This is a lovely little book, where the author explains her philosophy about how natural and home-made cosmetics are as good as manufactured cosmetics. She also has advice for natural beauty, and a list of equipment and materials you will need in order to make your own soap and cosmetics.
Then, there are the recipes themselves, for each part of the face, and then for the body and the hair. There are recipes for baby: did you know that you can make baby powder with a cup of cornflower, a teaspoon of almond oil and six drops of lavender oil? You can apply this on the baby with make-up removal pads.
Importantly, there is a section for men, including home-made shaving foam and after-shave! The writer is from Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), where the tradition for beauty goes back not centuries, but millennia. Beauty is for both male and female!
Cooking Cosmetics is a pretty edition, in lovely, thick yellow-cream paper, and printed in attractive fonts. I would have liked to have seen more illustrations, though.
This book is in Greek only, yet it belongs to a wider context of lovely books promoting natural beauty and do-it-yourself cosmetics. If you know Greek and are interested in this sort of thing, I highly recommend!
Bye for now, and have a good start to the week -- always with beauty and a book! xxx
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