I don’t know about you, but it has officially been a year since I have had a real pedicure. During quarantine life, I have completely rehabbed my toenails. And I have been so impressed with myself, that I thought I would share with you guys what worked for me so you too, can rehab your toenails!

I will spare you the pictures of what a disaster my toenails were before but let me tell you, it wasn’t pretty. I am guilty of wearing toenail polish for way longer than I probably should. So my toenails never get a chance to breathe. My toenails had white spots that were flaky & dehydrated looking. After a bit of research, I came across this article and began my journey to healthy toenails! Isn’t the internet wonderful sometimes?

My first step was removing my toenail polish with acetone-free nail polish remover. I have always used nail polish remover with acetone because I thought it worked better (especially with pesky red hard to remove polishes). But I am now obsessed with tenoverten+‘s rose polish remover. It really feels like it is nourishing your nails as you remove your polish. Then I used a very fine nail file/buffer to remove some of the dry cracked spots on my toenails.

The next step is to soak your feet. Dr. Teals has a nice epsom salt foot soak but I just used plain water. Then I grabbed my favorite tool…my Earth Therapeutics Foot File. This thing will change your life. It is like a cheese grater for your feet. LOL! Be careful you don’t do it too much but if you have hard calloused feet like me, this thing is AMAZING. Your feet have never felt so soft.

Then the next step is to use CND’s RescueRxx Daily Keratin Treatment. This is what will really help treat the white spots (keratin granulations) on your toenails. I used it twice a day (morning/night) for two weeks straight. Sometimes I would also put a coat of Sally Hansen’s Vitamin E oil on top at night. Before bed, I made sure to slather my feet with Aquaphor and sleep with socks on. You will not believe how soft your feet are each morning!

After two weeks, my feet & toenails had never looked better! No more peeling white spots! I have since given myself a new pedicure and made sure to use Dr.’s REMEDY bio-sourced tea tree oil & biotin infused base coat polish. It is 10-free, gluten-free (I had no idea this was a thing), breathable and UV protected. I topped it with my usual nail polishes/top coat, but I feel good about starting with the healthiest of them all. I highly recommend adding it to your nail polish arsenal.

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