Easy Home Pedicure

 We ladies absolutely love indulging and giving our feet a treat with a
professionally done pedicure in a spa or beauty parlor and tell me don't your feet (tootsie) just
crave all those attention, soak and therapeutic massage showered on them? and after all your 
feet comes out looking prim, kissable, soft and oooohhhhh......la...la...cious!!!.

Wouldn't it be fun to have regular professional spa tended pedicure probably weekly or
bi-monthly?  But every once in a while a chic could be short on finance but still want to flaunt
 a gorgeous feet in that open toes sandal, and trust me when I say though your feet may seem
unassuming, it's a very visible part of your body that people get to notice. You don't want to
leave a wrong impression with a dry chapped, tough, calluse ridden feet or a chipped nail polish.
And what's more you should show some love to your feet for being so down-to-earth picking up all the dust
and dirt after you while carrying your whole body network/frame.

For this process we'll be improvising with the items needed so you don't spend too much but
still get an amazing result similar to when you visit a spa.

Items required for our home-spa pedicure:

uncoated aspirin tablet/baking soda
mint green tea bag
home foot scrub/industrial body scrub
vinegar/disinfectant
pumice stone/foot brush
lemon
nail file
nail cutter
nail buffer
olive oil/almond oil
shea butter/castor oil as nail cream
cuticle pushing stick
towel
basin
nail polish
foot cream/baby lotion.
a pair of stocking
original black soap/foot shampoo

home foot scrub:
In the absence of an industrial foot scrub, make a foot scrub at home, mix 1/2 cup of brown sugar with 1/2 cup of coconut oil,1/2 a lemon  to a body scrub consistency, now you have ready a foot scrub. Mix fresh batch for every use.

steps to getting a great pedicure:
Using cotton soaked with nail polish remover wipe off old nail coat
get a basin of warm water enough to submerge the feet in, add vinegar/disinfectant, drop 2 bags of mint green tea for a soothing effect. Throw in some uncoated aspirin tablets/baking soda
this helps in softening and exfoliating dead skin cells, add a bar of black soap/foot shampoo,
remove black soap once water becomes foamy, now soak feet in the warm water, sit back relax and have fun with a good novel/movie for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, remove foot using the pumice stone/foot brush firmly scrub the calluses and
toughened skin on the heels and underneath the feet. Scrub until the heels and balls of the
feet are smooth to the touch, do same for other foot.

Now slather on some foot scrub mixed with lemon juice on the feet, massage gently the skin on the feet, underneath the feet and corners around the toes. Rinse with cool water and dry with a clean
towel, your entire feet should feel soft and smooth at this point.

Take a part of  olive oil/almond oil mix with some foot lotion/baby lotion, gently and tenderly massage
 the moist feet, toes, heels and underneath the feet, until absorbed by the skin.

Trim toenails with a nail cutter avoid cutting the corners of the nails to avoid ingrown nail
springing out from the sides. Using a nail file, file each nail from left side to middle and right side to
 middle direction to get a shapely nail.
Smoothen the rough edges on the nail surface with a nail buffer, push in the cuticle with a cuticle stick, now gently massage cuticle and nails with shea butter/castor oil, this helps to strengthens the nail from breakage and it also enhances nail growth.

Apply base coat on the nail before nail polish, this prevents nail polish stain, apply first coat of nail polish, leave for few minutes follow with a second coat to prevent untimely nail polish chipping and finally touch up with a transparent gloss coat for a perfect finish.

Sit back one more time and relax for 30 minutes to allow nail polish to dry up before putting on a pair of thick woolen stockings to allow feet soak in the oil and moisture.

Note
This ought to be a leisurely routine so it is more convenient to do this on weekend or your relaxation
period to maximize time.

Pedicure is inevitably necessary particularly during the harsh, cold and dry harmatan or winter season to
protect and keep those feet (tootsie) in tip-top shape. you can observe this weekly and in no time at all you will have a feet (tootsie) to die for.
Your comments, questions and suggestions is highly welcome

Home-made Lightening Facial Mask.

This is a simple easy to prepare Aloe vera facial mask, you don't need to run to the market to buy them,as you're reading now, take a break go and check the backyard, am sure there is one aloe vera plant close to Iya Wura's window that nobody bothered about "snip off a finger" now get honey and
lemon.

Now please don't misunderstand this item combo and think we are trying to make a special kind of tea..."Nope far from that" this items just happen to have amazing beauty benefits and put together they create one of the most amazing DIY beauty solution you will ever know.

Benefits of  Aloe Vera facial mask

1. Aloe Vera:(Hydrates and firms the skin, Aloe Vera detoxifies the skin, Aloe Vera is good for Acne and other skin diseases. this are the benefits of Aloe Vera as it relates to this article for other benefits of Aloe Vera please visit this wonderful article on Aloe Vera written by your Girl Eva on Ebonytalknaija.com


2.  Lemon:Lemon seems to be the most wonderful ingredient in this face mask these are its benefits: Lemon is rich with lighening properties that is why lemon is one of the only natural toners we have out there, lemon is also rich with vitamin C and fades dark spots see here for our article on removing dark patches from you skin.


3. Honey: honey is a natural mosturizer, honey exfoliates and remove dead skin cells from your skin, honey is a natural anti-bacterial, it is very good for acne treatment, honey slows down aging, honey gives a boost to your skin complexion making it glow, it is a natural cleanser and it opens up clogged up pores. Visit here to see more amazing benefits of Honey.


How to prepare the Aloe Vera facial mask.

1. Milk or scoop out the gel from the aloe vera plant, using a knife or just plainly pressing the gel out like your tooth paste into a saucer.

2. Mash the aloe vera to a consistent smooth slippery paste with a spoon or turning stick for eba.

3. Add two spoonful from the lemon( this two spoonful measurement will do for just one finger of the aloe vera plant as long as your kitchen knife) beat it till it mix well into the aloe vera paste.

4. Add three spoonful of pure honey and mix everything together into a smooth paste.

After this you can now start applying the facial mask but abeg wash your face and for the mask you can put it in the refrigerator but it shouldn't get to freezing point and it shouldn,t exceed three days so it is better to prepare the quantity you can exhaust within that time frame, for our naija people wey nor dey get light make una just prepare the one wey una go use at once.

Top Five Skin Benefits of Papaya You Should Know

papaya is a fruit with abundant benefits used by  cosmetological industries in most of their expensive
 lightening and age-renewal skin-care products. The raw papaya gives you this benefits at little or no cost.

Brightens the compexion
One major skin benefits of papaya is its natural skin-bleaching properties with zero short-term or long-term negative side effects
papaya contaains active rejuvenating enzymes that exfoliate your skin to get a glowing skin tone.
its also a great source of vitamin A and papain which are hepful in exfoliation and removal of dead skin cells (dulls the skin)from the surface of the skin to reveal a radiant complexion.on how to prepare and use a papaya skin brightening mixture click here

Reduces acne and pimples
papaya has a skin cleansing quality that helps to rid the skin of impurities and clogged pores(acne trigger)
its loads of vitamin A(anti-oxidant) rids the body of toxic and pollutants when consumed orally.
for acne treatment and prevention it is advised include papaya in your diet.
For acne papaya face pack go here.

Fades skin spots and blemishes

It has natural skin lightening properties, helps to fade away dark spots, sun-burns, and blemishes.
it can also be used to lighten dark elbows, knees and dark knuckles to achieve a uniform skin
tone.

wound-healing
papaya enzymes is found to speed up wound healing process.
The whitish liquid from unripe papaya is anti bacterial helping to combat infections.


Maintains a youthful look
papaya helps to rejuvenate the skin by exfoliating dead skin cells and
regular usage keeps aging at bay.

you may also like: Maintaining a youthful skin using papaya.