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"PinterestFacebookWe&amp;#39;re pretty excited about breaking out the sandals, but if you&amp;#39;re not able to squeeze regular pedicures into your calendar&amp;#8212;or your budget&amp;#8212;don&amp;#39;t be afraid to try it on your own at home. Here&amp;#39;s how:\nPinterestFacebook\n__Take a milk bath.__Not as ridiculous as it sounds! The lactic acid in the milk will help smooth calluses, so fill a large bowl or tub with equal parts milk and warm water, add a few drops of lavender oil, and soak your feet for five to ten minutes.\n\n\n__Care for your cuticles.__Rub a drop of cuticle oil into each toenail bed and push back any thickened skin with an orangewood stick. Use a coarse-grain emery board to file your nails straight across to prevent ingrowns, and then slightly round the edges.\n\n\n__Soften your soles.__Refill the bowl with clean water, then thoroughly exfoliate both feet with a coarse foot scrub and rinse them clean. Remove calluses on your heels, the balls of your feet, and your toes with a foot file or pumice stone.\n\n\nAdd some moisture. After rinsing off the scrub, coat your feet and lower legs in a moisturizing foot mask. Let the ingredients sink in for five to ten minutes, then rinse your feet and legs.\n\n\n__Prepare your nails.__Pat your feet dry, then massage in a hydrating foot cream. Wipe the lotion off nails with a nonacetone polish remover pad before slipping in a pair of foam toe separators. Swipe a basecoat from bottom to top of each toenail.\n\n\nPaint away. Apply three strips of polish, one up the center, then one on either side. After about two minutes, paint on a second coat, and follow with a topcoat after another two minutes. Let your toes dry for at least an hour.\n\n--Kayleigh Donahue, Editorial Assistant\nOMG: How luxurious does this sound right now? Have you ever tried a DIY pedicure? How did it work out?\nMore from Allure:\n Our Favorite Spring Nail Colors\n Top Foot Smoothers\nThe Best Way to Do a Dark Manicure\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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