Lifestyle Choices

Shop with your head, not just your heart, and you’ll be sure to get the most from your foot-wise purchase. Touch the shoes you’re going to buy; rub your hand over suede shoes; the color should be consistent but look different each way. If it doesn’t, the nap is too short and it will wear poorly … If the shoes are unlined, take careful note: does the color come off on your fingers? If the answer is yes, you can bet that it will come off on your feet too … Velvet shoes should be thick and soft looking, feel plushy to the touch … With silk or other fabrics, check the edge where cloth meets sole; (more…)

Your poor feet! Walking, running, dancing, jogging, basketball and pogo sticks, stiletto heels and pointy toes—do they ever get a rest from all the abuse they’re forced to take? The tips below will help get your feet looking—and feeling—their very best, day or night. You don’t have to visit a fancy beauty salon to benefit from these footwise suggestions.

1. For swollen feet that are really beat, soak in cool salt water for five minutes. Dry carefully and moisturize.
2. To step up circulation, soak feet for five minutes in shallow footbath or tub of warm water; switch to cool, and keep soaking for an additional five minutes. You’ll be ready to dance the night away.

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Feet are more important to beauty than most women ever realize. When they ache, not only are your posture and movements affected, so is your complexion and your energy level. Nothing brings a haggard, older look to an unlined face like sore feet. Also, one of the most common complaints with which doctors are faced is fatigue. And behind this fatigue lies an unnoticed foot problem.

Little wonder, when you consider that city dwellers walk an average of ten miles a day. All your weight is borne by twenty-six little bones, some of which are the most delicate in the body. (more…)