Ideally, we would all know how to look after our dry feet in winter and make sure we care for them properly. Having sore, dry and cracked feet through the festive season is no fun for any of us.
From squeezing into high heels to pounding the pavements on the way to work. Of all our body parts, our feet probably take the most punishment so we really need to make sure we take better care of them during the winter months.
But are you making sure you look after them properly? Using specialist foot care products and maintaining the skin on your heels
Look After Your Dry Feet In Winter
General foot care
I recently visited a pediatrist who told me that spending more than 10 minutes in the bath, can actually cause dry skin on your feet.
Something that totally shocked me, I thought the longer the soak the better, but apparently, that is not the case.
The best way to soak your feet is actually with a little bit of lemon juice in warm water. Lemon juice is a mild acid so it helps dissolve the dead skin off your feet.
Keeping your feet filed with a specialised foot tool will help keep them buffed up and hard skin free too. Filing them immediately after soaking your feet is the best time. Using the correct foot care scrub too will also be most beneficial after you have filed them.
Covering up your feet
Now wearing soaks to bed might not be the most attractive sleepwear style. But it is a great way to keep your feet soft.
Applying a moisturiser or specialist foot cream before bed, and then popping your socks on, will help you wake up with softer skin in the morning.
During these winter months, sleeping with socks on your feet might also help you sleep better. They will keep you warm and more comfortable at night and less likely to have broken sleep.
Ensure you avoid heavily fragranced products though, as the perfumes can cause dryness. Keeping to natural products is the recommended way to maintain healthy feet.
Peppermint is my top recommendation for foot care products, it also feels really cool and fresh too. However, products containing hemp seed oil can really work wonders too.
Winter is probably the worst time for dry skin on the feet.
You can see another of my posts about keeping your skin looking good in the winter here
It can strike at any time of the year though, so best to make foot care part of your regular maintenance.
Dry skin on the feet can be such a common complaint and a potentially painful one too. Leaving excess skin to harden and crack can be extremely uncomfortable until it has healed.
The good news is that with a bit of regular TLC and the right choice of products, you can keep dry, cracked skin under control.
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I actually have a dry skin condition which gets really really bad during winter, peppermint has always been really helpful
i get dry feet in the colder weather so i will try some of these ideas
I love these tips. I find even one overnight treatment can do a lot of good.
I’ll try these tips,as i suffer with dry feet in colder months x
What great ideas! I always get dry hands and feet in the winter. I always use a hand cream for my hands but never think about treating my feet!
My feet are worse in the summer for getting dry, winter time they are fine. But will pas on these tips to my daughter
I always do mine after using my foot spa.
I get very dry feet I should really look after them better
I agree about the hemp seed oil! It works wonders!
I have just discovered hemp seed oil, I used to have a deep crack in the skin on the ball of my foot, the oil softened the skin, and I feel so much more comfortable. your blog has emphasised I need to look after my feet more. Thank you.
Great tips. I never knew about the long bath soak being bad for feet either. Also I get dry feet when I wear sandals, so these tips and every useful. Thanks.
I use a bit of Tea Tree oil on my toenails, and it helps fight any soreness. sometimes I get the dreaded ingrown toe nails
Great tips thank you
Thanks for the tips..
I’ve tried the lemon juice – it worked!
I didn’t realise that a soak in the bath would be bad for my feet! I think I’ll start doinf the sock thing (especially now it’s getting colder!)
I suffer with very dry feet I’ll have to try the sock thing
never realised that my long soaks in the bath could make my feet worse thought it was good for them too x
I suffer from dry skin, so I keep both foot cream and hand cream on my bedside table, and put it on just before I go to sleep, so it has the whole night to work on my skin.
Lovely tips – I like to use peppermint foot scrub, the soap and glory one is great and gets rid of dry skin on my heels
thanks for sharing with us x
Fab tips for foot care I ‘m surprised leaving your feet in water for more than ten minutes can make them dry . I have to put foot cream on when I get out of the bath as they feel awful and they eat the cream . Now I know why .
Time to love my feet – winter months leaves them so dry
Thanks for the amazing informative post about foot care.
We can also try protragen’s Toe Stretchersfor a relaxing pedicure and to restore your foot mobility.