Will Olay Thermal Pedicure Foot Treatment Give Me A Hot Foot

Lauren`s lament: I bought the new Oil of Olay Thermal Pedicure Foot Treatment. How does it work? How does it know to stop getting hot? Could it ever get too hot? I don’t want to burn my toes! The Right Brain responds.

Olay`s Thermal Pedicure works by a chemical process known as heat of dissolution. Which is just a fancy way of saying when the product is mixed with water, heat is released. We won`t bore you with the laws of thermodynamics, all you really need to know is this:

Unlike most liquid products, Thermal Pedicure is based on a chemical called PEG-4 instead of water. Why? Because when PEG-4 is mixed with water it releases heat. This is not new technology, there have been many self-warming products that use this neat little trick.

Can it get too hot? Not likely. No matter how much product you use, the maximum temperature your feet will feel is around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (that`s about 38 degrees C for you metric-savvy Brainiacs). That`s far enough above body temperature to feel nice and toasty warm, but it`s not hot enough to sear your flesh. So you can relax, Lauren, you`re tooties are safe.

We`re surprised you didn`t ask about the claims this product makes. According to their website:

Olay Thermal Pedicure is a self-heating exfoliating everyday treatment from Olay that transforms your feet, like a little bit of a professional pedicure every day. In just 1 week, your feet will become soft, smooth, and soothed.

The fact that this product is like a little bit of a professional pedicure and that it takes just 1 week to make your feet feel smooth don`t seem all that impressive to us!

Also, we found it interesting that this foot product contains Bora Bora White Sand, which is conspicuously absent from the ingredient list. Unless of course Bora bora sand is really just calcium carbonate (aka chalk) which is listed as an ingredient. Hmmm. Do we have any Beauty Brain`s readers in Bora Bora?