Wearing sandals and rubber flip flops all summer can definitely leave with you some dry and ugly feet.  I usually just put a shiny new coat of polish on my toes to solve the problem, but if you really want to take care of your feet I have some tips for creating a home spa treatment for yourself!  It’s pretty easy and you can get all of the products at your local drugstore.  Give it a try and hopefully your feet will feel a little happier…

Soak – Prepare a nice hot bath that will cover your feet and ankles.  Make …read more

When I head to the salon for a pedicure, some of the scents that I love are peppermint, orange and of course, lavender. If you are looking for a fantastic lavender foot cream to use at home, check out L’Occitane Lavender Relaxing Foot Cream.
This rich, luxurious cream is perfect for a foot massage. It contains lavender essential oil (know for its calming and anti-inflammatory properties, along with nourishing, hydrating shea butter. It leaves your feet relaxed, so soft and of course, slightly scented with lavender.
This L’Occitane foot cream also contains a little bit of refreshing mint. This cream is available …read more

Before I’ve even had a chance to try one of these, I find out they’ve been banned!
Fish pedicures, done by one-inch long garra rufa and chin chin fish, imported from Turkey, have been deemed by several states as being unsanitary. The fish don’t seem to mind sucking the dead skin from people’s feet however.
The main issue is whether the fish, also known as doctor fish, reddish log sucker and nibble fish among a few other names, present a health hazard to customers because grooming tools used on salon clients are required to be disinfected. There’s really no way to disinfect …read more

Getting your pedicure done during the Summer is quite a breeze. You can wear a pair of flip flops going in, and once you’re feet are done, you can just easily put the flip flops back on and off you go. How about Winter? The  right thing to do is to wait until your toenails are dry before putting your shoes back on. What if you don’t have to? Check out Bootie Pies Pedicure Boots.
 

Wear it like  regular boots to go to the salon. Get all the feet fixings (rubbed, scrubbed, filed) done. Press the front cap …read more

The feet just might be one of the body parts most taken for granted and abused. Walking around high heels kills your feet ( but well justified because it makes us feel sexy ), and walking around barefoot does not help either. Haha. By the end of the day, a great foot spa or pedicure would compensate for the stress, but then sometimes we just don’t have time so we have to come up with our D-I-Y foot spa in order to keep the footsies in perfect softness.
TheArtemis Heel Smoother is a battery-operated beauty gadget that addresses the problems of …read more