Step by Step Guide to Natural Foot Care
Foot problems are relatively common as most people depend on their feet, continuously. All that standing, walking, and running on a daily basis can really wear down your feet. That is why it is so important to spend an hour every week to massage, exfoliate and pamper your feet. The best way and most vegan friendly way is to begin by cleaning your feet well. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to effectively soak, scrub, and pamper your feet.
1- Soak Your Feet
Buy a small plastic tub that is large enough to soak your feet in. Fill it up with luke warm water and soak your feet in the tub for 10 to 15 minutes.
2- Exfoliate With The Pumice Stone
After you have soaked your feet in the tub for 15 minutes, take your feet out of the tub and start exfoliating. Using gentle force, exfoliate in downward motions while keeping your feet near the tub so the dead skin cells fall into the tub(which you will wash out later).
3- Smooth Down Calluses and Corns
Once you’re done removing the dead skin, wash your pumice stone with soap and water, then pat it dry in a clean towel. Next up, use the pumice stone to soften up the rough spots on your feet.
4- Rinse Your Feet
Step into the big tub and rinse off your feet with lukewarm water. Keep the water warm but not hot because that tends to dry out your skin. Step out of the tub and dry your feet with the towel.
5- Give yourself a quick round of reflexology
Even if you don’t know the precise acupressure points, you can still benefit by applying pressure to the bottom of your feet, from one spot to the next until you have covered the entire surface of both feet. Don’t be shy, you can do it.
6- Moisturize and Pamper Your Feet
After reflexology, now you can use a vegan body lotion to moisturize your feet or something like foreue lavender butter cream that has lots of shea butter, etc. to hydrate and soften. If its before bedtime, throw on a pair of soaks over your freshly moisturized feet to keep the moisture locked in for 6 to 8 hours. When you wake up in the morning you can take off the socks and enjoy your super soft feet!
Natural foot care in your own home spa is worth all the time and effort. Your feet will look good and feel even better!
| Published on July 19th, 2010 | | Posted by Anna |
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