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Perfect Hands and Feet  In the quest for perfect skin and thighs, it's often easy to forget our hands and feet, so why not take time this summer to make them your priority with some serious TLC. It's amazing how keeping both hands and feet well-preened will make you feel good about your whole look.
1. Learn to love your feet
Looking at your sandal-clad feet in horror isn't going to improve the situation. Accept them for how they are and then start working on easy-to-do improvements, such as removing any excess hair and treating yourself to a professional pedicure.
2. For hands that do dishes?
Until the dish washer arrives (or your boyfriend has personality make-over), a daily dose of washing up is unavoidable. Detergent-based washing up products often have serious drying out effects on hands, so make sure you apply a rich moisturiser that will re-hydrate them instantly.
3. Strong as nails
It's remarkable how beautiful nails instantly make your hands look more interesting. If your nails are irritatingly fragile and tend to break easily, the best thing to do is re-hydrate them with a nourishing oil and then fortify them with a calcium based nail strengthener.
4. Achilles Heels
Wearing high heels adds glamour to any outfit, but puts extra strain on your feet. After a night out in your favourite stilettos, relax your feet by curling up your toes and then releasing them in a stretch. Repeat ten times. If you're a regular high heel girl, sit with your feet in a bowl of hot water infused with lavender oil, once a week.
5. A daily dose of moisture
It's a good idea to keep a small bottle of moisturiser in your desk drawer at work. Offices with air conditioning in summer and industrial heating in winter are extremely dry environments. Taking a couple of minutes to apply a rich creamy lotion to the palms of your hands and massaging them together, re-hydrates and is an excellent way to relax in moments of stress.
6. Exfoliate for the softest feet ever
One of the downsides of not wearing shoes during the summer months, is the build up of hard, dry skin on the soles of your feet. To combat this, during a bath or shower when the skin has softened, massage your feet using an body exfoliator. Concentrate on the heels and balls of your feet followed by your toe nails which benefit hugely from a good scrub.
7. Dark spots? Not on my hands!
Hands that have frequently been exposed to the sun are often easy to notice due to the dark patches that appear over time. These marks can be reduced by using a highly nourishing hand cream that helps skin rediscover its natural suppleness while re-hydrating it.
8. A splash of colour
Painting your nails is always a chic little touch and the choice of colours on today's market is enormous. For the day, you can try a delicately coloured nail gloss in a subtle tone of soft pink or warm brown. For nights out, do the vixen thing with a splash of nail varnish in a shocking red and hot pink. Meow!
9. Over the rainbow
If painted fingernails are too much for you and you prefer just painting your toes, then why not go for a really fun colour? This season everyone has gone crazy for green and there are some gorgeous shades of jelly bean green nail varnish available.
10. Moisturise your feet
Now you've relaxed, exfoliated and added some colour to your feet, it's time for re-hydration. This is also the perfect occasion for a personal foot massage! Apply a really rich cream and use your thumbs to massage deep into the base of your feet, between your toes and even spend some time kneading your ankles.
11. Sun cream is a must
Our hands are exposed to the sun as much as our faces and when we're on a beach or by a pool, so are our feet. Make sure you use a high protection sun cream and a moisturising after sun which will help reduce future wrinkling and stop burning - burnt feet are the bane of many a holiday!
12. Be proud of your hands
Our hands are almost always on display and speak volumes about our state of health and state of mind. They should be looked after with loving care and you'll soon see that by paying them careful attention, they will reward you by being beautiful.
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