Herbalists have touted honey for centuries because it helps skin retain moisture and is thereby rejuvenating and softening. Take 2 tsp honey, 1 cup very hot water and a few drops pure essential oil, if desired. Dissolve the honey in the water. Add essential oil, if desired. Pour the mixture into the bath water. Makes 1 cup, enough for one bath.

Try this to take care of your winter skin. You need 1 cup corn meal, 1/4 cup body lotion, 5 Vitamin E capsules (pierced with a pin and the fluid squeezed out) and 1 egg. Mix all ingredients together with a wire. Wisk. Shower as usual, once you have washed your skin with a mild shower gel, take handfuls of the mixture and rub briskly on your entire body. Let it set for 5 minutes and rinse.

Take a cup of sugar, 3 Vitamin E capsules – popped and drained, 3 Vitamin A capsules – popped and drained, 1/4 cup baby or mineral oil, 5-10 drops almond oil and 5-10 drops coconut oil. Mix thoroughly and put into a sealed jar. Take by spoonfuls and put into hands. Then rub on body to exfoliate or use a loofah. Rinse and feel how soft your skin feels.