*I don’t get paid for my opinions in any way; this is just me sharing stuff that I like and I think you will too.

When I cannot look at your face

I look at your feet.

Your feet of arched bone,

your hard little feet.

I know that they support you,

and that your sweet weight

rises upon them……

…..But I love your feet

only because they walked

upon the earth and upon

the wind and upon the waters,

until they found me.

*except from Pablo Neruda’s poem “Your Feet”

My husband, who has read that poem to me, has a thing for my feet.  No, not anyone’s feet, my feet.  He is always waxing poetic about my cute toes and caressing my feet in his hands.  Now, if that isn’t a motivator to keep my feet looking right, I don’t know what is.  Despite the name (and being a self-proclaimed skin-care junkie), Funkidivagirl is not very high maintenance.  I take care of my own hair, wear very little make-up and give myself manicures.  I actually HATE any kind of beauty appointment.  However there are a few things that I keep up: eyebrow waxing, quarterly facials and pedicures.  All that to me is just basic maintenance.  And I only like pedicures because I get to read while getting a foot massage. 

Most people get pedicures in the warmer months when their feet are exposed (If you don’t, please do;  if not for yourself, do it for those of us who have to look at your crusty feet.  Think of it as a community service.)   But during the colder months, most people stop the pedicures and let their feet turn into monster claws, because well, no one is looking at them in socks and boots. 

But because my husband likes my feet, I feel compelled to keep them decent looking all year around.  I’m a good wife like that.  And also, I often wear Uggs  without socks and sometimes I am forced to take off my shoes unexpectedly, like visiting people with a “shoeless” policy. 

Let me rant a bit here: I do believe that most of the dirt in your home comes in from the outside, on the bottom of your shoes.  In general, my family remove our shoes when we enter the house.  But I am not hardcore about it and I don’t ask visitors to take off their shoes (except when I had a crawling baby).  Those of you who have a RULE about visitors taking off their shoes, please inform us BEFORE we come over to your house.  Then we will be sure to wear hole-less matching socks.  And if you have a party at your house and we have to be shoeless, please put that on the invitation; there is no sense coordinating our outfit to match our fabulous shoes if they are just going to left at the door.  Rant over.

I used to give myself pedicures at home in the winter, but found that I didn’t get the same results as a nail solon.  That is, until I found Ped Egg at my local Target.  

For $10, I thought that I could give it a try and I was pleasantly surprised how smooth my feet felt after just using it one time.  This is my routine at home every couple of weeks; try it.

1. Soak your feet in a basin of warm water.  If you could throw in some Carol’s Daughter Rosemary & Sage Herbal Foot Bath, all the better.

2. Rub your feet with your favorite body scrub.  I just use whatever I find at TJMaxx, but Sephora has tons. 

3. Dry your feet and then use the Ped Egg to make them baby soft smooth.  

4. Apply your favorite lotion and let it sink in a bit.

5. Finally, apply your favorite nail polish.  My girl over at luxetips.com, who blogs about fashion and beauty, hipped me to OPI’s fabulous fall colors; I’m loving their deep purples.

Viola!  Beautiful feet!  In no time at all you will have your man caressing your feet and whispering Pablo Neruda in your ear.

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