Spring clean your skin without cleaning out your purse

A simple but cost-effective little trick is to take any old cheap moisturiser, mix in copious amounts of sugar, and hey presto you have yourself an exfoliator! I cannot stress enough how this should be done with sugar and not salt, as I discovered much to my cost. Salt does the job – and more! – but by removing several layers of skin and lending your complexion a charming beetroot hue. It will also render you incapable of painfree speech and movement for quite some time. Suffering to be beautiful - perhaps, but suffering in order to leave yourself an angry, red-faced, child-scaring monster – a little less appealing. If you’re now tempted to go and try this ‘just to see’, please remember, I did warn you…