Have you ever wished that you could your feet smooth without paying hundreds of dollars in spa fees?
Well, it turns out that moisturizing your feet may not be as hard and expensive as you’d have thought. All you do is follow some simple tips.
In this article, I’m going to share you how to get rid of dry feet with easy step-by-step instruction that I learned from my time working for a mobile spa.
If you want to know more, please read on…
Naturally, the skin on your feet is dry. Compared to the rest of your body, the human feet don’t have any oil glands moisturizing its skin. Therefore, it basically depends on the sweat glands to avoid dryness. But did you know that having dry feet is a common sign of athlete’s foot and diabetes? In addition, seniors also face such problem due to skin aging. But the good news is that there are home remedies to help you keep your feet moisturized naturally.
Most Important Tips to Follow
- Some of the common solutions you can use include therapeutic oil, cream, and ointment.
- When it comes to lotions, make sure they don’t contain alcohol to avoid further drying. Instead, you can use baby lotion because it’s chemical-free and won’t irritate your skin.
- Use mild moisturizing soap to help skin stay moisturized. Then apply lotion to your feet after taking a bath.
- Drink enough water to keep hydrated.
- For best home remedies, you can use pumice stones, eucalyptus oil, and spearmint. However, be careful when using them or at least talk to your doctor before deciding to apply anything on your feet.
Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Rid of Dry Feet
But if you want a step by step guide on how to get rid of dry feet, read the following guidelines to assist you in treating dry feet at home:
- Soak feet within 10 minutes in lemon juice. The mild acid content of the lemon is effective in dissolving dead skin cells for quick removal. You can use a soft-foot brush when scrubbing your feet after soaking them. But if you have cuts or bruises on your feet, make them heal first before doing this.
- Mix lavender oil or lemon drops with olive oil and apply it on your cracked heels. You can make this cream by shaking all the ingredients together. Once it forms a thick solution, you can now apply it on your feet as needed.
- After taking a bath, you can put vegetable oil on your feet particularly on the cracks. Then after applying the oil, wear socks to keep feet moisturized. You can do this every night to see drastic changes on your skin condition.
- Mix a whole lemon with Vaseline. After washing your feet, dry them with a clean cloth before you apply the cream formed by combing the two ingredients. Apply it on cracked heels, dry areas, and in the entire feet. The best time to do this is before going to bed while wearing wool socks in order to keep moisture. The oils contained in the mixture are known to alleviate dryness. And upon waking up, you can exfoliate with doctor’s recommendation to avoid further skin problems.
DIY Recipes for Healthy Feet
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Exfoliating Foot Scrub With Essential Oils. Easy and simple to use, this exfoliating foot scrub helps get rid of dry and rough skin on your feet and heels. You can make a batch of this recipe using Epsom salt, sweet almond oil, lavender, and frankincense essential oils.
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Miracle Foot Powder to Get Rid of Stinky Feet! This foot powder helps cleanse, get rid of bacteria, get relief from athlete's foot and get rid of foot odor. if you want to make this at home, you need to prepare corn starch, baking soda, tea tree, eucalyptus, lavender essential oils and a mason jar where you can store this powder.
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Moisturizer for Dry and Cracked Heels. This moisturizer helps get rid of calluses and repair your dry cracked heels. You can use this honey moisturizer daily and in no time your feet will become supple, smooth again and free from feet discomfort. Essential ingredients to make this recipe are organic honey, milk, and whole orange juice.
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Pampering Peppermint Foot Scrub. Another way to pamper your feet is to use this peppermint foot scrub. This offers to stimulate, cooling healing effects that include softening foot skin, healing cracked heels and easing sore feet. And this is easy to make using white sugar, coconut oil, peppermint essential oil and dried herbs such as chamomile, lavender, and mint.
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DIY Cracked Foot Salve Recipe. Winter might be your horrific time and experiencing cracked feet and heels. But don't worry. You can manage them. One thing you can use is this cracked food and heel salve. The recipe is easy to follow and you can make your own with ingredients that include coconut butter, beeswax, tamanu oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, Vitamin E and sandalwood, chamomile and lavender essential oils.
So if you are prone to long hours of standing, cold weather, harsh soaps, overweight condition, uncomfortable shoes, and other possible cause, you can try the tips provided above. You don’t have to worry about dry feet problems all the time, these insights will surely help you get rid of it quickly.
