Stressed by life? Love to relax some? Body in dire need of some time out?
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You sound like you need to take some time out for yourself and R-E-L-A-X. Everyone benefits from spending some time shutting out the world and focusing on their own self. So what? Be selfish for a while! You deserve to have some “ME” time. It’s only healthy.
A simple, but often forgotten luxury is a bath. For those of you who don’t have one then you’ve lucked out – unless you can hire a hotel or borrow a friends.
My relaxation suggestion for the day is to do something different and try a milk bath. Cleopatra is remembered for bathing in milk, and that was why she was so renown for her wonderful, youthful skin. For the majority of you that have never had the pleasure, a milk bath is just sooo relaxing – something decadent that can be done on the cheap.
Milk baths benefit the skin immensely. Milk is a natural exfoliater. It nourishes and moisturises the skin. The active property that makes a milk bath feel so delightful is the fact that milk contains lactic acid – the source of alpha hydroxy acids. Read the rest of this entry »
