Baby Foot exfoliation foot peel
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Rating: 8/10
- Treatment length: 60 minutes
Design
The single application foot mask socks are suitable for shoe sizes 4-12 and arrive presented in a silver foil sachet, which is sealed within an outer cardboard box. As a patch test is recommended 48 hours before use, the combined packaging made for mess-free storage in between. The sachet rips opens easily so we didn’t need scissors, and because the socks come as a separate pair there was no cutting required either.
As instructed, we bathed our feet before use, to maximise the potential foot peeling effects. The transparent plastic booties have an inside layer holding their treatment liquid, and an outer one covered in red Baby Foot branding. There are little stickers included on a separate sheet to seal the boots in place, and we tried wearing them both with and without that fastening, because they kept popping open.
By closing the booties, less of the aroma from the chemical exfoliant alpha and beta hydroxy acid ingredients escaped, but we also liked the looser fit on our ankle minus any stickers. You can’t really walk around in them anyway, as they are slippery.
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We could detect the lavender fragrance notes and after a few minutes that did lighten the other overpoweringly scented ingredients. From first putting the sock on, we felt a slightly tingly feeling, and this continued throughout the entire recommended 60-minute treatment time. It wasn’t an unpleasant sensation, and just made our tester assume the exfoliating ingredients were working.
The socks are designed to exfoliate and moisturise at the same time, with glycolic acid and citric acid in there for sloughing away dead skin. Meanwhile lactic acid and salicylic acid apparently create the eventual flaking process. The formula also felt refreshingly cooling, on the soles of our feet especially.
Effectiveness
After watching Netflix with the socks on for an hour, we stepped out of them and washed our feet with soap and water. While we couldn’t see any peeling at first, there was definite skin softness from the inclusion of moisturising ingredients like camomile, and the aforementioned-tingling lingered.
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Eagerly anticipating any kind of skin change, our tester noticed patches start to peel away three days later. This happened soon after soaking in the bath, and we could feel the layers of skin roll off from our heel. More skin began shedding steadily over the next few days and the process became both addictively satisfying and a bit disgusting all in one. We’d probably pass on getting our feet out in public at this stage.
As the skin peeled off, the effect spread to the soles and under our toes too, and we noticed it mostly at night. Our tester found the entire peeling process appeared complete two weeks post treatment, but this timescale would depend on the degree of rough or hardened skin you have.
At this point, all the excess skin had disappeared, revealing shiny smoothness from that fresh foot layer. Our previously cracked heels looked much more even as well, and this is something that usually bothers us a lot during sandal season. Coming in at under £15, we’d say this is an extremely reasonable price point for the ease of use and visible success.
The verdict: Baby Foot exfoliation foot peel
We were suitably impressed by the effectiveness of Baby Foot exfoliation foot peel, which revealed the smoothness of a fresh skin layer a fortnight after use. Our tester noticed the biggest difference on the soles and heels, but this will vary from person to person depending on skin condition. The socks required minimum effort to see noticeable results, all with at-home treatment convenience too.