Honey has been used for luxurious beauty routines before the days of Cleopatra. Historians think that humans have been using honey for food and medicinal purposes for more than 10,000 years now.

Now, how about a long soak in a honey bath? It can definitely be a good change from your usual bathing routine and add a little spa effect to it. Now the question that might be arising in your mind is why go in for honey? Well, honey has a lot of benefits to offer for the skin when applied topically and they are as follows:

• It is antioxidant in nature
• It has a soothing nature
• It has moisturizing properties

One common kind of bath for the skin is the milk and honey bath. You can make this one easily either by using powdered milk or regular milk with honey and adding it to the bathtub full of water. Milk and honey baths have been known since time immemorial to deep moisturize the skin. It is of the kind that Cleopatra used to bathe in!