Foot pads
I got these foot pads from a store in Little Tokyo awhile ago and I kind of forgot about them.
Then I found them and it sat there for awhile. I finally found a time to use them (was in high heels walking around avidly for about 4 hours) and so I put them on.
These were camomile scented (maybe there is camomile in it too) and it was wonderful! I really felt like I was pampering myself because the sticky cloth used to secure the packet onto the soles of my feet were better quality than I imagined. They hugged my foot and it was not uncomfortable.
At first I thought that these just smelled nice and maybe was effective since herby stuff were at my feet. I didn’t know that these were those infamous Japanese toxin sucking kind. The packaging didn’t say anything about toxins (well I couldn’t read it either). So after I took them off, it was a gooey mess that I didn’t even know it was gooey before I took them off. Kind of a yucky…grayish black color. In my haste to get rid of the mess, I did not take any pictures of it.
So I told my mom about it and she was like “oooh yeah..those totally work. At first I didn’t think it worked, but the more you use them, the less black it gets!”
So I looked online and people were saying it’s fake because they put water on it and it still turned black. Or left it out in the air and it turned black (from humidity I think).
I wouldn’t say that it’s “fake” though. The blackness just means that there were contact with water, or sweat. So let’s just say the pads make your feet sweat out onto the pads, making it turn black. That’s not horribly bad too either, right? Sweat is a way to get toxins out of the system. I don’t think my feet sweat that much under normal sleeping conditions.
My verdict: The pads make your feet sweat more than usual, possibly flushing out toxins. Turning the pads black is a product of being in contact with fluids. As for the gradual decrease in blackness my mom saw, maybe with repeated use, the need to sweat them out decreases resulting in less sweat.
My impression: I felt pampered and the smelling herbs made me feel like a princess. A PRINCESS. That’s so worth the $1.69 I paid for it. Taking them off, however, made me feel like…..a really gross….person that doesn’t wash their feet.
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