Nurse Jackie is streaming on Netflix, which is free, in a way. I never got into this show when it was on the air despite Merritt Wever’s perfect Emmy acceptance speech a few seasons before it was cancelled. No, it took me getting a wicked cold and running out of Ken Burns specials to start watching and now I can’t be stopped. It is a perfect thing.
Traditional Medicinals Seasonal Sampler, $4.08 (regularly $7) Isn’t Throat Coat the best?
Godinger Pocket Tissue Holder, $13.99 (every other site only sells this in bulk, so…) I’m wiping my snots with these Betsy Johnson tissues, which I really wanted to tell you about but there are only four packs left online. Sorry.
Baby Foot Deep Exfoliation Peel for Feet, $17.05 (was $25, but I paid $29 in a store) What a steal for a product that makes your feet look like they went through a meat grinder for two weeks (click this at your own peril) but then, according to the packaging, they will look like “a baby” (???) afterwards, at some point. I’m one week in and so glad I’m too sick to actually need my feet for anything.
Pug Ankle Socks, $2.50 (were $5.50) You’re supposed to wear socks the whole time your feet are peeling so that you don’t leave a trail of skin behind. Might as well be these.
Leaf Print Pajama Set, $30 (was $58) Top this ‘fit with…
Plaid Sherpa Robe, $39.95 (was $128) You don’t trust this combination and that’s okay. No one is right every time.
Bromioli Rocco Aquaria Bedside Carafe Set, $14.99 Drink plenty of water while you’re looking at your One Kings Lane app. If you are also addicted to that damn thing, you too must know that all of their bedside carafe sets are kind of boring and $32 right now, not fifteen bucks, so get this unusual one instead. (Also, ever notice how OKL carries a lot of the same stuff as Overstock.com? Coincidence?)
Adrienne Landau Leopard-Print Fur Throw, $1,195 (was $1,995) That is nearly half-off a thing we didn’t even know existed: genuine rabbit fur printed to look like fake leopard fur. Will the wonders never cease?
Beloveds, I have been wanting to try this baby foot thing even though my feet are actually pretty smooth thanks to my foot exfoliation habits which border on near-religious fervor. But I still want to try this despite (because?) that. Who has done this? Was it horrible? Okay? Horrible but worth it? TALK TO ME.
Totally gross. Totally amazing. My feet didn’t start peeling for about 4 days, then were gross for about a week, so do it when no one is going to see them for a while (the peeling was very … enthusiastic, so I’d say no sandals/bare feet while it’s happening). Before I did this, I thought my feet were pretty exfoliated. They were not.
I figure this is the best time of year to try it out, for that very reason you mention. Thank you for commenting as a fellow my-feet-aren’t-that-bad camper!
Ok, so by “enthusiastic”, do you mean you’d be trailing little clouds of shedding skin if you went swimming? And would hiding out in the back of yoga class be ok while you peeled, or would the teacher show you the door? Asking for a friend.
I still went swimming — I just rinsed/vigorously dried my feet before and after (gross factor = 4/10). I think yoga would be ok, although you might have to clean skin off your mat (gross factor = 8/10). I mean, there is peeling skin, but my feet didn’t look red or irritated or smell bad or anything like that.
Basically, yes, you will be leaving a trail of skin behind you, but aren’t we all already doing that, on a small scale, if you think about it?
We are all constantly Locarde’s exchanging it up, it’s true. Thank you! My feet are brutally dry and cracked and no amount of filing seems to help so Baby Feet is definitely of interest.
I was shedding little clouds of skin just walking around my apartment, which would then catch rays of sunlight and emit little silver gleams that looked gorgeous until I figured out what it was. It is a morbidly fascinating experience.
Put that way, it does sound lovely; put another way, I have horrible visions of making the person behind me in the lane swim through murky clouds of foot-skin and then have to change my name and move to Uzbekistan so I don’t ever have to face them again.
Share a lane with That Guy With All The Back Hair and no one will notice you’re molting. They’ll be too worried that he’s shedding into the water.
Ooh A+ gross strategy
I’d say no ballet flats either. The tops of my feet decided to go insane on day 7 and I was so grateful for sneakers. It was repulsive and also amazing and I loved it.
Me too!! My feet aren’t overall in bad condition so I wonder if whatever’s in Baby Foot will be too harsh?
That’s my #1 concern, too. 2for1cheesecake says hers worked out, and her feet weren’t bad, either.
I also need to know about this. I have never heard of this baby foot thing, but I am FASCINATED.
I admit I am A Groomer and the idea of peeling that much dead skin off my feet is so enticing.
My feet aren’t that bad either, but I think I have to try it now. What else is February in New England for if not wearing socks all the time?
Seriously. Although I’ll buy a couple cheap pair of liner socks so I don’t possibly gross up my fancy-ass expensive wool knee highs.
I… I’m more of A Picker (which is, yes, disgusting) but also involves peeling dead skin off my feet. Maybe if I did it this way I would fell less disgusting.
Picking, squeezing, plucking, peeling…this thread is a kinkshame-free zone when it comes to personal grooming.
In huge strips!
I have no idea about the baby feet thing, I just wanted to thank you for posting the adorable Wall-E gif.
I tried these flesh-eating socks twice. The first time, NOTHING HAPPENED. Not one bit of my feet came off, which was very disappointing. The second time, they peeled off in enormous gross bits which was literally the best fun evs. So I don’t know, they are either rubbish or amazing (it was the same type out of the same box, so I don’t know if I did something wrong the first time).
AW YISS FELLOW GROOMER
Could you walk? I’m nervous to do anything that interferes with my daily 3 miles of walking on hills to get to school and back.
There was no hindering of walking. You can’t feel it happening. Which isn’t creepy at all.
This is the only reason I haven’t done it yet. I don’t want it to make my feet too tender to run.
I too have not gross feet and I took discovered how NOT exfoliated my feet actually were. I had callouses from dancing many years ago i literally thought were just funny shaped toes but they are now perfectly shaped and wonderful.
One word of advice- when your feet start peeling, DO NOT PUT ON LOTION. this will cause the peeling to stop but your feet will still need to peel and then your feel will look and feel dry and this will ruin the satisfaction you previously had.
also soak your feet for an hour or so before you put on the boots.
Thank you for the advice!
I would say horrible but worth it. After a week my feet peeled excessively for another week. Like Jane Marie said, you should keep socks on so dead skin doesn’t get everywhere, but every time I took off my socks there was a dead skin explosion out of them. Also, don’t make the mistake I did, put your socks inside out over a trash bin and dump the dead skin, then wash them inside out or you will put them on again after a wash and be like, what is all this crap in my sock? Oh gross, my washed dead foot skin. My feet look awesome though.
If I wasn’t sold before, this totally did it. Thank you!
How long does it last? The prettiness?
So wash the socks right side out instead?
I just bought this and the package will arrive on February 11. I CANNOT WAIT.
Keep us posted!
It arrived on Sunday! And I used it last night while watching Bey in a dance-off with Bruno Mars. No peeling yet but I’ll keep you updated.
Thank you!
I really enjoy seeing my feet peel. It’s gross in a totally satisfying way, like picking at a scab except with no pain or bleeding! (Unless your foot peel goes very, very wrong.) I did a foot peel on Monday and yesterday night when I took off my tights, there were bits of dead skin embedded in the fabric inside of the heel. LOVE IT.
This is so gross and yet I also LOVE. IT. My disgust loops all the way around and becomes weird satisfaction. It’s the best.
It was the toes part that fascinated me. I had no idea that there was a layer of dead skin on my toes.
One of my worst areas to form a callous is the second toe in from the little toe. WTF HOW?
Me too! I have stupid garbage feet with almost no arches and I run and play soccer so I’ve always had all kinds of callouses, but that is definitely one of the weirder places I get them.
My god, his face is strange.
I have enormous delta-like calluses on my big toes. I can’t wear toe socks comfortably for this reason. I HATE IT.
I have a friend who swears by them, and has threatened to buy them for me because she loves them so much and wants to share – but I am frankly terrified at the prospect. I don’t care how soft they would make my (gross, rough, Dad-like) feet, I just can’t bring myself to try it.
She could send them to me…
I have done this. It was horrible and I would not do it again, mostly because I prefer to walk around barefoot and calluses are there for a reason y’all! Also the peeling started in a hot yoga class and I had to spend savasana amidst my foot peelings because somehow it would have been more awkward to leave in the middle of class.
That sounds pretty horrible.
don’t mind me just lyin down in my pile of skin
I have a slightly more specific version of this question, which is: I am getting married in exactly one month, in ballet flats. Should I do the baby feet thing or will it make my feet too tender to do lots of standing on the big day?! My feet are not *super* calloused, at least not obviously so, but I do spend a lot of time standing at work, so they must have some kind of protective layer.
Just wanted to come back and say that I bought this product and tried to do it last night. Took a long soak in the tub. Got my wine and netflix set up and slipped on the foot bags. Smelled good! But wow, my feet started to BURN. Like the tops of my feet felt like all the flesh was melting away. After 12 mins and an Amazon review search revealing a pic of burned up feet I surrendered. I washed everything off but my feet are really tingly 12 hours later. Maybe my skin is super sensitive and I’ll get peeling even though I lasted nowhere near an hour? I’m happy to report there is no evidence of burning!
Is everyone on the-dash-toast-dot-net ill today? Lordy!
Also I love that tissue holder.
I am! I feel better being in such brilliant and witty company.
YES AND I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT IN OT BOY HOWDY
I feel great but I’m also leaving town for a monastery in like 5 min so
I am gonna buy that tissue holder, and toss the little plastic box in my purse’s makeup bag that holds qtips for eye makeup touch ups, a packet of Advil, and a few BandAid Tough Strips. It’ll probably get beaten to hell by the half dozen lipsticks rattling around in there, but I ain’t even care because FANCY.
Nurse Jackie is so good. I mean, as a person she’s terrible. But the show is so good.
I watched the first six seasons on Netflix DVD, and when I saw the last season streaming, I watched it all in one night. Love it.
I squealed when Zoe turned up on Walking Dead. Zoe’s the bomb.
Oh hey, I’m a season behind on that one (again…Netflix!) so that’s fun news!
I clicked at my own peril and ewwwwwwwwwww. Thank goodness for the Betsy Johnson Kleenex brain cleanser, how fab are those and now I want what I can’t have. And the dispenser is pretty classy, too; my nose sometimes runs like Niagra Falls and whipping that silver case out to do a discreet dab would make things a little less gross, you know? And that carafe: perfection.
MAN, I just love the return of Bargain Bin. (And best wishes for a speedy recovery!)
I do a LOT of cross-checking price if I want something from OKL. Ever since the day I saw a book that I owned “discounted” to twice the cover price. THE PRICE IS PRINTED ON THE BOOK!!! HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!?!
I fell in love with a quilt and pillow sham set on Joss and Main then thought to check for it on Overstock? And it was there and SO MUCH CHEAPER. And now I own it and it is the best.
I love looking at things on Joss and Main! This is excellent news…
I cannot comment on the “discounted” book price (except to say – absurd!) but I do want to note that, having worked at a wholesale supplier of cheaply made “luxury” towels, there is basically a back alley that leads all throughout the sales people for groupon/living social/ amazon marketplace/ wayfair/ one kings lane/ overstock/bed bath and beyond…. the list goes on and on. Even most brick and mortar retailers have a “marketplace” section of their online stores that are supplied by the same wholesalers as every other online store and bargain site. Cross checking price is a must!
Throat coat is the greatest! It tastes like weird licorice (which I sorta enjoy and am sorta confused by) and only makes your throat feel better while you are actively drinking it, but hey, I’d rather guzzle tea all day than cough drops. Have not tried the other seasonal blends, but I am tempted.
I love it! I only buy it in the worst of winter grossness and you’re right, it doesn’t fix anything, but Throat Coat is so good!
Throat Coat goes on sale at Target a lot.
The other blends are total garbage as far as being effective and giving results. If you like the taste, fine, but they don’t really do much other than feel soothing. Plus that name. “Gypsy” *shudder*
Oh man, ever tried straight-up licorice tea? When it first hits your tongue it’s almost savory, a little like chicory, and then it feels like your tongue is suddenly PAINTED with the taste of licorice. Every sip is like that. I’m most of the way through a box of it because I keep trying one more cup to see if I really like it. Maybe if I brewed it less instead of AW YEAH I LIKE MY MEN LIKE I LIKE MY TISANES-strength?
If I had disposable income, I would buy multiple of those fur throws and never ever get off my couch. I have a rabbit fur headband that I feel guilty about every time I put it on (so, three times a day during the cold months), but it is soOOoOo fluffy and warm.
I have shearling slippers and earmuffs, and I want to feel guilty about them, but I really don’t. SO WARM.
Actual question, not being sarcastic: wouldn’t it hurt to walk on baby-soft feet? It seems like they’d just get a ton of blisters the first time you walk more than a mile or so, or wear sandals at all.
This is my thought as well. Callouses are there for a reason!
Yeah, I walk a lot and occasionally run, and this sounds like “blister city!” to me. I’ll just stick with exfoliating a couple times a week with the brilliant unbeatable Swedish Clover foot file, which is for fucking real the best ten bucks I’ve ever spent. That thing’s been hanging in my shower for … eight years? Good as new.
I am wondering this too. Maybe I am a Gross Person, but I feel like calloused feet have a lot of utility and have never been upset about my rock-hard soles.
I always admired my mom’s super-calloused feet when I was a kid, she could walk anywhere and it was cool.
Mine actually hurt when I don’t keep them as callous-free as possible–hence the rigor with which I keep them maintained. When I start to get a callous, it feels like the pinchy ache after you remove a particularly large splinter. I’m pretty picky about the fit of my shoes, obviously, and I haven’t worn sandals as anything other than fancy-ass occasional dress-up shoes for over 20 years.
I was wondering about that. Don’t we have thick skin on the soles of our feet for a reason?
Mine didn’t hurt after using them. It mostly peels dry, cracked skin rather than getting completely rid of calluses. I have calluses on big toes, and while they are sort of smoothed over and aren’t cracking since I used Baby Foot about 3 weeks ago, they are still mostly there.
I’ve used Baby Feet, and it only removes dead skin. Your foot’s natural padding is still there.
It will remove the ability to walk across a gravel driveway barefoot, but wearing shoes will not be affected.
I didn’t know I was supposed to have soft feet! The work of femininity is really never done.
haha thank you for this. I’ve spend many a summer barefoot the majority of the time so my feet are quite calloused, but I can’t quite bring myself to care that much. Exfoliation would be nice, but like who’s getting up close and personal with me feet, ya know?
Yes, I also think adults are supposed to have calloused feet. Baby-soft feet on adults sounds weird and impractical.
Haha, word. Babies have soft feet because they never walk anywhere! (Those lazy little jerks.)
an eternal vigilance against pestilence. bodies have so many parts.
I love Throat Coat! I also have a single bag of Smooth Move in my tea stash that makes me giggle every time I see it. Lol, tea for poops, A+ name.
I laugh every single time I see it at the store, and I’m not even a poo joke kinda person.
Oh and it works, too. So a friend tells me.
I am wearing my Bargain Bin recommended caftan RIGHT NOW and I feel so elegant
mine came last night and I was so excited! I wish I could have worn it to work
Oh man, I thought long and hard about that caftan. Now I regret my decision not to get it. Bargain Bin is dangerous (but I did bookmark that etsy page.)
It’s really pretty and comfortable. My main fashion critic, the UPS man, asked why I was “so dressed up”.
Mine came last night! It is so great! I just stood in front of my full length mirror and admired myself. I acted out several scenarios in which I received guests and gestured grandly around the apartment to the various objets d’art (uh, nerd posters and an ash tray that is literally an old mug) as though I was giving a very fancy tour. It was great.
Jane I need your help!!! I promise I will never ask you for anything ever again if you tell me how to find a super fancy accessory to put my The Pill in! I can’t find anything sufficiently fancy anywhere. 🙁
Awww mannnn I have this problem too! I end up just throwing them in a zipper bag inside my purse with the rest of my overnight crap, and hope the rest of the jangles drown out the PARTICULAR noise that 28 pills in their little plastic bubbles make. It’s so stupid – what else comes in pill packs like that? It’s kinda condescending.
Would love to hear other solutions.
Oh, I am really annoyed that other pills don’t come like that! It would be really handy for my breastfeeding/pregnancy vitamins because I’m terrible at remembering whether I’ve taken them.
Huh, that was my Thing I Learnt Today- the USA does medication packaging differently from the UK.
I’m on two other prescription meds in poppable pill packs like that (it’s v useful for being sure if you took it today or not!), also my hayfever pills and ridiculous probiotic-plus-fibre pills, and it’s a standard way for painkillers to be packaged too. My handbag rattles.
With the larger pills, you can make crinkly noises by squishing the pill dome a bit, which is soothing in a bubble-wrap-popping sort of way.
Always ask me anything, please, it is all I live for. Have you tried Etsy? https://www.etsy.com/search?q=birth%20control%20c…
The first result on there (Girl Riding Bat!) is almost enough to make me trade my IUD in for pills again. A+++ Toast-worthy pill-stasher right there.
The hilarious “minivan prevention kit” makes me want one and I don’t have sex with men….
Kind of the opposite effect but now I need this gem: https://www.etsy.com/listing/258149025/birth-cont…
Birth control pills enamel pin
Sorry you’re sick Jane!
Everyone remember the etsy seller who makes the caftans/robes/dresses from a few weeks ago? I got mine yesterday and while it’s pretty, the thread count isn’t that great, plus DHL charged me brokerage and customs, making the final cost when converted to about $86. Ouch. Sigh.
What?! I just ordered one after reading this thread reminded me that it was an absolute necessity. Not an $86 necessity, though.
I kinda feel like the words “baby,” “peel,” and “feet” never belong in the same sentence?
I’ve always been on the lookout for a fancy silver cigarette holder to put joints in, but that “tissue holder” might actually do the trick.
They certainly don’t qualify as classy, but I have one of these and it’s perfect for joints: http://www.blueq.com/pocketboxes/
Merritt Wever forever. Zoey Barkow is my favorite tv character of all time.
I had a terrible sore throat last week, and on the advice of a friend, I tried these honey loquat drops. Absolutely the best throat soother I’ve ever tried, and I’ve long been a devotee of throat coat.
http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Peace-Honey-Loquat-C…
Next time, I’m going to put honey loquat syrup in my throat coat and make a voltron of cough relief.
Does anyone have any really amazing PJ recommendations? I want a set, preferably long sleeve top and flowy bottoms, and I’d like them to be super comfortable (cotton or jersey or percale) and not pill. I also don’t want to spend anymore than like…$50/$75 on them, which I didn’t realize is limiting because apparently PJ sets are expensive? But anyway: PJ brands.
As someone who habitually stalks the Sleepy Jones site, I am HERE for a PJ thread. But seriously why are they so expensive?!
I…um…why is a Sleepy Jones shirt more expensive than the bottom? Who has money to spend $130+ on JUST THE SHIRT????
I think…it’s because…the shirts…take more work/time to make? Idk fancy pajama pricing is as mystifying to me as airline pricing
Sometimes I look at the shirts that are on sale for $60 and wistfully consider buying one as a special treat
I’m mystified by the “sleep undies.” Like, how are they different from awake undies?
I recently bought some pretty good ones at Target! I got leopard print.
Ohhhh I’ll have to go feel ’em next time I’m at Target. Any particular brand you like?
Mine are Gilligan & O’Malley.
Try Garnet Hill! Their fabrics are generally lovely, and while the prices tend to be high, you can sometimes get a p.g. deal on clearance items! http://m.garnethill.com/products?q=pajamas&co…
Thank you!!
I really like Uniqlo pajamas…they’re maybe not even technically pajamas but their “drape pants” come in really cute patterns and are made of a soft rayon fabric that’s really breathable and doesn’t pill. You can pair them with their plain thermal tops to make a set and they’re cheap but seem to hold up quite well.
I really like the Nick & Nora PJ sets they sell at Target. They come in super cute patterns and are absurdly comfortable.
Have you looked at Sears catalogue? They have all kinds of things at lower prices than you would think for the quality.
The dresses are ugly though.
I just bought those pajamas in a size too small because I am working on losing the last of the baby weight and then some and “goal pjs” seems kinder to myself than “goal bikini”
Now I’m pondering the idea of a goal caftan and seeing nothing but upsides.
I have thoughts on that bedside carafe. I’ve broken 3 bedside carafes, so now I don’t use them. But I still like to look at them. The problem with this one is that if you decide to have a drink of water in the middle of the night, what happens when you want to put the lid back on the top of the carafe? You turn the glass upside-down, and then the leftover water droplets will slide out of the glass and onto your table. That’s why I only like carafes like this one: https://www.allmodern.com/Ravenscroft-Crystal-Ess…
Obviously this isn’t something that bothers most people since most carafes I’ve seen are like the Bromioli.
I’ve had that same concern. I use a metal water bottle and I sit it on a coaster. Maybe the elegant carafe is supposed to be on a tray or a thick doily or something on the table?
That makes sense. And I’m not very fancy so that’s probably why it didn’t occur to me.
Yep. Mine has to be a closed bottle. I’m not exactly at my most graceful when I wake up in the middle of the night….
I will fully admit my feet are disgusting and I need this foot peel. This should be interesting.
Can someone explain the purpose of a glass bedside carafe to me? It seems like a more fragile and unwieldy version of just keeping a water bottle by your bed. Is it just that it looks nice, or that it adds functionality? I’ve noticed that most of them are much higher volume than a water bottle, so is it that you can go longer between refills? Doesn’t the water get kinda gross and swampy after about 24 hours?
I use a sports water bottle with a built-in straw that I refill a couple times a day, and still sometimes dump the last few inches of water out rather than drink them because they start tasting funny after I’ve had the water at room temperature for long enough, so that’s why I ask. (Also because wow how do you not knock one of those things over in your sleep? It would hit the ground and shatter in exactly the spot you put your bare feet on when you want to get out of bed to fetch the damn broom, too…)
All true. I keep a normal glass of water (a cute faceted teal plastic one, actually) on b-side table, and just…get up to refill it? I mean I have to get up a billion times to pee anyway, so.
The day I found out you can drink from a camelbak bottle lying flat on your back without spilling was a legitimately great day. Like sippy cups for adults!
IT’S PRETTY IS THAT NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? 🙂
My cats would have that shattered on the floor by midnight. And my floor is carpeted.
The swampy may come from the plastic bottle, either the store one or the ‘sports bottle’. Glass is neutral.
The other possibility is that your municipal water is not quite as clean as you think. Do you have a Brita water filter jug?
And of course, it may just be an aesthetic reaction to water that is slightly warm, which most North Americans find off-putting.
Y’all, I highly recommend Boogie Wipes for when you are sick and dealing with Niagara Snotfalls. They are so soft and soothing and if you’re truly a preschooler like I am, they also come in grape-scented.
I got my swan bottle opener. It’s sitting here in front of me. I have used it a few times to open beer. It’s pretty great, but not $14 (that’s what it was after shipping and handling) great. And it’s certainly not worth the original price great. But I’ll use it until the tail breaks off and then I’ll keep using it for the twist off opener.
It is like, in fact, a foot.