Homemade Orange Cream Milk Bath

Homemade Orange Cream Milk Bath adds luxurious benefits to your bath, with sweet smelling orange essential oil, skin-soothing milk, cornstarch and baking soda. Packaged in a pretty jar with a handmade label and bakery twine, it also makes a lovely homemade gift.

I once had an Orange Cream scented bubble bath which I loved, as it was fresh and soothing without being floral. When it was discontinued, I was inspired to create something at home to replace it. I added some orange essential oil to a recipe for a homemade milk bath and loved the result. It creates a lovely creamy foam in the tub that easily rinses away afterwards, leaving your skin softened with the pretty scent of orange.

Milk baths are recorded to date back as far as the days of Cleopatra as a way to soften and moisturize the skin. Today milk treatments for the skin are available at the spa, but you can make a homemade milk bath in minutes with ingredients right from your pantry. Besides the sunshine freshness of having an orange scented bath, there are many benefits to be derived from orange essential oil including anti-depressant, tonic and sedative properties… the perfect way to end the day! Packaged in a jar with a handmade label and bakery twine, it also makes a thoughtful gift.

Supplies Needed:

orange cream milk bath mix (recipe below)

glass jars

round kraft paper label stickers + printer (see free template download below)

OR alphabet stamps + black inkpad

bakery twine

Orange Cream Milk Bath Recipe:

1 cup powdered milk
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup cornstarch
11-12 drops orange essential oil

Mix all the ingredients together and scoop into glass jars with tight-fitting lids. Print out or write a label for the top and tie with a pretty piece of bakery twine. Pour about ¾ cup of mix into the bath under running water to dissolve.

Printable Label Download:

Click {here} for the label download. The file is editable to add your name, or to change the name of the Milk Bath if you choose to use a different essential oil. The font is Special Elite. Be sure to try it once on a blank sheet of paper to make sure the print lines up with the stickers!

Handmade gifts are one of the best ways to escape the consumerism and excess that can take away from the joy of gift-giving, don't you think? Happy handmaking!