I am very busy right now and have little time for posting but I need to share a flash post very quickly with you. It’s just the beginning of summer so you still have time if you are interested !
During my Japan adventure, I spent a considerable amount of time in the drugstores, checking out what products appeared interesting to try.
These are the drugstore products that I am actually trying, the foot peel I am talking about is the one on the left :
Today I just want to share my Foot Peel experience with you because this thing is so worth it that it would be sad to pass on it.
My feet are one of my weak points, specially the left one – I have no idea why but it doesn’t look sexy at all. Since I just can’t stand people touching my feet (ticklish), pedicure is a no for me. Despite trying foot products and scrubbing I was not happy at all with the way they looked underneath to the point where I try my best to avoid wearing very open sandals.
I tried this peeling mask last Sunday, I thought that with a bit of luck my feet would have finished peeling by the time I leave to Spain (tomorrow, hence after 10 days).
This is what happened : on Sunday evening 10pm I put on their plastic socks and then put on thin but very elastic cotton socks on top of them so that they don’t move. Be careful you may break the plastic when putting them on, the plastic bags contain quite a lot of liquid. Left them for one hour, not the most pleasant sensation when you walk with these so better stay quiet. Since they were so big for me, while wearing them I pressed them from time to time just to make sure the liquid inside the plastic was well distributed and touching the skin. I took the Large size (I am 39-40), I should have taken size M.
After one hour I removed these plastic socks and washed my feet as instructed, simply with water and soap.
Three days after I thought that I had forgotten to do something because it wasn’t peeling at all but on the forth day it suddenly started, I did not take pics because it’s just simply disgusting but their advert pics are real. I didn’t have that much thickness to peel off but they still completely peeled.
The biggest peeling action happened during the forth till the sixth day, you cannot wear open shoes because it just looks horrible. Also, you better sleep with socks otherwise your bed will be covered with huge flakes of dead skin.
It started peeling at the bottom sides of the feet, then underneath and also the toes (yes, even underneath the toes!). When I thought all was gone, on the eight day I peeled the top of the feet. The sides are still peeling a bit but it’s quite discreet, no worries wearing open shoes.
Since the skin of your feet gets thinner, you may feel some discomfort after peeling, I didn’t. If you have very hard parts you may need several ones to get very smooth results. After one, I noticed a great improvement and I feel totally happy wearing nice summer sandals or being barefoot on the beach … where I’ll be as of tomorrow by the way 🙂
I will need to do another one when I am back because my right foot is looking nice and soft, but the left still needs some help. As they recommend it, I’ll do it with a two week interval.
It does work, I am actually very surprised. Just wanted to share just in case you are interested to do it. I think the price is totally correct, for 25$ it’s a must-have for those of us who need it 🙂 Maybe you already know about this depending on where you live, but here in Switzerland this is totally new and unknown to us !
Ingredients :
Aqua(Water), Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Lactic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Arginine, Parfum, Butylene Glycol, Peg-60 Hydrogenetad Castor Oil, Glucose, O-Cymen-5-Ol, Citric Acid, Malic Acid (Apple), Citrus Aurantium Dulcis(Orange) Peel Oil, Citrus Grandis(Grapefruit)Peel Oil, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus Oil(Camel Grass), Nasturtium Officinale Extract(Watercress), Arctium Lappa Root Extract(Burdock Root), Saponaria Officinalis Leaf Extract (Soapwort), Hedera Helix(Ivy) Extract, Salvia Officinalis (Sage)Leaf Extract, Citrus (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Clematis Vitalba Leaf Extract(Clematis), Spiraea Ulmaria Extract (Meadowsweet), Equisetum Arvense Extract (Horsetail Herb), Fucus Vesiculosus Extract (Bladderwrack), Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract(Chamomile), Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract (Tea Plant), Houttuynia Cordata Extract (Chameleon), Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Salicylic Acid, Sodium Nitrate, Glyoxal, Disodium Phosphate, Linalool, Limonene.
19 comments
Oh Sonia I wish you had told me you wanted to try these!! They are all the rage in HK and cost a mere HK$16, that is around US$2? If you’d like some please shoot me a note, I always have a few spare pairs lying around, LOL. And yes they do work, my soles actually feel a bit lighter after using them. (Less dead skin maybe?) They appear whiter and smoother too! Truly miracle-workers.
oh nooo 🙂 I suspected that this is probably very well known in Asia ! here we don’t know this existed at all ! I think I will have to go to HK later this year for work so I will fill my luggage with them 😀
thank you !!!
Sonia this is probably the wrong place to post this, but have you tried brushes this shape before? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w1017-1219484377.30.PxFm0M&id=18432804271&
They’re all the rage in China now… It has an affectionate nickname: “the broom”. The shape looks innovative doesn’t it? Especially with the patent thingy, haha. Also, the ebony handle is just to die for, sumptious just like the Hakuhodo Kokutans.
I recently got myself one, and found it fabulous for cream foundations… It’s wonderfully soft, and also does not suck up foundation AT ALL. It can drag foundation into a thin layer with swipes, and heavier coverage with dabs. I can’t live without it now and am therefore wondering if you’ve tried anything like it!!
I will definitely try 😉 Check out Emjoi Micro-Pedi… Another amazing foot saver!
thanks ! I will I will !!! 🙂
Oh I googled some pics – and oh gosh, it’s disgusting! But don’t those feet feel and look amazing and baby smooth…
it is really horrible, I was disgusted of myself 😀 but at least it’s not fake pics !
Oooooo, I want to try! I’ll have to locate a package. This sounds fun!
I “suffer” through pedicures. I warn the manicurist that he/she may get kicked.
Wow! Never heard of this before.
I took over my mom’s foot routine years ago. Regular use of a pumice stone / handmade variety and creaming my nice clean feet every night once I’m in bed keeps them supple and smooth with no real effort 🙂
Sonia thank you very much for the review. I always wondered if this stuff works. Now i know i have to order one. I bought Emjoi micro pedi device /at lookfantastic/ last year and it works great. I’m not advertising, its just a very useful little gadget to have at home for those of us who can’t take pedicure well 🙂
hahaha 😀 thank you Lena, today I saw my uncle’s dogs, little dogs that were so happy to see me and kept on licking my toes and they nearly landed on the moon ! always happy to get info on products that avoid me to have to go through a pedicure torture ! 😀 😀 😀
I’m thinking about trying this, but my feet aren’t that bad so I’m slightly worried it might hurt them! I have pretty sensitive skin and bad luck with trying new things. I do however LOVE pedicures, mainly because I get really bad ingrown toenails and whenever I try to remove them myself I end up hurting myself. Plus I’m just a defect when it comes to painting my own toenails, they always look just awful no matter what I do.
I found it on Amazon here in the States for $25, I might try it at the end of the summer when my feet are rough from being barefoot for months.
well, you could do one foot.. then if it’s ok you can do the other, I know it’s weird but it will limit the damage …
Hi Sonia, thanks for the review! I have now ordered it (actually from a supplier in Denmark), so that I can have well groomed feet just in time for my holiday in 2 weeks 🙂
please let us know how it went 🙂
I will 🙂
Hi, I promised to let you know how it went.
I read a lot of reviews on the product on Amazon.com. Approximately 50% of the people liked it a lot and 50% said it didn’t work at all. Some of those that it didn’t work for tried again, where it worked.
It seemed that the product worked most effectively, if one:
1) soaked their feet in a footbath before using the socks
2) took baths in a bathtub or soaked their feet daily or often after using the product
So I did both things – but unfortunately it didn’t give any result. My toes peeled slightly underneath, like the skin does after a sunny holiday. But nothing else. My feet felt incredibly dry and the skin therefore stiff, so I hoped that it would come off. I am now on my 13th day after having used the product, and the slight peeling on my toes stopped a long time ago. So I no longer expect something to happen.
I wore sandals (with bare feet) during these 14 days, but mostly indoors at work. I don’t know if that had an impact.
As I ordered two packs of Baby Foot, I will try again after I return from my holiday.
Hi Jeanette,
Thanks for your feedback, it’s fantastic to have info about results.
I did soak my feet before, then I didn’t do much else, it just worked directly.
I don’t think wearing sandals would impact but since I have to browse for more info about them I will check if I find something related to any other advice.
Sorry it did not work for you 🙁
I will soon do it again, we’ll see if the second time it also works. I don’t need to go anywhere else on holiday so I am not worried if I have sensitive skin for a while, it won’t be a problem.