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Post by maryland on Jun 5, 2015 3:39:54 GMT
I got one once and loved it! For me, it's not in the budget, but even if it was, I have the ugliest feet! Bony, bunions and thick toenails. I always worry that they will be laughing about my feet when I leave.
I do think that if I could get pedicures, it would be more worth it for me than getting my nails done. When I paint my toenails, they look good for much longer time than when I do my fingernails. Even my daughters, who get manicures for school dances, have chipped nails after just a couple of days. And believe me, they aren't hard on their nails (meaning they never do the dishes!!).
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Post by CarolT on Jun 5, 2015 3:51:24 GMT
I try to stretch it out to every 3 weeks in the summer, but sometimes I only last 2 weeks.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 5, 2015 3:53:46 GMT
caro I'm next to you on that torture bench. However, I can't bend down there to do a good paint job, so to me it's worth the discomfort. Im always upfront about how ticklish I am so they aren't surprised when I jerk my foot back. I go about once a month in summer but didn't get my first pedi until last summer. I also get a bit paranoid about nail fungus, but decided to take my chances at this point. Winter I don't polish and I'm in thick socks.
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Post by cajeanne on Jun 5, 2015 4:15:27 GMT
Many years ago a friend got an infection that almost cost her her foot, I stopped having pedicures at that time.
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Post by tanya2 on Jun 5, 2015 4:41:16 GMT
my toenails grow pretty slowly so once every 4 weeks is frequent enough for me
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Post by smokeynspike on Jun 5, 2015 5:12:04 GMT
Never, I don't like people touching my feet. I always have my toenails painted though, year round, but I do it myself.
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Post by gottapeanow on Jun 5, 2015 5:48:58 GMT
I love getting pedicures, and my salon is super reasonably priced. I go less in the winter and more often in the summer. Even so, they last a while. I have been super busy lately and finally went and got one today. Sigh. I was in heaven.
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Jun 5, 2015 6:07:24 GMT
I got one yesterday. Probably will get another one in a couple of weeks when I am vacationing with my sister.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 6:17:39 GMT
I "can" paint my toes really well, usually. As long as I have both hands free I do my toes every 3-4 days. I haven't done them in 2 months...cast and all. I plan to do them right away again. I love having pretty toes  and while I don't own tons of nail polish, I do have lots that i love |
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Post by gar on Jun 5, 2015 6:51:46 GMT
I do my own, including the soaking, the cuticle work etc fairly regularly. I'll occasionally get one done as a treat because the massage is wonderful  |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 5, 2015 8:16:06 GMT
I only did once, and it hurt, so I refuse to go back.
Too scared to, I guess.
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Post by liya on Jun 5, 2015 12:34:32 GMT
Every 3 weeks or so during sandal season (which started Wednesday for me and lasts thru early Sept.) I guess my nails grow slow. I don't get them done in the Winter unless I'm going on Vacation and come to think of it I skipped that this year too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 12:42:23 GMT
I do my own once a week, it's a good way to relax for me. I love soaking my feet in warm bubbly water!
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Post by originalvanillabean on Jun 5, 2015 12:44:41 GMT
About every 3 weeks in summer. Pretty much never in the winter.
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Post by tallgirl on Jun 5, 2015 12:52:25 GMT
I go when I have a gift certificate. I am too cheap to pay for it otherwise. I paint my own nails when I don't get them professionally done but I will admit that in the winter I let it go a lot longer than I should, especially since I am on the pool deck with my swim club three days per week year round.
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Post by threegirls on Jun 5, 2015 13:04:59 GMT
I've only had two in my life. They were gifts. A boss of mine got a nail fungus from a manicure. Two summers ago the local news had a report about a type of bacteria that a woman got from a pedicure. She had a small cut on her ankle and the infection entered there. It went through her whole body. Yuck.
For those reasons and the fact that I don't want to spend money on something like that, I don't get pedicures. I do them myself.
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Post by flypea1 on Jun 5, 2015 13:21:54 GMT
Once a month all year long. I may go every 3 weeks in the summer time though.
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Post by deshacrafts on Jun 5, 2015 14:06:37 GMT
Rarely in the winter, every 4 weeks this summer.
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Post by jmurray on Jun 5, 2015 14:08:42 GMT
ok I've got to ask... where are these infections coming from? The salon I go to uses an autoclave for all their mani / pedi tools, and they also use liners in the foot tubs that get replaced with brand new ones for each customer. The water is then freshly added each time, so I'm not sure where the risk of infection is coming from?
To answer the OP... I get them once a month in winter, once every 2 weeks in summer. Hate it, but suffer through it - I like pretty toenails!
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Post by tara595 on Jun 5, 2015 14:20:26 GMT
I love getting pedicures, and usually go about every two weeks in the summer. IF i really want to treat myself, I go for the 10 minute massage - heavenly!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 14:48:53 GMT
If I won the lottery, I would go every single day.
Since I haven't won the lottery, we (DH and I both) usually go once a month or so. Sometimes I'll go with DD or a friend in between. I wear sandals pretty much year round now that I live in Texas and they are hard on the feet. Plus I'm a big fan of pampering so DH and I often go for what we call "sketchy massage" (those Chinese "Happy Feet" kind of places that always have curtains over the windows and are open until late at night and specialize in reflexology. Let me tell you, you can get a damn good massage there for an hour for under $30.)
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Post by alexa11 on Jun 5, 2015 14:55:25 GMT
Never. I am much too finicky and no one would be able to do my toes as well as I do plus I won't spend the money. Seems like a waste to me when I can do them better I do my own about once every other week in the summer. In the winter I just keep them trimmed but not painted.  |
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Post by scrappersue on Jun 5, 2015 16:00:15 GMT
Never in the winter and then once a month in the summer.
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Post by valincal on Jun 5, 2015 16:11:44 GMT
Probably every 6 weeks on average. I can be a tad ticklish but I love getting a pedicure. The girl I go to does a great job, and gives a nice calf and foot massage. My polish lasts for ages, so I just use the Ped-Egg and foot cream in between. I pay $40 including tip.
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Post by oldcrow on Jun 5, 2015 16:20:10 GMT
I can't handle a stranger touching my feet. It skeeves me out. A lot. I do my own pedicures at home about every 10-14 days, depending on how the polish is wearing. This is me too. But I am reaching the age where it is becoming difficult. Yeah, I know this one should be in the other thread. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 16:34:25 GMT
Never. I am much too finicky and no one would be able to do my toes as well as I do plus I won't spend the money. Seems like a waste to me when I can do them better I do my own about once every other week in the summer. In the winter I just keep them trimmed but not painted. I wish I could paint my own toenails! With or without my reading glasses, they look like a kindergartener was finger painting on my feet. Completely hopeless. I do my own fingernails though. They look great, I have no idea why I can't do my toes. |
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Post by Fidget on Jun 5, 2015 17:01:16 GMT
I go every 3 weeks year round. Maybe 4 in the coldest winter months. I get clear polish in the winter. I love a pedicure and I love to read, so I don't mind sitting.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jun 5, 2015 17:04:59 GMT
I do my own but just realized yesterday that, along with shaving my legs, I need to do it more frequently now that it is warmer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 17:25:24 GMT
I am far too ticklish on my feet to tolerate a pedicure. And not in the "funny makes me laugh" kind of ticklish, in the "causes me to panic and kick at you" kind of way. I've never had a pedicure. (or a manicure, for the record)
1) Neither are something important enough to me to spend money on. My nails are kept clean, trimmed to a uniform length (meaning I don't have a few long nails and a few short nails) and filed on a daily basis. I haven't worn polish on my nails in quite some time. For me, when removing polish, no matter how much remover or clean cotton balls I use, I always feel they're stained and I don't want to be forced to leave polish on so that I don't have to look at a stain...which then basically makes the stain even worse.
2) I have a scar on the bottom and center of my foot that's about 2" long. I don't like it touched. My kids learned at a young age about my "scar foot" and we never tickled on the bottoms of feet. If it's touched, not only does it feel incredibly uncomfortable for me, but the person touching it may also get kicked...almost involuntarily. So having someone touching my feet, working on my feet is so beyond anything I would choose to do. (for the record, I don't like shoes rubbing on my scar, can't have socks rubbing on it...it just "feels funny" and I just don't like it.
My feet are clean, but are calloused. I keep my toenails painted in "sandal season".
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Post by sharlag on Jun 5, 2015 17:29:11 GMT
I don't like pedicures, I wish I could just magically get the toenails painted without all the touching and small talk. Ugh, I hate the process. So I go when I have a special occasion only. Which has to be pretty darn special, I have gone twice in the last 8 years. I have all my own gel polish and nail accessories here at home though so my fingers and toes still look nice. Keeps the cost down that way too. I agree with you about the small talk, but with manicures. Your face is about 1 foot away from the technicians during a lot of the procedure, and it's very intimate. But I like pedis! Mine seem to last a long time, so in sandal weather I can go a month. In the winter time, 2 months before I can't stand it. |
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and while I don't own tons of nail polish, I do have lots that i love 
