Overnight Foot Masque
1/4 cup Almonds
1/4 cup Dry Oatmeal
3 tablespoons food grade Cocoa Butter
2 tablespoons Honey
Process almonds in a blender or coffee grinder until finely ground. Set aside. In the same blender, pulse your oatmeal until of the same consistency. In a bowl, combine ground oatmeal, cocoa butter, honey and ground almonds. Rub into your clean feet, step into cotton socks, and leave on overnight. The next morning, remove the socks and rinse feet in cool water. Pat dry. Do not remove the socks until you're standing in the tub!
Avocado Hand and Foot Treatment
Mix together 1/4 to 1/2 mashed fresh avocado, 1 egg yolk, 1 teaspoon honey, 1 teaspoon rice bran, and 10 drops of oil of evening primrose. Gently massage this treatment onto your hands and feet, and leave in place for 20 minutes. Rinse. This natural treatment will revive your dry, wrinkled and rough hands, feet, elbows and knees. The avocado and egg nourish the skin with proteins and oils; the rice bran exfoliates dead skin cells; the oil of evening primrose contains precious gamma linolenic acids, essential for healthy hair, skin and nails. Consider purchasing a small jar of Oil of Evening Primrose capsules from your health food store. Open one, and voila...you have the ingredient for this recipe.
Natural Exfoliating Foot Soak
Natural Exfoliating Foot Soak Recipe 6 cups of water 2 cups of milk Add the water and milk to a medium saucepan and heat on medium high heat. Heat the solution to a very warm temperature - as warm as you can tolerate!
Carefully pour the milk mixture into a large bowl and soak your feet in the solution for at least 10 minutes. Rinse in cool, clean water and pat dry. Apply thick lotion and enjoy your amazingly soft feet!
PEDICURE
Perfect Pedicure Tools and Equipments
Basin
Foot Soak
Pumice foot stone
Small brush
Nail polish remover
Nail polish
Base coat for nails
Top coat for nails
Nail Clippers
Nail File or buffer
Cuticle stick
Moisturizing Lotion
Foot scrub treatment
How to get Perfect Pedicure for Beautiful Legs
To get perfect pedicure for for beautiful legs for that preparation, shape, condition, care and polish is require.
Prepare - Soak your feet in a warm bath with a softening foot soak for 10 minutes.
Shape - Sleeve the toenail across the toe with a flat edge and then taper the corners into a slightly rounded shape.
Care - Push back the cuticle using an orange stick to remove any excess skin from the nail bed.
Condition - Massage regularly with an exfoliating scrub to reduce dead skin.
Polish - This is the last stage. apply the pain over the nail and then dry it.
Steps for Perfect Pedicure for Beautiful Legs
Fill you bath tul with several inches and immerse your feet for 10-15 minutes in warm water containing bath salt or foot soak.
Apply a pumice stone over your feet to remove dead skin.
remove any old polish from your toes with nail polish remover and cotton balls
Dry your feet and trim your toenails.
Rinse feet once again and slap dry.
Massage feet with plenty of foot lotion such as body lotion, petroleum jelly or cream.
Envelop feet on plastic bags and coat for at least 15 minutes.
Paint toenails and apply at least two coats of nail polish and a top coat of clear nail polish to give it more shine. Dry it before putting on any shoes.
Tips for Perfect Pedicure for Beautiful Legs
- Remove the dead skin for good grooming.
- Apply a top coat to nails daily due to this you can prolong that perfectly polished look up to five extra days.
- Walking and bicycling are wonderful exercises for shapely legs.
- Push the skin cuticle back with help of cuticle pusher.
- Spread olive oil to a cotton pad before applying nail polish remover because it protect dry cuticles while banishing old polish.
- To reduce dead skin build up on your feet do massage them regularly with an exfoliating scrub.
Herbal - Natural Foot Care Tips
- To soften rough feet, try this regimen every night before going to bed, for two weeks. Dip the feet in warm water containing a teaspoon of (preferably herbal) shampoo and one teaspoon of baking powder. Let them soak for 10- 15 minutes, before drying them. Apply a foot cream and then go to sleep.
- Treat dry skin on the feet and cracked heels with this herbal remedy. Prepare a mixture with equal quantity of glycerin, fresh cream and honey. Apply this mixture to the feet, especially to the cracked heels and let it stay on for 15 minutes. Wash off with warm water. Try this every three days ( before sleeping) to find smooth feet and heels.
- A easy pedicure which is fast and effective can be done easily at home. It is herbal and natural and fast acting. Add a few (four to five) drops of vinegar to four or five table spoons (40-50 grams) of curd and mix well in a dish. Rub this mixture well on the feet, ankles, heels and the soles of the feet especially between the toes. Let it stay on for ten minutes and then wash off with warm water. This process will rejuvenate the skin on the feet, removing dead cells and stimulating blood circulation.
- If you have a tendency to develop cracks on your heels and are suffering from this painful condition, your feet require regular care. Try this natural remedy every three days before bed time. Immerse feet in warm water to which 10 ml lemon juice and 20 ml coconut oil has been added. Scrub the heel area after twenty minutes with a pumice stone. Dry thoroughly and apply a foot cream. The improvement can be seen after the second treatment and this can become a weekly feature after the first month.
- Incase, you are looking for a home made moisturizer for the skin specially the feet, you can prepare one easily. Simply mix rose water and glycerin ( glycerin) in equal proportion and store, to be used when ever required, especially after foot care treatment. Replace this mixture every one month.
Hope these tips will be useful to you.
