Nourishing Oil for Extremely Dry Skin–Recipe

Prepare Your Nourishing Oil

Choose a nourishing oil from sesame oil (unroasted), extra virgin olive oil, organic oils such as sunflower, pumpkin seed or avocado oil. Any of these would give a fantastic foot soak.

Ingredients for Nourishing Oil :
1 teaspoon nourishing oil and a small amount — 1/4 teaspoon — milk (any kind). Amounts are approximate and you can adjust to suit.

Method:
Place the oil in a small bowl or cup. Pour the milk into the oil. Whisk to combine it. Your mixture should have a silky, slightly grainy appearance.

NOTE: If you pour oil into the milk, the oil will sit on top of the milk and not combine with it.  Then you will not get a smooth mixture!  If this happened — not a big deal. Don’t fret but save it for cooking a sauce. Go back and try again, as above.

TIP:  Make enough Nourishing Oil Blend for several Foot Soaks and store in the refrigerator between uses.  Your ratio of nourishing oil to milk is 1: 1/4, or 1 teaspoon of oil to 1/4 teaspoon of milk.  Thus you could make 6x that amount: 6 teaspoons of nourishing oil and 1 1/2 teaspoons of milk, to have enough nourishing oil for 6 foot soaks.

Your Foot Soak

Ingredients for Your Foot Soak: 1 portion of nourishing oil + 1 tablespoon Epsom salts—this is very nice to have but optional. Hot water, enough to fill your plastic tub.

1. Prepare a plastic tub with enough hot water to cover your feet. Pour in your nourishing oil and the Epsom salts (if using). Swirl with a spoon to mix. Spread out a towel on the floor and place the tub on the towel.

2. Submerge your feet in the hot water and oil bath. Ah-h-h-h! It feels so good! Use a face cloth to rub and wash your feet in the foot-soak mixture.

Spend at least 5 minutes in the foot soak, longer — up to 15 minutes — if the water remains warm. When you’re ready, place your feet on the towel and pat dry each foot, top, bottom, sides and toes.

3. Apply body oil to each foot: top, bottom, sides and toes. Pay special attention to the dry skin areas, and even more attention to getting body oil coverage on each toe and toenails.

4. Pull on a pair of clean socks and wear slippers until bedtime. Just before retiring for the night, remove your socks and re-apply body oil, massaging in the oil to the tops, bottoms and sides of your feet, paying special attention to the dry areas, toes, and toenails.

That’s it! You’ve got your best feet going forward, especially if you repeat the foot spa at least another time this week. Finally, you’ll see how clear your heels look, and how moisturized they feel!