Pedicures and Foot Care Tips for Year Round Pretty Bare Feet
The foot: an interesting part of the human
anatomy. When we’re born, they take our
footprints, people count our toes and tickle our
soles to hear that wonderful baby gurgle. At that
amazing age babies can actually take hold of their
feet to chew reflectively on their own toes. Long
before we’re walking, our parents are cramming
them into tiny little leather Oxfords, hiking
boots or even tiny running shoes, I guess because
they’re just so darned cute. Once we do start
walking, we take our feet for granted. They get us
where we want to go, and that’s just fine.
But once we’re grown and trying to fulfill our
sexual destiny, we become aware of feet as
aesthetic accessories. Turns out, they are more
than just balancing tools, locomoting appendages.
Feet have the surprising capacity to be extremely
cute, or they can be downright hideous. Women's
feet are usually nicer than men's, and the foot
fetish is a common obsession among men. In fact,
China once made the foot the primary object of
female sexual beauty, subjecting women to
footbinding because tiny feet were considered the
most attractive. We still hold to the ideal of
tiny feet, which explains why it's so hard to find
women's shoes in wider that "B" width. It also
describes pointy-toed shoes, stilettos and other
fashionable footwear that makes your legs look
wonderful, but can turn toes into what one author
described as "scrambled monstrosities".
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Treat Yourself to a Professional Home Pedicure
 Pablo
Neruda wrote a poem that spoke of his love's "hard
little feet": he loves her feet because they
walked the world to find him. While "hard little
feet" may not sound beautiful to some people, the
description evokes high arches, narrowness and a
sort of lithe strength not found in the average
foot.
Whether you have hard little feet or larger,
softer ones, your feet will appreciate a weekly
soak and scrub. Especially for women like nurses
or teachers, who spend hours on their feet each
day, a dedicated footbath is essential to
preserving not only the beauty of your feet, but
their health and comfort too. Use the time to push
back softened cuticles with an orange stick, to
rub away calluses with a pumice stone, and finish
by moisturizing and rubbing your feet. A foot rub
is the perfect finish to your footbath: get help
from your own sweetheart!
See a our favorite selection of soothing foot baths for the perfect home pedicure.
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Sexy feet, repulsive feet, are not usually a
matter of luck. A lot depends on the care and
maintenance regime established by the foot-owner.
At an absolute, bare minimum, feet should be
clean. I mean, you walk on them, don’t you! What
if you were stuffed into a leather show all day,
strolling through parking lots, jogging in parks,
shopping, doing laundry, tapping impatiently in
line at the bank. Feet suffer from lack of air,
from shoes that don’t breathe, from sweaty
conditions on hot summer asphalt. Daily scrubbing
with soap and a nail brush is a good start, but
it’s only a start, if you want good-looking feet.
When it comes to toenails, there is no in-between.
Clean, healthy, well-groomed toenails are sexy.
Grubby, long, unhealthy toenails are nasty, and
not to be tolerated. Toenails should be
well-brushed with soapy water, clipped short and
neat with clippers, and treated with anti-fungal
medicine if nails are discolored, thick or
peeling. Even girls can get athlete’s foot (always
wear flip-flops at the gym, at the pool, at the
park, in any shower that is not your very own),
and there topical medicines that can cure it. (If
you don’t know what athlete's foot is, it’s a
fungus that causes feet to burn, itch and peel).
Assuming your feet are clean and healthy, the step
to beauty is a short one. Keep your feet smooth by
using a pumice stone a couple of times a week, rub
them with lotion like Upper Canada Peppermint Foot
Cream to keep them soft, and use a clear polish if
you don’t like brightly colored toes. No one talks
about it (except in women's studies class), but
women grow hair on their toes. If your toes are
fuzzy, you can wax them to add to overall foot
smoothness. Get a pedicure for that professional
polish, but don’t let them cut your cuticles,
whose sole purpose in life is to keep your feet
safe from infections.
Showcase your sexy feet in strappy date-night
sandals, sexy career pumps or silly, weekend,
jelly thongs with a silver toe ring for an accent.
(Never wear a toe ring and an anklet at the same
time –it’s a huge Fashion Don’t). Hiking boots are
ideal for long walks, and they also look cute with
ragg socks in wool or cotton and tweed skirts.
Boots always look wonderful, and the longer they
are, the better they look. (There is a limit—boots
that go past the knee scream "Dominatrix!" and may
not be the look you’re trying to project.
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