Foot Lotion

The beauty of a shoe is enhanced if your feet are beautiful and look soft. Cracked and dry feet are the worst thing you want to have if you want to wear delicate sandals to a party. Feet are also a part of body and require care as do our facial skin and hands. They are also dried due to environmental exposure.

Some people have very dry skin on feet even when their facial skin is normal or oily. This condition may also be caused due to diabetes. Also prolonged exposure to hot water such as long showers cause the feet to dry. It also affects skin on face and hands but most people moisturize hands and face but forget their feet. A dry foot lotion can help in this case providing extra moisture.

A foot lotion should be a part of your skin care kit. Dry foot lotions are available in the market from different brands such as the pink foot lotion from Body Shop branded as Peppermint foot lotion. Foot lotions are thicker than hand and face moisturizers as they need to stay for a long time on the skin. A lotion with emollients should be preferred which acts as a barrier against water.

Dry feet tend to crack at heels and also from the sides of the feet. They become rough and in severe cases may cause bleeding and pain. Cracks become filled with dirt and look awful. Fungal infection may occur in some instances. Keeping feet clean and moisturized can prevent them from cracking. A regular pedicure cleans, exfoliates and moisturizes the feet deeply along with relaxing them from the tiring work they do daily.

Dry foot lotions normally contain moisturizers and emollients such as Burt’s Bee’s foot lotion which also contains beeswax as a covering agent to prevent from water exposure. It also fills cracks and prevents them from increasing. Foot lotions with vitamins such as vitamin E soften the foot and clear dead skin too.

A foot lotion should be applied before going out along with a sun screen lotion and a thick covering at night to help in natural skin repairing system activated at night. Another remedy to keep feet and heels soft is to apply a thick layer of foot lotion and wear cotton socks before going to bed to keep the lotion from being wiped off. Caring for feet regularly makes them soft and look delicate which can make an ordinary shoe look like Cinderella’s slippers.