Inspired by a friend who wanted ‘citrusy and spicy’ in a salve, and that’s just what I made her.

Ginger is great for stimulating circulation — often enough a problem in our feet, which after all are pretty far from your heart. Cinnamon and tea tree oils are both powerful antifungals as well as anti-anything else that might be bugging your skin. And clove oil is a mild painkiller as well as a stimulant, and (fortunately for everyone else in the room) also helps with the smell.

All this in a base of olive oil, nourishing coconut butter, beeswax and vitamin E oil. The jar contains one and a half ounces of Lark’s Spicy Footy Salve. As always, I’ve made it by hand out of essential oils and other natural ingredients.

Ingredients: Olive oil, beeswax, st johns wort, ginger essential oil, cinnamon essential oil, clove essential oil, tea tree essential oil, vitamin e oil, coconut butter.

Price: $8.00