Shimmer & Shine…It’s All About the Feet!
If our eyes are the windows to our soul, our feet are the mirrors of our health.
We tend to take our feet for granted, until they act up on us. And those poor pups at the end of our legs sure work hard over the course of our lives.
The average person walks about 115,000 miles in their lifetime, the equivalent of walking around the world 4 times!
And each foot has 26 bones, 33 joints and 107 ligaments. The 52 bones in both our feet make up nearly one quarter of all the bones we have in our bodies. Lots of little things can go wrong with so much infrastructure!
So all that wear and tear on our feet makes them prime candidates for numerous problems needing some tender loving care and you can find just that with Margaret Pearson at Shimmer & Shine in Perth-Andover.
Margaret is a Certified Foot Care Specialist who provides Expert Total Foot Care for her clients.
While you can certainly get a pedicure at Shimmer & Shine, Margaret specializes in aiding clients with foot problems such as corns, calluses, bunions, ingrown toenails, fungus infections, cracks & fissures, plantar warts and so on.
Margaret uses Gehwol specialty foot care products to care for her clients’ feet. This German company was founded nearly 130 years ago and today is one of the most trusted providers of foot care products in the world.
Gehwol translates from German as WALK WELL and their products are made from natural ingredients and extracts and contain high concentrations of essential healing oils such as mountain pine, thyme, rosemary and lavender. These are combined with natural emollient fats and oils to soothe and nurture your feet.
The selection and variety of products is quite wonderful, and are also available to buy to take home with you at Shimmer & Shine as well. There are lotions, potions, baths & oils for:
- Tired & Painful Feet
- Burning & Aching Tootsies
- Cracks & Fissures
- Foot Odor
- Hard Skin & Calluses
- Fungus & Athletes Foot
- Foot Perspiration
- Cold Feet
- Corns
- Blisters
- Brittle Nails
- Ingrown Toenails
- Tired & Overworked Legs
These products make fantastic gifts for anyone on your list as well!
Folks with diabetes need to be especially careful in caring for their feet. Small cuts and ingrown toenails can turn into serious problems for diabetics.
All the Gehwol products are diabetic safe, and Margaret is very attentive to the special needs of her clients with diabetes and other health issues.
You can also get a soothing and healing Hot Paraffin Wax Treatment for your hands and feet at Shimmer & Shine.
When I stopped by the shop to take these pictures and chat with Margaret I met her oldest son Lucas. He’ll graduate from high school this year and plans to go on to university to major in healing and wellness studies, specializing in Kinesiology and Sports Physiotherapy…a new generation of holistic wellness provision!
By Stephanie Kelley
