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Boy, that’s a mouthful title today, isn’t it???
Everyone knows we wild women spend a LOT of
time on our feet running here and there and everywhere (all in heels, no
less)! And while I love me my
fancy-schmancy spa pedicure at my favorite salon (Radiance Spa/Salon located
within the RWJ Hamilton Center for Health & Wellness in Hamilton, NJ), I
also try to regularly treat my feet at home.
In addition to soaking your feet for comfort and beauty,
there are recipes which naturally aid in detoxing your body’s effort to
cleanse. While you can purchase
pre-packaged detox ingredients at your local health food store or buy very
expensive pads, I like to make my own – a BIG $aving$!! Salt is a primary ingredient, because the
ions in the salt work as magnets to draw toxins through the skin of your foot’s
sole into the soaking water.
Detox Recipe
- 1 cup Epson salt
- 1 cup sea salt
- 2 cups baking soda
Mix, then add ¼ cup to a basin of hot water (hot, but
careful not to scald yourself!), and soak for about 30 minutes. As a finishing touch at the end of your soak,
scrub the bottoms of your feet with a natural fiber foot brush, or mix a little
of the sea salt with some olive or sweet almond oil and massage/scrub into your
feet for a few minutes, rinse off, then pat dry. Or, just get some essential peppermint oil,
add it to several tablespoons of olive oil or sweet almond oil (best for
sensitive skin) and rub on. If you do
this right before bed, use essential oil of lavender instead, slather all over
your feet/ankles, and cover with a pair of white cotton socks. Your feet will be so soft and feel great in
the morning! Or use 100% aloe vera since
lotions with additives will leech impurities back into your system.
And here’s a bonus – you can easily make this up as a gift
for a friend! Find a pretty jar (or my
favorite, mason jars). Add your Detox
Foot Bath to a jar, type up a tag with the instructions, add some decorations
(go to www.pinterest.com or Google “gifts in a jar” for decorating ideas, and you have a lovely gift for a friend… just
in time for the holidays. I do NOT
recommend adding any coloring to the salts as they are for detoxing purposes
and you don’t want add anything except the pure and natural ingredients. However, you could make up a combo by adding
a few drops of essential oil of lavender to one jar, and a few drops of
peppermint (and/or lemon) to the other, as both a bedtime/morning
relaxing/refreshing gift!
Exercise your “treat your feet” love your tootsies muscle
today!
Blessings,
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