Do you know how makeup was applied in ancient Rome? What was the legendary aura that allowed African-American women to beautify themselves in Harlem in the 1930s? Can the mystery of steam baths be unravelled? What were the beauty and skin care rituals practiced in France during the Second Empire?
Constantinople, Okinawa or in Rajasthan, these ancestral rituals are at the origin of our own contemporary beauty rituals.
Through the prism of history and the expert historians we have consulted, we have travelled through the centuries and across the world. Today, we are delighted to share these tales of beauty.
You will find an episode of our Ancient Beauty Rituals every week on all podcast platforms.
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Do you know how makeup was applied in ancient Rome? What was the legendary aura that allowed African-American women to beautify themselves in Harlem in the 1930s? Can the mystery of steam baths be unravelled? What were the beauty and skin care rituals practiced in France during the Second Empire?
Constantinople, Okinawa or in Rajasthan, these ancestral rituals are at the origin of our own contemporary beauty rituals.
Through the prism of history and the expert historians we have consulted, we have travelled through the centuries and across the world. Today, we are delighted to share these tales of beauty.
You will find an episode of our Ancient Beauty Rituals every week on all podcast platforms.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, we shine the spotlight on a ritual that is not just for women, but for a change, for men. We visit Souverain Raya, in the south of India, at the very beginning of the 16th century. This was an area prolific in spices, used for culinary, medical and cosmetic purposes, whose value could approach that of gold. In the "best provisioned city in the world", King Raya took as much care of his health as his appearance.
The Officine Universelle Buly goes back in time to reveal this beauty ritual, based on the principles of Ayurveda or "the science of life" – a millennia-old custom of holistic healing.
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