How to Do a Pedicure at Home (and Polish Toenails!)

With everyone trying to save money, or most of us atleast, you can still be pretty, and keep your toe nails perfect and polished!! Let me show you how to do a pedicure at home!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• polish
• nail file
• foot file

1. 
   Pedicure at Home, remove polish

   First take off all of your polish, and that includes the corners!! If you cant get the polish off in the corners, grab an emery board and softly file that polish off. If you have a white buffer, buff your nails.
   
   If you do not have a pedicure tub, No problem, sit at the edge of your tub. Put some warm water with soap and now soak your feet for 5 minutes.

2. 
   Pedicure at home, make your feet smooth and soft!

   Take one foot out and push your cuticles back, do the same on the other foot.
   
   Pull out your foot file and
   file the bottoms of your heels and any rough spots.
   
   If your toenails need to be trimmed you may do this now as well.

3. 
   Pedicure at home, polish

   Now take your feet out, and dry them off.
   
   Polish time! First take clear polish and polish each toe, check the sides, that's where people at home sometimes miss.
   
   Let it dry for 4 or 5 minutes. Now pick your favorite color and polish your toes, remember to check your toe nails on the sides, making sure you didn't miss anywhere on the toe.
   
   Do 2 coats, wait 4 minutes and you can then put a top clear coat on.
   
   Empty your tub and fill just the bottom with cold water, if you soak your polish in cold water it dries much faster!!

[Tiferet]

on 7/7/2009 Thanks for these tips...never heard about soaking polish in cold water..I need this this summer as I'm short on cash! 5*