Summer means two things to every girl, one is that it’s time to break out the razor and shave your legs regularly again and two, that it’s time to hit the salon for a pedi. Now, I’m not going to lie, I love getting a good pedicure as much as the next girl, but when I recently walked into my salon and noticed they jacked the prices of the spa pedicures to basically a years worth of my college tuition, I was personally offended! So, I turned to the one place I knew had the best homemade spa pedicure recipes –Pinterest, and tested out my favorites. You with me? These are easy and fun to do on a relaxing Sunday night.
For the sake of research, I tried and tested a few different homemade spa pedicure recipes, (much to my boyfriend’s amusement, apparently I was a sight to see with one leg gooped up with coconut oil and the other green from avocado), to see which ones worked the best. After much debate, I’ve finally found recipes that guarantee to have your toes summer ready that can be done in the comfort of your own home, with your Netflix account, and that endless buffet of food known as your fridge within reach.
Recipe 1: DIY Salt Scrub
Ingredients:
Coarse Sea Salt
Honey (Natural is best, but I’m poor so I used the golden bear and it worked just fine)
Olive oil
Steps:
- Combine ½ cup of the sea salt with 1 tsp. of honey and 3 T. of olive oil
- Mix thoroughly
- Scrub mixture onto the heels or other calloused parts of your feet to slough away any dead skin that might be hanging out there and to increase circulation
- Rinse the scrub and massage your feet and legs with the moisturizer of your choice
- Clean up your nails and polish
Recipe 2: Avocado Spa Pedicure
Things You’ll Need:
Your homemade sea salt scrub (that you just made above)
½ avocado skin, eat the inside for your lunch
Epsom salt
Pumice stone
Essential oil of choice (Peppermint is awesome, lavender will put you to sleep)
A bathtub or giant bowl if you’re really struggling
Steps:
- Run warm water and fill your bathtub until you’re ankle-deep (read: warm, not boiling hot)
- Plop in a few drops of your favorite essential oil and dissolve 1/2 cup of the Epsom salts into the water
- Put your feet in and relaaaax. I personally dozed off for a bit, but reading is another great low-key option
- After soaking for a minimum of ten minutes, grab the pumice stone and go to work scrubbing the calluses on the bottom and heels of your feet
- Take the avocado skin and massage it against the spots you just scrubbed with the stone, the idea here is to transfer the skin-enhancing properties of the avocado into your skin
- Take the scrub that you made and rub it over the bits of avocado left on your skin (trust me, this feels amazing). Rinse off.
- Pat off your feet and you're all set to trim and polish your nails!
There are so many things that make a man undatable. I'm sure you can create an indepth list, but take it from me, a girl who finally found love after being single in NYC for years. Ladies let me tell you, it all begins with grooming. Here's my list of what makes a guy undateable from head to toe and yes, everywhere in between if you know what I mean.
If the subject has a uni-brow or brows waxed to perfection he is undateable. There is no excuse for a uni-brow. If there was a woman in his life at some point, she would have helped him take care of this situation. So chances are, he looks stupid and has no clue about dating to begin with. Or maybe he actually likes it. Don't barbers normally do something about those? And Guido brows... don't get me started. They're a strict no, no. This normally signifies that he'll always be more prim and proper than you are in every way. Undateable.
Normally when I go get manis and pedis I very rarely bring my own shade. (Mostly due getting them randomly on the go and forgetting to put my color in my bag.) Therefore, I'm always forced to choose between a wall of OPI and Essie colors, which don't get me wrong, I love, but in the wonderful world of nail color, there's so much more out there – like Butter London for instance.
I first discovered Butter London a few seasons ago backstage at NY Fashion Week and was introduced to the Creative Director, Nonie Creme. This Spring, Nonie was inspired by impressionist style prints that graced the Spring/Summer 2011 runways and created a palette that she calls "muted/greige."
