Spring and summer is the best time to take care of feet professionally. Surely, during this hot season, you will make a good use of a high-class foot peeling, a moisturising mask and soothing cream. Of course, you shouldn’t skip pedicure that will beautify your feet and make you feel even more eager to wear sandals.
This difficult foot care
Why is it so troublesome to take care of feet the right way? Basically, it’s strictly connected with foot structure and function they fulfil. In short, a big number of perspiratory glands makes feet sweat intensively so they are frequently wet. This is a perfect environment for bacteria and fungi to multiply as well as for all possible grazing and burns to appear on your feet easily. Due to a small number of sebaceous glands, feet aren’t well-protect since they lack proper moisturisation. And this leads to fast keratosis, hardening and cracking.
How to condition feet?
If you want to professionally take care of your feet without visiting a beautician, prepare the following accessories and cosmetics:
- a bowl with warm water,
- nail clippers and a nail file,
- either a pedicure rasp or pumice to remove hard epidermis patches,
- foot scrub,
- either a balm or moisturising cream.
Step 1: remove old nail polish
Once you clean your nail plates, prepare a foot bath. Add foot bath salt or special skin-softening liquid. Thanks to these products you’ll get rid of callous skin and cuticles really easily; also, your nails will win a neat shade. Keep the feet in water for approx. 10 minutes. Obviously, this type of foot bath will help you relax, too.
Step 2: the right care
Use a towel to dry your feet once the bath is over. Don’t forget to towel the skin between your fingers as well. Then start removing the callous epidermis from heels, fingers and soles using either a pedicure rasp or pumice. Push back the cuticles, trim the nails and file them afterwards. Try not to put too much strength while removing the callous epidermis. Otherwise, you can lead to painful irritations and skin damages.
Step 3: foot scrub
Foot scrub will provide the ultimate smoothness and that can be taken for granted. You can reach for cosmetics featuring abrasive grains or acids. If you decide to go for acids, bear in mind that the skin exfoliating process can last up to a few days during which you shouldn’t wear footwear that exposes your foot to the sunlight. Nevertheless, the outcomes of this treatment are highly satisfactory and are long-lasting.
Step 4: foot cosmetics
Once you said goodbye to callous epidermis, applied scrub and filed down the nails, it’s high time to moisturise and nourish the skin. At the end of the treatment, apply a foot mask or a cream. Thanks to this, your skin will become smooth, soft and shielded against damages. Finally, you will be able to put on summer footwear and boast about your neat and well-groomed feet.
Cracked heels – How to deal with this problem?
If you feel your foot skin being tight while walking, if you notice dehydration and itchiness, and when you see that your soles have strange brownish or yellowish colour, it’s high time you gave serious and scrupulous attention to the feet. In its advanced form, this skin ailment can be white or red. Skin exfoliates too fast and each step is rather painful. In the worst case scenario, you may notice bleeding and this is the moment when skin becomes exposed to bacteria. An effective method of preventing cracked heels is application of strongly nourishing products. You should use them twice a day. Also, it’s highly suggested putting warm socks on creamed feet at bedtime so as to help the cream remain on skin for as long as possible.
How to do pedicure?
The utmost care delivered to your feet isn’t enough. So as to help your feet look gorgeous in summer footwear, you can’t skip covering your nails with a polish. Try to match a colour with the prevailing trends, your skin shade, outfit and event you are going to attend. How to apply neat pedicure at home? Trim and file your nails, that’s the basic step. With a fine-grit file give the nail its final shape, and with a buffing block – smooth your nails. After that, make your cuticles softer and push them back using a wooden pedicure stick. Now, it’s time for colouring your foot nails. Start from degreasing your nail plates and removing all impurities that have gathered on their surface. Thanks to this, the nail polish you are going to apply will cling to nail plate better and this significantly extends its the lifespan. First, reach for a base coat, then apply the nail polish you want to wear for a few days and finish with a top coat. In general, top coat will fix your pedicure and protect it form damages.