beauty

Whether your hands and nails are suffering or whether you’d just like to pamper yourself, try these 12 tips for beautiful nails and hands! These are easy things you can do to keep your hands healthy and radiant!

Tips for Beautiful Nails and Hands

• To soften hands or feet, rub liberally with petroleum jelly, put on a pair of gloves or socks and wear overnight.
• Use a nail buffer to shine nails between manicures.
• Cut a slit into the center of a sponge. Place the sponge into a small container and fill with nail polish remover. Dip fingernail in slit and slide around to remove polish.
• Use an old toothbrush as a nail brush.
• Go to the local beauty school to have manicures, pedicures and facials. You can feel pampered without spending a fortune. Five bucks is a great deal for a facial!

• Wash dry hands with a small amount of cornmeal or sugar mixed with water. It will remove the dry skin. Thanks to Cyndi in California
• When finished eating a grapefruit or lemon, place your elbows in the halves for 10-30 minutes to soften them. (Thanks to Erin in Washington for this tip.)
• Purchase nail care kits at half price after Christmas and other holidays. You can get several polishes and tools for $2-$4.
• An easy way to remove cuticles is to rub them with oil. Then gently push back the cuticles. I saw a product that was a miracle treatment for nails. It was $29 for about a tablespoon of it. Guess what the ingredient was? — vegetable oil.
• Save the cotton from aspirin bottles. Use for your face or for manicures.
• Thin thickened nail polish using nail polish thinner (not remover!). It’s found by the nail polish remover.
• Soak nails in lemon juice to remove stains.

For lots of easy tips and recipes for elegant all-natural homemade bath and beauty products, take a look at our Pretty for Pennies Frugal Bath and Beauty Guide!

Pretty for Pennies is also included in our Dining On a Dime Cookbook, Volume 1:

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