Whip this up after dinner for the perfect topping to a hectic day.

Required time: 20-30 minutes, uninterrupted.
Skill level: Finding 20 minutes is the hard part.

Ingredients:
Candles or tea lights
1 bottle body lotion
2 cups Epsom salts
Chamomile tea, hot cocoa, red wine, or peppermint tea

Optional:
½ cup baking soda
2-3 cups milk
5-8 drops essential oil (such as lavender, rosemary, lemon, orange, cinnamon, or chamomile)

Directions:
Turn off overhead lights and light candles. Play soothing music if desired. Start to run hot bath, then fill sink with hot water and immerse closed bottle of lotion. Prepare a drink to help you sleep (chamomile), feel luxurious (cocoa or wine), or ease a headache (peppermint).

Add Epsom salts to full bath--they'll draw out toxins, relax muscles and exfoliate. Adjust according to taste:

• To increase relaxation, add lavender.
• To be uplifted, add orange, lemon or cinnamon.
• To soothe dry skin, add baking soda and/or milk.
• To clear your head, add rosemary.
• To induce sleep, add chamomile and/or lavender.

Step in, lay back and soak while sipping drink. After 20-30 minutes, step out and apply warm body lotion. Pull plug on bath...and the day's stress.