DIY Oatmeal Milk Bath Recipe – An Old Fashioned Coziness  

This DIY oatmeal milk bath recipe feels like coming home with an old-fashioned coziness. A wholesome oatmeal bath you can sink into. 

We have had some cold winter nights and mornings here in Texas lately. To our surprise, we saw frost on the rooftops!

My kindergartener told me, as a matter of fact, that’s what happens before it snows (luckily, her weather-predicting needs more work). A glimpse of slight frost and day temperatures hovering in the 50s and 60s is nothing compared to the harsh winters we had in Illinois, but it has led me to pull out two sweaters and almost tuck my flip-flops away. Haha! 

But, I have noticed I started craving wholesome foods. Last Friday, I came home from Whole Foods with oatmeal, muffins, vanilla beans, honey yogurt, vanilla tea, soup, and butternut squash. 

Looking back at my recent DIYs, I can see that I’ve been immersing myself in oatmeal, milk, and honey with my homemade oatmeal bath bombs, oats + chamomile soap, and honey and goat milk soap. Maybe it’s just winter, but I can’t get enough oatmeal, honey, vanilla, or almond right now. 

If it’s a wholesome, old-fashioned feeling you’re craving right now, too, you’ll appreciate this DIY oatmeal milk bath recipe. It’s proof a good oatmeal bath can serve as self-care too!

What does putting oatmeal in your bath do?

Oatmeal absolutely lives up to the time-tested tradition of soothing irritated skin. The deeply comforting, cleansing, and antioxidant qualities found in the natural cellulose and fiber of the oats act as a gentle, non-stripping cleanser and mild exfoliant. It is most commonly used in skincare as colloidal oatmeal these days, which is simply oats ground into a fine, powdery texture that easily dissolves in water to coat and protect your skin.

For this oatmeal bath recipe, you can use old-fashioned rolled oats, as I did, or ground oats and finely grind them in a food processor or mortar and pestle to essentially create colloidal oatmeal. 

Related To: 10 Ingredients To Add Your Next Bath

What kind of milk do I use for a milk bath?

Adding milk to your bath alone can do wonders for your skin, including deeply hydrating and boosting moisture retention, gently exfoliating dry patches, calming redness, and easing skin discomfort. I wrote in great detail about all the incredible, skin-loving benefits of milk baths in this article for the Herbal Academy.

When it comes to what kind of milk to use for a milk bath, you have a wealth of options these days (thanks to Whole Foods). Almond milk, oat milk, whole milk, goat milk, or coconut milk can all be used in a milk bath. 

To make this milk bath recipe, I chose powdered goat milk. I fell in love with how it made my skin feel soft as butter in my moon milk bath ritual. It’s not recent news that goat milk’s high vitamin and mineral content nourishes the skin. (Isn’t every handmade soap at the Farmer’s Market made from goat milk?) 

Do you need anything besides oatmeal and milk for an oatmeal milk bath? 

You can stop with just those two ingredients for a simple oatmeal milk bath recipe. Or you can add baking soda to soften the bathwater, increase the ability to slough away dead skin cells, and further reduce skin irritations.

I didn’t stop there, I included Dead Sea and Epsom salts to detoxify the body and soothe muscle aches and tension. 

And if you prefer a fragrance, add a ¼ teaspoon of Manuka Milk and Bergamot Honey from Makesy. It is a certified skin-safe all-natural fragrance of milky vanilla, beeswax, and heartwarming honey melded with orange zest and bee pollen in a dreamy, silky combination. You can find it with 11 more in a bath and body natural fragrance discovery kit, too! 

In unison, you’ll create a homemade milk bath as comforting as a hot bowl of old-fashioned rolled oats splashed with heavy cream and drizzled in honey.  

How Do You Make An Oatmeal Milk Bath? 

If you love a good soak in the bathtub as much as I do, you’re going to come back to this old-fashioned oatmeal milk bath recipe over and over again. It is simple to make in under ten minutes.

Yet, it can make such a difference in your bath routine with this melody of ingredients to gently exfoliate, soothe, and soften every surface of the skin it touches!

And you can double or triple the recipe to make inexpensive gifts for all the coziness we crave in the wintertime. 

How to Make an Oatmeal Milk Bath:

First, to make colloidal oatmeal, scoop two tablespoons of rolled oats into a food processor or mortar and pestle. Grind until oats are ground and pour into a medium mixing bowl. 

Add two tablespoons of baking soda and ½ cup of powdered goat milk to the oatmeal and stir well.

Next, pour ½ cup of Dead Sea salts and ¼ cup of Epsom Salts into the milk bath mixture. Stir again and break up any clumps. 

Last, add ¼ teaspoon of optional skin-safe natural fragrance and stir for one minute to fully incorporate the scent. 

Once finished, scoop into four airtight two-ounce glass jars. 

Pin this homemade oatmeal milk bath recipe that’s as comforting as a hot bowl of old-fashioned rolled oats splashed with heavy cream and drizzled in honey!