Beauty formulation
Potato Milk Hand Soothing Bath
Potato's enzymes have a genuine folk-remedy reputation for lifting stains, the same chemistry behind the old trick of rubbing a raw potato slice on stained hands, which makes this soak uniquely useful among the book's hand treatments for gardeners, cooks, and anyone dealing with produce or kitchen stains, not just dryness.
By Aunesty Janssen · The Big Book of Milk & Garden Beauty: 156 Natural Recipes for Skin & Hair Using Alternative Milks & Everyday Pantry Ingredients
Ingredients
- Phase A (Soak Phase)
- 1 cup (240 mL / 240g) Warm Potato Milk
- Phase B (Humectant / Lipid Phase)
- 1 tbsp (15 mL / 21g) Raw Honey
- 1 tsp (5 mL / 4.5g) Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Method & application
- Pour warm potato milk into a shallow dish.
- Stir in raw honey and olive oil until the honey is completely dissolved.
- APPLICATION
- Submerge hands for 15 minutes.
- Pat dry with a clean towel and massage the remaining oil phase into skin.
Kitchen note
This is a genuinely practical, not just cosmetic, recipe, keep the ingredients on hand during gardening season specifically for stain relief, not just as a beauty treatment.
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