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We often pay full attention to facial care, skincare routine and hair shine to enhance our beauty. For this, the most expensive products and facials are used. But in this entire process, we completely ignore the most hardworking part of our body i.e. the feet. Due to stress throughout the day, friction of shoes and slippers, dust and dirt and standing for a long time, the skin of the feet becomes dry, lifeless and the heels start cracking. In such a situation, many people go to parlor every month and spend thousands of rupees on expensive pedicure to shine the heels and make the feet soft. However, dermatologists believe that to keep your feet beautiful and healthy, you do not need to visit the salon frequently. If you follow a simple 10-minute ‘Night Foot Care Routine’ every night before sleeping, your feet can get a pedicure-like glow every day.
Throughout the day, our feet face shoes, sandals and dust, due to which sweat, bacteria and dead skin cells accumulate on the skin of the feet. Night time is the repairing phase for our skin, when the cells of the body regenerate themselves. Our skin absorbs moisture and nutrients fastest while sleeping. Therefore, if the feet are thoroughly cleaned before sleeping at night and given proper nutrition, then the dryness goes away completely and the problem of cracked heels can be completely eliminated. Night care routine not only makes the skin of the feet shiny, but massaging the feet removes the tiredness of the day and also makes the sleep very deep and relaxing.
You don’t need anything complicated to take proper care of your feet every day at home. You can make it a part of your daily life with the help of basic kitchen items and a good foot cream:
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Washing feet with lukewarm water: Before sleeping at night, take lukewarm water in a tub and add a little rock salt or mild soap to it. Keep your feet immersed in this water for 5 to 7 minutes. This will completely clean the accumulated dirt and sweat of the feet and the tired muscles will get instant relief.
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Light Scrubbing and Dead Skin Cleansing: After taking out the feet from the water, gently scrub the heels and the bottom of the toes with the help of a pumice stone or a light foot scrubber. With this, the hard and dry dead skin deposited on the heels is easily removed and the skin starts breathing.
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Moisturizing with foot cream or oil: After drying your feet thoroughly with a towel, apply some thick foot cream, shea butter or coconut oil/mustard oil. Apply it thoroughly on your toes, the space between your fingers and your heels. Thick moisturizer penetrates deep into the skin and eliminates dryness.
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Gentle Foot Massage: While applying the cream, massage the soles and toes of the feet in circular movements for 2 to 3 minutes. Massaging increases blood circulation in the feet, which removes fatigue and the feet feel relaxed immediately.
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Sleep wearing cotton socks: Sleeping wearing cotton socks after applying the cream or oil is the most important part of this entire routine. Wearing socks locks the moisture inside the feet and prevents oil or cream stains on the bed. By keeping the moisture locked overnight, your feet will feel very soft and shiny in the morning.
If your heels are very cracked or painful, you can also include some natural home remedies in this night routine. Mixing a pinch of turmeric in aloe vera gel and applying it on the heels before sleeping at night helps wounds heal faster. Apart from this, homemade wax balm made by melting wax and mustard oil proves to be very effective in healing cracks in the heels overnight. A mixture of glycerin and rose water is also an old and tried recipe to make the feet pink and soft.
Just as we apply moisturizer on our face daily, in the same way our feet also need daily care. While going to the salon once a month to get a pedicure only provides a temporary glow for a few days, this 10-minute night foot care routine will keep your feet healthy, infection-free and beautiful for a long time. Include this very easy and natural routine in your lifestyle from today itself and get the feeling of pedicure every day without spending a single rupee.