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erin · Chanel

foot care?

squishy · Coach

erin wrote:
(note: i will not be using a bucket of fish to eat the dead skin off!)

*spasms uncontrollably*

my heels get cracked and grey and nasty in the summer when i live in flip flops, and sloughing off the skin with pumice stone helps.

luckylily · Gucci

I use a pumice stone almost daily, right after I get out of the shower. I develop calluses quickly from running, you might not need to do it that often. My favorite product is the Bert's Bees Peppermint Footcream. I usually slather it on right before bed.

Kelly · Hermes

I use a pumice stone every day in the shower, too...it really makes a difference. And I try to get a pedicure every couple months if I go dancing a lot because that tears me up, which I especially love because they slice the callouses off (gross, I know). I got my own home pedicure kit with my own callous-slicer-offer, but I can't do it very well. I don't know about the cracks, though.

But I am curious about the fish...is that for real? I want to die!

erin · Chanel

oh, the fish thing was from ugly betty. i hope it's not real!

Teresa · Kate Spade

I'm cheap, I just lather on the vaseline and and then put socks on before i go to bed.

blubirde · Chanel

Burt's Bees coconut foot cream with socks works wonders. I should do it more.

I use a foot scrub with a pumice in the shower (again, should do it more), and when I really get down to a good at-home pedicure, I break out the callous scraper like ttara mentioned. Be careful with the razor blades, though. If you're not super, super careful, you can seriously slice your foot.

jess · Kenneth Cole

I second the pumice stone in shower & the BB's coconut foot cream. I just bought the foot cream on Sunday & I can see a difference already.

kittenheels · Coach

I pumice in the shower and then do socks and this neutrogena foot cream that I got in France - it is really high in glycerin, so I think it helps to keep the moisture in. I think vaseline works pretty well too - but it didn't absorb well enough for me.

I also get a pedicure about every month just to keep the cuticles in shape (pushed back - I don't like them cut)

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

That burts stuff really is the best. I love it and highly recommend it!
-gd