5 Homemade Beauty Treatments For Your Feet

Usually, when we wash our body we take extra care to clean our hair, face, and other areas of our body. We may even by special products just so our hair is silky smooth and our face is spotless, but what about our feet? Unfortunately, our poor feet are often very neglected - we spend so much time taking care of our face and body but our feet often tend to be completely forgotten.

Since we often neglect taking care of our feet, the skin on the feet could be dry, cracked, rough and sore and in desperate need of a bit of love and attention. Though you may not know it, washing your feet every day and taking care of them is actually very important. If you don't take proper care of your feet, you'll end up with dry and cracked feet.

Dry, cracked feet are not sexy. Although dry feet often tends to be a summer problem, some people are stuck with dry feet and tootsies all year round. Nourish feet with a selection of homemade beauty treatments and learn how to make them with the tips below.

Learn how to avoid cracked skin - and improve the overall condition of your feet with these tips and five clever homemade beauty treatments to nourish and soothe your tired tootsies. 

Why So Dry?

As you look down to your extremely dry feet, you may be wondering, why are they so dry? Well, conditions like diabetes, believe it or not, can actually have a huge effect on the condition and well-being of your feet. Standing for too long, standing with bare feet on hard or tiled floors and even just wearing sandals with an open back can all cause cracked, dry heels and sore feet. If you're an athlete or even just someone who walk their dogs regularly, you might also notice that your feet are very dry and sore due to being on your feet all the time, but luckily for you, there are a few lifestyle changes that you can quite easily implement into your life to improve the condition of the skin from the inside out.

And if these lifestyle tips don't end up working for you? Not to worry - we've put together a list of five brilliant homemade beauty treatments that'll really nourish and treat your dry and cracked feet.

Be Nice To Your Feet

This may sound really obvious to you, but for soft, smooth and lovely feet, you need to be nice to them!

Wear soft, breathable cotton socks as these will allow sweat to evaporate off, preventing irritation caused by dried sweat, and choose comfortable, supportive, closed shoes that'll support your feet when walking and standing. If you regularly go running, don't forget - wear running shoes!

Hard Skin Vs. Dead Skin

The reason that feet are often a little dry, cracked and unkempt-looking is due to a build-up of excess dead skin.Because we're constantly on our feet, they take a bit of a battering.

 Sometimes, though, the hardened skin can become too hard and will need to be treated. Dead skin, on the other hand, which is often white in color, should be removed - and luckily, it's really easy to do so.

5 Homemade Beauty Treatments For Feet

Hard skin needs to be filed away as gently as possible with a fine grit foot file. Use vigorous strokes but be really careful to avoid areas of healthy skin. Once you've filed the hard skin down, nourish with a urea moisturizer - urea is a bit of a magnet for moisture and if you apply it every day, your skin will be softer and much more supple.

Epsom Soak

Epsom salts are a sedative for the nervous system, and when magnesium sulfate (what Epsom salts are made of) is absorbed through the skin when you take a bath or soak your feet, it works to draw out toxins from the body, relaxing muscles and reducing swelling. It's also a great exfoliator and will work to soften and smooth your feet. Putting the salts into a foot soak is a brilliant way to prepare your feet for moisturizer.

Sugar Scrub

Most oils are nourishing, but you'll also find that almond oil, olive oil and coconut oil are particularly nourishing, as they're plant-based. For scent, you could add a couple of drops of essential oils. Soak feet in a combination of warm water and feet (milk is wonderfully nourishing) for around 10 minutes to soften and loosen dry skin. Massage the scrub onto feet in circular motions, then rinse off. Apply a moisturizer to nourish feet further.

Tea Tree and Mint Scrub

Sterilize a jar and fill in 2/4 of the way with sea salt. Cover the sea salt with a carrier oil, such as almond, coconut or olive oil until it sits a few mm about the top of the salt. Add 6 drops each of tea tree essential oil and mint essential oil and stir well. To use, gently massage into feet and toes in a circular motion after soaking feet in warm water. Rinse off, pat dry and moisturize.

Honey and Buttermilk Mask

Honey is incredibly nourishing and is perfect for using on feet it contains hundreds of vitamins and minerals as well as a number of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. It's also moisturizing, making it a great addition to any homemade beauty treatment for feet.

Leave the mask on for an hour or so, then soak your feet in warm water to dissolve it.

Strawberry and Vitamin E Mask

Mash two strawberries and add a broken vitamin E capsule, along with 5 tbsp. coconut oil, 1 tbsp. olive oil and a few drops of mint or tea tree essential oil. Massage into feet, cover with socks and leave on overnight. In the morning, you'll have silky soft skin!