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By CLOE CABRERA | The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 17, 2008

If you're thinking of wearing sexy sandals on your wedding day or flip-flops on the beach during your honeymoon, here are two products that will make your feet soft, smooth, comfortable and fragrant.

Review: Original Ped Egg Professional, The Ultimate Foot File

($10 at www.pedegg.com and major retailers like Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Target and CVS.)

The pitch: The PedEgg is an egg-shaped foot file with over 135 stainless steel micro files to gently remove calluses and dead skin. It's ergonomically designed to fit perfectly into the palm of the hand; traps shavings — no mess.

The skinny: While I love playing footsies with my husband, it usually turns into a blood sport. My heels are so rough they could sever an artery. "Those feet are dangerous," he wails. Despite monthly trips to the nail salon for pedicures, my soles are never really smooth. Well, this little gadget quickly changed that.

The PedEgg works like a cheese grater on your feet (great visual, right?). Rub it gently back and fourth on the dry spots and calluses and almost immediately, the skin becomes smooth. A built in cup catches all the dry foot shavings (which look like dust when you open it). An emery buffing pad provides the ultimate finishing touch. You'll need to slather a little lotion on your feet after using the PedEgg, because it leaves your feet pretty dry. Still, these tootsies are ready to play footsies.

Review: Fragrant Footings by Summer Soles

(Absorbent Stay-Dry Comfort insoles $15 for 2 pairs; Cushioned ball-of-foot insoles $11 for 2 pairs; available at www.summersoles.com)

The Pitch: "Peel and stick" liners can be used in your pumps, open-toed shoes and sandals to help keep your feet dry and comfortable in hot and humid weather.

The Skinny: It's hot outside, and you're walking around in a pair of chic sandals. Then, all of a sudden, you feel it, the dreaded "shoe squish." Your sweaty feet start slipping around in your sandals. Talk about uncomfortable. More than 8 million people suffer from plantar hyperhidrosis (a k a sweaty feet).

Summer Soles fragrant footings keep feet dry, comfortable and smelling fresh no matter what shoe you're wearing. Let's face it, high-fashion heels demand a very thin insole; these are barely noticeable in your shoes. The soles have a lighted scent that's released when you walk. They're easy to trim to fit virtually any shoe, sandal, pump or flip-flop up to size 11 (for girls with larger feet, this is a beautiful thing). When you remove the soles, there's no sticky residue left behind on your shoes.

Each style has three scents: Bare Shoulder Smolder Jasmine, Garden Party Lemon and Kiss Me Till Morning Mint.

Summer Soles has just released four new colors: lime, rose pink, sky blue and yellow gold, in unscented suede styles.

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