How to Make Your Legs Look Shiny and Smooth

Summer is arguably the year’s most carefree season, yet keeping legs ready for skimpy skirts and shorts is anything but easy breezy. With that in mind, we hunted down every essential to get our legs looking smooth, soft, and glowing from now til the year's end.

Clinique Sparkle Skin Body Exfoliator

Most body exfoliators either aren’t scrubby enough to remove rough skin or they leave you feel like you’ve taken a sheet of sandpaper to your calves. This one, however, strikes the right balance of super gentle and super exfoliating.

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Shaving Soap for Sensitive Skin

Sure, you can squirt out a dollop of shave foam from a can, slap it on your legs before shaving and be done with it, but going old school with a shaving soap and brush feels a lot more luxurious and gives a far smoother, far better shave.

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Gillette Venus Smooth Sensitive Women's Razor

A troupe of four blades gives the closest shave possible in a single sweep. And since these razors are refillable, they’re leagues less eco-hostile than your standard disposable.

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Alba Very Emollient Body Lotion

This gentle lotion manages to leave skin hydrated without fragrances that can trigger post-shave flare ups.

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Jergens Natural Glow 3 Days to Glow Moisturizer

This cream isn’t nearly as fun as a three-day escape to the tropics, but it leaves skin looking just as perfectly bronzed—minus the sun’s aging rays.

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The Body Shop Honey Bronze Shimmering Dry Oil

The quickest of fixes, this shimmer-oil gives legs a bronzy glow without leaving them feeling greased up.

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Sally Hansen Air Brush Legs Light Glow

If there were an Instagram filter for legs, this would be it. Mist it on to create a perfectly even coverage that disguises everything from spider veins to bruises.

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