Please come and talk to me about PEDICURES

[yorkshirepudding]

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depends where you go

a chiropodist will attack your feet with tools and knives and things and they will look like someone else's feet afterwards. No painting.

If you go to a beauty salon they won't do anything you can't do at home with a pumice stone and some vaseline

manicure for feet, and leg (up to knee) massage.

soak feet, get rid of hard skin, massage and then do the nails. lasts about one hour. i had one for my birthday last june - felt very indulgent and relaxing.

having said that, i'm confident that i can make my feet just as presentable using home-techniques! there are some great threads on mn about how to do your own pedicures.

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If you go to a chiropodist it will be like Mrs Badger says, though I find they cut my nails a bit to short for my liking. A beautician will not give such results and for maintenance is prob fine, but if it high maintenance your feet need then its the chiropodist you need. Its also cheaper. My local Scholl place charges £20 for a good foot going over and its money well spent, especially this time of year.

I had one this morning:

Cut nails
File nails
Soften cuticles
Cut cuticles
Buff nails
Exfoliate feet and lower legs
Buff dead skin on soles of feet
Massage feet and lower legs
Put in paraffin wax
Peel off wax
Basecoat, polish, top coat and dry!

Was lovely!

Im a beauty therapist and a pedicure consists of all that missingmyheels said.Some salons do extra bits like a foot mask.If you have the extra cash would recommend one as yes you can do it all yourself but its so much nicer and more relaxing when someone else does it.Top tip take flip flops so polish doesnt smudge in shoes afterwards and when booking make sure they have no objection to you sitting for a few minutes in treatment room/reception while your toes dry they shouldnt do.Most of my clients say they feel like they are walking on air afterwards.

ah this is the salient point

beauty salon pedicures are lovely and relaxing and a fun way to spend an hour or two

but chiropodist ones mean you leave with about a kilo of dead grey skin in their waste bucket rather than on your hooves
you will be horrified

That is true MrsBadger some salons wont remove hard skin like a chiropodist although some do.I for one would never send a client out with beautifully painted nails but a load of dry/dead skin on heels but a lot of salons do.

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I'm sure a salon one will be lovely

Ah bluebell, you've just reminded me how lovely they are and I've just booked my first one of the season!

Yorkshirepudding they will basically tidy your cuticles by clipping away any dead cutcle bits so you wont feel anything.Salons can only use a foot file or a slightly harsher version of one depending on the hard skin as we arent chiropodists so arent licensed to use tools they do.None of the parts of a pedicure will hurt.We put your feet in paraffin wax

Im glad happystory i think everyone should make an effort with their feet after all they carry our bodies round all day and arent the nicest part of our bodies so need some attention.Lots of people are put off pedicures as they are worried at someone else touching or seeing their feet but we dont care thats the job to make people lok better and relax them.

my feet are way too ticklish for one.

i also worry about infections from the equipment.

i do them at home.

Expat is right you do have to be careful when choosing a salon especially with hygiene as im afraid to say that now you dont even need any formal qualifications to open a salon.But you can ask to see certificates including health and safety though many salons have them displayed.Gosh you wouldnt think im a therapist i hope i havent put you off yorkshirepudding.Honestly just book one you wont regret it.

Of all beauty treatments, a pedicure is my favourite. Your feet feel lovely, you feel relaxed, and they look lovely. And the varnish lasts way longer than a manicure.

Unless you have loads of dead skin/manky feet, then you don't need a chiropodist, but in some places you can get a medipedi where a chirpodist will do all their bit, then your feet are made beautiful.

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that's true, Cali. it is so cheap over there.

not so here, though.

Pedicures can be £40 or so. In my view a rip off, however I try and get one a couple of times a year as they do trim your nails and paint them afterwards. Once they are neat and trimmed I find painting them myself no problem but be warned - they take 2-3 hours to dry...