to want to tell people to cover up their cracked heels and acres of hard yellowing skin?

[mrsmerryweather]

now that we have all gone tightless and sockless....

it is just revolting when you see a made-up woman then get to her feet and see acres of white/yellow/grey hard skin on her heels.

Have they never heard of footfiles and foot cream?

That's interesting brightongirl...I have a friend in Sydney and she's had more beauty procedures than I've had hot dinners.

I was under the illusion that the sea swept surf girl look was in.

mrsmerryweather, I shower every day and wear deodorant because I don't particularly like smelling my own stale sweat.

Nevertheless, what other people think of me and my personal hygiene/grooming standards is, frankly, none of my business.

snorbs- what if they all gave you a body swerve if you happened to be indifferent to the smell of your own sweat? Would you feel any socail responsibility to stay fragrant?

I do my feet 'cos I don't like the look of them if they are uncared for, and neither do I want to inflict that horrible sight on anyone else.

snorbs
you look ropey
sort it aaaaaht

mrsmaidamess - the sea swept surf girl look takes hours to perfect

mrsmerryweather, re your frankly unrealistic hypothetical situation: I have no idea.

However, if I ever do lose my sense of smell, and if I then subsequently decide never to shower or use deodorant, and if I then go on to notice people avoiding me while holding their noses, rest assured that I'll report back.

Is it different for blokes though? Afterall I'm sure they would have to do less to keep up to the average persons standards

snorbsre your frankly unrealistic hypothetical situation: I have no idea.

LOL_ you think that's unrealistic! Have you ever sat on a plane, train, tube and realised the person next to you has never heard of soap and water or deodorant?

It's quite realistic thanks, as is the fact that people cannot smell their own sweat themselves very well.

mrsmerryweather, sorry, you've confused me know - are you asking what I would do, or are you asking me to answer for random other people on public transport?

bollocks with all the bold

know - now, of course

Snorbs you have confused yourself arf

YANBU. If people cannot be bothered to take proper care of themselves could they at least have the common courtesy not to expose their revolting ill-kempt body parts to the ROW.

snorbs- I will keep it very simple as you are a man .

Are you asking if it is unrealistic that YOU would ever go around smelling of BO, or that other people do?

I can't answer the former as I don't know you ( but you seem to think you smell ok so I'll take your word for that), but if it's the latter then the answer is yes.

What I was asking is- do we have a social responsibility to keep ourselves clean and fragrant not simply for our selves but for other people with whom we mingle? And what is your take on that?

I wondered where you were BA- I expect in France everyone is groomed to the hilt? Jolly good thing too, imo.

Where I live in Paris, yes, people are pretty groomed - overgroomed, even! But overgroomed is less horrible than not enough.

lol

I am vair disappointed that babelfish translates ungroomed as ungroomed in French

I was at a party today and there were far too many elderly women (70+) in décolleté dresses and bare legs. Parisian women of a certain âge are generally well cared for (quite a lot of face lifts in evidence too) but my God they have no shame about showing off their crepey, excessively sun-damaged body skin. Which I think is yuck!

mal entretenu(e)^

tsarcharm buy the foot exfoliating creams they get rid of hard skin, then use a cream.

creams dont do it coco
you is deluded

mais zut! your italiques ne functionnent pas!

I can't help having perfect feet to start with.

[deluded]

You can get rid of the dead skin painlessly and easily by soaking in the bath for about an hour until your skin is really soft and then rubbing at it with one of those white synthetic "pumice stones" from Boots. Totally painless and very effective.

Flexitol after bath.

Repeat all week and hey presto problem solved.