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It’s officially August, which means our feet have seen some things these past two months. Sandal season often goes together with blisters, unsightly calluses, and cracked heels—this summer, especially, given that mules and slides (two of the season’s biggest trends) clack against the backs of your feet, leaving them hard and tough after too much wear. Fortunately, thanks to the phenomenon of Baby Foot—the Internet-loved foot peel that’s equal parts life-changing and disgusting—there are more options than ever for you to give your feet the baby-soft feel of a salon treatment at home; no scrubbing required.

The most popular are chemical peels: similar to the ones for your face, most contain alpha hydroxy acids and fruit enzymes to dissolve dead skin until it literally sheds off your feet. (There’s a reason people compare Baby Foot to snake skin.) But if you’d rather not spend a whole week of summer left hiding flaky feet in boots, that’s where masks come in. Formulated with hydrating oils and extracts, they penetrate deep into rough spots to soften and repair skin. To get a sense of how the selection out there stacks up, we called on Glamour editors who know a thing or two about cute shoes and tough commutes to give the latest foot masks and peels a test run. Here’s how our feet fared.

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“You know, you should really use a foot cream.” I knew the pedicurist tending to my feet wasn’t trying to be rude, but like breaking in a new pair of leather boots, it rubbed me the wrong way. “Ew, yeah, what the hell do you do to your feet?” my best friend chided me from the next seat over. Their rough state has been a running joke since high school, but the truth of the matter is I’ve tried just about every tool and treatment there is to manage how dry and cracked my feet get. It doesn’t matter the time of year, they’re always callused, uncomfortable, and—in more polite company—embarrassing.

For the most part, it’s something I’ve gotten used to. I’ll come home, kick off my shoes, and wonder how my paramedic boyfriend can have feet that look better than mine. I’ve gone through every butter, cream, and pumice stone. Even the heavy-duty stuff like those face brushes for your feet haven’t made a difference. Baby Foot, the viral foot peel that makes you shed dead skin like a snake, helps for about a week. And yet, my feet seem to immediately revert back to their baseline.

Then, one day, I came across a review for these gel socks. Let’s first address the aesthetics head-on: they’re not cute. But they’ve managed to do what no cream before them has been able to do: Soften and smooth my haggard feet.

The inside of the socks are lined with a hydrating gel, so they deposit ingredients like vitamin E and jojoba oil while you wear them. They’re cold and squishy but never moist. As someone who has a general distaste for socks (I know there’s probably a correlation somewhere to this), they’re surprisingly comfortable to sleep in; pleasant even. On nights when my radiator’s on full blast, I’ll pop them in the fridge before climbing into bed. Then I’ll stare in amazement as I peel them off in the morning. Emphasis on peel: they feel vaguely like a suction cup.

I’ve since bought three extra pairs, including the more neutral-gray XpresSpa version, which are about $10 more but slightly chicer, if you can even say that about a foot product. They’re easy to clean—you just throw them in the washer—and can be worn with foot cream that doesn’t bother you. (It was too squishy for me.) Neither one totally erases calluses, but I swear they’re life-changing. If not for the money they’ve saved me on extra pedi scrubs, then for the fact that I can play Candy Crush in my massage chair in silence.

BelleSha Spa Moisturizing Gel Socks, $10, amazon.com

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