What Cleopatra knew in her lifetime has remained true to this day: milk is not just for drinking, it can also make you beautiful. If you know how to use milk and other dairy products, you can safely save your money on expensive cosmetics and lotions. Below are the best beauty tips with milk listed.
Using milk for beauty
Milk for blotchy skin
Milk helps with blotchy skin on the face. Soak a towel in cold milk and place it on your face for about 5 minutes. Then rinse with water and the redness will have disappeared.
Whey as a facial toner
Whey is actually available in every supermarket and is simply delicious and low in calories, both as a natural whey drink and with added fruit. If you can spare a little of this tasty drink, you can easily use whey as a facial toner. Simply soak a cotton pad with whey and wipe it over your face. The skin is refreshed and clarified at the same time. This way, skin impurities can be fought in a completely natural way, without having to worry about skin irritation from chemical lotions.
Soft hands with buttermilk
Our skin suffers especially during changeable, cold, and windy weather. When our hands feel tight and chapped, they need intensive care. Nothing helps better here than a milk bath. Simply mix 200ml of buttermilk in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and warm it gently until the milk is pleasantly warm. Now place your hands in the milk bath for 5 minutes, then pat dry and treat with a good cream.
Milk and rose bath
Heated air and cold weather periods strain the skin. To achieve all-around care, a milk bath is an ideal solution. For a full bath, you need 1 liter of milk, a few drops of rose oil, and for those who enjoy luxury, a handful of rose petals. Simply heavenly!
Buttermilk and herbal bath
Does your skin itch on your arms and legs and feel unbearably tight? Then a buttermilk-herbal bath helps. For this, brew a handful of lemon balm in a liter of water, let it steep for 20 minutes, and then add it to a full bath. Additionally, add a liter of buttermilk and pamper your body.
Sea salt and milk scrub
When the skin is flaky, a natural scrub is a helpful method to make the body feel velvety soft and well-cared for again. For this fantastic scrub, simply put 2 tablespoons of sea salt in a bowl and mix with a little milk to form a spreadable paste. Now apply the scrub to the body in circular motions with your fingertips, then rinse off with lukewarm water. However, this scrub is not suitable for the face!
Curd (Quark) for insect bites
In summer, insects plague us and the bites can be more than unpleasant. To prevent the sting from swelling too much and to soothe the burning, quark is a useful helper. Simply apply cold quark from the fridge thickly onto the insect bite and itching and swelling will be a thing of the past in no time.
Milk and curd mask
For a radiant complexion that looks clear and fresh, nothing is better than a curd/milk mask. For this, simply mix 2 tablespoons of curd with a small splash of milk and a teaspoon of honey and apply generously to the cleansed face. After 5 minutes, rinse off the natural mask with plenty of lukewarm water and treat with a good day cream as usual.
Why is milk so good for our skin?
Milk and other dairy products stimulate our blood circulation and promote cell regeneration. In addition, regular use of milk regulates the moisture content of the skin and strengthens the body's defense function. Milk is a true all-rounder that you should always have in the house.
Read also: Homemade honey quark mask
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