The heels are soft, like a baby’s. Is it possible to achieve perfect smoothness at home?
1. Exfoliate the skin.
Every day, before a shower, treat dry feet with a fine abrasive file. If they are steamed, keratinized skin particles will be more difficult to remove. Hold the file vertically, movements in one direction.
2. Cracks, corns, corns.
Grease deep cracks on the heels with a mixture of glycerin (sold at the pharmacy) and 2 tables. tablespoons of 9% vinegar. And to get rid of corns and corns, use special plasters or means to remove corns.
3. Use a scrub.
Clean your heels regularly with a polishing abrasive scrub. The best recognized products with jojoba wax in the composition. It gently exfoliates, moisturizes the skin, relieves swelling, and also has regenerative, wound healing properties.
4. Foot bath.
To keep your feet always in perfect condition, once a week, arrange them a home bath. Dilute a little sea salt in warm water, add 2 tablespoons. tablespoons of vinegar and mint leaves, squeeze the juice of half a lemon. Dip the foot in water for 10-15 minutes. Then wipe, apply a nourishing cream, wrap each leg in a bag and wrap in a warm towel for 30 minutes.
5. Use foot cream.
Use foot lotion daily in the morning, and apply a nourishing cream at night, rubbing it well into clean, dry skin of the feet.
On a note:
• It is convenient to take a foot brush with you on the road.
• Pumice helps to gently exfoliate the skin of the legs, making it smooth.
• And to clean nails, you can use a brush with moderately stiff bristles.
The article was published based on the materials of the magazine "Good advice" 8/2013
Photo: A. Platonov / Bildfabrick
Material prepared by Julia Dekanova
