Your feet carry you everywhere but chances are you have been neglecting to take care of them.
Because feet are usually hidden in socks and shoes, especially in winter, many people starve them of the love they deserve.
Put your best foot forward
A good place to start is to include your feet in your skincare routine. Gently exfoliate them with a foot scrub to avoid skin build-up. If your feet are dry and cracked, moisturise daily with products that contain glycerine or petroleum jelly. This will leave them feeling soft and hydrated.
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Remedies from your kitchen
1. Soak feet in bicarbonate of soda to help with blood circulation and use petroleum jelly to lock in moisture.
2. Make a foot scrub for exfoliation by combining sugar, coconut oil and honey. Put it on your feet, leave for 10 to 1 5 minutes, rinse and apply petroleum jelly.
3. Soak your feet in a bowl containing olive oil, a relaxing essential oil and Epsom salts for 10 minutes, then pat dry. Remove dead skin cells using a pumice stone.
Be hands on
They are the most hardworking parts of our bodies, yet we tend to neglect them. Give your hands some TLC.
The cold weather and central heating will remove moisture from the delicate skin of our hands, resulting in them becoming rough, dry and itchy.
But don’t stress: your hands can go back to being beautiful and soft if you use the right products.
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Remedies from your kitchen
1. For smooth, healthy-looking hands, mix olive oil and two teaspoons of sugar. Rub your hands together with the oil mixture, front and back, then rinse them with warm water, and moisturise. Your hands will be exfoliated and feel soft.
2. TwelveBeauty founder and pharmacist Pedro Catala suggests that you soak your hands in a bowl of milk for five minutes if they are chapped, irrespective of the temperature of the milk.
“The secret here is the whey proteins, which are highly restorative,” says Catala.
3. Washing your hands in oatmeal may sound extravagant but it will leave your hands feeling soft and smooth
This article first appeared in the TRUELOVE 2021 June/July issue.
