NATURAL FOOT EXFOLIATORS AT HOME

FOOT SCRUB

    Foot scrubs can be used to rejuvenate the feet, enhance their look and feel, and even relieve pressure and pain. They can relieve tired, achy feet and help to remove dead skin while also nourishing the skin with natural ingredients. The most important part of a good exfoliating foot scrub is the exfoliating ingredient.

      Here were thus various ways to make your own DIY foot scrubs at home. If you noticed, we did mention who should not use these recipes. Read below and know who should not do DIY pedicures, which can do more harm than good to the feet and the nails.

SOOTHING PEPPERMINT FOOT SCRUB

You’ll Need:

1 cup granulated sugar

Olive or coconut oil

Few drops of peppermint essential oil

How to Do:

1.          Take 1 cup granulated sugar ,add your favorite olive oil or coconut oil and mix together until you have a slightly wet but grainy consistency.

2.          Add a few drops of peppermint essential oil. Transfer the scrub to a pretty bottle and use in the bath or shower to exfoliate, moisturize and soothe sore feet.

3.          Now allow it to rest on your heel for about ten minutes before you wash your feet.

REFRESHING LEMON FOOT SCRUB

You’ll Need:

2 cups granulated sugar

1/4 to 1/3 cup almond or coconut oil

6-8 drops of lemon essential oil

How to Do:

1.          Combine sugar and almond oil in a clean, dry bowl and add oil slowly until you have a soft, wet-sand consistency and add as much lemon essential oil as preferred.

2.          .Apply paste on the affected heels for about 10 minutes. Then scrape off the dead cells with a mild foot scrub or pumice stone.

3.          Rinsing away in the shower. Your feet will feel like they’ve had a refreshing spa treatment.

MILK SCRUB TREATMENT FOR CRACKED HEELS

 You’ll Need:

1 cup milk

5 cups warm water

4 tablespoons sugar or salt

1/2 cup baby oil

Pumice stone

Stridex pad

Favorite thick moisturizer

Socks

How to Do:

1.          Pour 1 cup of milk and 5 cups of warm water in a foot bath tub or large basin and soak your feet for five to 10 minutes.

2.          In a bowl, pour baby oil and sugar or salt and mix well. Make into a thick paste and apply all over feet, massaging in circular motions.

3.          Finish with a pumice stone scrub on callused heels. Rinse and pat feet dry.

4.          Next, rub feet with Stridex pads, which further exfoliates them. Then apply a thick moisturizer or petroleum jelly to the bottom of the feet.

5.          Put on thick, cozy socks and rest with your feet up for several hours or sleep with the socks on.

HOMEMADE FOOT SOAK FOR ACHY FEET

You’ll Need:

Hot water

2 tablespoons vinegar

Epsom salt or sea salt

How to Do:

1.          Fill a foot bath or large basin with hot water. Add the vinegar and mix in a handful of Epsom salt or sea salt. Soak feet for 20 minutes.

2.          Then prepare the same mixture using cool water. Soak a towel in the cool mixture, squeeze out excess and wrap it around feet for five minutes for a refreshing finish.

3.          Repeat several times a day to reduce inflammation and relieve achy feet.

DIY SCRUB

          The simple homemade scrub to care for your dry and cracked heels

You’ll Need:

2tsp Oatmeal

1tsp Lemon

2tsp Salt

Warm water

Foot tub

How to Do:

1.          Cut into halves and squeeze the lemon to get the juice out of it and mix it with oat meal powder to make it paste.

2.          Just add a bit of salt in warm water and Soak your feet in it for 10 minutes.

3.          Apply paste on the affected heels for about 30 minutes. Then scrape off the dead cells with a mild foot scrub or pumice stone.

4.          After that rinse with lukewarm and put on your sock

5.          Apply little amount of cream or oil for skin on your foot for softening

HOMEMADE FOOT SCRUB

    Scrubbing is one of the foremost acts that is done to remove dead skin cells, so that the remedy can easily heal the cracked heels, leaving it supple and smooth.

You’ll Need:

          11/2 tspHoney

          2tsp rice flour

          1tsp apple cider vinegar

          Warm water

          Foot tub

How to Do:

1.          Gently wash your feet to remove the dirt.

2.          To prepare an exfoliating scrub, all to do is to mix honey, rice flour and apple cider vinegar together and apply it onto your cracked heels.

3.          Now allow it to rest on your heel for about ten minutes before you wash your feet.

4.          Apply little amount of cream or oil for skin on your foot for softening

SIMPLE FOOT  SCRUB

 

You’ll Need:

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp honey

2 tbsp oatmeal powder

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp olive oil

How to Do:

1.          Mix the oatmeal and brown sugar together.

2.          Add the lemon juice and honey to the oatmeal mixture, and mix well.

3.          Add the olive oil  too and apply paste on the affected heels for about 30 minutes and scrub with pumice stone to exfoliate dead cells.

4.          After that rinse with lukewarm and Apply little amount of cream or oil for skin on your foot for softening

OLIVE OIL AND SUGAR PEDICURE SCRUBS

Sugar granules are excellent to use as an exfoliating agent, and they help remove the dirt and grime and dead skin cells from the skin of the feet. Olive oil is a natural emollient and a moisturizing agent, it helps trap moisture in the feet skin and keeps the feet supple and nice, and also provides nourishment to the nails to stay strong and sturdy too.

You’ll Need:

A tablespoon of sugar

A tablespoon of olive oil

epsom salt

Cotton swabs

How to Do:

1.          Begin by soaking your feet in a large bowl of warm water add epsom salt to it for 10 mins.

2.          In a small bowl, mix the sugar and olive oil with your hands, gently massage the feet clockwise and anticlockwise for five minutes or as long as you like.

3.          Dip your feet in the warm water and rinse off the feet finally under cold water.

4.          Dab dry with cotton swabs. Apply Moisturize and continue with nail polishing.  

BAKING SODA, BROWN SUGAR AND OLIVE OIL

Sugar granules are excellent to use as an exfoliating agent, and they help remove the dirt and grime and dead skin cells from the skin of the feet. Olive oil is a natural emollient and a moisturizing agent, it helps trap moisture in the feet skin and keeps the feet supple and nice, and also provides nourishment to the nails to stay strong and sturdy too. Baking soda helps lighten up the skin of the feet and illuminates the skin, while removing dead skin cells.

       You’ll Need:

A tablespoon of baking soda

A tabelspoon of brown sugar

A tablespoon of olive oil

Epsom salt

Cotton swabs

How to Do:

1.          Begin by soaking your feet in a large bowl of warm water ,Add epsom salt to it and massage and knead your feet for circulation.

2.          In a small bowl, mix the sugar, baking soda and olive oil with your hands, gently massage the feet clockwise and anticlockwise for five minutes or as long as you like.

3.          Dip your feet in the warm water and rinse off the feet finally under cold water.

4.          Dab dry with cotton swabs. Apply Moisturize and continue with nail polishing. 

COCONUT OIL AND SEA SALT

Sea salts are excellent for calming the nerves and also for exfoliation of the skin of the feet. They help in relaxing, stimulating circulation and also with cell metabolism too. Coconut oil is best for trapping moisture into the skin and allowing the skin to stay soft and healthy. It also moisturizes the skin of the feet and feeds the cuticles of the toenails to keep them strong and healthy as well.

You’ll Need:

A tablespoon of coconut oil

Half a teaspoon of sea salt

Epsom salt

Cotton swabs

How to Do:

1.          Begin by soaking your feet in a large bowl of warm water ,Add epsom salt to it and massage and knead your feet for circulation.

2.          In a small bowl, mix the sugar, mix the sea salt and coconut oil with your hands, gently massage the feet clockwise and anticlockwise for five minutes or as long as you like.

3.          Dip your feet in the warm water and rinse off the feet finally under cold water

4.          Dab dry with cotton swabs. Apply Moisturize and continue with nail polishing.

SALT AND BAKING SODA

Baking soda is a natural skin lightener and an excellent foot scrubbing agent, which removes the dead skin cells and promotes healthy skin to come to the layers. Salt is an excellent agent to disinfect any signs of pathogens hiding in the nails and in between toes, and it also helps draw out excess body fluids to promote healthy lipid layers of the foot skin too.

You’ll Need:

A teaspoon of table salt

A tablespoon of baking soda

Epsom salt

Cotton swabs

How to Do:

1.          Begin by soaking your feet in a large bowl of warm water ,Add epsom salt to it and massage and knead your feet for circulation.

2.          In a small bowl, mix the  salt and baking soda to form a compound foot scrub mix with your hands, gently massage the feet clockwise and anticlockwise for five minutes or as long as you like.

3.          Dip your feet in the warm water and rinse off the feet finally under cold water

4.          Dab dry with cotton swabs. Apply Moisturize and continue with nail polishing.

Note:

DO NOT USE THIS PROCESS ON FEET THAT ARE DRY. To be done once a month only and never on mature feet!

LEMON JUICE AND POWDERED TEA

 vitamin C in lemon helps nourish the cuticles and the nails, and also promotes collagen in the skin, and along with green tea helps fight the onslaught of free radicals and infections if any. Green tea is anti ageing, and has high antioxidants in them to combat free radicals.

You’ll Need:

A cup of lime juice freshly prepared and in concentrated form

Half a tablespoon of powdered green tea

Epsom salt

Cotton swabs

How to Do:

1.          Begin by soaking your feet in a large bowl of warm water ,Add epsom salt to it and massage and knead your feet for circulation.

2.          In a small bowl, mix the lime juice and powdered tea to form a compound foot scrub mix with your hands, gently massage the feet clockwise and anticlockwise for five minutes or as long as you like.

3.          Dip your feet in the warm water and rinse off the feet finally under cold water

4.          Dab dry with cotton swabs. Apply Moisturize and continue with nail polishing.

HONEY AND LEMON

The vitamin C in lemon helps nourish the cuticles and the nails, and also promotes collagen in the skin. Honey helps moisturize the skin and keeps the pores of the feet refined and tight. It also helps soften the cuticles and makes them strong too.

You’ll Need:

One half of a lime

A tablespoon of honey

Epsom salt

Cotton swabs

How to Do:

1.          Begin by soaking your feet in a large bowl of warm water ,Add epsom salt to it and massage and knead your feet for circulation.

2.          In a small bowl, pour tablespoon of  honey and the lemon half into it and start applying on the feet with your hands, gently massage the feet clockwise and anticlockwise for five minutes or as long as you like.

3.          Dip your feet in the warm water and rinse off the feet finally under cold water

4.          Dab dry with cotton swabs. Apply Moisturize and continue with nail polishing.

Tip:

    This should be done once in fifteen days and not more than that. Do not use this technique if the feet have cuts, nicks, wounds and if the nails have fungal infections or disorders.

HOW OFTEN YOU CAN EXFOLIATE?

    If you've got mild – moderately dry feet, exfoliating in the shower once a fortnight is sufficient. Severely dry, cracked or callused feet benefit from a weekly to twice-weekly exfoliating scrub and pumice stone rub, which will prevent hardened areas from building up further and maintain feet health.

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