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How to Get Your Flip-Flop-Battered Feet Pretty Again

After a summer of blisters and calluses, put your feet in rehab with these sole-saving products

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Post-Summer Woe: Your Heels Are Drier Than the Sahara Days spent walking barefoot at the beach, in the backyard and just about anywhere you can get away with it can leave heels a dry, cracked, ugly mess. To get them on the road to recovery, step up your moisturizing game. Put on lotion twice a day -- in the morning and right before you go to bed, suggests celebrity manicurist Elle. But don't slather on your usual body lotion, she says. "Your feet can handle more than your face or body can." Instead, look for foot creams that contain alpha-hydroxy, glycolic or lactic acid, to exfoliate dead skin, and botanical extracts, vitamins and essential oils to soften the feet and lock in moisture.

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Sandals -- they're stylish, they're easy, they're so much more comfortable than a pair of stilettos. But a long summer of open shoes and flat soles can leave your feet in need of serious T.L.C. We spoke to celebrity manicurist and Dermelect's color curator Elle (who's prettied the feet of celebs like Blake Lively and Jennifer Lopez) and Patricia Martin, director of marketing for Topical BioMedics, Inc., to get the details on caring for our not-so-cute, end-of-summer feet.

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