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20
Beauty Tips - Home Made Pedicure
Home Made Pedicure
Like the nails on your hand the nails on your feet too need to be taken care of. You can give yourself a pedicure at home. Given below are the steps to follow for a home pedicure.
Use cuticle nippers to trim loose skin. Do not cut your toe flesh.
Remove old nail polish completely. Using cotton balls leaves traces of cotton on your nails try using cotton bands instead. Soak the cotton band with acetone remover and remove the old polish. If the color is not coming off the press the cotton on to the nail and let it soak for a while.
It is always best to use high quality clippers to cut your toenails. Cut your nails straight across, leaving about 1/8" of length. Do not let your nail extend over the tip of your toe.
For a soft square shape, file the nail around the corners in one direction. Use emory boards and not metal files, as metal files rip nails. The smoother surface is for smoothing the nail edge while the coarser surface is for shortening and shaping nails.
Fill a big flat-bottom bowl with warm water. Add bath salts, aromatherapy oils or Epsom salts and let your feet soak for to minutes. The more calloused your feet are the longer they need to stay soaked. Add about quarter cup of milk to the warm water. Lactic acid in the milk loosens dead skin.
Apply cuticle remove to the base of each nail and rub in. Wait for a minute and then using an orangewood stick, slowly push the skin back where it meets the nail.
Use an exfoliating body or foot scrub and a foot file or a wet pumice stone and remove the dead on the balls and heels of your feet. The idea is the smooth and not the remove. If your foot is turning bright red then stop. This means that you are scrubbing too hard.
Dry your feet thoroughly including between the toes and apply nourishing foot cream. Rub the feet and rehydrate cuticles by rubbing a little cuticle oil.
Use an acetone remover to get rid of the extra oils on the nails. Apply a thin base coat and using three strokes, one down the middle and one on each side. Do not paint cuticles. Apply three coats totally and then apply a thin topcoat. Use orangewood stick wrapped in cotton dipped in nail polish remover to remove excess nail polish.
Let your nails dry completely before you wear shoes.
You can even try following recipes of foot scrub pedicure and foot soak that can help you better.
Foot soak recipe
Peppermint feet soak with lavender
To make the recipe we need ½ cup of Epsom salt, 5 drops of peppermint extract, 3 drops of tea tree oil and 3 drops of lavender. Add oil and salt to a large pan or a footbath of water. Soak your feet in it for 10-15 minutes. Rinse your feet and dry it and moisturize it. This foot soak soothes aches, soften the rough skin and remove odors. You can also add some rose petals and lavender to your footbath.
Honey foot soak
Take1cup of honey and a gallon warm water. Mix the1cup of honey in warm water and soak your feet in it for 10-15 minutes. It is a wonderful foot pedicure which has natural and antiseptic qualities. It is also helpful in relieving stress.
Foot scrub recipe
Brown sugar foot scrub
Take 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of ground oats, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon almond oil or olive oil as replacement of almond oil, 2 tablespoons aloe Vera gel and a tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon’s juice. Now, grind the oatmeal in a food processor. Remember one thing it must be sandy, flaky and light if not it can harm the skin. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl together and make a paste of it. Apply and massage in a circular motion. Rinse with warm water.
Sal foot scrub
Take1 cup of sea salt, ½ cup of water and 2 drops of lavender oil, mix the ingredients well and prepare a paste. Apply on your feet and rub in a circular motion. Rinse off with warm water.
