Help! My man has snaggle feet.

Ok, so actually when I wrote the teaser about snaggle feet at the end of The Ten Spot’s last months newsletter, it was actually just a little inside joke with myself, but turns out a lot of people wanted to hear about it. So here we go.

I have a lot of experience with snaggle feet. My father has some of the worst snaggle feet the lord has most likely ever created, followed closely by my ex-boyfriend’s – who’s snaggle toes were almost unbearable to look at, nevermind to have touching my legs under the sheets at bedtime. So I had to take matters into my own hands since he had no concept of what a ‘normal’ foot should look and feel like.

When I asked him why he’d never had a pedicure (when his girlfriend owned a spa) he gave me some pretty good insight into why guys don’t opt for this service so much. Turns out it’s a few things, and sadly those reasons just aren’t justification enough for not getting it done. Our men might need a little coaxing, a little reassurance and perhaps even a little forcing (or withholding). But trust me, it’s worth it and once they have one done, they will be hooked!

Excuse #1: Shame

The main issue I’ve found with men is that they don’t want other women to see what bad shape their feet are in. I’ve been told by several guys that they’d like to have a pre-pedicure before getting  pedicure and since that doesn’t exist, they end up having nothing done. My answer to this, and what ever single esthetician out there will say is that no matter how bad somebody thinks their feet are in – they’ve most likely seen worse. It’s what they do. They see hundreds of feet, muff and blackheads in a month – not too much grosses theses gals out. In order to get into esthetics you sort of have to have a passion for picking, plucking and popping things. So, it’s sort of like – the greater the challenge the better! To turn the grossest of male feet into something soft and touchable is like a gift. A gift that you give to your esthetican and a gift that she gives you back. Pay it forward.

Excuse #2: ticklishness

ok, so some guys are really ticklish and they just hate having their feet touched. My ex was like this. In fact if he was in the bath and you went to touch his feet he might just kick you in the face. It was funny at first to try and bug him by grabbing a toe or two but I soon realized I really could get my face punched in. At any rate, this one is a toughy and all I can say is that sometimes you gotta just grit your teeth and bare it guys. It’s for the greater good and once again, our girls are trained professionals and they can be a bit more aggressive with the rubbing and the scrubbing to lessen the ‘tickle’ factor. Big boy it up and get ‘er done.

Excuse #3: ‘It’s not manly’

This one is perhaps the big one. It’s just not manly. That guys don’t go to lady spa’s and get their feet done. Ok, so no one would really ever say that out loud anymore, everyone is so perfectly PC nowadays, but it’s there in the back of their minds for sure. This I understand, I do. Guys don’t want to enter a place decked out in pinks and pastels to have fluffy services done while wearing a robe. I’m sorry but guys just do not loo bad ass in a robe. It’s like a man drinking a vodka soda out of a straw, something are best not done. So this is perhaps the best bit of news… The Ten Spot is launching a GENT GROOMING BAR! Yep, we’ve rented the space next door to the Leslieville location and it’s in the works of being turned into a ‘just for Gent’s’ Grooming Bar.

Booya, no more embarassment. Just getting cleaned up, man styles!

Spread the word good ladies, spread the word!!!

In the meantime, we’ve still got our menu just for the Gents and of course, both locations are anti fluff and stuff anyway, so feel free to bring in the fella’s to The Ten Spot and we’ll keep you posted on the Gent Grooming Bar.