Natural Beauty Secrets of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra

Hydration with Aloe Vera

Natural henna dye

Cleopatra used to paint her nails with brownish-reddish natural henna based. Also, she used henna to dye her hair, which she mixed with juniper berries or other fruit to get the exact color she wanted.

 Exfoliation with sea salts 

Her glowing skin she obtained with a mixture of sea salt and olive oil that moisturizes and exfoliates. Applied with a light massage, during or after showering, it will leave your skin exceptionally soft and smooth.

Sea salt and olive oil for glowing skin

Tonic with rose water 

Queen of Egypt loved rose water, which made her skin soft and smooth, and she used it as a natural tonic. You can get these results using rose water to cleanse your face morning and evening or making rose water in a spray bottle and applying it on your face whenever you feel the need, during the day.

 Apple Cider Vinegar

Cleopatra was using Apple Cider vinegar as a tonic and cleanser for the face, a secret of beauty prevalent even today.

Almond oil for a younger skin 

Cleopatra used almond oil in the skincare routine. She knew what she knew because almond oil contains mandelic acid, present in many Exfoliating creams today.

 Scented Essential Oils 

• Essential oils of rose
• Frankincense,
• Myrrh
• Neroli
• Cypress

All with aphrodisiac properties — were among the favorite perfumes of Cleopatra.

Honey and oil to regenerate hair growth

Honey, in conjunction with castor oil, is applied to the hair and left some time to penetrate well it was a treatment used by Cleopatra for a soft, shiny, and healthy hair.

 Oatmeal scrub 

Cleopatra used oats for cleansing and exfoliation her skin. Soaps are more harsh to the surface, while oats are well known for their qualities of nurturing and moisturizing. Add oatmeal in the water bath or make a decoction of barley( boil oatmeal or barley oats) and massage your skin gently.

White Clay mask 

Clay Mask, used by Cleopatra, gave a toning and lifting effect on the skin.

And you can benefit from its properties, but don’t let the clay on the face more than 5-10 minutes, because it can dry the skin excessively. White clay can be used for any skin type but recommended for people with sensitive skin, irritated, mature, or who show signs of aging.

White Clay Mask gives a toning and lifting effect on the skin

Eye serum from hemp and celery

Though cucumber is the classic natural treatment for your eyes today, Cleopatra used a mixture of hemp oil and celery to keep twinkling eyes and healthy. Nowadays, hemp oil becomes popular, and celery juice slowly catching up.

If you like to experiment with natural products and try different variations ingredients one day, you can look and feel much better the Cleopatra. Time to live is now 

Updated on 10-08-2020