Tuesday’s Tips – Do it Yourself Foot Bath.
April 10, 2007 by Teri Cosenzi
Filed under Bath & Body, Eco-Friendly, Skin Care
With open toed and backless shoes quickly coming into season, I have found myself concentrating on my feet – toes, and heels especially.
Over the weekend, I went to plug in my bubbling foot bath, only to find that it was no longer in working condition. I was quite bummed, as I had my evening of foot pampering already planned. So what to do? I made my own foot bath.
I took a really large stainless steel mixing bowl, and filled it with very warm, almost hot, water. I added a few orange and lemon slices to the bowl, and then went looking for a few other goodies in my kitchen cupboard. I found some sea salt, which I added a good tablespoon, and some rosemary, so I added a few teaspoons of that too. I then added a few drops of Vitamin E oil. The scent of the bath was calling my name.
I soaked my feet for about 20 minutes, and used parts of the course sea salt to scrub some dead skin off my heels.
Let me tell you, this simple foot bath had my feet looking and feeling great.
Do you have your own foot care or foot bath recipe you would like to share? I would love some more suggestions, as I plan to make my own footbaths from now on.
Hey Teri,
All you were missing was a shot of tequila (in the foot bath, that is!). Here’s my Arizona-inspired take on the ultimate foot soak:
http://www.arizonaspagirls.com/0/Lifestyle/BeautyLab/Tequila_Shooter_Foot_Soak
As long as your heels have no open cracks or cuts, massage half a lime on them before you soak to help slough off dead skin cells. For an overnight treatment, finish up by massaging feet and toes in grapeseed oil and sticking on old socks.
Cheers!
Thank you for sharing your fabulous foot bath recipe. I am afraid that the tequila would never make into the bath, though!
Sounds nice! I would maybe add some olive oil to it, or rub some oil on my feet after.
I actually used some Ylang-Ylang Oil afterwards – I swear by that stuff!
Hi there. I have a fabulous idea. I recently had a girls spa night at my house and we started with foot baths. I went to the dollar store and bought 8 blue(spa colors) tubs foot size. Then I filled them with about 15 pretty clear and blue marbles each. Then i added the water and dumped in Tahitian Calgon body oil in each tub. smells amazing. Softens the skin amazingly. We drank wine while soaking and I handed out all their foot products to scrub away! etc. Absolutley a major hit and very very relaxing. Thats how we started the spa day.
you know chopped up bananas works great with all the and you can also put honey in
the best mask is…
1 cup of yogurt
1/4 cup blueberries
1 peach
blend it okay
Had a major problem with calloused feet after a reaction to medication that caused swelling/etc but “life” required need to t”trudge” on etc…Years back had come across , think Adell Davis reccomendation, CASTOR OIL…NIghtly regime of slathering feet, old socks to protect “bedding”..with in 2weeks, babby soft feet , was amazing. Was also reccomended for “scalp” problems, and true, again a mess over night, but amazing and one more, due to the allegic reaction to a percribed medication, got in return “HIVES” on body from one end to other and CASTOR OIL was the ONLY thing that worked to alleviate the “itches”. I consider it a miracle product for sure…works for hands and body. (uh, think it too used “internally” , think for constipation or etc, but have not used or had need for that treatmenting , LOL…big salda/veggie/fruit eater here !!)