Relax the skin

Soothe nerves: Being relaxed and de-stressed is essential for a good night’s rest, so hop into that tub right now. Fill it up with room temperature water, and swirl in some skin smoothing bath milk, with a lavender fragrance. As you sink into the tub you will feel your days worries vanishing.
Soak in for about 15 minutes. You can also add some bath salts and essential oils. It will pull out grime and leave
you feeling refreshed. You can scrub your body with a bath towel. In case you don’t have a tub, just lather up with a relaxing shower gel, and wash away grime and stress under the shower. Dab some essential oils like lavender on your pulse points to relax. The better you are relaxed the better you will sleep.
Slather lotion: Since body tends to get dry post a shower or a bath, take a thick moisturising formula and apply generously all over your body taking special care for your back, belly, thighs, arms, shoulder. You can gently massage yourself with this to allow the skin to absorb the lotion.
Soften hands and feet: At night hands and feet repair themselves the best. In the bath or under the shower use body scrub to rub away dead skin. Then before going into bed apply a good hand and foot cream.
Massage in using gentle pressure. Take special care for your heels. You can also apply some cuticle cream over your toe
and finger nails for pretty hands and feet in the morning.
Sleep science: Dry hands and feet can make you look older than you are, and so will discoloured shoulder and back, so you can use an AHA based hand and body cream at night which exfoliates dead upper layer and helps in better skin regeneration.

(source: BeautyMagazine 09)