Natural Home Remedies for Sunburn and Eczema: Whole Milk Bath

Cleopatra indulged in milk and honey baths for smooth and silky skin.  This all time favorite beauty prod­uct to alle­vi­ate sun­burn, eczema and other skin irri­ta­tions due to milk con­tain­ing pro­tein (whey and casein), fat, amino acids, lac­tic acid and Vitamin A and D.   Take a bath to reduce stress, help you sleep and use these ingre­di­ents to help dry and irri­tated skin.  Milk is also a nat­ural skin exfo­lia­tor with it’s lac­tic acid con­tent help­ing shed dead skin naturally.

Fresh has a prod­uct con­tain­ing milk, shea but­ter and glyc­er­ine called Fresh Milk Formula Bath Foam for $28 (10 oz) at Sephora.

How to make a milk bath treat­ment for dry, irri­tated sun­burned skin:

What Ingredients Do I Use:

Fresh, whole milk or pow­dered milk

What Do I Do:

1. A tub of luke­warm (not hot) water (big enough to sit in)
2. 2–4 cups of fresh whole milk (whole milk has fats for your skin)
3. Soak for 20 minutes
4. You can use pow­dered milk
5. After 20 min­utes, scrub your body with a bath brush, loofah to fur­ther exfoliate
6. Apply mois­tur­izer