Best Kept Beauty Secrets of the Orient
By Christine Teh
With photographs by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni

For thousands of years, traditional Oriental beauty secrets have been passed from mother to daughter in Asia but have rarely been disclosed to other cultures in Asia, let alone to the West - where beauty products can sometimes be expensive, ineffective and contain suspect chemicals.

Over 50 Beauty remedies are presented and information on the history, tradition, sourcing and preparation of affordable, natural ingredients can be found in this fascinating book. The Beauty Secrets revealed are drawn from Chinese, Malay, Indian and other Asian cultures and reflect the holistic, from-the-inside-out approach to beauty that is unique to the Orient. In addition to face scrubs, infusions to reduce wrinkles and lines, tonics for hair and after-sun restoratives, Best Kept Beauty Secrets of the Orient describes traditional methods for enhancing sexual pleasure and for the recovery of a mother’s sexual organs and figure postpartum........more