How to do Home-Pedicure

A pedicure is the way for improving the total visual aspect of the feet, along with their nails/toes. The procedure offers a similar service as that of the manicure. The word pedicure is derived from two Latin words pes that means ‘the foot’, and cura meaning ‘the care’. Therefore, together, it also means ‘the care of the feet with toenails’.

A pedicure also helps preventing certain nail diseases and/or health ailments related to some nail disorders. Pedicure is not just limited to the toenails but it also usually includes the dead skin cells onto the bottom of feet that are gently rubbed off with the help of some rough stones called pumicestones.

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:

• 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 orange wood stick, slowly push the skin back where it meets the nail.
• Use cuticle nippers to trim loose skin. Do not cut your toe flesh.
• 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 orange wood stick wrapped in cotton dipped in nail polish remover to remove excess nail polish.
• Let your nails dry completely before you wear shoes.

So isn't this a cool way to save some of your pocket money? Its really cool doing all yourself coz you know more how to pamper your feets even better ;) and you can take all you time!

Go ahead give your feets some treat ;)

Stay Beautiful ;)
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