feet

1 Summer foot care
Although we tend to overlook possible problems and take our feet for granted, they are particularly at risk in the summer months and can suffer dreadfully during the holidays. Cuts, scratches, blisters,...
2 Choose your shoes with care
They are, almost literally, the foundation of good health, but all too often we only really think about our feet when there's already a problem. After being wrapped up tight all winter long, feet take...
3 Fitness for feet
With summer coming, it's time to discard heavy boots and thick socks and tights and find your feet again. Here are some exercises to help get those toes and tootsies back in trim: Walk on your...
4 Get your feet ready for summer
The days are flying by and soon it'll be time to put away your winter shoes and reach for summer sandals. But after months of being bundled into thick socks and boots, are your feet up for this sudden...
5 Tread softly
Not only are calluses and patches of hard skin on the feet unsightly, they can also be incredibly painful. What makes this worse for sufferers is the tendency to think it's their own fault. In fact, there...
6 Pediluvium – the footbath treatment
The fancy-sounding word 'pediluvium' is taken from the Latin where it simply means footbath. Now though, it's used to refer to a marvellous spa therapy technique that is both relaxing and invigorating...
7 Pediluvium – the footbath treatment
The fancy-sounding word 'pediluvium' is taken from the Latin where it simply means footbath. Now though, it's used to refer to a marvellous spa therapy technique that is both relaxing and invigorating...
8 Fresh ideas for hot days
Even Jane Austen, that most genteel of English ladies, complained that the hot weather kept her “in a continual state of inelegance.” It's certainly true that when temperatures rise, tempers...
9 Five simple summer beauty tips
We've all been looking forward to the summer - not least because it brings the holidays! Not only does it give us a chance to break with the routine of the rest of the year, but it's a season replete with...
10 Footwise: six steps to trim toes
Are your feet fit for public display? Or are they rough and ragged from being neglected all through the long winter months? It's easy to remember to take care of our hands as they're constantly on view,...
11 Reflexology: the word on the feet
Did you know that your feet may hold the key to health? It's difficult to believe it, but pressing a particular spot on this part of your body can relieve your toothache, stop your back ache or even calm...
12 The magical makeover marvel for truly fabulous feet…
The TUC may be attempting to ban high heels in the workplace, but for many women, it’s not equality that immediately springs to mind when slipping on strappy sandals in the summer months; it’s...
13 Feet first for summer sandal style
We’re promised a scorcher of a summer which means the entire nation will be bearing its feet in strappy sandals – which isn’t always a good thing when British tootsies have been neglected...
14 Smooth feet for summer
Now we’re all thinking of getting our feet looking summer–ready for the strappy sandal season – a la Victoria Beckham and Liz Hurley - it’s time to get rid of all that hard skin...
15 How to get feet in shape for spring
It's exactly because feet are usually the last part of the body to be given any attention that they leave winter looking the worst – and yet are one of the hardest areas to hide. "We should...
16 Nails, hands and feet: Keeping tootsies clean
Grubby feet don't exactly add to the Jimmy Choo experience, but they can't help picking up dirt when you've wrapped them in strappy sandals to pound the streets in summer. So carry a packet of face wipes...