feet...problems?

Question

how can you do a pedicure at home? and how can you make your feet smell nice after a long day with the shocks? what can you do to prevent smelly feet?

Thanks

Answer 1

"Tools:

1. Aromatic oils

2. Exfoliator

3. Lotion

4. Non-acetone polish remover

5. Orangewood stick (instead of plastic)

6. Real cotton balls


Step by Step
Take off old polish.
Use a non-acetone remover because it is easier on your nails and skin, and doesn't have any harsh vapors.

File your nails.
Try not to file the sides too much -- it can cause hangnails and weaken your nails.

Soak in warm water.
Soak hands for two to three minutes, and feet for five minutes. Since soap can be drying, use scented salts or essential oils instead. If your feet are callused, use a pumice stone when feet are wet and use a foot file after they are dry. If you do this once a day, calluses won't build up.

Condition cuticles.
Use oil (if you don't have cuticle oil use olive oil or baby oil), then gently push back the cuticle with an orangewood stick to get a really nice shape. Optional step: Use an exfoliator to slough off dry skin, then rinse and put on lotion.

Give yourself a massage.
Slather hands and feet with a good vitamin E-enriched lotion. Use a non-acetone polish remover to clean the nail bed, wiping off any remaining cuticle oil or massage lotion (the surface can't be greasy when you apply polish). Clean under the nail too, with an orangewood stick wrapped with cotton and dipped in the remover. I prefer wood because it's kinder to the tender skin under the nail. Plastic is okay in a pinch -- but if your remover has acetone, the plastic will melt.

Apply nail strengthener.
Or use a regular base coat. This protective layer is especially important if you're using dark polish (intense pigment can permanently stain nails).

Apply two layers of nail color.
Polish the ends of your nails, too, for extra wear.

Apply a clear top coat.
Touch the ends with this, too -- if your nail was a shiny new car, this would be the front bumper. Let dry and show off your gorgeous hands and feet!"

Answer 2

You can prevent smelly feet by not wearing vinyl or other man-made materials. Leather is the only material I have found that won't promote smelly feet. If you manicure your fingernails at home then you do a pedicure at home...same thing.

Answer 3

you could always put baking soda in your shoes over night, shake out or vaccuum out in the a.m. It absorbs the smell and wetness from sweat.

Answer 4

Go see a Foot DR.