For me, cuticle cream is a must have, especially in the winter because they are more prone to get dry. When my hands are really dry, I will use the cuticle cream on my cuticles and my hands to really moisturize them. The cuticle cream is packed with cuticle softening ingredients that will leave your hands looking their best.
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Why we have cuticles
Cuticles serve a very important role, to protect the nail bed from infection or damage. Plus, dried cuticles are just an eyesore. (At least, they are to me).
Cuticle Care
It is important to moisturize your cuticles regularly to prevent them from getting dry and cracking. It is ideal to use the cuticle cream at night, so you can apply a thick coat and allow it to soak in. Also, at night you wont be washing it off.
Take a small amount of the cuticle cream and massage it into each cuticle. The cool thing about this is that the little massage you give your cuticles will promote improved blood flow to the skin near the nail, which can reduce the risk of your nails cracking.
Benefits of Cuticle Cream Ingredients
Beeswax
Beeswax creates a barrier on your skin as it creates a water-resistant coating on our skin. It is also used to keep our cream in a solid form.
Mango Butter
We use mango butter because of it’s hydrating properties and to help with softening our cuticles.
Avocado Oil
Avocado oil is used to aid in hydrating our cuticles and to soften the cream up a little bit.
Jojoba oil
Jojoba oil is very similar to the sebum that our skin creates naturally. It is said to be one of the best oils to use for softening our cuticles. It is also used to help our skin around the nails with absorbing the other oils. The reason why it is absorbed so easily is it has very small molecules, when you compare it to other oils.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E oil is said to help prevent the yellowing of nails. It is also a great moisturizer and cuticle softener.
Essential Oils
The essential oil blend that I used was lavender, sweet orange and rosemary.
Making Cuticle Cream
1. Weigh out your ingredients.
2. Place the mango butter, beeswax, jojoba oil and avocado oil in a heat safe container.
3. Place on double boiler until completely melted.
4. Remove from heat and wipe the bottom of the container off.
5. Add Vitamin E oil and mix well.
6. Add Essential Oils and mix.
7. Pour into glass container.
8. Allow to cool and enjoy.
Printable Cuticle Cream Recipe
Cuticle Cream
Equipment
- Scale
- Double boiler
Ingredients
- 0.40 ounce | 20% Beeswax
- 1.22 ounce | 61% Mango Butter
- 0.14 ounce | 7% Avocado oil
- 0.14 ounce | 7% Jojoba Oil
- 0.06 ounce | 3% Vitamin E
- 0.04 ounce | 2% Essential Oils
Instructions
- Weigh out your ingredients.
- Place the mango butter, beeswax, jojoba oil and avocado oil in a heat safe container.
- Place on double boiler until completely melted.
- Remove from heat and wipe the bottom of the container off.
- Add Vitamin E oil and mix well.
- Add Essential Oils and mix.
- Pour into glass container.
- Allow to cool and enjoy.