Today is the first day of spring. . .
Here are some tips I received from a poster on another message board.
We're just days away from Spring and if you're like me, your hands and feet have taken a beating this winter. No more hiding under boots and gloves, get those tips ready to clutch Spring's hottest handbags and those toes ready for their open-toed close-up! Follow these recipies and your hands and feet are sure to be a perfect ten — I mean twenty
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Ingredients:
Oatmeal (uncooked)
Cocoa Butter
Cornmeal
Avocado
Honey
Almonds
Hazlenuts
Essential oils: almond, olive, vitamin E, jojoba, avocado (available at health food stores)
Tools:
Blender
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons (teaspoon and tablespoon)
Nutcracker
Moisture socks and gloves (available at drugstores)
Containers to store your new self-made treasures
Almond-Jojoba Nail & Cuticle Treatment
2 tablespoons almond oil
2 tablespoons jojoba oil
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil or 3-4 vitamin E capsules broken open
Mix all ingredients and stir until texture is the consistency of syrup. Soak clean, polish-free nails in warm water for ten minutes and dry. Massage treatment into nails and cuticles. Reapply after washing hands and feet or bathing. Recipe makes enough for two hand treatments and two foot treatments. Instantly relieves dry cuticles.
Avocado Hand Rub
1 ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
1/4 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup almond oil
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup water
Peel avocado, dig out contents and discard the peel. Blend avocado, oatmeal, almond oil, and olive oil in blender until smooth. Reduce blender speed to low and gradually add water until paste is like pudding. Massage paste into hands in a circular motion. Rinse with tepid water and pat dry. Use weekly for best results. This made my hands feel fresh and new. As a little bonus, I used the pit of the avocado to massage my hand while I applied the cream.
Cornmeal & Pumice Foot Scrub
1/2 cup dry cornmeal
2 tablespoons avocado oil
1 pumice stone
This is the easiest of the hand and foot recipes. Mix cornmeal and avocado oil together, spread on feet, paying careful attention to calloused areas, and rub vigorously with pumice stone. Rinse when done. Leaves feet feeling soft like butter and gets rid of dead, dry, flaky skin.
Nightime Hazelnut & Honey Hand and Foot Paste
1/4 cup shelled hazelnuts or almonds
1/4 cup dry oatmeal
3 tablespoons cocoa butter
2 tablespoons honey
Place nuts in blender and chop until ground, but not powderlike. Combine oatmeal, cocoa butter, honey, and ground nuts in a bowl and mix to a wet, paste-like texture. Rub onto hands and feet and put on cotton moisture socks and gloves. Leave on overnight and rinse the next morning with cool water during shower or bath. You can substitute regular socks and gloves for moisture socks and gloves. Just be sure to use pairs you're not too worried about getting a bit dirty.
(Recipes from Secrets of the Spas: Pamper & Vitalize Yourself at Home)
Five Tips to Keep Nails Healthy
1. Never use your nails as tools. Doing so causes weakness that leads to cracked, split and broken nails.
2. Wear rubber gloves when doing dishes or dealing with cleaning agents or other harsh chemicals.
3. Give yourself a manicure and pedicure once a week. Make them a necessity, not a luxury.
4. Massage oil onto cuticles several times a day to keep them moisturized.
5. Drink lots of water to restore the body's lost fluids.
laughin at this thread...
Chipped nails, yellow nails, hairy feet, stank feet, crusty heels, manicured toes, and just plain ugly a$$ feet by nature are propped on the car dashboard, walking to 7-11, hanging out the car windows 
. D, girl, college ministry is not the appropiate place to walk around barefoot with long bold green rainbow glittered toenails and black soles (dang did she walk around in soot or something 
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