Her go-to is a foot butter stick that can quickly be slicked on heels without leaving them slippery.Ĭlean up your cuticles: Just like you have to be careful when buffing off calluses, you also want to go easy on your cuticles. “In the summertime, make sure to use a moisturizer that’s not too greasy, especially if you’re wearing sandals, because you don’t want to be sliding in your shoes,” says the pro. Either way, you want to follow up your scrub with a good rinse and some lotion. For something a little lighter, do it while you’re in the shower. For heavy-duty buffing, apply the product to dry feet. Colley likes using a salt or sugar body scrub to get rid of any dry skin. Start scrubbing: You’ve taken care of calluses, now it’s time to get the rest of your feet feeling silky smooth. “You’ll want to wear socks even around the house.” ![]() “I would do that now versus in the summer when you’re outside wearing open-toe shoes,” she cautions. “They’re the grossest but coolest thing!” Colley says of the subsequent skin shedding. Another safe way to get softer feet is to use peel masks. “It’s a protection, like padding in the places where you put the most weight when you walk.” Removing too much could lead to even thicker calluses because the skin will be working overtime to rebuild itself. “Calluses are there for a reason,” she says. You also want to avoid anything that cuts the skin, like cheese-grater type tools or foot shavers. She recommends doing this on dry feet as you risk taking off too much when skin is damp because it’s harder to tell the calluses from the healthy stuff. Get smooth: Colley recommends using a foot file a few times a week to smooth out any roughness on the heels or sides of the toes. It’s definitely time.” Time to tackle the calluses and overgrown cuticles, and do our best to get sandal-ready at home. “It’s been so long since everyone’s pulled their feet out of their warm socks and slipped into their summer stuff. “We forget about our feet all the time,” says Leeanne Colley, nail artist extraordinaire and owner of Toronto’s Tips Nail Bar. Now that I salute the sun in my living room, pedis have become an afterthought. Some basic upkeep felt like a courtesy to my mat neighbours. ![]() In the before times, my main motivation for year-round foot care was crowded yoga classes. I was thinking of premiering them this weekend - then I looked south of my ankles. I love how they’re slightly geriatric - very “grandma goes to the farmers’ market” - and can already picture them paired with a tomato-red polish. They’re caned mules the colour of hazelnut gelato with a block heel that’s that perfect in-between height: a little lift without the crampy arches. ![]() I just bought sandals, my first purchase following a four-month shopping fast.
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