Spring is around the corner, time to heal dry, cracked feet to a summer ready look!
In the spirit of (hopefully) warmer weather, perhaps you’ve got your favorite pair of sandals from the depths of your closet, tried them on, only to find your soles cracked, dull, and dry as a winter’s day. No worries! I got some easy tips for you to heal dry, cracked feet before its sandals time:
- SOAKING IN
Soaking can actually swell up the surface area of the skin, which allows for more penetration of your nourishing feet cream after and hel dry cracked feet and toes.
A few routes you can take, here: You can simply fill your tub, sink, or basin with lukewarm water and call it a day; or you can add some Epsom salts to the footbath, which has been shown to relieve some of the pain and can sometimes even prevent infection. Or you can add a few drops this DIY bath soak recipe.
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Use a pumice stone.
Pumice stones are top-notch for buffing away calluses and softening up rough patches of skin. Results: smooth, crack-free heels. To use one, you’ll first want to soak your feet in lukewarm water (always use a pumice stone on clean, wet skin), rub the stone in circular motions over your heels for two to three minutes, and follow with a thick moisturizer.
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Create your own foot peel.
If you don’t have a pumice stone on hand, you can repurpose an exfoliating product for those cracked calluses. Here is a recipe for you!
or use Pure Feet Balm Scrub for a shortcut:)
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Apply a “foot mask”.
Once you’re done with your exfoliating step follow up with some much-needed TLC. Apply your favorite foot cream, then cover your feet with some socks to allow the cream to penetrate into your skin instead of transferring all onto your furniture. For the best results, wear the socks overnight and wake up to butter-soft soles.
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Foot massage these dry cracked feet
Make sure to massage your feet every night before going to bed, It turns out, regular foot massages have some pretty promising health benefits, from reduced anxiety to improved sleep to pain relief. Remember: Proper foot care is not only about the aesthetics…
You can perform your nightly foot massage after applying foot cream,
or use base oil with 2-3 lavender essential oil for a good night sleep!
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