How to do a pedicure at home

pedicure at home

What you will need:

• Metal nail clipper
  
  
• Nail file or emery board
  
  
• Buffing block
  
  
• Foot file
  
  
• Cuticle pusher
  
  
• A tub for soaking
  
  
• Body scrub or coarse table salt
  
  
• Foot cream
  
  
• Nail polish remover
  
  
• Foam toe separator or paper towels
  
  
• Nail polish: color, base coat, and topcoat

• Trim the toenails with nail clipper, then shape them with nail file or emery board. File by stroking in one direction - don't saw back and forth.
  
  
• Buff with buffing block to remove nail fragments and smooth it all out.
  
  
• Soak feet in warm water for 5 to 10 minutes. For extra softening, add bath oil to the water.
  
  
• Rub salt scrub into feet to soften and exfoliate them.
  
  
• Dry feet and use a foot file to exfoliate further any rough patches - especially heels and the outside edges of the big toes.
  
  
• Push cuticles back using the pusher or a warm cloth; cover feet with foot cream and wrap in a towel for a few minutes while you relax.
  
  
• Clean the nails with polish remover (even if you are wearing no polish, you will need to remove all traces of moisturizing cream from the nails). Separate the toes with a foam separator or pieces of paper towel (cotton balls can leave fibers stuck in your polish, so they are not recommended)
  
  
• Apply a thin layer of base polish. By the time you have finished the last toe, you will be ready to start the first coat of color polish.
  
  
• Apply two coats of color, allowing each coat to dry before adding the next - ideally for 30 minutes or more. Start each nail with a dab of polish in the center, then fan it out in even strokes to the left and right. Get a salon finish by swiping the brush along the tip of each nail to round the edges.
  
  
• Finish with topcoat.