Every girl loves to pampered, but we can't go to an elite spa every week, and sometimes when you're having a bad day and need to relax, its nice to be able to whip up some soothing remedies in the comfort of your own home. It's even better when all of the ingredients are things that you can find in your own home. In this section of my At Home Spas we'll be looking at mixtures to exfoliate for your feet and legs, and in my next post we'll be focusing on pampering your face.
First, Feet: I found two highly recommended recipes for exfoliating feet, both of which involved Listerine, which I had never heard of using, but decided to try anyway. Since I couldn't decide which recipe to use, I decided to put one on each foot and then compare them when I was done.
The first recipe I used included 1/4 cup Listerine, 1/4 cup vinegar, and 1/2 cup warm water. After I had mixed all the ingredients together, I realized that it wasn't nearly enough to cover my entire foot, so I tripled the amounts. After soaking my feet in it for 15 minutes, I was supposed to be able to wipe the dead skin off my foot with a towel. Instead, It seemed only slightly softer than before the soak, and after another half hour my feet were just as dry as before I started. All-in-all, this was a dud, and I wouldn't recommend doing it on your next in home spa day.
My other foot recipe was more complicated, but worked much better as well. I started by making a mixture of half a cup of Listerine and half a cup of water. Then cover your foot in shaving cream. Take a hand towel an dampen it with the Listerine/water mixture and wrap it around your foot. After 30 minutes take the towel off and rinse off the shaving cream. My feet were much softer and while my dead skin didn't immediately wipe off, after a couple minutes and a pumice stone, my feet were much softer. While this foot scrub worked better, I think it didn't work as well as the classic "smother your foot with lotion, put on a sock, and go to bed".
After working on my feet, I moved on to my favorite part of spas, exfoliating my legs. I found two different recipes again, and decided to try one on each leg to compare them. Both of them were fairly simple: involving sugar, citrus juice, olive oil, and honey.
The first used 2 cups of brown sugar, 1/2 a cup of olive oil, and 1/4 of cup of honey. The mixture was fairly dry, so when I scrubbed the mixture into my legs, I had to scrub lightly or else it would hurt my leg. Using these amounts gave me enough to exfoliate my skins 2 or 3 times, so I put it in a plastic container to use later. If you don't want to have any leftovers, you should make only a third of the recipe.
The second leg mixture used half a cup of oil (it said any kind but I used olive), 3 tablespoon citrus juice, and 1 1/4 cups of sugar. was very wet and almost soupy, so make sure to rub it over your legs in a shower or tub because it drips easily.
Both of the leg recipes were amazing, and my legs felt silky hours after I had washed them off. If I had to pick one, I would say the second, with citrus juice, was my favorite. The other left my leg feeling a little sticky, but if you only have the ingredients for the first, I would still highly suggest it. I haven't been able to stop rubbing my legs together since I tried them! Make sure to check my next blog for DIY Spa ideas for facials.
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