7 Reasons Your Body Will Absolutely Love A Beer Bath

Bubble bath takes on a whole new meaning when you’re adding beer to the bath water. That’s right, beer baths are a thing—a thing you should be trying because it turns out that your skin has a lot to benefit from during a soak in a beer bath.

Beer Ingredients Are Beneficial For the Skin

According to experts, the benefits are in the barley and hops—the two main ingredients used when brewing beer. Barley is a rich source of both zinc and selenium, two essential trace minerals that help to maintain skin elasticity, speed wound healing, and act as antioxidants, protecting the skin from free radicals. Hops are used to treat various skin-related diseases because they are full of important nutrients and antioxidants that fight aging and keep the skin soft, elastic, and glowing.

The yeast in beer is also incredibly beneficial for the skin. According to experts, it can be used to treat acne, eczema, and boils because of its high nutrient profile. It provides energy to the skin cells so that they can replicate, and its chromium content helps skin cells to get energy from fats, carbs, and proteins.

The acids and enzymes produced during fermentation are also nourishing to the skin and hair.

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History of Beer Baths

If you’re skeptical about making yourself a beer bath because you think it’s probably just another passing trend, think again. Beer baths actually have roots that go way back—more than 2,000 years—to when ancient Egyptian and Roman women would bathe regularly in beer for the silky, smooth, even-toned, and clear skin.

Not only are beer baths increasing in popularity, but beer spas are actually popping up all over Europe, and even in the US too. In beer spas, detox baths, facials, wraps, and massages are available, all with beer ingredients.

Beer Bath Benefits

There’s a reason that people keep soaking in beer. The benefits don’t just stop at the soft and silky skin. Read on to find out how you can benefit from a good soak in a beer bath.

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1. Improves Complexion

Beer soakers can benefit from clearer, smoother skin. The warm water of the bath opens the pores and the hops exfoliate the skin, removing the top layer of dead skin cells. Nutrients from the beer help to speed wound healing, eliminate blemishes, and smooth acne scars. In addition, the B vitamins from the yeast prevent acne breakouts by eliminating bacteria.

2. Treats Skin Conditions

Not only will beer make your skin look good but it’ll also make it feel good. Beer contains anti-inflammatory antioxidants that help to reduce inflammation throughout the body, relieving symptoms of eczema, contact dermatitis, skin infections, and skin cancer.

3. Hydrates the Skin

If you have dry, flaky skin, you may benefit from a beer bath. The yeast contains nutrients that penetrate the skin and help to hydrate it after it exfoliates. It also benefits the skin by maintaining a healthy pH balance.

4. Prevents Early Aging

Wrinkles, fine lines, and age spots are all a normal part of aging, right? Well, turns out with the right skin care and the proper diet, you won’t have to worry about those things come your 40th birthday.

In one study, participants aged 39 to 75 years applied a serum made from barley twice daily for three months. Results showed significant improvements in photodamage and visible signs of aging. (1)

Based on studies like these, we can understand why beer—with the main ingredient being barley—would work as an anti-aging remedy for the skin.

5. Conditions Hair

All those nourishing ingredients in beer make it an effective hair conditioner, adding shine, softness, and flexibility. For thicker, fuller hair, mix beer with your shampoo and lather as usual. As your hair dries, the beer smell with disappear.

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6. Stimulates the Circulatory System

Beer is said to stimulate the circulatory system and increase blood flow due to the properties of the carbonic acid.

7. Relieves Joint and Muscle Pain

A warm beer bath may be just what you need to soothe aching muscles or joints. While the beer is settling into your skin, the warm water helps you detox, relax the muscles, and relieve tension, whether it’s from exercise, overexertion, or just plain old day-to-day stresses.

How to Use Beer at Home for Its Various Benefits

It’s easy to make your very own homemade beer bath, foot soak, or hair treatment. Go out and get yourself a six-pack of beer, and your whole body will benefit.

Beer Bath

Contrary to how it may sound, you don’t need to stand next to the bath, emptying beer bottle upon beer bottle until your bath is full of beer. All you need is one or two bottles or beer, some organic virgin coconut oil, and a cup of Epsom salts (optional).

Fill the bath with warm water and add the beer, coconut oil, and Epsom salts under the tap while the water is running. Swish it around and get on in!

Foot Soak

After a long, hard day at work, your feet could use a soothing and nourishing foot soak. Combine a cup of whole milk, a bottle of beer, and warm water in a tub or basin and soak your feet for 15–20 minutes.

Hair Treatment

Beer conditions hair better than any regular hair conditioner out there. After a rinse with some beer, you’ll be amazed at how soft and shiny your hair is.

Mix one cup of beer with half a cup of shampoo and put the mixture in a bottle. Shampoo hair as you normally would using the beer mixture. Skip the conditioner and notice how full and soft your hair looks and feels.

Conclusion

If your skin could use refreshing, your hair could use conditioning, and your muscles could use relaxing, then a beer bath is the way to go. Beer is packed with nutrients and antioxidants that nourish the body for a young, beautiful, and glowing complexion.

So, pour one out and get in the tub!

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Sources:

1.  https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2016/march/healthful-beer.html

2.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jdv.12204

3.  http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/22527430

More Information:

http://www.naturallivingideas.com/beer-bath-benefits/

https://www.thealternativedaily.com/health-benefits-of-soaking-in-beer/

https://lilyfarmfreshskincare.com/benefits-hops-natural-skin-care/

https://www.stylecraze.com/articles/surprising-benefits-of-hops-for-skin-hair-and-health/#gref

https://www.livestrong.com/article/303711-how-does-brewers-yeast-benefit-skin/