Current rainy season makes us must often wear rubber shoes or flip open for easy cleaning. Pool of water mixed with soil sometimes causes your toenails and feet looks dull and dirty. So that the net return leg, we usually do a pedicure. However, too often in the salon pedicure will only make your savings depleted. Why you do not do it yourself at home? Here are tips for you to try.
Step 1: Soak the foot
This is one important step to do a pedicure at home. Soak feet in warm water not only useful to shed the dirt on the surface of the foot, but also makes the skin more elastic legs and soft, making it easier exfoliation of dead skin (eksfoliasi).
Before soaking the feet, make sure the dye you’ve cleaned your nails. Add one teaspoon of tea tree oil to eliminate the bacteria that causes smelly feet, a half cup of bath salts to rejuvenate the skin of the foot, and three drops of essential oil of mint or rosemary (to heal and refresh). then soak your feet for 5-10 minutes.
Step 2: Scrubbing the skin off
To remove the skin, rough skin, dead skin particle find the size of which was, like sugar or salt crystals, and liquid moisturizer, such as jojoba or almond oil. Mix a little oil with sugar, then use the scrub tool. Start at the heel, and go to the toes with a circular motion, then flush with warm water.
Step 3: Treat the skin callus
Now it’s time to remove the skin vessels. Use a pumice stone commonly used to rid skin of calluses in the salon. Rub a bit of pumice moistened the skin boat, which was spread with a body wash as a lubricant.
With the movement back and forth slowly, rub a pumice stone from the heel toward the toes. Do it slowly to remove layers of dead skin on top, not to rub the meat or the new skin on your feet. Do not ever try to cut calluses with skin sharps (such as scissors or a razor).
Step 4: Cut and stingy
Try wearing only a special nail cutter toenails. Trim distorted the shape of flat in front, and make the edges smooth with a curved cut. Then puree with a nail file. Creating the circular edge of the nail will help prevent the nails grow inside the skin (ingrown).
Step 5: moisturize and massage
To provide extra moisture, use a special lotion to legs, because the formula is prepared. Apply with a circular motion, apply moisturizer all over your foot up toward the calf. Then slowly back toward your feet with a little pressure, provide a massage on the soles of the feet and toes. Little massage will help circulation of blood circulation in the legs and reduce swelling.