Humiliation of de Feet

I am a yogi, and as such, I spend a lot of time looking at my feet. Yoga is practiced barefoot, after all. And when you’re dripping with sweat, your hair is yanked into a soaking wet ponytail, and make up, perfume & jewelry is foregone altogether, you want something about you to remain pretty for those 90 minutes. At least I do. So, I make sure my feet, on display for all in the class (and sometimes right in another student’s face) to see, to not just look pretty, but healthy. How do I do it?

I don’t spend money on weekly pedicures, if that’s what you’re thinking. I don’t have the kind of spare cash for that. I have a slight obsession with nail varnish, however, and luckily for me, it’s an affordable addiction. Rarely do I sport a naked toe, and never publicly. These days, I’m all about sparkle and recently acquired six new festive colors for the season: OPI’s Meep Meep Meep (sparkly deep red), Meet Me Under the Star Ferry (sparkly dark purple), and Pink Before You Leap (sparkly pale pink), as well as Revlon’s Girly (shimmery lavender), Downtown (shimmery, icy blue), and Fierce (shimmery, metallic grape). Check ‘em out at your local beauty store.

But there’s more to keeping your feet looking good than nail polish. There’s also exfoliating and moisturizing to be done. For exfoliating, I’ve been using a pumice foot scrubber once a week forever, and it works wonders. But when it comes to moisturizers, I’ve tried them all. I was always on the hunt for the next best foot crème to make my feet baby soft, but was often disappointed in the products. Until recently, that is. I discovered Aveda’s Foot Relief, and it is now my foot moisturizer of choice. What makes this product so effective is that it exfoliates as well as softens. So, I use my pumice foot scrubber even less. My feet have never looked better!

So, for the foot freaks out there like me, I thought I’d share my secrets to pretty, peep-toe-shoe perfect feet. Just because it’s boot weather, that doesn’t mean you can’t pamper those tootsies. By the time spring rolls around, you’ll be ready to hit the red carpet in a pair of strappy sandals, eliciting foot envy from all your peers!

Ciao!
Lucie