Pedicure at home

Are you feeling scary in visiting to salon for pedicure in corona time.  Are you dealing with your rough feet and uneven toenails . Your feet are feeling sad .We women makes all the effort to be well dressed makeup and styling  but when it comes to our feet we  ignore them. 

Constant walking, different weather condition and careless skin care shows their effect in the form of chapped heels and rough feet  but Will it be safe to go salon for pedicure ?  will salon staff is using  sanitized  tools or essentials  . Well lots of doubt and confusion right ? But if it is possible to do pedicure at home why to take risk of salon . you can pamper your feet at home.  Do you wanna how ? Lets do it at home by yourself.

Why you should avoid salon visit for pedicure

To prevent yourself  from infection

There is no surety of tools they are going to use

Do they sanitized the tub or chair, door, and all essentials

There products are safe to use or not

Are they using one time fresh products or not

There are lots of safety reason coz you should avoid to visit for those things which you can do at home.  Follow the following step to do it at home.

What you need

Bath salt / shampoo

Clean towel                                                                                                                   

Nail

Cotton pads

Toe separator

Cuticle oil 

Pumice stone 

Foot file

Nail polish remover

Cream

Nail filer

Moisturizer

How to do a salon pedicure at home

Step 1 Prepare Feet For Pedicure

First thing you have to do is remove your nail paint . The correct way to use nail polish remover is to soak the cotton in remover and hold this cotton on to your nail and allow your nail paint to break down for few second now start swiping . Cut and clean your nail and file them to give desired shape.

Step 2 Soak Your Feet

Most relaxing part of whole process is soaking .Fill a tub with warm water enough to cover your feet. Add few drop of essential oil, skin soothing bath salt  or add Epsom salt . Epsom will reduce any kind of pain and  and roughness . Essential oil will calm your feet and give you spa relax feeling . start music  and soak  your feet for 10-15 minute.  Soaking soften your tough skin and cuticle. Let your feet soak for few minute. Dry up them with towel for next step.

Step 3 Dead Skin Removal

Exfoliate  your feet using foot scrub, foot file or pumice stone  remove all dead skin . Don’t forget to focus on hard area like heel. Scrape heel until it feel smooth. Be gentle  while scraping. Once you done exfoliate and foot bath dry your feet .Apply  cuticle cream and leave it for few minute . Wipe cuticle cream and push back cuticle

Step 4  Massage Your Feet With Lotion

After exfoliating , rubbing washing now your feet are fresh and clean. It’s rejuvenation time  now apply moisturizer. Use any heavy moisturizer for this process. Massage your foot well to stimulate nerve ending . Massage will improve blood circulation and will nourish skin.

Step 5 Apply Base Coat And Nail Paint

Now  it’s time to paint your nail. Paint them with your favorite color.  If you have toe  separators use that or  you can use rolled and twisted paper towel . It just prevent polish from smudging Apply base coat first base  coat act as a barrier between the natural oil that come out from your nail and your actual nail polish  and drying apply second coat and let it dry. Your pedicure is done.

DIY Cuticle Cream

3 tbs of olive oil

1 tbs of coconut oil

1 tbs of glycerine                                                                                                                                                                                                 

In heated olive oil add coconut oil and glycerine and  than let it cool and use as cuticle cream.

DIY Scrub

4 tsp olive oil

2 tbs sugar 

1 tbs essential oil                                                                                                           

Mix all and use as scrub

DIY Moisturizer

1 cup of aloe Vera gel 

1/2 tbs of  beeswax 

½ almond oil 

½ cup coconut oil                                                                                                       

Few drop lavender oil

Use double boiler and melt beeswax coconut oil and almond oil. Let the mixture cool and pour it into blender add aloe Vera  gel. Blend to get a creamy texture. Let cool and use this as nourishing moisturizing lotion.

Salon smooth pedicure at your own comfort with your own real and hygienic products in your sweet home is done.

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