I live in Australia, and its been well over 30 degrees everyday for the past 6 months (note - its now finally cooled down - yay!!). As a result of this, my feet have taken an absolute beating!
Feet masks are pretty new to me. I looked at all sorts of different ones, and decided to purchase a TonyMoly peeling feet mask - as a said my feet have taken a beating and I needed something pretty heavy duty.
The idea of these masks are you place your feet in these plastic bootie type socks, and pour in a solution, usually made up of various acids (lactic, glycolic, salicylic), and other liquids which are supposed to gently, but effectively cause the feet to peel off the old, rough skin, revealing new soft feet. The peeling should commence after 4 to 6 days, and should be completed in approximately 2 weeks.
I'm not going to show any actual pictures of my feet because...... well..... nobody needs to see that!
I'm not going to show any actual pictures of my feet because...... well..... nobody needs to see that!
Important Info
Name: TonyMoly Shiny Foot Peeling Liquid
Price: $12.99USD for 2 pairs from beautynetkorea.com
What is it?
Description from the BeautyNetKorea website
This special treatment for foot calluses contains plant derived extracts, and will make your feet soft and supple. it removes rough dead skin cells from your feet, leaving your feet smooth and silk soft
Ingredients List
Packaging
The 2 sets of booties come in a laminated box with a picture of what appears to be a sparkly pair of baby's feet.
The peeling solution comes in a foot shaped foil pouch, which is a pre-measured dose to be poured into each booty (no guessing of how much is half - yippee!!)
Each pair of booties is packaged in clear plastic wrapping with a sticky closure.
The back of the box contains not only instructions written into Korean, but also English - thank goodness because with this type of product I wouldn't really want to guess what I need to do.
The peeling solution comes in a foot shaped foil pouch, which is a pre-measured dose to be poured into each booty (no guessing of how much is half - yippee!!)
Each pair of booties is packaged in clear plastic wrapping with a sticky closure.
The back of the box contains not only instructions written into Korean, but also English - thank goodness because with this type of product I wouldn't really want to guess what I need to do.
First Impressions
As I bought a 2 pack of booties, I gave one to my sister to try out (she's a hairdresser so is on her feet all day). She tried them first. It says on the instructions to cut the peeling solution packet across the dotted line - but when she did that the solution spurted all over the floor - I'd recommend just cutting off the big toe (which is what I did when I tried them the next day)
I have size 10 feet (Eu41), and the booties still fit me fine and did up around my ankle without any issues. There is a paper type of insert inside the plastic bootie that you put your feet into. Once my feet were snuggly in the boot, I cut off the big toe of the peeling liquid and poured it into each bootie. I liquid was really cold! I then tied up the booties to make sure none of the liquid escaped.
The instructions say to keep the booties on your feet for an hour to an hour and a half (or until the feet have absorbed all the liquid). I kept them on for about an hour and three quarters.
A bit of a side note, my sister had a 2 week old gel manicure of her toes which was removed by the peeling liquid! I had normal nail polish on my toes and it had no effect.
Another unexpected benefit was after using the booties, my sister noticed a significant improvement in the corn between her little toe and the one next to it - who knew???
It look about 2 days for my feet to start to peel. At day it, it kind of looked like I had walked in some baby powder, and it was stuck in the lines of my feet. Later that night I had a bath, and when I got out of the bath, a significant amount of peeling had started - initially more so on the softer area of my feet (arch, under my toes), but by day 5 the more calloused parts of my feet had started to peel, and I could see a significant difference.
By the end of day 6, there was only minor peeling still occurring.
My feet didn't peel any further from day 7 to day 14.
I have size 10 feet (Eu41), and the booties still fit me fine and did up around my ankle without any issues. There is a paper type of insert inside the plastic bootie that you put your feet into. Once my feet were snuggly in the boot, I cut off the big toe of the peeling liquid and poured it into each bootie. I liquid was really cold! I then tied up the booties to make sure none of the liquid escaped.
The instructions say to keep the booties on your feet for an hour to an hour and a half (or until the feet have absorbed all the liquid). I kept them on for about an hour and three quarters.
A bit of a side note, my sister had a 2 week old gel manicure of her toes which was removed by the peeling liquid! I had normal nail polish on my toes and it had no effect.
Another unexpected benefit was after using the booties, my sister noticed a significant improvement in the corn between her little toe and the one next to it - who knew???
Day 1 Results
After I removed the booties and thoroughly rinsed my feet of the solution, I can tell you my feet have never looked so clean! No change to the feel or texture of my feet on day one.
Day 6 Results
It look about 2 days for my feet to start to peel. At day it, it kind of looked like I had walked in some baby powder, and it was stuck in the lines of my feet. Later that night I had a bath, and when I got out of the bath, a significant amount of peeling had started - initially more so on the softer area of my feet (arch, under my toes), but by day 5 the more calloused parts of my feet had started to peel, and I could see a significant difference.
By the end of day 6, there was only minor peeling still occurring.
After 2 weeks
My feet didn't peel any further from day 7 to day 14.
Was it Any Good?
Although my feet aren't completely baby soft, I think the peeling mask did a really good job. My feet are pretty battered - between the Australian Summer, wearing nose-bleed inducing high heels, and pretty much thongs only now that I'm heavily pregnant - the singular use of a peeling mask was never going to fix all. But there is definitely a huge improvement - particularly on my heels.
Would I buy it again? I already have, and its only its way to me (yay!). I don't think I'm able to use it straight away though. I think I read somewhere to give a 6 week break between treatments - d'oh!
Rating
4.5/5
Where Can I Get It?
I purchased mine from beautynetkorea.com as they offer free shipping, and ship to Australia
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