Milk bath Milk bath A milk bath is a bath taken in milk instead of water. Often other scents such as honey, rose, lavender and essential oils are added. Milk baths use lactic acid, an alpha hydroxy acid, to dissolve the proteins which hold together dead skin cells. There are legends that Cleopatra bathed in donkey milk daily for her complexion. These legends have not been confirmed and some historians believe that Roman Empress Poppaea set this bathing fashion after Cleopatra's death. Queens Catherine Parr and later Elizabeth I of England used milk baths to make their skin appear more youthful and
Krewe of Cleopatra with the theme "Cleopatra's Animal Kingdom". The theme for 2019 will be "Cleopatra's Animated Adventures". Krewe of Cleopatra The Krewe of Cleopatra is named after the Egyptian Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra. The club was established in 1972, becoming the first Carnival Club for women on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. The Krewe from the West Bank made its' permanent move to the East Bank after the 2013 carnival season, becoming the first all-female organization on the Uptown parade route in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their motto is: "Her beauty is timeless, her age is now...forever!" Cleopatra was founded