Looking Good - Fancy Feet: At Home Pedicure�?/FONT>
It's sometimes difficult to break away to sit an hour in the
salon while you get a professional pedicure, so why not treat
yourself to one at home? The following easy step-by-step
process is a great way to begin your in-home pedicure practice,
and a great way to take a moment to do something special just
for you!
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Apply cuticle remove to the base of each nail and rub in.
Wait for a minute and then using an orangewood stick, slowly
push the skin back where it meets the nail.
6. Use cuticle nippers to trim loose skin. Do not cut your toe
flesh.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Let them dry, and voila!
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