Hey Mr. De Mille, my toes are ready for their close-up! How To Do A Pedicure!

Pampering our peds used to be a regular routine and everybody knows regular pedicures make your feet look fabulous! But with many states still having their Beauty Salons and Nail Shops on lockdown because of COVID-19, what’s a “Girly-Girl” to do?

Go to the dollar store and buy yourself a basin. Even Target has a 12-quart basin for two-dollars, Walmart has one for about six dollars, Bed Bath and Beyond one for under six-dollars, and your neighborhood Ace Hardware one for under five dollars. Heck if you got small feet use a bucket or pail, if your feet can fit in it.

Once you have your basin fill it with warm water, add some Epsom salt, or foot soak, be use to add a little soap. Remember the Palmolive commercial with Madge the manicurist? Madge was one smart manicurist. Madge knew to soak in Palmolive. Add a few drops of Palmolive. Now soak those feet of yours, get then clean.

If you are using a foot soaking product, read the label before putting it in the water. The recommended amount may vary from product to product.

Soak for at least five to ten minutes.

Next take a foot scrub or pumice stone and scrap that dry skin away. Scrub your feet with a pumice stone or foot file while they are wet. A pumice stone is a light, porous volcanic rock often used to remove dead skin cells and calluses.

If you like a foot scrub product. Now is the time to apply it. Apply it to the top and bottom of your feet. Squeeze a quarter-size amount of foot scrub into your palm, and then rub it between both hands. Then, rub your hands over both of your feet to apply the scrub. Rub your feet in small, circular motions to exfoliate them.

Next, place your feet back into the water to rinse them off.

Next use a toenail clipper and cut your toenails straight across. File them if needed.

Next, apply cuticle cream to soften cuticles. Next push back your cuticles using a cuticle tool or small nail file. To do this, simply lay the curved end of your tool over your nail bed at a 45-degree angle, and gently push your cuticles.

Next, apply lotion or cream to hydrate your feet.

You are now finish unless you want to paint your toenails. Then first clean nail bed from any creams of oils before painting. You can use a cotton ball saturated with alcohol to clean nail bed before polishing.

Now paint your toenails with a base coat first then let it dry completely before applying color.


You are now finished with your pedicure and can say… “Mr. De Mille my toes are ready for their close-up!