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The Best Foot Peel Masks For Seriously Soft Feet
Sandal season is fast approaching.
Sandal season has arrived. There’s no avoiding it: it’s time to prep your feet.
There’s a high chance your last pedicure occurred sometime around spring last year, when the impending doom of yet another lockdown was at least marginally brightened by a spell of sunny weather and a good month of sock-free joy. And while above-the-neck pampering sessions are undoubtedly more fun – facials over foot-scrubbing thank you very much – it’s now time to make up for those months of neglect and deal with the sad state of your toes before exposing them to the big wide world.
Enter: the foot peel. Equal parts grotesque and satisfying, these intensive exfoliating masks (or socks, if you like) will strip away every last layer of dry, cracked skin to reveal a pair of feet so baby-soft, people will think you’re got a rolling direct debit with your pedicurist.
What Is A Foot Peel, Anyway?
Think of a foot peel as an intensive chemical peel, specially designed for your feet. Most come in the form of a pair of highly unattractive transparent socks, each one filled with a serum of alpha-hydroxy-acids, which work by nibbling away at the hard, outermost layers of skin on your heels and soles.
Foot peeling socks generally take a while to work, so stick them on and settle in for an hour of Netflix. Once your time is up, all you need to do is wait for the acids to do their best work, which happens gradually in the days that follow.
We’re not going to lie to you: a foot peel is a disgusting process. Don’t expect to go bare-footed at yoga for the next 10 days: you will be peeling like a snake, and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it. Sit back and embrace the renewal: some beauty rituals are an endurance sport, but the results are so worth it.
Here, see the best foot peel masks to slip on before the long, hot summer.
The Foot Peel Masks That Really Work
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