Just as we care our nails in fingers, we have to give a proper care
to the fingers on your feet too. Believe it or not having a clean and
healthy looking feet is a sign that tells you how hygiene you are. It’s
the reason why I am here to tell you what is a pedicure and how to do a
pedicure at home.
Remember when you wear sandals on a hot day, your toes are free to see the open world. If you have not cared your finger toes for a long time, it will clearly convey that story to any stranger.
Your cracked heels with dry , broken skin wouldn’t tell anyone like this person is not smooth enough to touch? Such a big turn off!.
No matter whether you are a beauty conscious or not, caring the feet is must for everyone. In fact, doing the pedicure at least twice a month is highly recommended even by the health care providers.
If you have a poor eye sight and can’t bend, you can get spa pedicure from the professionals. Otherwise it is perfectly to do it in your home.
Before proceeding with how to do a pedicure at home make sure you have these things with you.
How To Do A Pedicure At Home? - Things You Will Need
Before you start with the pedicure, find a little station and a comfortable chair. You choose a place in your garden or in front of your TV. It is totally up to you.
Step By Step Guide on How to do a pedicure at home
Step 1 : Soak Your Feet In Warm Water
Fill the tub with warm water, aromatic oils and bath salt (great antibiotic). Soak both of your feet in the tub and relax. You need to soak your feet for 10 minutes. While soaking remember you are not only soaking your feet but you are soaking away the pollution and other stress factors too. 10 minutes over? Take out your feet and pat dry.
Step 2 : Remove The Old Nail Polish
If you have any old nail polish on your toes, remove it using a nail polish remover. Ensure your nail remover does not contain an acetone which will dry out your nails so soon.
Wipe out the nail polish using the cotton balls. Do this process for one feet at a time. Once you are done, soak both of your feet in the tub again. So you will not leave any cotton traces on the toes. It’s the time to give some simple exercises to your feet like moving “moving your feet in circular motion”. After 2 minutes, towel dry your feet.
Step 3 : Trim And Get Your Nails A Good Shape
Next step in how to do pedicure at home is ” Trimming”. Yes it is time to trim your toenails. To trim your nails you suppose to use nail clippers. Avoid using the scissors. Generally big toe nail will be tougher than all other nails. So start from outside and move toward the center. Trim this way on both sides.
Length of your nail should cover the nail bed but it should not be too long. Otherwise it will create a claw like look. Cut your nails in the natural shape of your nail. Do not cut it in the rounded shape. When you cut the nails with the clipper, chances are you may cut it so deep. So when it comes to shape your nail, it is good practice to use the file instead of clippers. Filing your nails in 1 direction from outward toward the middle will result in a good shape. Remove the ridges too. As it ruins the shape avoid file your nails from back to forth.
To get a better shape my suggestion is use “emery board” to file your
nails. In emery board coarse side is for shaping and the smooth side is
for smoothing the edges. Clear?
On bearing various nail polishes over the period, your nails might turn somewhat yellow in color. Buff the top layer of the nails lightly. This will give your nails a normal color again. Change the water and fill the tub with the fresh water. Soaking your feet again in the water will remove all the dust.
Step 4 : Trim Your Cuticles
Push your cuticles back (in your feet) using a cuticle pusher. Can you see the painless dead skin around the toe? Trim all those with a cuticle trimmer. Apply cuticle oil and give a slight massage for a minute. As you are learning how to do a pedicure at home for the first time the entire process may seem like a time consuming. But it is nothing wrong to spend a little time for yourself. Who can care you more than yourself?
Step 5 : Dead Skin Removal (In heel)
As you have soaked your feet in water, skin at the back of your heel must be seem smooth now. Scrub it using a pumice stone. If your skin seems very dry, mixing a cup of milk in the warm water will help loosen the dead skin. You have to repeat the process of scrubbing and washing many times until you achieve a desired result. Check around your feet and see whether any dead skin patches are left out. If so, repeat the process again. Once you are done with one foot, massage it up to the knee using any exfoliating foot or body scrub and continue with the other.
Step 6 : Give A Foot Massage
Now the first part of how to do pedicure at home is over. You can put aside the tub from now on. In the mean time make your feet dry and apply required amount of cream on your feet up to knee. Rub the cream on your feet and massage it in circular motions which will increase the blood circulation.
Step 7 : Apply New Nail Polish
Clear the cream from your feet using alcohol pads. Towel your finger nails, make it dry so that you can start applying a new nail polish. Hang on! Are you using 4 layer method to apply nail polish? If you don’t. Learn it here. Giving you this lesson is also a part of how to do a pedicure at home tutorial.
Apply 1 base coat. 2 layers of color coat and finally a crystal clear top coat
To get a fine finishing, give few seconds of gap between every coat. Give at least 20 minutes for your nails to get dry. Avoid wearing restrictive shoes immediately.
Do pedicure at home once in every week. so that you can keep your feet clean, smooth and hydrated. If your feet feels dry eve after the pedicure, apply petroleum jelly on feet every night. To protect your bed sheets, wear a clean cotton socks.
When you do 4 to 5 times, you will master the art of how to do pedicure at home. When you do it for the first time, it will take around 20 to 30 minutes. The more often you repeat doing pedicure, the less time it will take.
As your toes are ready with those vibrant colors, now you can show off to the entire world with any sandals.
Remember when you wear sandals on a hot day, your toes are free to see the open world. If you have not cared your finger toes for a long time, it will clearly convey that story to any stranger.
Your cracked heels with dry , broken skin wouldn’t tell anyone like this person is not smooth enough to touch? Such a big turn off!.
No matter whether you are a beauty conscious or not, caring the feet is must for everyone. In fact, doing the pedicure at least twice a month is highly recommended even by the health care providers.
If you have a poor eye sight and can’t bend, you can get spa pedicure from the professionals. Otherwise it is perfectly to do it in your home.
Before proceeding with how to do a pedicure at home make sure you have these things with you.
How To Do A Pedicure At Home? - Things You Will Need
- A tub that is large enough to cover both the feet up to your ankles.
- Cotton balls
- Nail polish remover (get one without Acetone)
- Cuticle oil
- Cuticle Pusher
- Pumice stone
- Aromatic oils and bath salts
- Nail Clippers, scrubbers, nail files, buffers,
- Nail polish
- Moisturizer or foot creams
Before you start with the pedicure, find a little station and a comfortable chair. You choose a place in your garden or in front of your TV. It is totally up to you.
Step By Step Guide on How to do a pedicure at home
Step 1 : Soak Your Feet In Warm Water
Fill the tub with warm water, aromatic oils and bath salt (great antibiotic). Soak both of your feet in the tub and relax. You need to soak your feet for 10 minutes. While soaking remember you are not only soaking your feet but you are soaking away the pollution and other stress factors too. 10 minutes over? Take out your feet and pat dry.
Step 2 : Remove The Old Nail Polish
If you have any old nail polish on your toes, remove it using a nail polish remover. Ensure your nail remover does not contain an acetone which will dry out your nails so soon.
Wipe out the nail polish using the cotton balls. Do this process for one feet at a time. Once you are done, soak both of your feet in the tub again. So you will not leave any cotton traces on the toes. It’s the time to give some simple exercises to your feet like moving “moving your feet in circular motion”. After 2 minutes, towel dry your feet.
Step 3 : Trim And Get Your Nails A Good Shape
Next step in how to do pedicure at home is ” Trimming”. Yes it is time to trim your toenails. To trim your nails you suppose to use nail clippers. Avoid using the scissors. Generally big toe nail will be tougher than all other nails. So start from outside and move toward the center. Trim this way on both sides.
Length of your nail should cover the nail bed but it should not be too long. Otherwise it will create a claw like look. Cut your nails in the natural shape of your nail. Do not cut it in the rounded shape. When you cut the nails with the clipper, chances are you may cut it so deep. So when it comes to shape your nail, it is good practice to use the file instead of clippers. Filing your nails in 1 direction from outward toward the middle will result in a good shape. Remove the ridges too. As it ruins the shape avoid file your nails from back to forth.
On bearing various nail polishes over the period, your nails might turn somewhat yellow in color. Buff the top layer of the nails lightly. This will give your nails a normal color again. Change the water and fill the tub with the fresh water. Soaking your feet again in the water will remove all the dust.
Step 4 : Trim Your Cuticles
Push your cuticles back (in your feet) using a cuticle pusher. Can you see the painless dead skin around the toe? Trim all those with a cuticle trimmer. Apply cuticle oil and give a slight massage for a minute. As you are learning how to do a pedicure at home for the first time the entire process may seem like a time consuming. But it is nothing wrong to spend a little time for yourself. Who can care you more than yourself?
Step 5 : Dead Skin Removal (In heel)
As you have soaked your feet in water, skin at the back of your heel must be seem smooth now. Scrub it using a pumice stone. If your skin seems very dry, mixing a cup of milk in the warm water will help loosen the dead skin. You have to repeat the process of scrubbing and washing many times until you achieve a desired result. Check around your feet and see whether any dead skin patches are left out. If so, repeat the process again. Once you are done with one foot, massage it up to the knee using any exfoliating foot or body scrub and continue with the other.
Step 6 : Give A Foot Massage
Now the first part of how to do pedicure at home is over. You can put aside the tub from now on. In the mean time make your feet dry and apply required amount of cream on your feet up to knee. Rub the cream on your feet and massage it in circular motions which will increase the blood circulation.
Step 7 : Apply New Nail Polish
Clear the cream from your feet using alcohol pads. Towel your finger nails, make it dry so that you can start applying a new nail polish. Hang on! Are you using 4 layer method to apply nail polish? If you don’t. Learn it here. Giving you this lesson is also a part of how to do a pedicure at home tutorial.
Apply 1 base coat. 2 layers of color coat and finally a crystal clear top coat
To get a fine finishing, give few seconds of gap between every coat. Give at least 20 minutes for your nails to get dry. Avoid wearing restrictive shoes immediately.
Do pedicure at home once in every week. so that you can keep your feet clean, smooth and hydrated. If your feet feels dry eve after the pedicure, apply petroleum jelly on feet every night. To protect your bed sheets, wear a clean cotton socks.
When you do 4 to 5 times, you will master the art of how to do pedicure at home. When you do it for the first time, it will take around 20 to 30 minutes. The more often you repeat doing pedicure, the less time it will take.
As your toes are ready with those vibrant colors, now you can show off to the entire world with any sandals.
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