Milk: Creamy Care for Your Skin

A renowned beauty icon, Cleopatra regularly indulged in milk treatments for her skin; the royal bather filling her tub with camel's milk. Today, milk turns up in a variety of skincare products, including masks, creams and cleansers. Skin benefits. An excellent exfoliant, milk contains natural alpha hydroxy acids, which help to gently slough off dead skin cells. "It's a natural way to eliminate old skin," Ann Robinson - CEO of Caswell-Massey, the nation's oldest apothecary - tells iVillage.

In addition, milk helps to reduce redness and soothe irritated skin. In fact, milk contains proteins (whey and casein), fat, amino acids, lactic acid and vitamins A and D, all of which will calm dry, upset skin. Milk conditions skin so it is soft and glowing, not flaky.

When choosing milk-based products, look for one of these ingredients to appear on the label: "whey," "milk proteins," "lactic acid."

Part of the routine. To gently deep clean your face, try Swisa Dead Sea Mineral Cleansing Milk, which contains plant extracts & natural oils, cleanses thoroughly yet gently, lifting away makeup, oil & impurities without striping the skin of it's natural balance - leaving the skin soft, smooth & refreshed. Enriched with vitamin E, Aloe Vera & jojoba, this cleansing milk is specially formulated to suit all skin types.

Also, try Swisa Dead Sea Milk and Honey Bath Oil, Swisa Dead Sea Milk and Honey Body Butter, and Swisa Dead Sea Milk and Honey Gentle Exfoliating Body Wash. The exfoliating body wash is gentle enough to use everyday. These products leave skin feeling velvety soft and supple. These products have great scents that last all day.

Care for your hair. Hair has scales on the cuticle that make it look dull. Milk proteins close the cuticle to give it shine. For your hair try Sebastian Detangling Milk, Redken UV Rescue Daily Sun Detangling Milk Leave-In and Sudzz FX Whipped Cream and Honey Cleansing. All of these products leave your hair feeling unbelievably soft and looking incrediably shiney. You can find all of the products at unbeatable prices at www.realsalonproducts.com.

Suffering from a sunburn? Create a cool compress with whole milk, which is also effective for eczema, at home on your own.

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