All to Know About Pedicure in Beauty Culture

Pedicure treatment is quite popular these days which lots of people prefer for getting clean toes. Pedis are great and makes your skin look clean and bright.

What is Pedicure?

A pedicure is a treatment of feet that involves cutting, trimming as well as shaping the toenails. It also includes feet massage along with painting toenails.
Pedicure Types

Just like manicures, there are different types of pedicures performed by beauticians.

• Classic pedicure: Here the feet is soaked in lukewarm water and involve scrubbing with pumice stone followed by nails clipping, nails shaping, massage and so on.
• Margarita pedicure: This pedicure includes lime footbath, salt scrub, lime-based foot massage oil, lime-scented moisturizer etc.
• Paraffin pedicure: Here, the foot gets the warm paraffin wax proper foot bath which softens the ski perfectly.

Other pedicure types are fish pedicure, salt pedicure, waterless pedicure, gel pedicure and so on.

Benefits of Pedicure

Pedicure treatment is also associated with numerous benefits that you can check below:

• Preserves your feet moisture and keep all foot problems at bay
• Buffing the nails improves blood circulation around the toes
• Good pedicure treatment is quite relaxing and helps in relieving stress
• Foot massage involves in pedicure treatment increases blood circulation as well as eases tension in feet
• Pedicure can provide you with attractive nails thus making the feet more charming

How to Do Pedicure at Home?

For doing pedicure at home, just follow the below-given steps:

• Remove old nail paint from your nails
• Soak your feet in lukewarm water for 5-10 minutes to soften up the cuticles
• Trim and file the nails
• Massage your feet for few minutes
• Use cotton pads for removing excess oil residue to help nail paint last longer
• Apply nail paint of your choice

Read Also: All to Know About Manicure in Beauty Culture

Pedicure Tools

• Cotton pads
• Nail clippers
• Nail file
• Cuticle pusher
• Cuticle trimmer
• Buffer
• Pumice stone
• Moisturizer

FAQs

Ques. What should you do before your pedicure appointment?

Ans. Wash the feet properly before getting pedicure treatment. Wear loose pants that can easily be rolled up. Don’t trim the toenails before going for the treatment.

Ques. How often one should get pedicure?

Ans. It's better to go for pedicure treatment every 2 weeks as dirt gets accumulate in toes thus making the toes dirty and damaged.

Ques. Does pedicure remove calluses?

Ans. Yes, pedicure properly remove calluses which are performed in numerous ways and in a safe way by making use of different tools.