If you work outside a lot this is the ideal answer to sore chapped hands and weather-beaten skin.

* 1 tablespoon avocado or apricot oil
* 1 tablespoon almond oil
* 3 tablespoons lanolin
* 1 teaspoon oil of lavender

Put the lanolin in an ovenproof bowl and place in a roasting pan full of hot water. Pour in the avocado and almond oils and beat well to completely combine.

Remove from the heat and continue to beat as the mixture cools and thickens. Add the oil of lavender. Continue beating until mixture is thick and creamy and cool. Pour into a small pot, cover and store in the fridge.

Vitamin E can be added by squeezing the contents of 2 or 3 capsules as the same stage as oil of lavender is added.