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How to give yourself a DIY pedicure at home

<p>Save both time and money by learning how to do your own pedicure at home. Taking extra special care of your feet will mean you can walk comfortably and with an extra spring in your step.</p> <p><strong>Feet first</strong><br />Our feet have been working hard for us for many years now and require regular servicing to keep them in good working order. Attend to your feet every two or three weeks.</p> <p>1. Use a corn plane on calluses and corns. Take care with the first few sweeps when the blade is new and very sharp. Feet must be dry and skin ‘crispy’. Use a new blade every time you perform this procedure.</p> <p>2. Corn and callus plasters are useful if the corn plane is difficult to use. Follow the instructions and repeat the process for stubborn corns and calluses.</p> <p>3. If your feet are aching or sore or tired, soak in hot water and a foot soak lotion for twenty or thirty minutes.</p> <p>4. Always take care each day to wash and dry thoroughly between your toes to prevent inflammation.</p> <p>5. Try arch supports or custom-made orthotics if you have flat feet.</p> <p>6. Visit the podiatrist if you have difficulty managing your feet yourself.</p> <p>7. The foot milk solution (available from pharmacies), which causes dry skin and callus to peel off, is effective and worth using.</p> <p><strong>Top tip:</strong> Try to arrange for your pharmacy to order 20 or 30 packets of corn plane blades for you to stockpile as they are not always easy to find.</p> <p><strong>Step-by-step home pedicure</strong></p> <p>1. Soak your feet in warm soapy water for about twenty minutes, topping up with extra hot water from a nearby jug. Bliss!</p> <p>2. Adjust a chair under your strong lamp to shine on your toes whilst performing the pedicure.</p> <p>3. Dry your feet quickly and whilst the nails are softened, trim and cut away any dry and dead skin, especially around the little toes. Expose all the little toenail. You may need a bandaid on your little toes for 24 hours or so.</p> <p>4. File down any thick toenails with a nail file, or take off a layer of thick toenail with your callus cutter. Be careful.</p> <p>5. Take off sharp, pointed edges of nails with scissors and pull off thick side cuticles with tweezers.</p> <p>6. Clean all around your nails with an orange stick.</p> <p>7. Apply a base coat of clear nail polish, then two coats of colour, counting to 60 between coats. Freeze-dry with baby oil. If you go over the edge onto your skin don’t worry, it will wear off quickly.</p> <p><strong>Top tip:</strong> Time your pedicure for evening so that you don’t have to put on shoes before the nail polish has cured. It is not necessary to paint your toenails during winter, but do have a pedicure either at home or in a salon every two or three weeks to keep your feet and nails in good shape.</p> <p><em>Written by Margaret Woodberry. Republished with permission of <a href="https://www.wyza.com.au/articles/lifestyle/wyza-life/how-to-give-yourself-a-pedicure-at-home.aspx">Wyza.com.au.</a></em></p>

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How to give yourself a pedicure at home

<p>Save both time and money by learning how to do your own pedicure at home. Taking extra special care of your feet will mean you can walk comfortably and with an extra spring in your step.</p> <p><strong>Feet first</strong></p> <p>Our feet have been working hard for us for many years now and require regular servicing to keep them in good working order. Attend to your feet every two or three weeks.</p> <ol> <li>Use a corn plane on calluses and corns. Take care with the first few sweeps when the blade is new and very sharp. Feet must be dry and skin ‘crispy’. Use a new blade every time you perform this procedure.</li> <li>Corn and callus plasters are useful if the corn plane is difficult to use. Follow the instructions and repeat the process for stubborn corns and calluses.</li> <li>If your feet are aching or sore or tired, soak in hot water and a foot soak lotion for twenty or thirty minutes.</li> <li>Always take care each day to wash and dry thoroughly between your toes to prevent inflammation.</li> <li>Try arch supports or custom-made orthotics if you have flat feet.</li> <li>Visit the podiatrist if you have difficulty managing your feet yourself.</li> <li>The foot milk solution (available from pharmacies), which causes dry skin and callus to peel off, is effective and worth using.</li> </ol> <p><strong>Top tip:</strong> Try to arrange for your pharmacy to order 20 or 30 packets of corn plane blades for you to stockpile as they are not always easy to find.</p> <p><strong>Step-by-step home pedicure</strong></p> <ol> <li>Soak your feet in warm soapy water for about twenty minutes, topping up with extra hot water from a nearby jug. Bliss!</li> <li>Adjust a chair under your strong lamp to shine on your toes whilst performing the pedicure.</li> <li>Dry your feet quickly and whilst the nails are softened, trim and cut away any dry and dead skin, especially around the little toes. Expose all the little toenail. You may need a bandaid on your little toes for 24 hours or so.</li> <li>File down any thick toenails with a nail file, or take off a layer of thick toenail with your callus cutter. Be careful.</li> <li>Take off sharp, pointed edges of nails with scissors and pull off thick side cuticles with tweezers.</li> <li>Clean all around your nails with an orange stick.</li> <li>Apply a base coat of clear nail polish, then two coats of colour, counting to 60 between coats. Freeze-dry with baby oil. If you go over the edge onto your skin don’t worry, it will wear off quickly.</li> </ol> <p><strong>Top tip:</strong> Time your pedicure for evening so that you don’t have to put on shoes before the nail polish has cured. It is not necessary to paint your toenails during winter but do have a pedicure either at home or in a salon every two or three weeks to keep your feet and nails in good shape.</p> <p>What are your favourite beauty tips? Let us know in the comments below.</p> <p><em>Written by Margaret Woodberry. Republished with permission of </em><a href="https://www.wyza.com.au/articles/lifestyle/wyza-life/how-to-give-yourself-a-pedicure-at-home.aspx"><em>Wyza</em></a><em>.</em></p>

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Passenger's “disgusting” pedicure on flight caught on camera

<p>If you think you’ve dealt with awful plane passengers then think again, because it can’t get any worse than this. A passenger has become a viral sensation on social media after footage of her cutting her toenails was released.</p> <p>The woman was caught giving herself a mid-air pedicure and is now being shamed for it through an Instagram account called Passenger Shaming.</p> <p>The account, which is dedicated to exposing terrible passengers, shared the video of the lady buffing her soles with a foot file and trimming her toenails.</p> <p>She also has zero remorse, as she makes no attempt to hide her stomach-churning behaviour.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BorS94EB5RY/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BorS94EB5RY/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank">PEDICURES ON PLANES! #happymonday ✈️👣🔪🤷🏼‍♀️😂 #DEADFLYINGSKINFORTHEWIN #passengershaming #flyingfeet #hatchetman • • • #NOPE #instagramaviation #airplaneetiquette #frequentflyer #crewlife #aviation #cabincrew #avgeek #cabincrewlife #flightattendant #flightattendantlife #stewardess #flightattendantproblems #travel #flightattendants #instapassport #aviationgeek #FAlife #airtravel #travelgram #traveltips #pilot #pilotlife #travelling #frequentflier</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/passengershaming/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank"> Passenger Shaming</a> (@passengershaming) on Oct 8, 2018 at 8:06am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Having now been viewed close to 150,000 times, users from all over the world have left their opinions in the comments, and none of them sympathise with the woman in the video.</p> <p>“How [are you] even allowed to do that! Disgusting and I would have raised hell if I were sitting next to her. YUCK!!,” one user wrote.</p> <p>“Are you ****ing kidding me???? I am seriously losing all hope in humanity,” said another.</p> <p>Many wanted to see the woman banned off future flights or be forced to sit with the cargo next time.</p> <p>Do you think this passenger's behaviour is unacceptable? Let us know in the comments below</p>

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Warning against pedicures after woman almost loses leg

<p>A woman in America has warned of the dangers of getting a pedicure at a nail salon after almost losing her leg.</p> <p>Tracy Lynn Martinez suffered a serious infection in her foot and leg after indulging in a pedicure at a local salon, which she claims was caused by a callus cutter.</p> <p>"I just wanted to share my story to save someone from going [through] what I'm going through or even death," Martinez wrote on Facebook.</p> <p>Martinez believed the "grade A salon" in Winston Salem to be very clean.</p> <p>"The whirlpool baths have the disposable bags, and they bring the new fresh tools in a new bag," she said in her Facebook post, "but also bring a nice bacteria infected callus cutter too."</p> <p>Martinez visited the nail salon on June 22 for her pedicure and the next day, was suffering nauseousness, chills and vomiting. She attempted to sleep off the symptoms of what she thought was the beginning of a cold, but by June 24 – just two days after the pedicure – she had no strength, lack of balance and her leg had swollen to a huge size.</p> <p>She continued explaining on her post on Facebook, "I am [in an] ambulance to the Emergency Room to find out [if] I am toxic and have a serious case of cellulitis caused by a strep infection in my blood stream caused by the scrapes on the outside of my heel from the callus cutter."</p> <p>Martinez added, "I have been through hell, pain, shock, all of it.... But I want to raise awareness. Say NO to the callus cutters/shavers."</p> <p>The 35-year-old has since discovered that callus cutters are not permitted in nail salons in North Carolina, writing, "There is no way to properly disinfect this tool to continually [use] on people. I no longer recommend pedicures but definitely say NO to these callus shavers if you do go!"</p> <p>She is still recovering from the infection after a two-week stint in hospital and is required to take medication for the next 3 months. Martinez explained that she will also have to wear compression stockings for the rest of her life, to protect herself from another infection, as well as take a separate medication for life.</p> <p>"Every day was a new chapter of what was going to happen to my leg. Was I going to lose my leg? Was I going to lose my life?" Martinez shared.</p> <p>Do you regularly get pedicures at nail salons? Tell us in the comments below.</p>

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Natural DIY pedicure that will leave your feet smoother than ever

<p>After a lifetime of walking, running, unsupportive shoes and punishing high-heels, your feet aren’t quite the way they were in your 20s. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t get them feeling soft, smooth and ready to take on the world. Over60 spoke to anti-ageing expert Judy Mills from <a href="https://lifecellaustralia.com.au/about/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Life Cell Australia</span></strong></a> about what you can do at home to get your feet looking – and feeling – better than ever.</p> <p>“As we age, our feet become dryer and bear the brunt of decades of standing up and walking,” she explains. “Skin is less elastic and tears more easily. The combination of dry, less flexible skin can cause cracks, resulting in callouses, bunions, and spurs.”</p> <p>For an easy, natural solution that smells as good as it makes you feel, Judy recommends a DIY coffee or sugar scrub.</p> <p>“Mix coffee grounds (or sugar) with a little bit of coconut or olive oil to create a homemade exfoliator. Rub the product onto your feet gently, allow it to sit for a couple of minutes, and then rinse. You're now ready to apply an oil, cream, or balm. Spend a minute rubbing in your chosen oil every evening for a few weeks.”</p> <p>Once you’ve used the homemade scrub, there are a number of kitchen staples and store-bought remedies free from nasty chemicals that you can use to nourish and moisturise your feet.</p> <p>“Olive, avocado, and coconut oil are very effective moisturisers thanks to their high fatty acid content,” Judy reveals. “With regular use, they can definitely improve the look and feel of your feet. If you'd rather not use a cooking product, you can also try Earth's Best Non-Petroleum Jelly. It's similar to Vaseline, but, as the name suggests, without the petroleum.”</p> <p>What tips do you have for other members of the Over60 community looking to revitalise their feet? Share them with us in the comment section below.</p>

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How to do a natural pedicure at home

<p>From saving money to knowing exactly what’s in the products used during a pedicure, the benefits of a natural pedicure at home are vast.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">You will need:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li>Pumice stone</li> <li>Nail brush</li> <li>Loofah</li> <li>File</li> <li>Nail cleaner</li> <li>Cuticle pusher</li> <li>Moisturiser</li> <li>Nail cutter</li> <li>1 tbsp. Lemon juice</li> <li>1 tbsp. vinegar</li> <li>Herbal shampoo</li> <li>Lemon slices</li> <li>A tub of hot water</li> <li>Marigold flowers</li> <li>Honey</li> <li>Towels</li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">How to:</span></strong></p> <ol> <li>Are you already wearing nail polish you need to take off? Take the vinegar and lemon juice and blend them together well. You can use this instead of acetone. </li> <li>Massage a little cream or honey on the nails and dip into a tub of hot soapy water to which you have added some fresh lemon slices and marigold petals.</li> <li>Once the nails and skins have softened, clean the nails with the help of the brush, and use a pumice stone to dislodge dead skin on the heels. Pat dry and clean the nails with a cleaner and cuticle pusher.</li> <li>Rub the lemon slices on the skin to remove tan and use a towel to pat dry.</li> <li>Use the loofah to smooth out dead skin and mix two tablespoons each of honey and cream and massage well into the skin. Wipe off with hot towels and you are done!</li> </ol> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/06/beauty-foods-for-skin-and-hair/"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">10 beauty foods for skin and hair</span></strong></em></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/03/a-brief-history-of-nails/"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A brief history of nails</span></strong></em></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/01/reasons-your-nails-keep-breaking/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">6 reasons your nails keep breaking</span></em></strong></a></p>

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