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mobaygirl
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Joined: 06 Mar 2006
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Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:40 am  |
| Just now found this site and love it...will definately try the ACV for my hair since that was how I found this site in the first place, trying to find out how to get rid of my itchy/flaky scalp..Ques...is there anyone on this site that knows of a how remedy to correct or help with callous on the heel of the feet...even after getting pedicures my Mom cannot get rid of this condition...appreciate your help and advices....thx |
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Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:20 pm |
| I bought a Gehwol herbal soak for my mother and with regular use, her dry, cracked heels were drastically softened. I recall trying Gehwol because of good reviews here about their foot products. |
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36, skin in a "new" phase? Oil/break-out free but now having bouts of sensitivity and surface dehydration. |
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Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:02 pm |
As soon as I read that Carekate, Mabsy, etc recommend something, I am a tunnel-visioned zombie until I get into my posession whatever product was recommended. I just spent 30 minutes looking all over the internet for that #11 diamond foot file  .
I'm afraid next I'll be drinking koolaid laced with some freaky drug because someone here said it would do something fantastic for me.  |
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46 yrs old, I live at the beach and love being out in the sun. |
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:13 am |
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| As soon as I read that Carekate, Mabsy, etc recommend something, I am a tunnel-visioned zombie until I get into my posession whatever product was recommended. I just spent 30 minutes looking all over the internet for that #11 diamond foot file . |
Did you find it? If not, I can probably get you one of the "faux" Diamancels (i.e. "Luxor" or "Ms. Manicure" versions) for around $12. PM me if you need it....
I do want to point out that the reason I recommend the diamond foot files above all else to take care of the callouses is because you can try every cream, lotion, “Pretty Feet” paraffin scrub, foot soak, pumice stone, “cheese grater” foot rasp or vaseline-covered, overnight-socked feet known to mankind, and none of them are really going to make a TANGIBLE difference until you are actually able to grind those callouses away in the first place. Once you’ve removed the callouses with the diamond foot file, THEN you can use all those lovely, foot-pampering products to maintain your now callous-free feet.
Think of it like this: until you are able to completely eradicate the callouses, slathering them in shea butter is only going to mask the symptoms and not treat the cause.
Really, if you have those horrid foot callouses (and I haven’t known a woman yet who doesn’t have them, even those who get a pedicure every week!), I implore you to get a diamond foot file. If you can’t afford to drop fifty bucks on the Diamancel, PM me and we can make arrangements for me to send you a Luxor or Ms. Manicure version! Seriously. If you wear sandals, it’s that important! |
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Über-oily,semi-sensitive, warm/fair-skinned redhead, 38...Will swap/shop for members outside U.S. and/or make homemade skincare products upon demand-PM me for details. |
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:46 am |
Neiman Marcus has it: http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?cmCat=search&itemId=prod3270040
I have #11 and #20 Foot Buffers. I like #11 better.
I also have and love #5 Buffer, for buffing hard skin on the sides of the nails. It works great!
And I just bought #2 Nail File for filing and maintenance the nails.
If you place your order during their Beauty Event (today or tomorrow) can receive free shipping if you enter promo code NMBTY.
In addition, if your order is $85 or more you can receive a free gift. |
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:01 am |
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| I'm afraid next I'll be drinking koolaid laced with some freaky drug because someone here said it would do something fantastic for me. |
I guess I shouldn’t mention the fact that the name of the Austin town/suburb that I live in is called “Jonestown” – as in “The People’s Temple” where 900+ souls departed this earth after “Reverend” Jim Jones exhorted them to drink cyanide-laced grape Koolaid....
*CareKate smiles maniacally and cackles evilly* |
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Über-oily,semi-sensitive, warm/fair-skinned redhead, 38...Will swap/shop for members outside U.S. and/or make homemade skincare products upon demand-PM me for details. |
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:03 am |
Oh wait, I need to clarify for those of you who are either geographically-challenged or else too young to remember:
the mass-suicide of the People’s Temple members happened in Jonestown, Guyana (South America) back in 1978 or 79. |
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Über-oily,semi-sensitive, warm/fair-skinned redhead, 38...Will swap/shop for members outside U.S. and/or make homemade skincare products upon demand-PM me for details. |
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:25 pm |
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Oh wait, I need to clarify for those of you who are either geographically-challenged or else too young to remember:
the mass-suicide of the People’s Temple members happened in Jonestown, Guyana (South America) back in 1978 or 79. |
I, unfortunately, am not too young to remember this...we had discussions about it in our "Problems of Democracy" class in high school. They were all brainwashed, kind of like the Hale Bob people awhile back 
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| As soon as I read that Carekate, Mabsy, etc recommend something, I am a tunnel-visioned zombie until I get into my posession whatever product was recommended. |
Me too  Although, if Carekate recommends anything involving grape koolaid, I'd definitely think twice before trying it 
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| *CareKate smiles maniacally and cackles evilly* |
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:17 pm |
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| Chrissie wrote: |
| I'm afraid next I'll be drinking koolaid laced with some freaky drug because someone here said it would do something fantastic for me. |
I guess I shouldn’t mention the fact that the name of the Austin town/suburb that I live in is called “Jonestown” – as in “The People’s Temple” where 900+ souls departed this earth after “Reverend” Jim Jones exhorted them to drink cyanide-laced grape Koolaid....
*CareKate smiles maniacally and cackles evilly* |
I'm glad everyone was okay with the humor, I certainly didn't want to offended anyone with my Jim Jomes comments!!
I did find the #11 diamond file at Amazon.com. I had a $25.00 credit at their site, and I was thrilled to pick it up for less than $25.00!!! Goody for me!!! |
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Caspers Mum
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:02 pm |
First of all, you need to soak your feet. Be it in the bath-tub, or with an (even-better) footbath such as that from Gehwol.
Numero-uno: a good foot-file is essential! The best files are made by Diamancel. They're pricey, but worth their weight in gold, for all of the money you'd otherwise be spending on maintainance.
A good foot creme, be it from Gehwol, or another brand. Shea butter, essential oils, and consistancy are important! |
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Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:32 pm |
This is what I use for calluses:
http://microplane.com/personalcare/footfile.html
It beats the socks off of Diamancel and the knock-off diamond files I have. I now have my entire family using one of these and they all love it. Especially my dad!
You have to use it on completely dry feet. It won't work if you just took a shower or bath so you basically have to use it before. It literally shaves the dead skin off (painlessly of course)! I also use DDF Pedi-Cream (18% Glycolic)a few nites a week which is good, but never works like my microplane.
-Cheri |
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Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:49 am |
A file can help with the harder dead skin on the feet, followed by soaking in a tub with a lot of exfoliating ingredients such as milk (lactic acid) and oils like olive oil, which will help to loosen up the hard, dead skin while moisterizing the skin. I sometimes take an inexpensive AHA lotion or cream and dump it into my bath water as well with a couple cups of milk (the fattier the milk, the better, more hydrating), along with some different oils such as coconut and olive oil (just a little bit goes a long way). Then after soaking, I gently massage the skin with a bath brush and a foot scrub that has particles in it to help massage and exfoliate some of the rough skin which helps encourage the skin to slough. Just no hard scrubbing or it can dry out the skin instead of exfoliating it. Then I dry with a towel, also gently massaging without totally drying my feet (skin that is completely towel dried can be harder for moisturizers to penetrate) before applying a very thick cream that contains an AHA such as glycolic/lactic acid in it, I usually just mix alot of AHA creams together that I find at the drugstore, as well as some strong retinol serum or cream, which really helps exfoliate the skin on the feet which is not that sensitive to strong doese of retinol or AHAs. I mix this with something like cocoa butter lotion such as palmers and smear on a thick amount, massaging into the feet and leaving a generous amount on before putting some thick cotton socks on. My feet used to get very dry and calloused from standing on my feet all day and now they are soft and no more callouses. This also works good for the whole body.  |
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Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:48 am |
I really like to use a callus shaver followed by a pumice stone and then a thick cream like shea butter on my feet followed by socks. (As the cream can make feet a bit slippery.) The callus shaver is really fantastic at getting at that really hard dry skin on the foot. If you don't what a callus shaver is (I certainly didn't know before buying one) it looks like this
http://www.tweezerman.com/index.cfm?page=productdetail&prod=275 |
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