Cleopatra used to take Milk Baths everyday so why not you too start doing it once in awhile. Milk baths are an ideal way to nourish and soften your skin especially during the winters. Milk baths can be a costly proposition but I have come up with a couple of milk based baths that won't pinch your purse.

 

* Add 1/2 cup whole milk to your bath water. Swirl it to mix well and use the water for your bath.

* Take a small muslin bag and fill it with- 3 tbspn each of milk powder, powdered oats and laundry starch. Dip the bag into a bucket of water and leave it immersed for 5 mins or until water turns milky. Bathe with this water.

* Take 3 tbspn of milk powder, 1 tbspn of almond oil and 1 tbspn of powdered oats. Add 2 cups of hot water to the powders and strain the liquid. Now add the oil and pour into your tub or bucket.

             After bathing always dry your entire body with a large fluffy towel. Thereafter use you favorite moisturiser on your body while still damp. Wait for a couple of mins before putting on your clothes.

           Drinking milk has so many benefits for our body. Also it benefits the skin if used externally. Cleopatra used to bath in milk to make her skin glow. Here are a few beauty tips for you all.
           Add a few drop of lemon to 1/4 cup of raw milk. Apply on your face and neck and leave overnight. This will clear off sunburn and make the skin fairer.
           Regularly wipe your lips with milk, this will lighten its color and make it pink. Similarly wiping the skin around the eyes with raw milk and left overnight will lessen your dark circles and reduce puffiness.
           Also a mixture of raw milk and tomato juice clears off sunburn and makes the skin glow.
           If your back is darker than the rest of your body, a mixture of milk and flour can be used. leave on for 10 mins and gently scrub off. If done regularly the area will lighten considerably.
            For a porcelain look use this scrub twice a week. Mix together milk cream, semolina and honey to make a thick paste, now apply on your face and neck. Leave on for 10 mins and scrub to remove. If done regularly, your spots will fade, your skin will be clear and glow with health.
            Add half a cup of  milk to your bath water and see your skin become soft and silky. Also your skin will get good nourishing.
            For healthy pink nails, give them a calcium treatment. Regularly soak nails in raw milk for 15 mins and see them glow.