Soon You will realize that there is nothing as relaxing and luxurious than a good French pedicure. Before starting on the procedures, it is necessary to visit a beauty supply store or a drug store in order to get the materials required for the treatment. French pedicures can make any foot look good with liberal use of luscious lotions, hydrating butters, callus removers, and scented soaks and scrubs.



The feet should be soaked in hot or lukewarm water containing a few drops of Epsom salts that can make the feet softer. The old nail polish has to be removed completely using cotton bands dipped in acetone remover since the usage of cotton balls could leave behind traces of cotton strands on the nails. If this does not remove the polish completely then the cotton has to be soaked on the nails for sometime until it comes off completely.

High quality clippers are much preferred for cutting the toenails as they give us much better results and the nails have to be cut leaving about 1/8th of an inch length so that the nails don't extend over the tip of the toes. Acquiring a soft square shape nail can be accomplished by filing from around the corners and edges in one direction using Emory boards and not metal files as they could rip the nails. In Emory boards, the smooth surface is for softening the nail edges whereas the coarse surface is for shaping them. Soaking the feet in a bath of salt and aroma oils or Epsom salts will do your feet good. Calloused feet require to be soaked for longer hours and adding milk to the warm water will help loosen the dead skin. Cuticle remover is applied to the nail bases and using orange wood stick the skin is pushed back to where it meets the nail. Trimming of loose skin is done using cuticle nippers and care should be taken to see that the toe flesh is not cut.

Exfoliators, foot scrubs or if possible wet pumice stone is used to remove the dead cells in the balls and heels of the feet. Scrubbing too hard may cause the foot to turn red, in case of which the scrubbing should be stopped. Nourishing foot cream is applied on the feet including the area between the toes and rubbed, and the cuticle is re hydrated by using cuticle oil.

White nail polish is applied to the nail tip by starting at one side and then sweeping across the nail in a single, steady movement, and this is repeated for all the nails. A clear, pearl or pale colored pink or peach polish is applied over the nail, painting a strip of color down the center of the nail and then overlapping with a strip on either side avoiding the cuticles followed by a topcoat. The nails are to be dried before wearing shoes. Pedicure socks are available which can be worn without covering the toenails