Let’s be honest, toes get the short end of the stick when it comes to beauty upkeep. For instance, how often does your algorithm serve you up pedicure ideas? It seems every day there’s a new shiny manicure trend going viral for our fingernails (looking at you, glazed donut and lipgloss nails). But when was the last time a celeb’s lacquered toenails broke the beauty internet? Mmm.
Looking at the hashtag views on TikTok though, despite the platform being inundated with mani inspo (and picking up 13.4 billion views), the sizeably smaller portion of videos catering to your trotters has raked in an almost-as-whopping 12.7 billion views. Which just goes to show, the interest is there.
Now that we’re fully into sandal season, searches for pedicure ideas and bookings are soaring. So, basically, it’s time we showed our toes a good time and let them kick back for once.
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As with all good things, prep is important. There’s no point investing time and money into painted toenails if the rest of your feet still look grotty. So clear some time for pimping your soles and cuticles. Book yourself in for the full works at the salon, or do it yourself with our at-home pedi guide. You need to remove hard skin with your foot file while your feet are still dry, before you run a warm bath and soak them in warm water. Then, slather them in moisturiser for some seriously soft feet.
Next, it’s worth considering nail shape. Like your fingernails, you can opt for rounded, squared-off or squoval, the trick is to make sure the shape is uniform across all of your toes. Noughties beauty has made a major comeback so the squared-off shape will be big this summer, especially paired with French tips to highlight the shape.
Then, it’s a matter of deciding which shade to go for. Lucky for you, we’ve rounded up all the biggest pedi trends for 2023 and, you probably want be shocked that they take inspo from some of the headlining manis (because we love a matchy-matchy moment). Here’s xx pedicure ideas to take to the salon…
Glazed donut
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