Make Your own Paraffin Treatment at Home
Equipment Needed:
A heating device: A stock pot will work just don’t use it for cooking afterward.
Essential oils (Tea tree oil for the cuticles)
Exfoliating lotion or oil, or scrub
Hand lotion or moisturizer or an anti aging cream or massage lotion that is water soluble.
Length of Treatment:
30-45 minutes
Steps of the Treatment:
1. Soak: Submerge the hands into a warm rub of water infused with a few drops of an essential oil mixture you choose. Try Rose, jasmine, lemon and bergamot as a soothing tonic, or mandarin to promotes healing and repair dry skin, or try a blend of neroli, myrrh and rose petals or slices of orange and lemon in the water for added esthetic pleasure.
2. Exfoliate: A helpful trick is to mix a body exfoliate with a hand moisturizer. This will work great on your cuticles and soften the hands wonderfully. Be sure to exfoliate from the tips if the fingers and work your way up to the elbows for three to five minutes.
3. Treatment: Apply tea tree oil under and around the cuticles to prevent fungus and infection, especially if the hands have any type of artificial mails. Follow with a light application of hand moisturizer.
4. Hydration: Choose an essential oil with a pleasant scent to the paraffin and it will help complement the same oils or scents you use as a moisturizer.
5. Massage: Select your favorite massage lotion or oil and complete a five to eight minute massage on the hands, finger, wrists, forearms, and even the elbows.
6. Protect: Complete this series of paraffin treatments by applying sunscreen to the entire area.
*If you spill any paraffin that has been spilled or dripped on clothing, carpet, or even bedding, place a paper sack over the spill and iron the paper with a warm-to hot iron. Move iron constantly, as to not to burn the paper bag while you do this.
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