A couple of easy toners you can make to help nourish, protect, and moisturize your skin during winter are PH Toner, Herbal Refresher, and Aloe Soother.

PH Toner

1Cups distilled water 4 TBS Bragg’s Apple Cider vinegar(or any other nature non-distilled apple vinegar) 10 drops of rose oil 8 drops of chamomile oil

Mix all ingredients in your bottle of choice and shake vigorously before each use. You may use a cotton ball to apply your toner after cleansing and spritz throughout day.

Herbal Refresher

1 cup witch hazel ½ cup distilled water 1 chamomile tea bag 10 drops of Lavender Oil 6 drops Sandlewood Oil

Heat water to boil and steep tea bag in water for 15 minutes. Add chamomile water to witch hazel and add essential oil. Shake before each use.

Aloe Soother

½ cup aloe vera gel 1 cup distilled water 10 drops chamomile oil

Mix all ingredients and shake well before each use.

All three toner recipes are great to help you get through cold and wintery harsh months that follow. Your skin will thank you by remaining soft, refreshed and healthy.

After your mango scrub, your treatment is complete by adding a non-greasy body butter. Using both scrub and body butter can leave your skin feeling soft for days.

This body butter recipe contains mango butter (you guessed it!). Mango butter is surprisingly inexpensive. Especially since cosmetic companies are using it for skin care treatments and charging prices as high as $40 for increasingly popular body butters. You can find it for about $10.75 per pound online.

2 oz mango butter 1 oz olive oil, almond oil, kukui nut oil, macadamia nut oil, etc… 1 TBS(or more) cornstarch (to make it less greasy) 6-8 drops of Fragrance of your choice (try vanilla, lavender, or mix your own)

Melt mango butter in a double boiler or you may use microwave. When using microwave, set temperature on medium and check every 45 seconds. When mango butter is completely melted, add oil and cornstarch and stir until it is a nice creamy consistency. Add essential oil or fragrance last. Allow your butter to set in refrigerator for 2 hours.

There is more than one way to enjoy mango. Eating mango of course is my favorite!