Home Remedy: Cleopatra Milk Bath

Undoubtedly, Cleopatra was one of the most beautiful woman of her time, and probably of many times after her time too 🙂

She was known to be a ruler, beauty and temptress but she definitely worked hard at her beauty!

One of her biggest beauty secrets was that she used to bathe in. . . MILK and honey!

This has been a recent obsession of mine and I am LOVING the beautifying effects. It helps to keep your skin soo beautiful, soft and clear!

The best thing is that this is incredibly simple to do, so there is no excuse not to try this suuuper natural remedy 🙂

Cleopatra used to mix milk of a young donkey with fresh honey and almond oil and pour this mixture into a warm bath. We won’t start doing the same, but we can put a twist on this recipe from the famous Queen.

How do I Prepare a Milk Bath?

To prepare the milk and honey bath, mix half cup of good quality honey with 3 cups of milk and add 5 tablespoons almond oil (you can use olive oil instead), then pour this mixture into your bath and enjoy baby soft skin.
It feels so luxurious and I do this as often as I can. I like to add in a cup full of oats in the bath too which provides even more softening benefits.

You will feel like a queen when you emerge from your milk bath 🙂

How Does the Milk Bath Work??

Milk is full of lactic acid which is one of the best ingredients for exfoliating the skin. Honey is super nourishing and has natural antibacterial agents. Both olive and almond oils have anti-aging properties and plump the skin. Oats reduce inflammation and soothe & heal the skin. This mixture can help with: dryness, acne, dull skin, eczema, psoriasis and other sensitivities.

I love this and I am sure you will too!!!

Happy bathing my beauties!

Love B x

Requested! The Cellulite Series

Happy Sunday my Dolls!

 

I know it’s been a couple of days since I last posted but I have had a little cold so trying my best to get some R & R 🙂

 

Thank you guys for all your messages and tweets! I always love to hear from you all!!!

 

So I have been getting tons of questions from readers about body issues. How to get rid of stretch marks & cellulite are the top two I have been asked about!

 

Cellulite can be one of the MOST annoying things to deal with as a woman! It just isn’t pretty and is SUPER hard to get rid of.

 

Unless you are one of the veeeeery lucky woman that don’t have to deal with this, you may be spending £££ on lotions & potions that promise to eliminate orange peel!

 

 Firstly-What is Cellulite?

 

Basically, cellulite happens when fat cells are pushed into the skins middle layer and pull on connective tissue. This creates the rippled “dimple” effect. Dimples are adorable!… Just not on our thighs 🙂

There are many causes, it can be genetic, hormonal, due to diet, lifestyle choices or even clothing!

Cellulite actually affects 90% of women, regardless of their body size, which means you shouldn’t be embarrassed about this issue, as it’s something most of us have!

 

Can it be Prevented?

 

Absolutely! Prevention is key and eating healthy, low-fat foods can help to avoid cellulite appearing or getting worse! Exercise is soo important, as it helps to break-down fat stores.

Drinking lots of water and detoxifying drinks (such as grapefruit juice or hot water with lemon juice) will assist with eliminating toxins and excess fluids. Increasing fibre in your diet can help too as it prevents fat cells being stored.

 

How Can I Get Rid of Cellulite?

 

I’m going to be completely honest- there actually isn’t a way to cure this altogether permanently BUT you can drastically improve the appearance, to the point where it is unnoticeable. This is good news!! There are a whole bunch of surgical and non-surgical treatments that are supposed to break down the fat stores with lasers, ultrasound cavitation and various skin tightening procedures-but what can we do naturally ourselves?

 

A good way to start is with daily massage and improving circulation in those areas with a DIY scrub!

 

 

Cellulite-Busting-Scrub!

 

 

 

 

 

My favourite way to bust the cellulite is to mix up 1/2 cup ground coffee , 1/4 cup brown sugar and a 1/4 cup of good quality olive oil.

 

I put this on dry skin in cellu- prone areas. Massage in circular motions upwards towards the heart.

You need to spend a good 5-10 mins doing this to start to see the magical effects of this scrub!!

Then rinse off in the shower. You need to try this a couple of times before you can see the effects. Warning- this can be a bit of a messy one 🙂 but it does feel amazing and I looove the smell of coffee!

 

The caffeine and antioxidants stimulate fat metabolism and dilate your blood vessels. So when applied directly to the skin, the coffee absorbs & removes liquid and excess fat from your skin – decreasing the appearance of cellulite. The sugar helps to exfoliate and the olive oil hydrates and plumps the area.

 

It’s definitely worth a try as the results are impressive and I hope this makes you think twice before considering expensive, drastic procedures 🙂

 

Lots of love,

 

 

B x

 

 

Hair today, Gone tomorrow & Back again!

Hi my loves!

So the topic of the day is hair! Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but I cannot help but notice that healthy, thick, shiny hair is something that is UNIVERSALLY attractive for both men and women. The reason that healthy hair is SO important is that it indicates good health and good physical health is perceived as attractive.

The human body is soo intuitive, its amazing! Any imbalances in hormones, diet, vitamins, stress and sleep presents itself as a physical symptom in the body. These can often go unnoticed. This is why its crucial that we do all we can to take extra precautions and look after our hair and to ensure it is in the best condition possible!

Last year, I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and my doctors felt that the only course of action was 6 rounds of aggressive chemo. This filled me with dread, for obvious reasons.

I wouldn’t say it was my FIRST thought, but definitely in my top 5 was how will I cope with losing my hair and what if it never grows back?? The thought that it may not grow back properly was hard to digest! Now I can look back and smile as I was soo wrong.

It was absolutely tough and the picture shown above was literally taken the day before my longgg hair started to all fall out!

BUT , every cloud has a silver lining and my hair has grown back healthier, stronger, shinier and THICKER than ever! It is super curly (which it never was before) but I have put a lot of energy into ensuring it has the best chance to grow back after chemo.

Through a combination of SUPER simple additions to my beauty routine, I have managed to grow back my hair at record speed! This is what I did.

I started taking Bioton– this is the HOLY GRAIL of hair growth. Like the most important step you can take to growing your hair. Biotin is a natural product (referred to as Vitamin H). It is a B-complex vitamin that has been scientifically proven to promote healthy gorgeous hair growth! For many, it is often due to a deficiency of this vitamin that leads to falling hair, dry hair and breakages.

I have been taking Solgar-Biotin 5000 IU for the past 3 months and have seen the quality of my hair has improved massively and it has accelerated the growth noticeably!

I also love this as it helps to boost the quality of nails & skin so its always nice to be able to enjoy some extra benefits!! 🙂

I also started to use Cayenne Pepper on my scalp! This is a wonderful home remedy that is soo underated. It does wonders. This herb works by irritating the scalp, therefore producing more bloodflow & circulation in that area. Good circulation is crucial for hair growth and often people who are bald have been found to have poor circulation.

How I use this herb is either to mix a tablespoon in with my coconut hair oil mixture (please refer to previous coconut post for details) and leave this mixture on my hair for a minimum of 3 hours), OR I add some into my shampoo or leave in conditioner and just apply this to the roots/scalp. Make sure to adjust the amount depending on your hair length.

It does tingle so don’t be alarmed 🙂

Lastly, I filled up on some yummy superfoods that contain essential fatty acids such as avacados, walnuts, flaxseeds and salmon! These aid cell growth and assist in delivering nutrients to the hair follicles aswell as helping circulation.

As you can see, all of the above have helped me to grow my hair to this length below in only 9 months (& that includes 3 haircuts in between!)

Happy hair growing darlings!

Love B x