Life is good when there is money. This was a phrase I used in my previous post and that is the truth. Sometimes, there won't be money to do what you want and other times, there will be money and you won't even remember what you need to do until the money is gone out of your hand, then you remember what you need to do. In another case, the money is available and then you go for what you want. The second instance relates to me because many times I would have the money but wouldn't even think of it. My sister said to me one day, "You need to go for a pedicure, see how your legs are, you should treat it to look good." That word stuck with me till the end of last year as I determined to get a pedicure for the first time.
I want to live a good life and when there is money, why not? Life is always beautiful when you get to do some things that give you joy and happiness. I wanted to make myself happy and so, I planned this day.
Early this month, I posted in a WhatsApp group where all Nigerian corpers in the same town I am that I was looking for a pedicure location and within some minutes, I got someone who DMed me and shared a contact with the caption that 'she is good'. I immediately chatted the contact up and we fixed a date for the service which was yesterday. After work, I left for the place and the service began where I started videoing the process which took more than 10 mins. The whole process of the pedicure treatment lasted for an hour because the lady took her time to give me the best treatment.
She started by pouring boiled water into the bowl which wasn't too hot and not too cold; not even warm at first. Then, she added some ointment to the water and told me to dip my two legs into it for a few minutes. I felt the warmness in my legs and didn't want to remove the legs again 🙃
The work began after I removed my legs and she continued by using blade to remove the dirt from my feet, then scrubbed them with something that looked like a stone and applied a cream to make it smooth. Then after she was done with those, she told me to place my legs back in the water and this time around, the water was so hot that I couldn't put them as I was afraid (you will see it in the video). I felt the heat entered into my body as a result of that. She said it would have been hotter than that if there was electricity and her generator wasn't working, she had to go through the manual service which also drained her energy.
I could feel my legs massaging in the hot water and that made my two feet feel softer than normal. When I touched it to confirm how it worked, I couldn't believe those were my legs as she had done something like magic. I felt satisfied with her work. She also told me about facial cleaning, spa, and body massage which I promised to always patronise her once in a while till I finish my service. Truth be told, I love the first-time experience. The pedicure cost #7000 which is like 6-7 HBD.
This is something I would want to experience again and I pray there should be money available to do it. Next time, I would try manicure and facial treatments too.
All images are mine.
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