How to Wash Your Face With Milk

Milk is beneficial for your skin.

Milk is not just good to drink, but also good for your skin when applied topically. Cleopatra, the well-known Egyptian pharaoh, supposedly took baths in milk to make her skin more beautiful. Milk contains vitamins and lactic acid, which are all good for the skin. Lactic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid, which helps exfoliate the skin. Milk is more gentle than many facial washes containing alpha hydoxy acids, which is good if you have sensitive skin. Washing your face with milk helps to gently remove dead skin cells, giving the skin a bright, smooth appearance.

Things You'll Need

• Bowl
• Milk
• Cotton ball

Instructions

Wash Your Face Using Milk

1. Pour enough milk into a bowl to saturate a cotton ball. If your skin is dry, mix some honey into the milk.

2. Remove any dirt and makeup from your face using a facial soap and warm water.

3. Pat the skin dry.

4. Saturate a cotton ball in the milk. Using an upward, circular motion, wipe the milk-saturated cotton ball over your face.

5. Let the milk sit on your skin for 15 to 20 minutes.

6. Rinse the milk off with cool water and pat the face dry.

References

• US.Ayushveda: Skin Care with Milk
• Skin Care Resource Center: Milk Toner
• Skin Care Resource Center: Lactic Acid Skin Care