Home-Made Remedy For Dry Heels

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We pride ourselves here at the Relationship Supermarket on our self-improvement articles. Today's post is short and sweet, and is simply about improving the condition of dry heels. If you consistently suffer from cracked, parched heels and are ashamed to wear strapped shoes and sandals in the summer, this is the home-made remedy for you to bookmark. Regain your self-confidence and step out in style in time for spring.


There is a simple, cheap way of waking up every morning with lovely baby-soft heels. The hardest part of the routine is sticking with it.


You will need: 


A pumice (heel scrubber)
Two pairs of old bed socks 
A tub of Vaseline


What to do


You'll need a two-month start-up routine, after which you can settle into a more relaxed phase.

1. Rub Vaseline on heels every night before bed. 
2. Wear bed socks to prevent Vaseline from sticking to bed linen. 
3. In the morning, wash Vaseline off and firmly rub down with pumice while still wet.
4. Apply your normal skin cream and dress feet as usual. 
5. In addition to this, soak heels for 10 minutes in warm water three times a week (with a drop of bath lotion). This can be done easily in an old basin  while watching TV or reading on the couch. You can also do this while having a bath if you prefer. 
6. After soaking, rub heels down carefully and completely with pumice. Apply Vaseline and start over.
7. During the work day, it will help to moistures heels with your normal skin cream.

After two months 


Your heels are now softer and easier to manage, so you can adopt a more relaxed routine. When most of the hard skin build-up is gone, you will only need regular up-keep methods to maintain softer heels. For this you need the same 'equipment' as above.


Keep using Vaseline on your heels nightly. Make sure the socks you're wearing are bed socks which don't hold you too tightly around the ankles. Day wear socks are not suitable for sleeping in. 
Soak and scrub heels twice a week and if needed, also maintain a quick scrub when you wash or rub the Vaseline off in the morning.


If you can't use Vaseline, a heavy moisturiser will have to do but it will take a lot longer to make any difference.


Always remember to apply your normal skin cream to keep heels moisturised. 


Let me know how you get on.