Milk - A Long Time Beauty Secret

Milk aka an alternative to soap in the beauty world is a natural cleanser that will radiate your skin leaving it smooth and soft. Being rich in protein, natural fat, vitamins and lactic acid it acts to cleanse and detoxify. That lactic acid is an alpha hydroxy (AHA), a natural material that dissolves the glue which holds dead skins cells together; hence it cleans your pores and removes surface bacteria that can cause acne.

Milk has been used to beautify for many many ages. Such delicacies were considered a luxury that only royalty were able to obtain. The most famous as you may know would be Cleopatra and her milk baths.
Milk beauty products can get rather costly and let's face it, who needs added preservatives and other harmful additives when you can easily make your own at home within minutes! Below are some quick and easy recipes that I am very fond of! Please feel free to comment on your personal results as well.

Beautiful Smooth Milk Cleanser (My #1)

Dry skin will radiate with the use of this instant beautifying cleanser. The oil and yogurt moisturize will the lemon juice restores your skin's natural acid level.

1 Cup Plain Yogurt

2 Tablespoons Light Oil (almond oil, hazel seed oil, canola oil, sunflower oil)

2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice

Sanitized Jar with Tight Lid for Storing

Simply mix all ingredients and spoon into in a sanitized jar with a tight lid. For use, gently massage a small amount to your skin and cover the entire face. Let sit for about 10 - 20 minutes then rinse.

Simple Milk Cleanser

This will help your skin come back to life and cleanse your pores.

1/4 Cup of Milk (Oily Skin Types use Skim Milk)

1/2 Cup Rose Water (or Reg. Water)

2 Tablespoons Baking Soda

1 Egg White

Sanitized Jar with Lid for Storing

Simply mix ingredients and pour into the sanitized container.

For use massage into face and rinse well.

Queen of the Nile Relaxing Milk Bath
Use this mixture for one of your nightly Beauty Baths. Remember the water must be about 90 degrees. Not only will water over 100 degrees dry out your skin it can cause tiny blood capillaries to burst resulting in red marks on the skin.

2 - 5 Cups Fresh Milk or Buttermilk

1 Tablespoons base oil (Almond, jojoba, sunflower..etc)
Optional Additions:

1/4 Cup Honey

Rose Petals(organically grown - no pesticides!)

1/4 Cup Rose Water

Essential Oil such as Lavender, Rose, Chamomile..etc.

Mix and Pour under running water. Soak for 20 - 30 minutes. Rinse skin & pat dry.

Avocado Butter Face Mask and/or Hair Mask
Wonderful for dry, chapped or damaged skin & great for a morning skin freshener.

1/2 Small Ripe Avocado

Buttermilk

Face Mask: Mash the avocado pulp and mash with milk until a creamy pasts has formed. Delicately massage into face. Lie down near a window to allow the sun to penetrate your skin for about 15 minutes then rinse.

Hair Mask: Double the recipe. Apply to hair and cover with a shower cap, towel or plastic wrap. Rinse after 30 minutes.