Feet care

During the day our legs are under extreme pressure - they have to bear the weight of not only our body, but all the other things that we carry with us. As a result, the legs are very tired and swollen. To help prevent these unpleasant consequences, thorough and timely foot care can be done. It takes time and effort. Let's figure out how to look after your feet?

The procedure for daily foot care necessarily includes washing, gymnastics, massage and the use of moisturizing (nutritious) remedies. It is especially important to pay attention to the skin of the feet. To keep clean feet should be washed daily with water at room temperature with soap. In the process of washing, it is necessary to wipe the coarse, dry skin with pumice, mainly in the area of the sole and heels. Then it should be carefully wiped with a dry, clean towel. In the end, you need to apply moisturizing or nutritious means to care for your feet.

In addition, foot care includes a procedure such as a pedicure, which is required at least once a month. This process involves cutting or cutting off normal, ingrown, thickened, deformed, uneven nails, and also removing calluses on the soles of the feet and fingers.

Nails are trimmed in such a way that their free edge has a clear, straight line. After that, a nail file is given to them, slightly rounded in corners. It is necessary to carry out this procedure very carefully, as excessive filing can lead to ingrown nails and traumatizing the skin.

Also, caring for your feet involves a careful selection of the right shoes, because they have to endure the vagaries of the changing fashion - today we go on high heels, and tomorrow - on the platform. Therefore, it is very important to buy shoes with heels on the order of 3-4 cm, and at least occasionally walk in such shoes - due to this, blood circulation will significantly improve, which means that the overall condition of the legs.

Well, the last - care for your feet can not do without the use of various trays.

Foot baths

1. 1-2 tsp Of drinking soda dissolve in one liter of water, add 1 tbsp. Soap cream or shavings, whip with soap foam. Immerse your feet in the basin. Raspirivshiesya feet cleaned from rough skin in circular motions, using pumice.
2. A handful of salt and 1 tbsp. Drink the soda in 3 liters of water at room temperature. Apply this bath similarly to the above.
3. 2 tablespoons Mixtures of flaxseed, chamomile and pine needles pour 1 liter of boiling water. Insist 30 minutes and use the same as the previous ones.
4. Eliminate the fatigue of the legs perfectly help contrast baths - hot (about 5 minutes), cold (about 10 minutes). It is advisable to add salt and infusions of herbs to water: 2 tablespoons. Needles of spruce and salt for the general normalization of blood circulation; Chamomile, flaxseed, nettle, pine needles - with inflammatory processes; 1 tbsp. L. Salt and 50 gr. Lime-colored - with fatigue and swelling.

After applying the foot bath it is necessary to wipe dry with a clean, soft cloth and apply a moisturizing cream, starting from the fingertips and moving higher. After this, it is recommended to do a light foot massage. It should be noted that it is contraindicated for women suffering from vein dilatation or thrombosis.

Foot massage

Thanks to regular massage, the skin on the legs remains smooth and elastic for a long time. It is necessary to take two dry brushes with medium-stiff bristles, and simultaneously rub their legs with circular, confident movements - from the feet, moving higher to the hips. Massage should be done until the skin does not turn red. In conclusion, you need to use a moisturizing or nutritious body cream.

Thanks to the regular holding of these simple procedures, each woman will become the owner of beautiful legs that attract the attention of all those around her.