Kiss My Face? More Like Kiss My Feet

Further to the summer-ready feet theme, I thought I would share a recent find that help keep your feet massage-ready. I recommend a professional pedicure to start off the summer, unless you are like me, and obsessively pamper your feet year round. Once you have a smooth and lovely canvas to work with, its all about maintenance. Kiss My Face, one of my fave natural and organic skincare lines, has two lovely prodz perfect for summer feet. Their peppermint Foot Scrub and Foot Crème are the perfect line of defence to keep your feet fetish-worthy all summer.

The Foot Scrub exfoliates and polishes with natural pumice and walnut shells, and refreshes tired hot feet with tingly peppermint. I love to use it in the shower. Tip - using a little of this scrub on a nail brush banishes dry cuticles and cleans all the little cracks and crevices your hands can't get to. Try it, you will be amazed. I even use it on my hands after gardening (once a year....).

The Foot Crème softens and smoothes with a whole bunch of butters (shea, coco, mango, kokum) moisturizing oils and more peppermint. It feels amazing at bedtime after a long day on your feet, and you wake up with silky soft feet.

See how chic bare feet are? 

Available wherever Kiss My Face is sold, the 4 oz tubes are around $9 each.

The Open Toe Shoe Pledge

Ladies (and, frankly, men) it is that time of year again. Please take the pledge, and share with your friends. Friends don't let friends have gnarly feet.

The Open Toed Shoe Pledge

As a member of the Sisterhood, I pledge to follow the Rules when wear sandals and other open-toe shoes: 

I promise to always wear sandals that fit. My toes will not hang over and touch the ground, nor will my heels spill over the backs. And the sides and tops of my feet will not pudge out between the straps. 

I will go polish-free or vow to keep the polish fresh, intact and chip-free. I will not cheat and just touch up my big toe. 

I will sand down any mounds of skin before they turn hard and yellow. 

I will shave the hairs off my big toe. 

I won't wear pantyhose even if my misinformed girlfriend, coworker, mother, sister tells me the toe seam really will stay under my toes if I tuck it there. 

If a strap breaks, I won't duct-tape, pin, glue or tuck it back into place hoping it will stay put. I will get my shoe fixed or toss it. 

I will not live in corn denial; rather I will lean on my good friend Dr. Scholl's if my feet need him. 

I will resist the urge to buy jelly shoes at Payless for the low, low price of $4.99 even if my feet are small enough to fit into the kids' sizes. This is out of concern for my safety, and the safety of others. No one can walk properly when standing in a pool of sweat and I would hate to take someone down with me as I fall and break my ankle. 

I will take my toe ring off toward the end of the day if my toes swell and begin to look like Vienna sausages.  I will not wear toe rings.

I will be brutally honest with my girlfriend/sister/coworker when she asks me if her feet are too ugly to wear sandals. Someone has to tell her that her toes are as long as my fingers and no sandal makes creepy feet look good. 

I will promise if I wear flip flops that I will ensure that they actually flip and flop, making the correct noise while walking and I will swear NOT to slide or drag my feet while wearing them. 

I will promise to throw away any white/off-white sandals that show signs of wear... nothing is tackier than dirty white sandals.

Those of us who must look at everyone's bare feet thank you.