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		<title>Dry Cracked Feet? How to Eliminate Dry, Thick Skin on Heels &#38; Feet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michelle</dc:creator>
		
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<category>Drugstore.com</category><category>Dry Heels</category><category>Flexitol Heel Balm</category><category>Footcare Products</category><category>Thick Skin</category>
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I have never had nice feet. Never.  They are dry, nasty things with curled toes and heels so dry they could sand wood. I am not kidding. I use to be so phobic about it that I would wear socks to bed, even in the summer so that I wouldn&#8217;t run the risk of [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have never had nice feet. <em>Never.</em>  <em>They are dry, nasty things with curled toes and heels so dry they could sand wood.</em> I am not kidding. I use to be so phobic about it that I would wear socks to bed, even in the summer so that I wouldn&#8217;t run the risk of scraping my gnarly feet against my partners legs. <img src='http://blogs.smarter.com/beauty/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>To add to my misery I was born and raised in <strong>California, the land of perpetual flip flops! </strong>Us die hard Californians don&#8217;t necessarily restrict our &#8220;sandal&#8221; wearing to the seasons of Spring and Summer,  <strong>nay for a real Californian &#8220;flip flops&#8221; can be worn through just about any season and to almost every event.</strong> You can imagine my horror then as my peers sported their dainty feet with flower painted toes and I had man feet with hard core calluses and dry cracked heels! It&#8217;s a small wonder I survived puberty, is all I am saying.</p>
<p>Through the years <strong>I have spent a small fortune buying every foot cream and special softening sock known to man trying to remedy my chappy feet.</strong>  To no avail, if anything the <em>condition just got progressively worse through the years and the skin just got thicker and thicker.</em></p>
<p><strong>I bought <a href="http://www.smarter.com/se--qq-pumice%2Bstones.html" title="Pumice Stones " target="_blank">pumices</a> of assorted styles and substances</strong> ( lava rock, salt, special stones, blah blah blah) I would scrub and scrub, the skin would flake off and <strong>like evil magic reappear thicker and drier than before</strong>. I seriously gave up, and just wrote it off as my burden to carry through this life and resigned myself not to every date anyone with a foot fetish because they would probably throw up at the site of my feet.</p>
<p>Finally, I found the holy grail of dry cracked feet! A diabetic chum of mine told me about <a href="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=92719&amp;catid=10&amp;brand=39861&amp;trx=PLST-0-BRAND&amp;trxp1=10&amp;trxp2=92719&amp;trxp3=1&amp;trxp4=0&amp;btrx=BUY-PLST-0-BRAND" title="Flexitol Heel Balm at Drugstore.com" target="_blank"><strong>Flexitol Heel Balm</strong> </a> which was recommended to him by his podiatrist. He has worst feet then mine, but his are due to side effects of diabetes.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=92719&amp;catid=10&amp;brand=39861&amp;trx=PLST-0-BRAND&amp;trxp1=10&amp;trxp2=92719&amp;trxp3=1&amp;trxp4=0&amp;btrx=BUY-PLST-0-BRAND" title="Flexitol Heel Balm at Drugstore.com"><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/flexitol%201.jpg" alt="Flexitol Heel Balm " height="216" width="247" /></a></p>
<p>(click on image to purchase)</p>
<p>I am not going to pump it up for you. Simply said it works, if you really do have nasty feet it&#8217;s the solution you have been searching for AT LAST!</p>
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<li>It&#8217;s cheap! Suggested price: $7.39 Now: <strong>$5.99 at drugstore.com!</strong></li>
<li>I&#8217;ve seen it sold at <strong>Target,</strong> too!</li>
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<p>Simply apply twice daily, morning and night. I think in the beginning, you should apply after you shower, and you scrub the excess dry skin from your heels with a  callus remover of some sort:</p>
<p><img src="http://images.smarter.com/blogs/callus%20remover.jpg" alt="Dr. Scholl's Callus Remover" height="200" width="200" /></p>
<p>Then apply <a href="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=92719&amp;catid=10&amp;brand=39861&amp;trx=PLST-0-BRAND&amp;trxp1=10&amp;trxp2=92719&amp;trxp3=1&amp;trxp4=0&amp;btrx=BUY-PLST-0-BRAND" title="Flexitol Heel Balm at Drugstore.com" target="_blank">Flexitol Heel Balm</a> liberally to the affected areas. You will begin to see results within a few days. Quite awesome, after my feet started getting better I started just applying the balm to my dry heels when I had the time. <strong>Regardless I swear by it now and it saved my sandal wearing life!</strong></p>
<p>I am sure it will work for you as well, let me know how your progress goes. This really is an issue that is near and dear to my heart! <img src='http://blogs.smarter.com/beauty/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>Heat Warming Pads for Aching Neck and Back</title>
		<link>http://blogs.smarter.com/beauty/2008/03/12/heat-warming-pads-for-aching-neck-and-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michelle</dc:creator>
		
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<category>AmericaRX.com</category><category>Heating Pads</category>
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Well on Monday I got rear ended by some guy driving a Mercedes who was yapping on his phone! I myself am guilty of talking on my cellphone whilst I drive, but now that I have been the recipient of a car accident caused by such an event, I think I will lay off the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Well on Monday <strong>I got rear ended by some guy driving a Mercedes who was yapping on his phone! </strong>I myself am guilty of talking on my cellphone whilst I drive, but now that I have been the recipient of a car accident caused by such an event, I think I will lay off the cellphone for awhile.</p>
<p>Well now <strong>I am sore in my neck and back, due to the whiplash.</strong> When I was at the pharmacy picking up my meds, I browsed their selection of heating pads for my neck. I chose the following:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smarter.com/first-aid-kits/wellpatch-heat-warming-pads-extra-large-2-ea/pd--ch-39--pi-2191733.html" title="Well Patch Warm Heating Pads " target="_blank">WellPatch Heat Warming Pads</a></p>
<p>They provide immediate long lasting relief from minor aches and pains, and stiffness of muscles and joints. I don&#8217;t know so much about the &#8220;long lasting&#8217; bit, but it did ease my discomfort.</p>
<p>Price <strong>$4.89 </strong></p>
<p>If your neck is sore and your back needs some warm loving, give it a try. Feels nice.</p>
<p>To purchase the <a href="http://www.smarter.com/first-aid-kits/wellpatch-heat-warming-pads-extra-large-2-ea/pd--ch-39--pi-2191733.html" title="Well Patch Heat Warming Pads" target="_blank">Well Patch Heat Warming Pads, click here</a> or the image above.</p>
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