Refreshing and Relaxing Spearmint Foot Soak Recipe After a Long Day
Most of the time, your feet may feel tired and fatigued from wearing high heels, tight shoes in a formal setting at work or queueing, walking and using public transport. You can get rid of this by creating your self-care ritual to soak your feet. Make refreshing and relaxing spearmint foot soak recipe after a long day while scrolling on looking on new posts in your Insta feed. Learn to make this foot soak you won't regret soaking at!
DIY SKINCARE
Foot/feet soak can be a very refreshing and relaxing self-care treatment that one may consider incorporating in their weekly skincare routine, pedicure treatment or just a treat after a long day at work. A nice foot care soak can soothe and calm your feet and improve your mental state. A simple ritual like this one can be significant in your daily life if taken seriously and done religiously.
Many times foot soak are preparations made at home and hardly found in ranges of commercial products. With this in mind you can be playful and creative and create your own blends during the weekend and store them, just adding the blends in warm water during the hectic week days after coming at home after workday or school day. This not only make your routine simple but keeps you on track for your self-care rituals.
Beloved natural products that are usually used in feet soak due to their many, many beneficial traits include
Herbs
Salts
Essential oils
Botanicals
Plant oils
These natural plants and substances can create a blend that you will like because they
Leave your feet smelling fresh
Reduce chances of your feet to have cracked heels
Reduce stress and anxiety
Calm and soothe your feet
Relaxes your body and mind
Today, in this blogpost let's prepare our foot soak recipe that I hope anyone reading this will love and also would be able to make since most of these ingredients can be easily found in your kitchen, no need of leaving your home, its very inexpensive plus its rewarding to make! Let's begin shall we?!
SELECTING INGREDIENTS
Epsom salt: Also known as magnesium sulfate, this salt has many benefits. Epsom salt can be easily be absorbed by the skin and help to balance electrolytes in the skin. It can reduce feet pain and soreness after wearing high heels and tight shoes for many hours. But also epsom salt can help your cracked heels to shed dead skin cells and leave your heels feeling very soft like baby's skin.
Dried chamomile flowers: Chamomile flowers have calming and soothing properties that can be significant when creating this recipe. Chamomile flowers can help with bruised feet and inflamed feet which have not had enough movement in tight shoes for a long time. Having clean and refreshed feet that's what you want at the end of the day. So this ingredient is a must plus it also smells good, mmmmh!
Dried and crushed cloves: Cloves come with numerous anti-oxidants that can help feet skin due to its anti-inflammatory properties. Cloves smell so nice too! When paired together with chamomile flowers it can leave your feet feeling clean and smelling great!
Olive oil: Having higher content of oleic acid, olive oil can help to moisturize feet especially cracked heels. I would suggest you get the organic extra virgin olive oil for a better experience with your feet soak recipe.
Spearmint essential oil: It is a good astringent, having anti-microbial properties can help with bad microbes that cause smelly feet. It is stimulant that can boost blood flow to the feet. This can help to relax and tone feet that have not had enough movement especially if you have been doing sedentary work and do not move a lot for many hours.
Rose essential oil: The role of rose essential oil is to make your feet smell nice. After having your sweaty feet for a long time in tight shoes they can remove a bad and foul smell. Having essential oil such as rose in your feet soak can leave your feet smelling nice and deodorized.
Ingredients
1 cup of Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate)
1 teaspoon of dried chamomile flowers
1 teaspoon of dried crushed cloves
1 teaspoon of olive oil
15 drops of spearmint essential oil
10 drops of rose essential oil
Please gather your ingredients before starting making your foot soak. Collect tools like small cotton muslin bags, small bowl, basin and spatula.
Instructions
Take all your dry ingredients and put them in a glass bowl. Add Epsom salt, followed by dried chamomile flowers and dried crushed cloves.
Next add one teaspoon of olive oil. Using organic extra virgin olive oil for more moisturizing benefits for your skin. Then add your spearmint essential oil and rose essential oil drop by drop to your dry ingredients and mix with a spatula. You can also use a food processor or blender to mix well.
Scoop your blend and put it small cotton muslin bags and place in your basin that have enough room to accommodate your feet.
Pour warm water that is comfortable for you in a basin.
Put your feet inside the basin with warm water and let them soak for 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove your feet from the basin and towel dry them.
Caution: If you have medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or any other chronic disorders this foot soak recipe may not be right for you. Please consult your healthcare professionals or physician before engaging in these recipe.
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Hello, my dear gorgeous! Welcome to my blog and learn with me as you walk in your skincare journey. I'm skincare enthusiast and a student. I like sharing my passion of beauty and skincare with the world. I like blogging, reading and binge watching YouTube vlogs and Netflix during my leisure time.
