Home Pedicure – It’s Bliss and takes 30 Minutes
How would you like to have a Home Pedicure, with the professional spa quality look for a fraction of the cost in the comfort of your own home?
The good news is that Home Pedicures are easy, relaxing and good for your feet, plus your feet will look lovely and feel fabulous.
The Home Pedicure we recommend is simple to follow and doesn’t require expensive treatments or products, and the end result looks very professional, just like a spa pedicure.
So set aside some ‘me’ time, gather up what you need for your pedicure, and then relax and transform your tired, sore and dry feet into lovely looking smooth feet with stylish nails in around 30 minutes.
Check our Home Pedicure Kit link for the basics of what you’ll need before you get started.
Our Easy Home Pedicure:
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 30 minutes
Home Pedicure Step 1: Remove your old nail polish.
The first step of the Home Pedicure is to remove your old nail polish. Using nail polish remover and cotton pads, remove any traces of nail polish from your toes.
Home Pedicure Step 2: Trim your nails:
Trim your toes nails with nail clippers at your preferred length, keeping a straight line.
Don’t trim the edges or sides of the toe nails, as this can lead to ingrown toe nails.
Next file your nails to remove any rough edges, starting from the middle of the nail and working your way to the outsides.
Remember to file your nails in one direction to prevent your nails cracking.
We recommend using an emory board file if you have one as these are a little gentler on the nails, using the coarser surface for shaping and shortening your nails and the smoother side for smoothing the nail edge.
Home Pedicure Step 3: Foot Soak:
This is the relaxing part of the Home Pedicure. Fill a tub with hot water, and add a tablespoon of Epsom salts to help soften your skin.
You can also add essential oils like peppermint or lavender if you have some. If you don’t have Epsom salts or essential oils, then you can use soap, bubble bath or even ½ a cup of milk (the latic acid in milk helps loosen and soften dead skin).
Sit back, relax and soak your feet for around 10 minutes, or until the water cools. If you have calluses or corns, soak your feet a little longer to help soften the skin.
Home Pedicure Step 4: Remove Dead Skin: After soaking, apply an exfoliating scrub to the soles and heels and massage into your skin. Using a pumice stone or foot file, rub the hard skin around your heels and balls of your feet. You should notice the dead skin rubbing off, and the skin will feel smoother.
You can also gently rub exfoliating scrub on the tops of your feet and toes to remove any dead skin, without using the pumice or foot file. If you have time you can also exfoliate your lower legs as well with exfoliating scrub.
If you have calluses or corns, then you can use special pedicure tools whilst your feet are soft to reduce the size of the corns, and to remove the rough hard skin around calluses.
Rinse your feet to remove the scrub and the loosened dead skin.
Home Pedicure Step 5: Re-hydrate your feet:
Having removed the dead skin, dry your feet completely, including the area between your toes.
Then hydrate your feet with your favorite foot lotion or a heavy moisturizer. Foot lotions are recommended as they are specifically designed for your feet, although you can use a moisturizer if you have no lotion at home.
Massage the lotion or moisturizer all over your feet and ankles, and moisturize your lower legs if you exfoliated too.
This step of the Home Pedicure smoothes your feet and helps to keep them soft, avoiding a build up of rough dry skin.
Home Pedicure Step 6: Now for the Polish!
Using a cotton pad and nail polish remover, wipe each of your toe nails to remove any oils and lotions.
Using an orangewood stick, push your cuticles back around each of the nails and trim any excess cuticle skin with a cuticle cutter, or carefully with nail scissors if you prefer being careful not to cut your skin.
Fold and insert cotton pads between each of your toes, or if you have a toe separator slide that on to spread your toes making it easy to apply the nail polish.
Choosing your perfect shade of polish, apply a base coat of nail polish to each of your nails, starting with a single stroke down the centre of your nail working your way to each side.
Allow your nails to dry completely and if you have time you can apply a second coat of nail polish.
Remove any excess nail polish from your toes using a little nail polish remover and a cotton bud (or Q tip).
We recommend, whether you apply one or two layers of polish to always add a top clear coat, which seals the nail polish, making it last much longer and giving your toes that glossy finish just like a spa pedicure.
Applying a clear top coat is easy, wait until your nails are dry, then apply a thin layer of clear top coat, starting with a single stroke down the centre of the nail and working your way outwards.
Allow around 10 minutes for the top coat to dry, the longer you can leave your nails to dry the better, to prevent smudging of polish or chips to your nails.
Easy Home Pedicure – Summary:
Now, stretch out your legs and take a moment to admire your lovely looking and fabulous feeling feet and be proud of your new home pedicure routine!
We recommend repeating this home pedicure as often as you can to improve the appearance and health of your feet.
If you have rough skin on the soles of your feet, and a build up of dry hard skin on your heels, the more often you soak your feet and remove the dead skin, the less build up you’ll have.
We hope you enjoyed our favorite home pedicure, and your feet enjoyed it too!
