Get Your Feet Ready For Sandal Season!
By Anne Clarke

Here are some helpful hints for getting your feet ready for summer:

• Go get a pedicure. This is a luxury that all women deserve to have at least once a year (if not once a month). Perhaps you may be embarrassed to have someone else see your feet at such close quarters – do not worry, though. You can take comfort in knowing that they have seen feet worse than yours. In fact, let me give you the number of my pedicurist, and you can know for a fact that she has seen feet that are worse than yours!
  
• Alright, so perhaps you do not have the money for a pedicure. Never fear, here are some other helpful hints. Start out by filling a basin full of warm water. Put in it a dab of your favorite bath oil and two dabs of baking soda. You can also include bath beads if you like. Soak your feet for at least 15 minutes, preferably longer. This will clean and soften your feet (and it is especially useful for softening calluses and corns).
  
• Dry your feet off and then use a skin file. This will help you smooth out those cracked heels. For a little extra help, use a pumice stone. These two tools will help you smooth over all of the rough edges of your feet. A pedicurist will also use a tool that will cut off your calluses for ultra-smooth feet. I, personally, do not recommend this. Yes, your feet will feel great, but if summertime is your playtime, you will regret losing those calluses that you spent so long to build up – your first hike will leave your feet blistered and looking worse than ever!

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