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Milk bath recipe

April 7, 2009 by jessica neaves Leave a Comment

Milk baths are great for the skin thanks to milk’s many nourishing properties.   The lactic acid in milk contains natural beta hydroxy acid to exfoliate your skin and help remove dead skin cells.   It’s also moisturizing and will help make your skin silky smooth!

How to Make a Milk Bath
By eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor

A soothing and healing milk bath is the perfect way to end a long hard day. While there are a number of bath products available at your local department store, they are often overpriced and full of synthetic perfumes. A natural milk bath is an Earth-friendly and economical way to pamper your skin and calm your mind. Making your own bath products is fun, simple and inexpensive and is also the perfect gift idea for any occasion. Read on to learn how to make a milk bath.

Instructions
Difficulty: Moderate
Things You’ll Need:

* Powdered milk
* Medium bowl
* Oatmeal
* Dried orris root
* Almonds
* Cornstarch
* Cheese cloth
* Vitamin E capsule

Step 1
Measure three cups of powdered milk and place it in a medium-sized bowl. Milk is high in lactic acid, an element that helps to soothe and moisturize dry skin. Lactic acid also helps to refine pores and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Step 2
Add 1/4 cup of oatmeal to the bowl. Adding oatmeal to your milk bath will create a natural exfoliant and can help soothe dry, itchy skin. Perfect for those who suffer from eczema, or if you happen to have the chicken pox, oatmeal is hypoallergenic with high levels of healing amino acids.

Step 3
Place 1/4 cup of dried orris root to the mixture. Orris root is best used in powdered form, which is widely available in health food stores. Orris root has a gentle violet smell and helps to detoxify the skin and increase elasticity.

Step 4
Grind 1/3 of a cup of almonds in a blender until powdered and add the almond meal to the mix. Almonds are a natural moisturizer and pain reliever that will add a healing element to your milk bath.

Step 5
Stir in 1/3 of a cup of cornstarch and mix the ingredients well. Cornstarch is a natural healing agent that will help to soothe chaffed cracked skin, calm sun burns and help moisturize your skin.

Step 6
Divide the ingredients into three even parts. Cut the cheesecloth into three 4-inch by 4-inch squares and place the milk bath ingredients in the center of each cloth. Secure the muslin bags with rubber bands or string.

Step 7
Use your natural milk bath by dropping the cheesecloth bag under hot running water. Break open one vitamin E capsule and add the oil to the bath for an additional skin healing element. Enjoy your soothing soak.

 

 

 

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