My wife is a cosmetologist. She cuts and styles hair for many people each day. This requires her to be on her feet all day long. She comes home at the end of a very long day and expresses how tired and worn out her feet are. It doesn’t help her that she has cracked and peeling feet. I feel [...]
Can you believe it? It’s almost spring! Of course where I live it’s rainy and windy and cold, but we had a few days of clear, warm weather and yes! All the new spring sandals are filling the stores. Yay! But OH NO – my feet are totally not ready! After that trip to that trade show I lost a [...]
I had a weird childhood memory float up to the surface of my brain the other day. It was of myself and my mother shopping for shoes (for her) back in the ’60s. This was before the big chain shoe stores, back when personal service was the way of the world. Anyway, what I remembered was that my mom would [...]
Here’s another excellent WebMD report on dry winter skin: http://www.webmd.com/healthy-beauty/video/winterizing-your-skin. This one discusses not only the fact that winter can dry you, but goes on to talk about the way the dryness can itch like crazy, making it difficult to function at home and at work! Living where it’s dry anyway, but especially so in winter, I’m so glad I [...]
It’s very important to know the difference between heels/feet that are dry and cracked, and feet that have become infected or have a fungus problem. Both are uncomfortable, both are unsightly, and both can be fixed. But to know which treatment to use you do have to know which problem you have. Athlete’s foot can be tricky to diagnose because [...]
You spent all last spring and most of the summer getting your weight down to swimsuit level and then keeping it there. Good for you!! It’s good for your heart, your self-image, and yep, your feet. Now it’s October, which means we have holidays coming up every month between now and 2012. So plan now to keep your wits about [...]
I read an article the other day that talked about aging, and how so many worry about the effects of aging on our body composition, our weight, our face, hair, and other parts that are subject to increased gravity. And it again noted that no one thinks all the way down to the feet. We wear out our favorite shoes [...]
Summer is over. I’ve tried to pretend it’s not, but the rain and wind and chilly mornings are making it very difficult to continue to ignore. Being me, I’ve found solace in the fact that every store and every site has started selling the most beautiful selection of boots! During the spring and summer months, flip flops and sandals are [...]
You can never have too much … what? Chocolate? Money? Hugs? All true, but what I’m looking for is *information*. The more I learn about how one gets fissures (tiny cracks) in feet and especially heels, the more I realize hardly anyone pays attention to them. Just a little nuisance, right? Wrong. Heel fissures are painful, unsightly, and in many [...]
Every time I find myself nearing another birthday, I start to worry about aging (admit it, you do, too). I have always tried to keep up with current offerings to help minimize the visible signs of aging, but now that I use and talk about Heel Vitality, I realized that most people just don’t think about the way your feet [...]
