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Spring is around the corner - time to revive your cracked winter heels | Sali Hughes on beauty

Now is the time to repair dry feet – without using of any those fancy tools

Winter is the time I like my feet to move inconspicuously from thick socks and robust combat boots to hot bath, to sheepskin slippers, and back again, without risk of shaming exposure. Cheap own-brand tools work way better than any of those electrical gadgets designed for the same purpose It’s only after this that I would reach for a pumice, rubbing gently around wet heels to make them smooth. In both cases, I use cheap own-brand tools from Boots or Superdrug, since they work better than electrical gadgets designed for the same purpose, which never have enough power in the motor to rival old-fashioned elbow grease, and soon break.

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