5 Homemade Creams To Moisturize Dry Heels

Heel care is essential to prevent the formation of cracks that can lead to more serious health problems. For this, it is important to provide them with daily hydration.

Heels are one of the areas of the body that we tend to overlook. While they play a huge role in our daily support, we rarely bother with moisturizing heels  to keep them soft and healthy.

The direct consequence of this lack of care causes the heels to accumulate dead cells, calluses and other imperfections that damage their appearance and make them dry and cracked.

Most worrying is that it is an area exposed to the attack of fungal infections and bacteria. This can trigger infections and other illnesses that may require more care.

Fortunately, there are many treatments and home remedies that can help rehydrate the skin on the heels so that these types of complications do not occur.

On this occasion, we want to share in detail with you in this article 5 fabulous creams so that you can make them yourself and integrate them into your daily beauty treatments.

Discover them all!

1. Avocado and honey cream

Thanks to its content of fatty acids and vitamin E, this homemade avocado and honey cream is one of the best treatments to relieve dryness that affects the heels. The moisturizing compounds in avocado repair cracked areas and thus reduce the presence of dead cells and impurities.

Ingredients

• 1 ripe avocado
• 2 tablespoons of honey (50 g)

Preparation

• Grind the pulp of a ripe avocado, then mix it with the honey until you get a smooth paste.

Mode of application

• Rub the cream on your heels and leave on for 20 minutes.
• Rinse off with lukewarm water and repeat this application at least 3 times a week.

2. Cream of shea butter and coconut oil

Shea butter combined with coconut oil provides a hydrating and conditioning treatment, ideal for restoring the health of dry and hard heels.

The fatty acids in these two oils soften calluses and create a protective barrier against the microorganisms responsible for skin infections.

Ingredients

• ½ cup of shea butter (100 g)
• ¼ cup of coconut oil (50 g)

Preparation

• Pour the shea butter into a heat-resistant container and heat it in a double boiler.
• Once liquid, mix it with coconut oil until you get a single product.
• Let it sit at room temperature and store it in a glass jar before it solidifies.

Mode of application

• Take the cream with your fingertips and rub it on your heels.
• Let the cream penetrate your heels without rinsing, then repeat its use every night before going to bed.

3. Cream of papaya and olive oil

Papain, an enzyme that contains papaya, has an antioxidant effect that promotes the process of cell regeneration and helps prevent premature aging of the skin.

In this case, we improve its properties by mixing it with olive oil whose healthy fats will make it possible to obtain an effective cream to hydrate the heels.

Ingredients

• 3 slices of papaya
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil (32 g)

Preparation

• Crush the papaya slices with a fork then mix the resulting paste with the olive oil.

Mode of application

• Spread this treatment on the heels and leave on for 20 minutes.
• Rinse off with lukewarm water and dry your feet thoroughly.
• Repeat its use 2 or 3 times a week.

4. Banana and vitamin E cream

Bananas are one of the best fruits for providing extra hydration to the skin against dryness and cracks.

We increase the moisturizing benefits of bananas with vitamin E oil to soften calluses  and also hydrate heels.

Ingredients

• 1 ripe banana
• 1 vitamin E capsule

Preparation

• Mash a ripe banana and mix it with the contents of one vitamin E capsule.

Mode of application

• Rub the cream on your heels and leave it on for 30 minutes.
• Rinse off with lukewarm water and cover your feet with socks.
• Repeat its use every day until you get smoother skin.

5. Cream of petroleum jelly and glycerin to hydrate the heels

Vaseline is an oily product that helps replenish the natural oils in the skin and heels in dry conditions. Its mixture with glycerin helps moisturize dry heels effectively and thus prevent the appearance of cracks and calluses.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of petroleum jelly (40 g)
• 1 teaspoon of glycerin (5 g)

Preparation

• Pour the petroleum jelly into a container then mix it with the glycerin.

Mode of application

• Massage the cream into the heels, until it completely penetrates the heels.
• Use it every night before going to bed.

Have you noticed that the skin on your heels is too dry? Make some of these homemade creams yourself and enjoy all of their benefits without spending too much to keep your heels hydrated and in peak condition.

Cracked heels look unsightly and can even be very painful. To have healthy heels, it is very important to exfoliate them and remove dead cells before applying any treatment, so that it penetrates better into the skin.