| When I worked on the Hibiscus Foot Soak, I was inspired by my own comment about Milk Powder and Cleopatra. I’ve added the quote below for you to refresh your memory.
Personally, I feel that a tub tea or foot soak is incomplete without Milk Powder. I mean, if Cleopatra bathed in the stuff on a regular basis to keep her skin fresh in the Egyptian desert, then what better excuse to use milk? No matter the reason, Iām a fan of milk powder! After I wrote that, I was inspired to make a milk bath that I thought would be right up Cleopatra’s alley! I checked the web to see if there were things about Cleopatra that I could use as more inspiration as to what ingredients I should use other than milk. As I found many myths, I decided to first focus on the ones that included scents. One story that I found mentioned that she covered her ship with rose petals when she planned on seducing Marc Antony. I also noted that Egypt dealt with trade including gems, oils, grains, fabrics and aromatic resins. Based on these stories, I made a scent blend of Rose, Vanilla Musk and Sandalwood. I think this would have been enjoyed by the Egyptian Queen! Other stories mentioned Cleopatra bathing in a concoction of milk, honey and herbs. I added HoneyQuat to give the milk bath a humectant which would help the skin retain moisture. I finely ground Calendula, Rose Buds & Petals and Hibiscus Flowers to give the mixture the herbs that I felt it would use. I added the Hibiscus in hopes that it would add color to the bath water, but testing showed it didn’t add the pink color I wanted. The roses were added to accentuate the rose petal story and the Calendula petals were added because they have been noted to soothe skin. Looking at my mixture so far, I decided that it would be too heavy and likely to be overused. I didn’t want the mixture to be overused, so I added Natrasorb to the mixture. As Joy made the blog test batch for me, I was tickled pink to hear her comments about the milk bath. Here are her comments to convince you that this is a fantastic recipe. I thought that the scent blend was nice. For those that have been turned off by the sweet fragrance of rose they should give this one a try. The sandalwood and vanilla musk go great with it. The scent is masculine and feminine at the same time. I was surprised at the color it turned in the beaker. I expected it to be pinker but it was just sort of a yellowish color. Enough talking about this yummy recipe! Come join me in the kitchen as we make a milk bath worthy of a queen! |
 A sample of the milk bath in water.  Weighing ingredients for the milk bath.  Filled bags of milk bath. |
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| Ingredients Milk Powder HoneyQuat Natrasorb Rose Buds & Petals, finely ground Hibiscus Flowers, finely ground Calendula Petals, finely ground Vanilla Musk Fragrance Oil Sandalwood Fragrance Oil Rose Fragrance Oil |
Equipment Small Heat & Seal Tea Bags Mixing Bowl or Bucket Coffee Grinder or Mortar & Pestle Spoons Scale Iron |
Recipe: 100 grams or 3.53 ounces.
| Recipe in ounces: 1.06 ounces Milk Powder 0.11 ounces HoneyQuat 0.53 ounces Natrasorb 0.92 ounces Rose Petals, finely ground 0.53 ounces Hibiscus Flowers, finely ground 0.35 ounces Calendula, finely ground 0.04 ounces Cleopatra’s Fragrance Blend |
Recipe in grams: 30 grams Milk Powder 3 grams HoneyQuat 15 grams Natrasorb 26 grams Rose Petals, finely ground 15 grams Hibiscus Flowers, finely ground 10 grams Calendula, finely ground 1 grams Cleopatra’s Fragrance Blend |
| Recipe in Percentages 30% Milk Powder 3% HoneyQuat 15% Natrasorb 26% Rose Petals, finely ground 15% Hibiscus Flowers, finely ground 10% Calendula, finely ground 1% Cleopatra’s Fragrance Blend |
Cleopatra’s Fragrance Blend in Percentages 33% Vanilla Musk Fragrance Oil 17% Sandalwood Fragrance Oil 50% Rose Fragrance Oil |
Weigh all the dry ingredients into a mixing bucket or bag. Weigh the HoneyQuat and fragrances into a beaker and then add to the dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly. After the ingredients have been completely mixed together, fill each small Heat & Seal Tea Bag with 2 teaspoons of the foot soak mixture. Seal with the iron.
Notes: This recipe filled 28 Small Heat & Seal Tea Bags with about 2 teaspoons of the milk bath in each tea bag.
I want to be a queen! This sounds fabulous! Milk baths were quite the thing for a lot of royalty. I remember seeing that on the movie Snow White and the Huntsman. Fun blog!
How much of this would you use in an average size bath?
I have found that a small amount of beet root powder in bath bombs or salts can turn the bath water a pleasant, non-staining pink. š
Lori,
I would use 2 teaspoons to 1/4 of a cup of this milk bath. Due to the botanicals, I still would recommend using the Heat & Seal Tea Bags. I hope this helps!
This sounds amazing! I am really interested in trying these fragrances blended together. Sounds wonderful! And luck have it, I have all three too! Yea! Thank you for sharing.
Oh, this looks like a good recipe for presents. I like the idea of pink hued water. I wonder if the addition of rose clay or a tiny titch of red or pink pigment would help?
Rose clay won’t contribute any color, but if you use a small amount of Purple Raspberry color, then it would give the water a pink hue. Great thinking. A small amount of the Purple Raspberry won’t color the skin. Look at the Magic Color Bath Fizzes for ideas on the colors.
Ooops, I hit submit too fast. I was also going to say, if color is okay to add. Then I could make package or small basket with a variety of foot teas that tint the water a different color. hmmm off to the lab (kitchen, lol) to experiment. Of course, I’d have to be careful. I don’t want to stain people, feet or bathtubs. Of course, children might like a bath that dyes them different colors. Joking!
I’m curious if a person wanted to add this product to their line of homemade beauty product what would I price it at? Thanks in advance for the answer and double thanks for the receipe. It’s sounds wonderful and oh so relaxing.
Wanda,
I am working on the pricing for this. I should have it ready tomorrow.