Mint Milk Bath Recipe to leave your skin feeling soft and nourished. This makes an ideal homemade hostess gift or holiday gift for anyone on your list!
Made with just a few ingredients in a few minutes, you’re going to love this luxurious way to soak.
I’m starting to think about gift giving again. I truly enjoy making gifts that our friends, family and girls’ teachers will love. In fact, don’t skip this post with 40+ Homemade Christmas Gifts… there’s something for everyone on your list!
After sharing some of my favorite sugar scrub and bath salt recipes with you, I decided it was time to share my favorite milk bath recipe.
Of course, it involves spearmint. Something about this particular scent just puts me at ease. Of course, this is a great gift for yourself too! We all know how important self care is!
What is Milk Bath?
You can make this bath and beauty product as an additive to your bath water. It can be fresh or powdered… this particular recipe is powdered because it makes a beautiful gift when packaged.
It has properties that create luxuriously smooth, refreshed and moisturized skin!
Did you know?
It’s said that Catherine Parr and Elizabeth I of England used milk baths in effort to look young!
Shopping List
- Dry Milk
- Corn Starch
- Baking Soda
- Essential Oil
Milk Bath Recipe Ingredients
- 1 Cup Dry Milk – Powdered milk is simply dehydrated milk, pressed into a fine powder. It has a long shelf life so feel free to stock up!
- ¼ Cup Corn Starch – Another white powdered ingredient, it’s incredibly smooth and ground fine, often used for thickening in recipes.
- ¼ Cup Baking Soda – Baking soda is a leavening agent used in baked goods. When activated, it’s also an incredible natural cleaning agent!
- 10 Drops Essential Oil – Many folks seek out essential oils for health benefits, but they also have an incredible fragrance that adds to the aromatherapy experience of your milk bath recipe. Here, I’ve used spearmint essential oil, which can benefit your breathing and help with sore muscles.
How to Make
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk powdered milk, cornstarch, and baking soda until smooth. (1 cup powdered milk, ¼ cup cornstarch, ¼ cup baking soda)
- Add essential oil to preference. It will be diluted. (10 drops essential oil)
- Add mixture to an airtight jar. Allow to marinate at least 24 hours before enjoying for the best fragrance.
To Use and Store
Add a half cup (or more to your preference) to a warm bath. Relax and rinse.
Store in an airtight container up to one month.
Frequently Asked Questions
The lactic acid in milk is an alpha hydroxy acid dissolves proteins that hold dead skin cells together, allowing them to be released. It leaves your skin looking and feeling more youthful and fresh.
I prefer full fat dry milk because it’s ideal for gifting! However, you can use whole (liquid) milk, buttermilk, coconut milk, goat milk, or soy, rice or almond milk in a milk bath. Cow’s milk is most popular (probably because it’s inexpensive).
Gifting Tips
Gift milk bath in a clear ornament and tie with a printable gift tag or print mint bath milk labels on sticker sheets and adhere to jars.
On the baking soda…. 1/4 teaspoon, table spoon, cup….?
I’m looking forward to sharing this!!
My apologies April! It’s 1/4 cup. I’ve updated the recipe. I hope you enjoy this and my other homemade gift ideas!
This sounds amazing! Can’t wait to try!
Enjoy Erin! Thanks for visiting! I’ll be sharing plenty of homemade gift & bath recipes in the next month!
What a lovely idea. I love weck jars.
So do I Amy! They’re the best for just about anything and aesthetically adorable!
Great and simple DIY gift. Inspiration for the holidays!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy my other homemade gift ideas as well!
This looks like an absolutely lovely gift idea! I am vegan and am going to attempt to do the recipe with dried soy or almond milk 🙂 I had one question if I may, where did you get those jars, love them! Thank you for sharing!
Hi Brigid! I’d love to know how that works, please share! Of course! They are standard Weck jars, so typically anywhere you can purchase canning supplies, including Crate & Barrel & Williams-Sonoma. Enjoy!
Alternative milks likely won’t work. The fat in the animal milk is what creates the moisturizing effect and non-dairy milk has very little fat. Coconut milk would be the exception but I don’t know if you can get powdered coconut milk. But you could just buy canned coconut milk and toss a can into you bath water. Good luck!