and dry nails. And if you consider that natural beauty is in fashion now, then maintaining the health of your nails becomes a particularly important process. The restoration of the nail plate includes a healthy lifestyle, the use of vitamins, as well as health treatments. For example, a very effective tool for the health of nails - a mask of red pepper.
Mask effectiveness
This ingredient contributes to the restoration of nails, as well as enhances their growth. Therefore, regular procedures will allow nails to grow in the fastest possible time. In addition, it has a beneficial effect on the skin of the hands. This is especially true for the destroyed dermis, which has pimples and sores on the upper layer. Damaged cells regenerate quickly, damaged areas heal thanks to improved blood circulation.
Vitamin C and carotene provide strength, firmness to the nail plate, significantly reduce fragility and brittleness. Positively burning powder affects the matrix and the nail roller. And also the composition of this product includes iron, phosphorus, iodine, with which the growth of the nail is accelerated. Vitamin K improves the condition of the cuticle. Another valuable element in red pepper is pantothenic acid. Under her influence, the color of the nail plate is transformed and becomes more uniform.
There are several options for making masks from this burning seasoning. They can be used as a therapeutic agent, and can be used as a preventive measure. Usually this ingredient is recommended for the preparation of masks against brittle nails, their poor growth or delamination of nail plates. The effect is observed fairly quickly.
Contraindications
The components that make up the red powder, rather aggressively affect the state of the tissues, and therefore it is recommended to perform a mask with the content of this ingredient no more than a couple of times every four weeks. If the procedure is used as a prevention, then once a month is enough. If the pepper is introduced into the mask in the minimum quantity, then weekly use is allowed. There are a number of contraindications for the use of such masks.
- Means that include hot peppers, can not be used for women suffering from hypersensitivity of the skin of the hands, as well as those whose body is prone to allergies.
- Before the procedure it is recommended to check the resulting composition on a small area of skin. If the test revealed a burning sensation and redness, then the use of a mask should be avoided.
- It is necessary to postpone the use of the mask, if revealed fungal diseases of the nails.
- And it is also forbidden to use such a mask for women with damaged cuticle.
Recipes
To strengthen the nails
We will need:
- ground red pepper - 2 tsp;
- non-greasy hand cream - 1 tbsp. l .;
- water - 0.5 ml;
- lemon juice - ½ tsp.
Cooking:
- combine all ingredients and mix well;
- we warm the substance in the microwave or in a water bath for 10 minutes;
- wait for the composition to cool, and gently smear on the nails;
- we wrap the fingertips in plastic or put on transparent gloves and leave for 15 minutes;
- rinse with warm running water;
The procedure is performed 1-2 times a month, if necessary, weekly use is acceptable.
Nail growth
We will need:
- red pepper - 10 g;
- mineral water - 10 g;
- hand cream - ½ tbsp. l
Application:
- we mix all components in one bowl;
- heat the preparation in a water bath and apply it on the nails;
- stand for 20-25 minutes and wash off the mask.
Recommendations
So that the mask turns out to be the most effective for the restoration of nails, and the burning components do not worsen the condition of the skin of the hands, It is recommended to use some tips on applying the product.
- Before use, remove the varnish from the nail surface and hold hands in a solution of sea salt for 20 minutes.
- Instead of a salt solution, you can make the following bath: cut a lemon into two parts, pour a teaspoonful of sea salt into each, infuse a little, drop 5 drops of iodine and hold fingertips in lemon cups.
- If the varnish is not removed, then you need to put a mask on the base of the nail bed. If you apply the tool all over the nail plate, then the result is not achieved, since the nail under the layer of varnish will experience additional stress.
- After the mask is recommended to rub the nail oil in the nails to avoid drying out the skin. Most suitable olive, burdock, jojoba, hemp, flaxseed.
- It is better to perform the procedure at bedtime. Oil after the mask is applied overnight.
Reviews
Most of the opinions about masks for nails with red pepper are positive. Women share cooking recipes and admire the effect. It is noted that the tool accelerates the growth of nails, prevents their fragility and peeling, makes the nails shiny and healthy. Among the special advantages is the availability and cost-effectiveness of such a mask, as well as ease of preparation.
Of the minuses noted the impossibility of use in the presence of cuts on the skin of the hands, as well as the permissibility of rare use due to the stinginess of red pepper.
How to accelerate the growth of nails using a mask of red pepper, see the following video.
