Delicious baby food recipes are a great way to offer breast milk in a different form. However, if the breast milk is no longer good, it's not recommended to give it to your baby. What can you do with breast milk when it's no longer good? Make natural homemade cosmetics!
The benefits of breast milk in homemade cosmetic products
Breast milk is an essential ingredient for homemade cosmetics! With its soothing, protective, and moisturizing properties, homemade cosmetics made with breast milk are perfect for giving baby and the rest of the family soft skin! A wonderful, natural way to care for everyone's skin!
A breast milk soap
A breast milk body soap is possible! This soap leaves skin incredibly soft and moisturized at the same time. You can make it in your kitchen in just 10 minutes. Let's get started with the recipe!
The ingredients
To make the breast milk soap recipe, you will need:
- 50 ml of breast milk
- 50g of Marseille soap flakes
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
In terms of equipment, you will need a saucepan, a whisk, a spatula, and soap molds of your choice.
The recipe
- Gently melt the Marseille soap flakes in the breast milk in a saucepan over low heat. To prevent the milk from heating too quickly, you can use a bain-marie
- Add the coconut oil to the mixture while leaving the pan on the heat.
- Gently mix the mixture with a whisk occasionally. This will prevent the soap from burning and lumps from forming.
- Pour the mixture into the soap molds of your choice.
- Place the molds flat in the freezer for 24 hours so that the soaps cool.
- Once the soaps have set completely, unmold them.
- Before using your breast milk soap, let it dry for one month in a dry, well-ventilated place. To ensure even drying, remember to turn the soap over occasionally and place it on a rack to allow for good air circulation.
A breast milk cream
A breast milk cream that will help you treat minor everyday injuries. Whether for babies or adults, this cream works wonders to soothe, for example, diaper rash, dry skin, redness, eczema, or even cracked nipples during breastfeeding.
The ingredients
To make homemade breast milk cream, you will need:
- 23 grams of breast milk at room temperature
- 23 grams of oil
- 2 grams of yellow beeswax
- 2.1 grams of natural vitamin E
In terms of equipment, you will need a saucepan, a bowl, a whisk, a spatula, and a glass jar with a lid
The recipe
- Melt the yellow beeswax and vegetable oil in a saucepan over low heat
- Gently mix everything together to make the mixture homogeneous
- Remove the pan from the heat
- Pour the mixture into a bowl
- Add the breast milk and whisk quickly until the mixture thickens and cools.
- Add the vitamin E to the mixture and stir the mixture
- Pour the breast milk cream into a glass jar
The balm should be kept in the fridge. The cream can be applied with your fingers or a spatula.
Recipes using breast milk are perfect for avoiding waste of milk that's no longer good for your baby. With its many benefits, you can take care of your skin and that of the whole family with these two breast milk-based cosmetic products!
