Working from home can be stressful and exhausting. Especially when you don’t have any medium of stress-release, considering salons and spas are closed. Time calls taking matters into your own hand and giving yourself some well-deserved self-care treatment. One of the most satisfying self-care rituals is getting a pedicure. Yet, nothing to worry about, you can certainly give yourself an at-home pedicure.
Steps To Follow For A Pedicure At Home:
Sitting at home, with the right tools, you can give yourself a present with soft, healthy, and glowing feet in a matter of minutes. We at Beauty Tips By Nim will walk you a step-by-step guide on how to do a pedicure by yourself at the luxury of your home.
1. Remove Whatever Paint is On Your Foot Nails:
Use the nail polish remover to remove nail polish, that is painted on/remained since the last time you painted your nails. If your start is not good, results will not come out as desired.
Take a cotton ball or cotton pad, pour nail polish remover liquid on them, and rub your old nail polish off from your last pedicure. Rub cuticle serum/oil if, after your dark nail paint removal, yellow traces are left.
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2. Clean Your Foot Nails:
Our feet can get pretty gross, and cleaning them is necessary to avoid the growth of infections and fungus. If you want to experience a spa-like feel, grab an aromatic candle and light it by your side. To make the process of an at-home pedicure more relaxing and calming, add epsom salt in the water for best results. Remember to use lukewarm/warm for this procedure.
3. Clip And File Your Nails:
Shaping your nails is important to make your later results after pedicure look more charming to the eye. Furthermore, clip and file your nails to decrease the chances of fungus and dirt growing in your foot nails.
Use a nail cutter to cut your overgrown nails first. Use the foot file to shape your foot nails in your desired shape; oval, square, pointed, or squoval. Take your time with this step, and shape the nails in the best way you can.
You can go ahead and turn on your favorite series or youtube video, while you file your nails to make the process entertaining.
4. Remove Dead Skin Cells:
Remove dead skin to bring out clear feet using a pumice stone, especially around the soles and sides of feet. Do not scrub your feet till raw, work the pumice stone in a back and forth motion. Use the buffer to smoothen the surface of the nail. Remember to be gentle and not overdo it.
You can apply a cuticle cream/oil before removing your dead skin cells, as the cream will help get the dead skin off quicker and leave your feet moisturized. You can use a foot scrub later to make the process more extensive. It makes your feet a more clean and hygienic place to work on.
Push back the cuticle of your toenails using a cuticle remover and apply a cuticle oil later. You can use Nimify Beauty Cuticle Oil which is 100% natural, promotes nail growth, and provides strength to your nails and cuticle.
5. Moisturization and Basecoat:
Moisturize your feet with feet lotion or body lotion. You can use a blend of coconut oil and olive oil too if you do not have body/feet lotion within reach.
Apply your nail basecoat as you would apply nail polish, in even layers. Basecoat ensures that your nail polish doesn’t streak on the nail surface. Base Coat polish comes in transparent and neutral shades. The choice is yours on which shade to choose. Take this into consideration while planning to do a pedicure at home.
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6. Apply Nail Polish and Top It Up With A Shinier Coating:
Apply any nail polish of your choice. You can decide nail polish color based on the outfit of the day, season, if a nail shade or nail paint set is on sale, or you can choose between the available colors you have.
Apply it even layers. If the nail paint shade is light, you can apply 2-3 coatings. Be careful, and keep the lip of the nail paint you are using closed to prevent it from drying too quickly. Don’t be worried if the nail paint goes out of the boundary. Dip a cotton bud in nail polish remover and gently remove the paint.
To make your nail paint last longer and keep it shined, apply a layer of topcoat onto the nail after you are done with nail polish. Topcoat is a transparent liquid like basecoat which will give your nail paint a glossy finish. And you are done! Reapply moisturizer or oil, whichever you prefer to finish off the relaxing self-care routine of a pedicure.
What Are The Tools You Need To Do A Pedicure At Home?
- Nail-Polish Remover
- Foot File
- Cuticle Pusher/Remover
- Nail Buffer
- Base Coat
- Nail Polish
- Clean-Up Brush
- Clear Topcoat
- Cuticle Serum (Our Pick: Nimify Beauty Cuticle Oil)
- Pumice Stone
- Epsom Salt
- Foot Scrub
Tips on How To Do Pedicure At Home:
- You can try your hand at different nail arts too. Remember to exfoliate your feet and give yourself a foot massage with a pumice stone, foot scrub, foot lotion/oil, and warm water, at least twice a week while taking a bath.
- You can use a lemon or sugar scrub too for your feet if you don’t have a readymade foot scrub. You can substitute lemon juice for Epsom salt while soaking your feet. Remember to use a whole lemon and dry your feet with a towel later.
- Giving yourself a pedicure after every three months is ideal. If you see any distinct changes in color, and/or experience severe pain in the sides of your toenails, consult a doctor for the same. It is preferred if you keep your nails free of nail polish time-to-time, to allow them to breathe.
- Do not give yourself a pedicure if you’re recovering from an injury or wound in your legs or feet. Allow it to heal properly before proceeding with this self-care at-home pedicure routine. Wait for at least half a day before wearing socks on your feet after getting a pedicure.
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FAQs on Pedicure At Home:
Why is it necessary to clean your foot nails?
Our feet can get pretty gross, and cleaning them is must to avoid the growth of infections and fungus.
How to moisturize foot nails?
You can use a blend of coconut oil and olive oil if you do not have body lotion readily available. You can also use Nimify Beauty Cuticle Oil which is 100% natural, promotes nail growth, and provides strength to your nails and cuticle.
When often should we do pedicure at home?
Giving yourself a pedicure after every three months is ideal.
