Sally McMullen
Hey chicks, I'm Sal.
Alex Hourigan
And I'm Al.
Sally McMullen
And this is Two Broke Chicks, the show that shares life lessons for the gals, from the gals and we are back for another special edition of Fact or Cap. And today we are trying the cursed beauty trend that is Milky Foot.
Alex Hourigan
Guys. This is grim.
Sally McMullen
Trigger warning.
Alex Hourigan
If you have not encountered Milky Foot, it is supposed to give you really soft feet and like get rid of any hard skin calluses, crusty moments on your feet, which sounds really lovely. We were like, what a voibe, let's do it. So we did. It retails for $26.99, which is I kind of thought was expensive. When we were buying it.
Sally McMullen
Me too, I was like, for a one use thing seems like a lot.
Alex Hourigan
Right? Exactly. So Sal, do you want to talk me through it.
Sally McMullen
Basically you get two little plastic booties, you cut a little hole in them, and then you pop your little tooties in them, and you let it sit for 45 minutes to an hour. Make sure that your feet are clean and dry before you put them in. It also says not to have like, fake tan on or nail polish
Alex Hourigan
Sorry 'bout dat.
Sally McMullen
Which guess what, I had both.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah, so did I.
Sally McMullen
So bucking the trend! But you put your feet in these little booties and wear them for an hour. I watched Just My Luck while I was wearing mine.
Alex Hourigan
I watched that the other week!
Sally McMullen
Oh my god!
Alex Hourigan
Great movie.
Sally McMullen
It's a great film.
Alex Hourigan
Incredible.
Sally McMullen
Milky Foot or no Milky Foot.
Alex Hourigan
Oscar worthy!
Sally McMullen
Once the hour has passed, you take them off and then give your feet a little rinse with some warm water and then let the magic happen. So on the back of the packet, it says Wait, you know, like three to seven days before seeing any sort of peeling. And I did mine on a Sunday night. I went into work on the Thursday, and was chatting to Al and I was like, "Nothing is happening. Literally nothing".
Alex Hourigan
And I'd already done Milky Foot before. So I kind of knew what was brewing.
Sally McMullen
Yeah. And she was like, really? Oh, she was being a bit coy about it. And I was like, Okay, anyway, we went out for some drinks standard and I came home, took my combat boots off. And my God, my entire f*cking foot came off with it. I could not believe it. It was the most traumatic experience of my entire life. And that is not a hyperbole.
Alex Hourigan
It's fully like you're shedding a skin. It is grim.
Sally McMullen
You know, when you're wearing a little anklet sock and it's just attached to your toes, and the sock is really flopping around? That's the skin, that is the skin of your entire foot just flopping around. And they encourage that you don't scrub it off manually. You're supposed to just like let it peel, let the pages fall where they may, essentially.
Alex Hourigan
Sayl was sitting on my couch with her legs crossed because I was like, you've got to take the socks off, it's fine, gotta let them breathe. With half a foot hanging off her foot. It was so f*cking funny because she would laugh at something and I just saw this skin dangling.
Sally McMullen
It's disgusting. I have like a thing with feet, as well. Like I cannot.
Alex Hourigan
Okay, I have to raise you one though. Because I did it thinking the same thing. I was like it didn't work. We got to like five, six days and I was like it didn't work. I don't have soft, supple, gorgeous feet Then I went to the beach, and I went to Icebergs pool and bar. And I lay down, and I sunbaked, I had the best time, and I read my book. And for some reason, I could feel people stopping behind me and couldn't understand why they were stopping when they were walking by me. I was like, is my bum out? Have I not shaved? I was like, what's going on? I got home and somehow between the time period of waking up that morning and going to the beach, my entire body worth of skin was falling off my feet and I had peeling shedding skin, that honestly if you've seen Austin Powers, and that was his name Goldmember and he's like oh, that's a good one. That was what was happening to my feet and I was like, face up, feet peeling at Icebergs pool and bar with every like hot influencer there's ever been and I've got an entire snakes worth of skin coming off my feet.
Sally McMullen
That's 100% what it feels like, a snake shedding its skin
Alex Hourigan
Traumatising. So don't do it in summer, don't do it in summer. Don't do it in summer.
Sally McMullen
Or don't do it if you're going to an event and you're planning to wear open toed shoes.
Alex Hourigan
You can't. You can't have your feet out when you do this. It is terrifying.
Sally McMullen
It is noticeable and the skin will shed.
Alex Hourigan
It's not smart, sexy, funny or cute.
Sally McMullen
But I do have to say, my feet feel incredible.
Alex Hourigan
Don't they?
Sally McMullen
They feel so soft. I am constantly wearing platforms and heels. So the balls of my feet have seen some tings and they needed this, apparently.
Alex Hourigan
Oh my god.
Sally McMullen
My feet feel great.
Alex Hourigan
So smooth. Smoother than a baby's bum.
Sally McMullen
And also it doesn't hurt because it's not like a blister or something like that. There's no pain or anything when you have the little booties on you know it feels fine.
Alex Hourigan
I do wish I could have peeled it though because like I love that. I love popping a pimple or like peeling off skin, gross shit like that.
Sally McMullen
That's your love language.
Alex Hourigan
Oh I love it.
Sally McMullen
It is hard. Yeah.
Alex Hourigan
Like plucking like an ingrown hair?
Sally McMullen
Oh, you have to resist the urge.
Alex Hourigan
Ah, yeah, so that was hard and to be honest, won't lie did peel a little bit. So Fact or Cap?
Sally McMullen
It's a fact!
Alex Hourigan
It's a traumatic fact.
Sally McMullen
It is.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah
Sally McMullen
It's a journey, but it's a fact.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah. Could you imagine going on a date with a guy and then you go home with him? And then luckily, the first time I tried it, I had a boyfriend so I was like, "tehe".
Sally McMullen
I was like embarrassed to tell Chris.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah
Sally McMullen
At one point he was like, "What's on your feet". And I was like, "Oh". And luckily, he was like I'm not fazed by shit like that. But he noticed.
Alex Hourigan
It's cursed, it's cursed. Like prepare yourself, you think you've made it out of the woods and then you're feet are like, "Think again". Also there'll be no feet pics, you can send us a Venmo for that.
Sally McMullen
Yeah, literally I was gonna put like a before and after and I was like no, that comes with a premiums fee.
Alex Hourigan
No that's not going onto the internet.
Sally McMullen
Yeah, exactly.
Alex Hourigan
You don't need us for that.
Sally McMullen
But you can buy it at Chemists Warehouse, Priceline,
Alex Hourigan
All them good.
Sally McMullen
All those places. So please try it out. Let us know what you think.
Alex Hourigan
Do it. Seriously do it. Like it's fun as well.
Sally McMullen
Yeah, I'm glad I did it. It was scary but.
Alex Hourigan
I'm glad I watched your little skin dangle off your foot on a Friday night.
Sally McMullen
Exactly. That was worth the $25 alone.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah
Sally McMullen
However much it is.
Alex Hourigan
$26.99
Sally McMullen
That's the one. But there's another Fact or Cap in the can!
Alex Hourigan
Done and dusted.
Sally McMullen
We will chuck a link to Milky Foot in the show notes if you are so inclined, want to try it out for yourselves. And for all other show notes and a transcript of today's episode, because I'm sure you want to read through this in detail, head to finder.com.au/twobrokechicks. Thank you to our producer Pariya Taherzadeh, editors, Bamby Media and our studio, Made in Katana for having us today, making today's episode possible.
Alex Hourigan
And sorry for the visuals, guys.
Sally McMullen
And also you're welcome.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah! Good tip, good tip.
Sally McMullen
And thanks to you, our beautiful listeners, for having us in your ear holes. We love to be here!
Alex Hourigan
Love it. Love it. Love it.
Sally McMullen
We'll see you next Tuesday, love.
Alex Hourigan
See ya next Tuesday.
Sally McMullen
Bye, chicks!
Alex Hourigan
Bye, chicky chooks!
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