Super Fine Feet
No, we have not developed a foot fetish, although when we learned (only a couple of years ago – apparently we are a tad sheltered) that there are people out there with serious foot issues.
Even this, discussing the virtues and faults of foot files or pedicure files or callus rasps or whatever terminology they’re using on your side of the world, may be a little ooky. For starters, we’re talking about exfoliation. We’re talking the abrading away of dead skin. Dead skin that turns into a very fine white dust as you mindlessly file away.
Had enough? Don’t tune out yet! We are very interested in the elements involved in pedicures because we are not crazy about professional manicures or pedicures. It’s a nice thing to do with your gal pals in that it’s a little social get together. We still think it’s hurts and the best thing about it is the hand massage.
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But we like our feet to look good – we used to have a co-worker (two day jobs ago) who covered fashion and beauty and she always looked like she never washed her feet. We meanly referred to her amongst our closest peeps as DF (for “dirty feet”). Now, we would never say this about someone who was a good person. This woman having this unfortunate hygiene/skin issue was icing on the cake (or dust in the cracks of her heels). She was, at best, annoying. We’ll leave it at that.
Anyway, so we’re always worried about those pesky dry heels and work religiously to keep our feet (at least our feet) youthful.
This means we’ve tried every form of pedicure and/or foot file around. There are several basic models. There’s a wood-handled file that is basically a large oval emery board on a, well, wood handle. One side is usually a tiny bit more coarse than the other.
There’s another version that is very similar, except the handle is made of plastic. Sometimes the plastic is filmsy and can break in the middle of a job. Sometimes it’s a little more substantial, but either way, there is no way around it: that emery board portion of the file will render itself useless after only a few uses. We had an Origins thick wood one that was nice while it lasted – which was not for long This might not bother some because they’re about $2. A higher range one is still under $10.
The next version is a pumice stone type of file. Like the one above, it can come with one side rougher/more coarse than the other. These work well on particular tenaciously dry heels and feet. There are steel version, and although below we say we haven't used the Caswell Massey one, but our Chairman of the Board, instead of bringing me the Deep Steep (see below), he brought me the steel file, Ms. Pedicure (which you can get at Nordies).
The final style isn’t one we’ve sampled, and it’s usually referred to as a Callus Rasp. It sometimes comes with an interchangeable head that is a shaver. This to me seems to be designed for some seriously challenged peds.
As we mentioned, we’ve not ever used what is called a Callus Rasp. Looks like a miniature cheese grater. Grossed out, much?
But we have finally, finally found the best foot file ever. The best ever. EVER. Seriously. Seriously (we just watched the soap opera that is Grey’s Anatomy).
It’s the 95-degrees and Sunny Crystal Nail Foot File. It’s actually like a large version of their regular nail file and it’s stunning what it can do. With only a little bit of attention, heels are so soft and smooth. Fantastic. You MUST get one. In fact, you get results that are unmatched – meaning, whatever the miracle of the 95* & Sunny file, your feet are suddenly completely smooth, like they were never rough or dry. You’ll not need another implement.
Here’s a look at the best and the rest.
