It’s not just you: everyone’s skin gets drier as they age. For some, that could mean dealing with dry, cracked feet, which can be a total buzzkill as it warms up for spring and the freedom of open-toe shoes beckons you. We found an inexpensive pack of foot peel masks that may help, though, and it’s what people are calling a “pedicure hack” and what gave them “baby-soft” feet. And a four-pack is just under $15.

These peeling masks worked for so many reviewers when lotions, scrubs, graters and socks didn’t.

How these masks work is simple. Just clean, soak and dry your feet, open the foot peeling mask packet and place your feet in the masks for 30 minutes. Once time is up, rinse your feet and dry like normal. The peel will start working its magic over the course of a few weeks, shedding that dry foot skin like a reptile, and unveiling a fresh layer underneath.

It’s nasty stuff, but it works. And for many, it’s the only product that has when nothing else would. “I have suffered with BAD FEET my entire life,” explains a reviewer named Possum Queen. “I’ve tried everything, including once and twice-weekly pedicures, razor blade shavers, foot files, cheese graters, scrubs, socks, lotions, bandages, and nothing has helped my deeply cracked, bleeding feet. I even made myself wear shoes with socks or slippers with socks for a year straight, and that didn’t even help.”