Olive oil is one of the most powerful natural antioxidant. It is used for thousands of years to have a good look, a sharp mind and a long lasting life. Virgin olive oil contains vitamin A, D, K and E which help fighting free radicals and cellular oxidation. Free radicals and cellular oxidation lead to a premature aging.
Olive oil is known to mankind for 5000 years!!! Users of Ayurveda, an antique Indian healing method, know that olive oil is used with the goal to improve health.
In ancient India, olive oil was used as a mouth wash. It is recommended to take a soup spoon of olive oil in the morning and to wash your mouth for 15 minutes. It is said that way we can prevent many diseases, inflammatory processes and improve the general state of our body.
Minoan beauties where particular from different aspects. Their civilization embodied beauty and liberty of the mind and the body. The position women occupied in the Minoan civilization was peculiar and unique in the world. Those ancient beauties knew the secret formula of a beautiful skin. If you look at frescoes of this civilization you will notice that men were painted in a red nuance while women were painted in white. As an example we have the two most well known frescoes: “The prince of the Lilies” and “La Parisienne” or “The Minoan lady”. Men could have tanned skin while the woman’s skin was considered beautiful and well cared only if it was white, fresh and glossy. Don’t forget that Crete is the biggest Greek island and the most south with the largest number of sunny days during the year. You will agree that those women’s mission to keep a white complexion wasn’t easy at all.
”The prince of the lilies” from the Knossos palace
“La Parisienne” fresco from Knossos
In this video you can learn how to make a natural body scrub by using olive oil, several drops of lavender essence and some sugar.
Use the natural body scrub once a week as follows: apply on wet skin and massage , then shower with hot water and wipe the body with a wet towel. The body scrub get rid of skin dead cells, clean it deeply, moisturize it and regenerate it.
The Minoan method of taking a bath of olive oil is difficult to access but we can look after the beauty of the skin of our body by using the body scrub.
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