Sexy summer skills--for Cosmo girls only: the clock has already started ticking on the best season of the year ... and these awesome ideas will help you optimize each minute. Plus, check out our free tear-out cards. Consider them your cheat sheet for the most sizzling summer yet.(BONUS SECTION)

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Summer is kind of like the ultimate one-night stand: hot as hell, totally thrilling, and gone before you know it. To squeeze more satisfaction out of the season, we culled a slew of tips on how to milk these glorious months.

Bonus: We've even created tear-out cards you can take anywhere that are packed with recipes, a man-meeting game, and even a lust note to entice your guy (leave it on his pillow before work). Follow our suggestions and come Labor Day, you'll have a tough time wiping that goofy afterglow grin off your face.

Unstick Your Stems

It's gross, but a fact of life for those of us who aren't supermodel size: Your bare thighs chafe or stick when they rub together under a skirt. Stop it with a cure runners swear by: Bodyglide (find it at drugstore.com). It lubricates skin but isn't greasy and won't stain clothes like petroleum jelly does. The formula with SPF is ideal if the area is sunburned--just use this version sparingly near light threads.

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