7 Top products for soft and beautiful feet
Make sure that your feet are ready for sandal season after a long winter of hiding in socks.
1. The old-school tool
Pumice stones seem to have always been around and with good reason, too. They are renowned for helping to shed the thick and callused skin on one’s heels and are just so easy to use.
Simply soak the stone in warm water for 5 minutes while you lay in the bath and then rub against rough heels once your skin has softened from the water.
Try the Titania Antibacterial Pumice Sponge or the Clicks Pumice Stone. If you're looking for an eco-friendly option, try the My Earth Natural Pumice Stone.
2. A softening foot mask
Masks are not only for your face – there are wonderful, skin-softening options for your feet too!
Slip Oh So Heavenly Footspa Sole Retreat Pampering Foot Mask Booties, Skin Republic Foot Repair Moisture Intense Foot Mask Booties, or the Clicks Exfoliating Foot Mask onto freshly washed feet and let them get to work.
3. A heavy-duty foot cream
Slather a heavy-duty foot cream on to your feet before you go into bed and pop some socks on to stop the cream from rubbing off.
Try The Body Shop Hemp Foot Protector with fatty acid-rich hemp seed oil for increased skin hydration, Recharge Your Feet Herbal Foot Cream with marigold flower extract to help boost circulation, or Virata Foot Cream if you want some deodorising action.
4. A classic foot scrub
Is there anything more satisfying than the feeling of a grainy foot scrub rubbed over dry and tired feet?
Try Dr. Sole Rough Skin Foot Scrub or get your body scrub to multi-task by using it on your feet while you’re in the shower.
5. A urea-based heel balm
If you struggle with cracked heels, then a urea-based heel balm is your solution. Why? Urea is what’s known as a keratolytic emollient, which means it’s able to break down the intracellular walls of the skin and therefore cause it to loosen.
Try Eulactol Heel Balm with 25% urea, Epi-Max Plus Nourishing Foot Therapy Foot Cream which contains 10% urea, or ISDIN Hydration Ureadin Ultra 20 Anti-Roughness Cream.
6. The at-home spa
A paraffin wax treatment is a soothing heat therapy with the added benefit of softening and smoothing the skin.
Try Sorbet Paraffin Bath or the Beurer MP 70 Paraffin Bath.
7. Epsom salt foot soak
Epsom salt is a trusted go-to when it comes to relieving tried, achy soles.
Add a few handfuls of Dr. Sole Epsom Salt Foot Soak to your bath and let the magnesium sulfate work its magic.
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Products featured in this article
MyEarth
Natural Black Pumice
R 6.00Clicks
Pumice Stone
R 67.99Oh So Heavenly
Sole Retreat Pampering Foot Mask 36ml
R 57.99
Skin Republic
Foot Repair Moisture Intense Foot Mask 1 Pair
R 60.99Clicks
Exfoliating Foot Mask
R 140.00The Body Shop
Hemp Foot Protector 100ml
R 200.00Recharge Your Feet
Diabetic Foot Cream 100ml
R 150.00Virata
Foot Cream 100g
R 79.99Dr.Sole
Rough Skin Foot Scrub 100ml
R 49.99Eulactol
Heel Balm 50ml
R 79.99Epi-Max
Nourishing Foot Therapy Foot Cream 125g
R 79.99
ISDIN
Ureadin Ultra 20 Anti-Roughness Cream 100ml
R183.40Sorbet
Mani-&Pedi-Care Paraffin Bath
R 70.00Beurer
MP 70 Paraffin Bath
R 2,399.00Dr.Sole
Epsom Salt Foot Soak 1kg
R 112.00
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