There is simply no sweeter way to bring a smooth glow to your skin and hair than with glorious golden honey. Here are some fabulous uses for this almost-magical substance, held in the highest esteem by wise ones — and savvy beauties — for millennia.

After all, honey is one of the oldest and most effective beauty aids ever. Discover a few ancient secrets, right here.

Honey pat:

This is the best way to bring a lively glow to your face and body while you moisturise and smooth. And it’s so much fun! Just bring one of those cute little honey-bears into the tub with you. Squeeze some honey anywhere on your skin and pat it with both hands. As you continue to pat your skin, the honey gets really sticky, and will pull up your skin gently with every pat. This is the best for circulation, and you’ll end up with a gorgeous glow. Rinse off the honey when you’ve had enough.

Honey bath:

If you don’t have time to pat-and-glow, just add 1/4 cup or so of honey to your bath. Mmmm — sweet, silky, and luscious skin.

Moisturising honey mask:

Mix 2 tablespoons honey and 2 teaspoons milk or cream. Smooth on face and allow to remain for 10 minutes, then rinse.

Honey-apple toner:

This sweet alpha-hydroxy miracle will help to firm, smooth, and moisturise your skin. In a blender or food processor, combine 1 peeled, cored apple with a tablespoon of honey and pulse until smooth. Apply pulp gently to face and allow to remain for 15 minutes, then rinse.

Shiny hair, honey:

Mix 1 teaspoon honey, a squeeze of fresh lemon, and 1 quart of warm water. After shampooing, simply pour through hair. Let your hair dry as you normally would; you don’t need to rinse it out.

Conditioning it:

This great formula combines the benefits of honey and olive oil for lustrous, silky, healthy hair and scalp. Simply combine 1/2 cup honey and 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup olive oil (depending on the dryness of your hair and scalp). Saturate hair and scalp with this conditioner, then put on a shower cap and allow the conditioner to remain for 30 minutes before you shampoo

and rinse as usual.