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Legs, Legs get yer gorgeous legs here

40 replies

S1ur · 27/02/2008 15:47

Right now you're hooked in with cynical lying advertising.

What do you use on your legs to make them all soft, smooth, bump and spot free and looking gorgeous?

Come on laydeees, routines? creams? what does it take? Roll up Roll up get yer legs out for the mners

OP posts:
nailpolish · 27/02/2008 15:54

dh tells me i have lovely soft legs

i shave them every day in the shower (with disposible razor) and then moisturise with vaseline body lotion (white a blue tub)

in the summer i use a tan moisturiser

nailpolish · 27/02/2008 15:55

like johnsons holiday skin - although it stinks to high heaven so i need to find a nicer one

Beetroot · 27/02/2008 15:56

Dry brushing everyday before shower and then moisturise and lots of water to drink.

SmartArse · 27/02/2008 16:07

Wax 'em and lots of Body Shop Jojoba butter!

nailpolish · 27/02/2008 16:08

but with waxing, yes its lovely when its just been done and fora week or so after that, but to get it done again you ahve to let hair grow a certain length

i just cant bear that

SmartArse · 27/02/2008 16:12

To be honest, my legs are almost bald from 25 years of waxing, so I don't really get that. And what hair there is grows very fair and fine. Much better than stubble. Now that is ! My BF, who has been shaving her legs for 30 years, has occasionally asked me to wax her legs, and that really is gross: really coarse, dark hair, all bristly!

DualCycloneCod · 27/02/2008 16:13

baby oil on any bare part of your anatomy when going out

rubbe din well to avoid stripper look.

nailpolish · 27/02/2008 16:13

gosh, its obvioulsy all to do with persistence and patience then !

needsomeinspirationplease · 27/02/2008 16:14

bodyshop body butters - brilliant!

TheFallenMadonna · 27/02/2008 16:14

E45 cream.

BeauLocks · 27/02/2008 16:17

I agree with Naily re the shaving versus waxing thing. I shave my legs in the shower every couple of days (takes about a minute) and then cover in E45 body lotion or clinique body lotion.

DualCycloneCod · 27/02/2008 16:18

i shave but am not partic hirsute.

tis fast and cheap.

nailpolish · 27/02/2008 16:19

i shave my pits and legs every day. have no idea how hairy i am cos i aint ever let it go longer than a day

SmartArse · 27/02/2008 16:23

Ah, but you see, you're the nice ones, who shave regularly so you don't get that grim bristly thing, unlike my manky mate ...

Cod, does baby oil not stain clothes if you have it on all your bare bits??

DualCycloneCod · 27/02/2008 16:24

use the sprayer mate

bigspender30 · 27/02/2008 16:24

nailpolish, try the dove one instead of johnsons-it doesn't reek as much

MehgaLegs · 27/02/2008 16:28

I've got strange bumpy dry spots on the inside of my knees, should I exfoliate them off?

MehgaLegs · 27/02/2008 16:40

Have I repulsed you all with my dry spooty legs?

MrsBadger · 27/02/2008 16:44

exfoliating glove in shower
then handcream (heavy duty, much better for scaley shins than normal bodty lotion)

or waitrose bottom butter, v good for knees

MamaG · 27/02/2008 16:45

I very rarely get hairs on my legs - just the odd one, literally

Also I have never ever EVER ahd a hair on my armpits

Just thought I'd share

GAWD when I was at school I would sunbathe with baby oil to get a tan

BeauLocks · 27/02/2008 16:46

Me too MamaG. My mate used to sunbathe in butter.

TheDuchessOfNorksBride · 27/02/2008 16:50

I use a scrubbing-sponge thing (technical term ) in the shower to remove dead skin.

I slap on Crabtree & Evelyn body butter fairly regularly. Flexitol on feet including up the heels.

I also drink 2 litres of water a day and when not pregnant, run about 10-15k a week. So I have very little cellulite for an almost-40-mother-of-4.

And yes, I am one of WWW bootcampers!

francagoestohollywood · 27/02/2008 16:58

at you all non hirsute Brits...
I'm so hairy that I haven't figured out yet (I'M 37) what remotely works for my legs

DualCycloneCod · 27/02/2008 17:21

i haev no cellulite on me legs. just a dint of birth

Beauregard · 27/02/2008 18:15

It is well known that i have brown knees and they must never see the light of day.

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