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Benefits of a Copper Pedicure Bowl

Soaking Foot in A copper Pedicure Bowl

Copper has been used for thousands of years through history. Ancient Egyptians and Romans understood the natural antimicrobial properties of copper. They used it to build their hand tools, decorative jewelry and weapons as shown on museums displayed all over the world. Copper is durable, natural, earth friendly, reusable, recyclable and beautiful.

Copper pedicure tubs offer a wide range of health benefits. soaking feet in a copper bowl removes odor, shaves, smooths skin, helps to absorb the healing properties of copper into blood. Foot massage helps improve blood circulation, removes dead skin cells, improves the immune system, reduces joints, muscles inflammation, keeps toe nails clean and prevents cuticles dryness and cracking of the nails.

Soaking foot service is DIY at home using portable bowls or at Beauty salons, Clinics, Health care, Spas, resorts or at massage wellness centers using clean and sterile tools to maintain the hygiene and toenails growth. There are various types of pedicures while most tubs include foot soak, foot and calf massage, foot scrubbing, manicure and nail cosmetics.

Our copper foot basins spa pedicure bowls tubs are handmade by highly skilled Egyptian artisans that have learned the trade of copper smith for generations. Each piece is a work of art. Our bowls are Comprised using one Piece Construction using Pure Natural lead free copper to achieve sturdy and non leak bowls. Due to the nature of copper handcrafting, the bowls might have unintentional few imperfections or variations which add value, interest and characteristic to the bowls.

The soaking foot process is to allow feet to soak in a pedicure bowl of warm to hot water for few minutes. Soaking feet in water can be performed with or without scented essential oils or foaming gel. Rub the foot after soaking. Towel dry the foot when finished.

Massage can be performed with or without oil or lotion. Hold the foot with both hands,Press as deeply as you feel relieved, focus on sore spots, Rub the top of the foot firmly with your thumbs, move slowly all the way up to the ankle. rub in a circular motion around the ankle bone on either side. Make small circles with medium to heavy pressure around the entire heel. Repeat this action on the ball of the foot. Use a fist to massage the arch of the foot. Bend your toes back and forth, slide your thumb and index finger back to the base of the toe, Massage the sides of each toe and the space between the toes. Massage the tops and bottoms of each toe, Grab your heel and squeeze.

How A Copper Bowl is Hand Made

Copper was the first and the most important metal in history because it was available in great quantities. Ancient Egyptians used it to make weapons, simple tools and ornaments.

hammering a copper disc placed on a wooden block hollowed to fit the profile of the required object is dating back to ancient Egypt. Copper bowl hand making takes skill to master. Artisans use simple tools to cut and form the copper into bowls in unique shapes. The simplest main shape is the round shape but there other unique shapes which have been continuously improved to fit in with evolution of our current lifestyle.

An Egyptian Artisans uses both hands and feet to form a heavy gauge bowl from scratch

Artisans utilize virgin pure copper sheeting and mark required shapes to cut onto a copper sheet with pencil or a sharpie marker, use snips (Large scissor) to cut the copper sheet and apply heat to copper using a torch. Copper starts to change color, turning different shades of bright red, purple and blue. Copper changes colors because of surface oxidation. As it is heated, a layer of black copper oxide will form, thus changing its color. As the temperature increases, the oxide layer will get thicker. The copper needs to be softened in order to form it into bowls or any other shape. This process makes shaping the metal possible with hand tools and is called annealing.

Having impressions of hammer marks on the bowls called texturing. This process is pounding the bowl by hand to form, harden, and strengthen it after it’s been softened with heat.

The textured hammered large size copper bowl can be used as a birdbath, planter, fountain, basin or water reflection pool

Copper bowls serve indoors and outdoors as sinks, pedicure basins, pots, containers, bird baths, pools, fountains, cookware, planters, ash tray etc. If you would like to see the range of copper bowls, visit a1egypt.com and pinterest.com/a1egypt_com/