Home » Beauty »  Skin Care Tips »  Honey Skin Care Honey has always been an essential part of beauty regimens. Cleopatra used to bathe in milk and honey. Royalty in the olden days depended largely on honey to keep youthful and beautiful.And why not? Honey is packed with nourishing and beautifying properties. It is probably the very best beauty product you can use on your skin.

Lets Take a Look At Some Sweet Facts About Honey.

• Honey can treat minor irritations and sunburn. It has anti-microbial properties.
• Honey has the ability to retain water. Therefore it is a good agent to use in moisturisers, creams, sunscreen lotions and other beauty products.
• If mixed with bath water when washing hair, it can bring a shine to your hair. One teaspoon of honey in one medium sized mug of water and poured on your hair after the last rinse, will work wonders in making your hair soft and silky.
• It works well with alpha hydroxy acids - it helps soothe the skin against an abrasive treatment.
• Mix equal parts of honey and milk. Apply the mixture all over your body. Wash off after twenty minutes. You can notice a new-found glow on yourself.
• Honey has antioxidant properties. It helps fight skin damage and ageing.

Honey also helps to fight damage caused by the sun's UV radiation.