Beauty is not happiness! So in what Cleopatra's secret?

How often, fixedly studying the appearance in a mirror, we with slight grief think: "Here, if my nose was a little shorter, and eyes are larger and the section does not need to be corrected, and here lips could and be made more stoutly... Here then success, love, attention of admirers did not avoid me". And already it seems that the way to happiness and to success lies only through plastic surgery.

But whether so it? Let's remember the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra, here who could not complain of lack of attention - to her legs the whole kingdoms rushed, because of her empires fell. And, judging by memoirs of contemporaries and some remained reliable portraits, she was not a beauty at all. At her not ideal appearance (a long humpbacked nose and the sticking-out sharp chin, low a little rather heavy figure) its glory of the skillful and seductive courtesan generated legends. Said even that some were ready to pay life for only one night of love. Real lines of this surprising woman are lost in the depth of centuries, but that she was an uncommon personality, there are no doubts. Clever, fearless, inventive, she set before itself the purpose and tried to obtain it both in policy, and in love. The last representative of Ptolemaeus spoke by a melodious voice, knew many languages and art to be beautiful.

Well, and whether she was a beauty …? What does not raise any doubts, so is that she created the beauty and charm itself, skillfully applying art of a make-up and personal care. She bathed in the asinine milk softened with honey, slaves rubbed in her skin balm which part extract from seeds of a teak and an acacia was, smoothed wrinkles and covered them with gruel from fresh peaches, a special stick used eye shadow. Pudreny persons, imposing of shadows under eyes, the use of fragrant lipsticks, hair-dyeing — all this was not alien ancient, but the make-up of eyes was, perhaps, the most characteristic of the Egyptian stylistics. If to look at portraits of ancient Egyptians (and men too), first of all eyes - huge, almond-shaped, carefully and beautifully allocated and tinted draw attention. The make-up of eyes was compulsory daily procedure. Cosmetics for eyes was also a decorative accessory, and was used as the protectant, magic significance was attached to it. Galen (lead sulfide) - paint which was applied by Egyptians to an inking of eyes - possesses disinfecting properties and even protects from midges and from the intensive sun. Well, and, besides, delineation of eyes was the individual protective amulet applied directly to skin - such amulet could not be lost or stolen.

For washing of hair instead of shampoos habitual to us Cleopatra used the following means: two-three yolks of eggs to mix with water and to shake up. As a result foam with which the queen washed hair turned out. And applied broth from collecting leaves of a nettle, cones of hop and a root of a burdock in equal proportions to rinsing. Also approximately once a week the Egyptian queen did trays for hands of milk.

The Egyptian women owned secrets of unusual cosmetic recipes which were transferred in secret from mother to the daughter. Cosmetic recipes of Cleopatra also until now enjoy deserved popularity especially as it did not do of them a secret and even wrote something like the cosmetic reference book "About Face Drug". Unfortunately, her composition did not reach our days, but some recipes remained (preparation of powders, creams, whitewash, blush, lipstick), were used and recommended by physicians and in later times.

Cleopatra's cream

Fleshy part of an aloe to crush, mix with pink water and to add a little honey. To put mix on a water bath, to add a little fresh pork melted fat and to warm up, without bringing to boiling. It is necessary to apply this cream once a day to the cleaned face skin and necks, driving in it with finger-tips.

Mask of Cleopatra

Mix white clay, sour cream, juice of a lemon and honey in equal proportions (on one teaspoon). Put a mask on a face for 15-20 minutes. Wash away at first warm, then cold water. Such mask not only does skin soft and elastic, but also cleans and bleaches it.

Clarification of an organism

It appears, even in those far times Cleopatra applied the cleaning procedures which almost differ in nothing from modern, in particular, drink from juice of a lemon, water and olive oil which should be drunk on an empty stomach small drafts. Then it is recommended to do 15-20 exercises on retraction of a stomach, such internal massage of digestive tract very well influences internals.

Bathtub of Cleopatra

To fill a bathtub with the milk which is warmed up up to 37-38 degrees (ideally wild she-asses) and to plunge into it completely on 10-15 centimeters, in a bathtub it is necessary to warm up skin and to mass a bast. For fuller rejuvenating effect before acceptance of a bathtub it is recommended to take 350 g of salt and to mix and a half a glass of cream. Beginning to rub a body with this mix from toes, then to be rinsed under a shower. And now it is possible also in a bathtub!

If the whole bathtub of milk is too, then it is possible to be limited also to cheaper option: to warm up milk liter, to mix with honey (150-200 gr), to add 2 tablespoons of almond oil. To pour out this mix in the prepared heat bath - and bathe on health. The procedure lasts 20 minutes.

So, to look attractive and have a lot of admirers, it is not obligatory to be the beauty by nature at all. The main thing – to set the purposes and to trust in the opportunities, well and to work on itself... In success beauty - not the main thing, is more important to give ability itself, confidence in the irresistibility!