I have been curious about foot peels ever since seeing them on YouTube, there's something gross yet compelling about watching footage (haha!) of these products.
The most well known feet peeling socks seem to be 'Baby Foot' from Japan which cost around $25.00. I get regular pedicures so as my feet aren't in terrible condition and I didn't want to make a big investment, I was mostly interested in using such a product for the sake of trying something new rather than using it to address a cosmetic problem. When back in the summer, on my first trip to Ulta, I saw a pair of TonyMoly Changing Magic Foot Peeling Shoes which only cost $6.00 I picked some up to try out.
The Product.
Packaging was similar to a sheet mask with instructions on how to use printed on the back. Also on the back was the rather embarrassing blurb 'Steps that can transform an average looking woman into an attractive lady'. I'm hoping that something was lost in translation here because I find the phrase very peculiar and a little offensive.
Inside were a pair of paper/cellulose booties the inside of which were again reminiscent of a sheet mask. Active ingredients included glycolic and salicylic acids, alcohol, urea, various fruit extracts and aloe. The smell of these was very reminiscent of Pixi Glow Tonic.
There were also two pieces of tape to secure the booties. I didn't find the tape to be that sticky and I needed to wrap some masking/painter's tape around my ankles to secure them properly. (You could also slip a pair of large socks over the top to keep them securely on your feet).
How to Use.
These were easy to use. You simply needed to slip them onto clean dry feet, wait one and a half to two hours until the serum/liquid had absorbed into your feet, rinse your feet well and then sit back and wait for your feet to peel over the next couple of weeks.
The major drawback I found to using these was fitting them into my schedule. Firstly I needed an uninterrupted couple of hours, but the real difficulty was that as I didn't know how (or when exactly) my feet would peel I needed to wait until the weather cooled down enough that I was certain that I wouldn't need to wear sandals etc. I knew my feet were going to get ugly looking for the duration of the peel so I wanted to be able to wear socks for all that time.
I also wasn't sure how they would affect any nail polish I might be wearing so I didn't want to put them on when I had just had a pedicure (FYI they didn't remove or dull my week old pedicure of Essie polish and top coat).
What Happened?
My feet became a little chilly wearing these so I was happy to finally remove them. After rinsing well I didn't notice that my feet were any different than from before so I calmly waited.
Day 4 (after wearing). Until day 4 nothing had happened at all and I was beginning to think that nothing would... then, as promised, I noticed some small blistered looking areas beginning to
appear on my feet.
Day5/6. Largish pieces of skin began to peel off on the softer parts of my feet such as my instep and the bottom of my toes. My feet looked terrible! There's no way you could do this if you needed to have bare feet or wear open shoes.
After two weeks. Everyday I had been taking off my socks and they were full of flakes of skin. I took to wearing socks in bed at night it was so bad. If I went anywhere without wearing socks I left a dusting of skin flakes in my wake. It's kind of disgusting and I've been hoovering daily - at least the apartment is clean! I noticed that the bottoms of my feet were somewhat softer but some hard skin still remained. I'd say maybe 50% of my hard skin flaked away but I was really in need of a proper pedicure though as my nails had been neglected.
After three weeks. The last week the bottoms of my feet finally stopped shedding skin... And then the tops of my feet started!
Day 22 My feet finally stopped flaking and I went for a pedicure - hoorah! I was a little disappointed that the foot lady didn't said how soft and attractive my feet are (joking), she still attacked the skin on the balls of my foot and around my heals quite vigorously with a foot file.
Would I do it again?
It was fun to try out a foot peeling treatment, but honestly, I can't see myself repeating the experience. It was difficult to find the right time to fit it into my schedule and I really didn't enjoy having my feet shed flakes of skin everywhere for two weeks - I'd much rather commit to having regular pedicures!
I wouldn't recommend these, but if your interest has been piqued and you want to try out an inexpensive pair of foot peeling shoes you can find the TonyMoly ones that I tried at ulta.com
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