Earlier than I am going on, let me simply say that milky pores and skin shouldn’t be a “new” pattern by any means. Milk has been a part of the wonder zeitgeist for ages—I’m speaking centuries. Cleopatra herself has been rumored to frequent milk baths for his or her pores and skin ageing advantages! 

Even immediately, many of us submerge their offended, infected pores and skin in a bath of heat milk (goat, cow, coconut, rice, oat, et al.) to appease, hydrate, and soften the pores and skin. 

“Milk may be very soothing and conditioning for the pores and skin; that is why you will see quite a lot of hand soaps, physique soaps, and merchandise made with goats’ milk as a result of it’s tremendous hydrating,” board-certified and famend esthetician Caela Bulzing as soon as instructed mbg. Animal-based milk particularly has pure fat that may assist construct up the pores and skin barrier and seal in moisture. “As well as, [animal-sourced] milk comprises enzymes and lactic acid that may assist gently exfoliate useless cells,” says beauty chemist Victoria Fu, co-founder of Chemist Confessions. 

And much like these DIY milk soaks, “milky” magnificence merchandise are likely to have a nourishing, calming really feel—and a few don’t even use precise milk in any respect. Right this moment, milky magnificence merchandise could converse extra to a product’s textural parts than the substances contained in the goop. 

“Milky merchandise are usually positioned as light, soothing merchandise,” says beauty chemist and Chemist Confessions co-founder Gloria Lu. “There’s additionally in all probability some affect from Asian skincare with milky essences and toners.” 

There’s additionally one thing a few milky confection that actually seems like feeding your pores and skin. In spite of everything, milk is what gives us with important vitamins at delivery and helps development and improvement. Milk, in a manner, is the essence of life.