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Harem - the focus of the eastern exotic and unique luxury and pampering. Sweet dream of any oriental man oriental symbol of the absolute power of men over women, the kingdom of feminine beauty, unprecedented luxury and intrigue.
Ironically, the word "harem" - Arabic (from "haram" - forbidden), implies a women's only half of the house, which could only come from the men of the family. Later, however, during the conquest of the rulers of the Arab East it has become fashionable to collect large "collections" concubines, which is the real proof of the power and well-being of the rulers of the Muslim world. There concubines was only one chance not to get lost among the numerous slaves from different countries and to survive - or give Sheikh Sultan heir, but that, initially, it was necessary to earn the attention of this worthy Arab husband. A draw attention sophisticated and powerful man and charm him is not easy, as the crowd of competitors does not sleep fine.
For this reason, careful grooming was not just a whim of women, and basic necessities. All the secrets of beauty odalisques from different countries, of course, kept a closely guarded secret, but women and mystery - concepts incompatible, so after a while some of the rituals of care have become "traditional" and began to spread between the moon-faced beauties.
Persian depilation
According to Eastern tradition, leather women should be smooth and soft, so the fight against unwanted hair was carried out mercilessly. The most effective means of Arab princesses and odalisques were depilation using various compositions of honey, eggs, lemon juice. The procedure was admittedly unpleasant. To relieve irritation and moisturize the skin beauty, enjoy the natural fatty oils, including olive beloved Arabs.
Do hair removal for yourself:
To prepare the composition, removing hair, you need to take 10 tablespoons of sugar (preferably brown), the juice of half a lemon and 1 tablespoon water.
Mix all ingredients in a small saucepan and put on fire for 20 minutes. Every 5 minutes, stir the product must be to not burnt. When the mass becomes brown (caramel) color, remove from heat and let cool the composition to a temperature that is acceptable to you, that is, that you are not burned, but the paste should not have time to harden (ideally it should become viscous). This fire should be weak.
Take a little paste with your hands or a special spatula and evenly distribute it on the skin. To facilitate the process, you can take advantage of special fabric strips for depilation (just lay them on top of pasta). Wait a few seconds and tear strips sharp movement against the hair growth.
Important!
To Persian hair removal has given good results, your hair should be short!
Skin like velvet
The tenderness of the skin was one of the main components of feminine beauty. In order to achieve a silky, beautiful concubines used various natural scrub on the basis of salt, coffee or rice which exfoliate dead skin cells and polished young girls.
Making a home peel:
- Take 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of fine sea salt. Mix. Massage applied to the skin of the body. Reserve "sweet" part 2 - 3 minutes. Then wash off in the shower.
- Take 4 tablespoons of coconut powder with a slide (you can cook yourself, skipping coconut through a meat grinder), the same number of spoons of yogurt and 2 teaspoons of dark sugar. Mix all the ingredients very carefully.
- You will need 4-5 tablespoons of rice flour, the same amount of coffee grounds and 1 cup of natural yogurt. Mix the ingredients.
Silk Hair
Beautiful, long, luxurious hair is considered the best ornament of a woman, so the East girls begin to care for their curls almost from the cradle.
- Traditional oriental remedy for hair - natural yogurt, used to make masks and wraps for hair.
- A favorite tool for hair harem was a moon-faced almonds. 100 g sweet almonds pour a glass of warm milk and leave for the night. Pass through a meat grinder almonds and spread it to a mushy consistency with warm milk. This mask 2-3 times a week applied to the hair for 20-30 minutes.
And a couple of secrets Turkish odalisques last:
- To lashes were thick and fluffy, you need to follow just one rule: in the morning and in the evening they need to comb from the bottom up, brush, oiled almond or olive oil.
- To mitigate the lip balm can be used instead of honey, which should be applied to the skin of the lips at night.
- To combat the first wrinkles can prepare almond mask. To do this you need to take 1 tablespoon peeled sweet almond kernels and pass it through a meat grinder. Nut paste diluted milk or yogurt and apply on face for 15-20 minutes.
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