Hello everyone,
Let me start by saying that this post does not contain pictures of feet. All of us know that beauty comes with a hefty price tag, and I am not talking only about money, but also about all those efforts made to keep ourselves in tip top condition. You know what I am talking about; the whole “I do not like doing it but it has to be done” like hair removal, blackheads and spot squeezing (yes I know, but do you really resist the tentation every time?), plucking stray hair in places we would swear on anything that no we do not have hair and…. taking care of our feet. Now I do not know if you are like me, but feet kind of gross me out. Oh they are useful, with the whole walking and wearing pretty shoes thing, but still I would rather forget they even exist as long as they take me from point A to point B without too much complaints. Let’s just say that I did a lot of ballet when I was younger, and it is still written all over my feet (weirdly shaped and distorted toes being the main give away here). Add to that my obsession with wearing lovely but rather uncomfortable shoes, and my feet tend to end up looking like, well, trotters.
When I cannot bear the sight of them anymore, I get the heavy weaponry out, in the shape of a Ped Egg and Soap and Glory Heel Genius.
The Ped Egg is something that every girl should have. Shaped like an egg (duh!), you open it to reveal what can only be described as a cheese grater. Meant to remove any hard or dead skin and calluses (calli?), you basically use it like a file: egg in the palm of one hand and foot on the other, just rub the file on areas of your foot that need to be worked on, and keep going. The file is designed to not remove any healthy skin, so there is no risk of overdoing it. And now, for the gross part: this hard skin that you just shaved away is stored under the file (which is a good idea as you do not have to deal with flying foot dust): remove the file and empty it in the bin, trying not to look at it too much otherwise you will see a distinct likeness to the parmesan shavings that restaurants give to you when you order pasta. I did warn you it was gross).
An emery pad buffer sticker is provided with the Ped Egg: you need to stick it to the underside of the Ped Egg to finish the work: rub it on your feet to “finish off” the whole dead skin removal process.
Once you are done with all that, you can go ahead and apply a foot cream to moisturise and finish pampering your brand new looking feet (maybe a slight exaggeration here). My foot cream of choice is Soap and Glory’s Heel Genius: first because I like most products from this brand, and then because I love the smell (and the cute pink tube it comes in).
I am not able to give myself a foot massage. Well, to be very honest, I am more than physically able to do it, but I psychologically cannot bring myself to do it, so this part is usually done by my housemate when we are watching TV: I put my feet on his laps, he takes one and massages away (who am I to complain?). The smell of this Soap and Glory cream is a bit different from the rest of the range: it contains menthol and you can really smell it, but it blends well with the general fruity smell.
It contains allantoin, glycerin, macadamia oil, menthol, bilberry, as well as orange and lemon fruit acid smoothers. Soap and Glory recommend to use it every night, to slip cotton socks overtop and let it soak while you sleep. I cannot sleep with socks on and there is no way I am going to get a foot massage every evening, so I am only doing it once every two weeks, and let it sink for a few hours before going to bed (have you ever heard better excuse not to move from the couch than: “sorry I can’t, I have cream on my feet you see”?).
All in one, that is quite an efficient routine. While it of course did nothing for the shape of my toes (but then, we all know that is not possible), it worked wonders on the sole and sides of my feet: they are smoother than ever, and although I am still not comfortable having them out (good thing that I live somewhere where sandals are things you can only wear twice a year), I freak out less when I see or touch them.
Are you grossed out by feet? How do you take care of them?
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