Create your own oatmeal milk bath essence
Beauty treatments don’t have to come with a hefty price tag. In fact sometimes it is rather nice to go through the kitchen cupboard and to create your own skincare.
This recipe from grandma’s kitchen cupboard is inexpensive and easy to make, so in my view an overall winner.
Oatmeal Milk Bath essence:
This old English recipe will leave your skin nourished and silky smooth. It is also very easy and cheap to make. The traditional oil is lavender, but you can also choose another aroma oil of your choice. I like a mixture of rose and ylang-ylang (3 drops each).
1/2 cup powdered milk
1/4 cup oatmeal
1 tbsp. almond oil
6 drops aromatic lavender oil (you can also choose another aroma oil)
1 muslin bag
How to make it:
Mix the milk powder, almond oil and aroma oil of your choice until they are thoroughly combined. Put the oatmeal in a muslin bag and make sure you tie a knot on the top. Then start running your bath and add the milk/oil mixture directly under the warm running water and drop the muslin bag of oats into the tub.
What are the benefits of an oatmeal milk bath?
It is an inexpensive and relaxing way to end a day. The oats have healing properties and ideal for dry, irritated and flakey skin. It is extremely rare that people have an oat allergy, but if you are not sure, then try a patch test first. Add a tea spoon of this mixture to your forearm and leave for a few minutes to see if you react. The almond oil is also very beneficial for sensitive, dry skin.
If you suffer from a sunburn the last thing you may want to do it to have a bath, but an oatmeal bath will help with the healing process.
Here are a step by step guide of how to do it (although this clip uses a slightly different recipe).