Get Your Skin Ready for Spring with these Easy Recipes

One sure sign of spring is when it's warm enough to start shedding those winter layers, bit by bit—first, you wear a windbreaker instead of a parka; then flats instead of boots; then sweaters give way to t-shirts and pants to skirts. But showing off all that skin means making sure your arms, legs, elbows, knees, hands, and feet are warm-weather ready.

We've talked a lot about homemade beauty treatments, from facials and lotion to shampoo and shaving cream, but for springtime-specific recipes, head over to DIY Life, where a post called The Scentual Life offers instructions for soap, hair tonic, and scrubs. Some are more complicated than others?the soap requires standard soapmaking equipment and essential oils—but the scrub comes together with just salt, ground peppermint leaves, shea butter, olive oil, jojoba, and a few drops of peppermint, basil, and patchouli essential oils. Melt, mix, and store in the shower for an easy way to erase winter's dry, dead skin—just in time for tank top season.