My daughter's bath ritual

I'm a proud morena beauty and I have never been ashamed of my skin color even when I was younger. I've always stood by with my belief that it's not the skin color that's important but the skin health. 

Zoe's quite fair and people always tease Dan and I where she got her skin color. Well, Dan's family is Chinese and his mother is really fair but I need not explain that to every single person who asks me why my daughter isn't morena like me. While I don't have any plans of making her fairer than she is, I'm quite particular in caring for skin's health and ensuring that it remains smooth and soft. So I'd like to share my daughter's bath ritual that's proven to make her skin supple and smooth.

Things that I use:
1. Green tea bag (it can be clear green or green tea jasmine. The latter just has a more favorable scent)
2. calamansi 
3. 1/4 cup evaporated milk (can be any brand, can be fresh milk too)
4. J&J milk lotion

How I do it:

1. I steep a bag of tea in a cup of hot water for around 5 minutes. I pour the tea into Zoe's bath water and let the bag sit there until the pail of water is full. Be careful not to tear the tea bag.

2. I lather the milk all over Zoe's skin -- back, chest, arms, armpits, thighs, legs, groin and butt area, feet. NEVER ON THE FACE.

3. I squeeze the calamansi on my palms and apply directly on Zoe's skin. I skip this step if Zoe has a wound or scratch as this can sting. If she has fresh mosquito bites, I still do this provided that the bites have not been scratched.





4. I let the milk and calamansi sit on her skin while I brush her teeth.

5. Bathe as usual. Apply J&J milk lotion on her skin after bath.

This ritual has proven to be quite effective in making her skin nice and smooth. As a matter of fact, Zoe had around 6 mosquito bite marks on her legs last Sunday because my husband forgot to put her jammies on before they went to the living room. I was so depressed and beyond irritated when I saw how unsightly bite marks were. I just went on with this daily process and come Wednesday, the bite marks were already gone as if they never existed there in the first place.