There’s no point splashing out on fabulous footwear like this season’s peeptoe booties or strappy party heels if your feet won’t do them justice.
Think about what you put your poor, hard-working tootsies through every day, yet how much time do you devote to taking care of them?
You may think nothing of spending a small fortune on expensive face creams or the latest luxury body lotion, but feet are often way down at the bottom of a girl’s beauty regime.
They may be mostly out of sight, but they shouldn’t be out of mind!If you have gnarly toes that would make a Hobbit blush, it’s probably best to hot foot it to the professionals.
Give Feet the DIY Treatment at Home
If you’ve spent the summer wearing sandals then it’s likely that you’ll have a build up of hard skin around the heels and balls of your feet.
Start off by soaking feet in warm water and add a few drops of essential oil or Epsom salts. Origins Foot Rest Soothing Foot Soak, £18, at Boots, contains Australian eucalyptus and cooling menthol to put you on a friendly footing again.
Once you've dried feet off, trim and file nails, and neaten cuticles by either using a cuticle cream to remove excess skin, or a tipped hoof stick to gently push them back.
A pumice stone or a foot file will remove rough skin, try Elegant Touch’s foldaway foot file, £2.39 at Superdrug, before exfoliating them with a scrub, like Formula Sole Scrubber, £5, from Marks and Spencer to banish rough skin, followed by Sole Quencher, £5, to keep cracked heels at bay.
Also try The Body Shop’s Peppermint Soothing Foot Scrub, £6.85, which contains walnut granules to tackle dry patches and sesame oil to soften up. The range also includes sprays, reviving leg gel and an Intensive Foot Rescue, £8.80 for an overnight solution.
Burt’s Bees Coconut Foot Cream, £11.26 has coconut oil, lanolin and vegetable glycerin to revive and rejuvenate even the driest, most neglected feet. There's also a hint of natural rosemary and peppermint oils to refresh.
Another natural product is Badger Foot Balm, £4.39 at website Naturally Fabulous, which contains tea tree and eucalyptus oils for anti-fungal properties and mint and rosemary which are anti-bacterial.
Foot Patrol, £20 by Bliss, at House of Fraser, is an action-packed tube of peppermint and salicylic acid that exfoliates while it hydrates.
Shea butter is famed for its nourishing properties, so try L'Occitane’s Shea Butter foot cream, £16.50, which also contains essential oils to reduce redness and irritation and refreshing mint to cool.
Give Feet an Overnight Treat
Use a rich cream before bed, and pop on a pair of cotton socks to help the ingredients sink in.
Botanics Overnight Foot Treatment, £3.49, at Boots, is a luxurious cream, rich in oils that soak deep into hard or rough skin overnight, to leave feet smoother, softer and ready to start another day.
Experts Scholl know their stuff, so slick on their Deep Moisturising Cream which claims to be one of the most advanced foot-care moisturising systems available, specially created to care for the unique characteristics of the skin on the foot. It promises to give 80% increase in hydration, leaving feet soft, smooth and conditioned.
Bliss have created their own softening socks, £35.23, from Boots, with moisture-gel pads which only need to be worn for twenty minutes to achieve results.
You’ll be walking on air in no time!
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