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Pedicures should be done often, especially in the summer when sandals and flip flops are worn. The pedicure need not be as extensive as the manicure, but the procedure is similar. It should be done every three to four weeks.
Both the pedicure and the manicure can be easily done at home. Treat yourself to a professional manicure or pedicure at a salon on special occasions or request one for your birthday or as a Christmas gift.
- Remove old polish and trim water-softened toenails with clippers, leaving the nail edges squared.
- File rough edges no closer than one-eighth inch from the sides. This helps discourage ingrown nails.
- Soak your feet in warm soapy water. Soak one foot at a time, using a good bristle brush to scrub them.
- Scrub toenails only with a brush to remove any cream.
- Massage cuticle cream around the cuticles gently ease them back with an orange stick wrapped in cotton.
- Trim off any rough or excess cuticle, but be careful to trim only the excess or you'll make the area around it sore.
- Pumice your heels with a wet pumice stone. Work pumice around heel and on sole of each foot. Pumice lightly everyday as a part of your bath routine. A smaller, finer grained one is good for toes.
- Apply a lotion to your feet and legs.
- Polish separate toes to keep polish from smearing, use a professional sponge separator, cotton balls between each toe, or fold a tissue into a strip and weave it between toes.
- Apply polish--base coat, two color coats and a top coat.
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