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Create an authentic Asian spa at home and luxuriate in exotic Asian beauty secrets. Asian women have relaxed and beautified themselves with exotic therapies derived from the materials of nature - plants, herbs, minerals and flowers. In this guide, Sophie Benge supplies all the tools for experiencing luxurious Asian beauty treatments in your very own home.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
... It lives on my coffee table and not a day passes that I dont pick it up. The photography is amazing, especially the Spa at Jimbaran, Bali. The author highlights some great treatments such as the Mandi Susu and shows you how you can re-create them at home. The recipes are made with store cupboard ingredients and look good enough to eat. I like the Oriental Body Glow which uses Runny Honey, Sesame Seeds and Dried Herbs. This book contains information on Essential Oils and tells you about the mixes used at some of the best Spas in the world. It also contains great Asian Spa Cuisine recipes, well they would be great if I could cook. All in all this book is my favorite and I want to go to Bali now.
The author is a beauty journalist and not a holistic therapist, so this is not a "how-to" book, but rather an "all about-spa" book. Plenty recipes, but minimal technique.
Natural traditional Asian treatments for head to toe, including body wraps, herbal baths, facial creams, hair treatments. Information about Traditional Ritual and Do it Yourself care. Pictures are dreamy and beautiful to look at. If you want to make your own exotic skin care remedies, you will enjoy this book.
However, I would recommend you rather purchase "the tropical spa" by the same author, which is a later edition and expanded version.
Natural traditional Asian treatments for head to toe, including body wraps, herbal baths, facial creams, hair treatments. Information about Traditional Ritual and Do it Yourself care. Pictures are dreamy and beautiful to look at. If you want to make your own exotic skin care remedies, you will enjoy this book.
However, I would recommend you rather purchase "the tropical spa" by the same author, which is a later edition and expanded version.
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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Same content as Tropical Spa
26 July 2001
I was disappointed that this book was the exact same replica of the Tropical Spa book by Sophie Benge, minus the Tropical Spas coverage. I say if you are going to buy it, might as well get the whole thing and get the beautiful and inspiring pictures of the tropical asian spas. It is the same EXACT content from the second half of the Tropical Spa, but their tips are great. Just don't buy if you have Tropical Spa and you think this is any different, because it is not. (As I sadly discovered)
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
A touch of Bali in your home
24 Feb 2001
I enjoyed this book more than Benge's other title, The Asian Spa, because it contains beauty and health remedies that can be enjoyed in one's home as opposed to in a Balinese spa. This book is considerate in that it does not assume one has unlimited funds available to spend on treatments. Instead it focuses on delightful and affordable beauty and health remedies. I tried the honey and cucumber facial and must agree that my skin looked radiant afterward. I also love that it explains the Asian philosophy of true beauty only being possible when one is serene. Because Benge is British, some of her words sound a bit odd to an American but it doesn't pose a great problem. The only problem I had with this book is that she doesn't list any sources where readers can buy some of the treatment ingredients. Many of the ingredients are extremely exotic (mud from Thailand, for example) and are impossible to find in the United States. It would have been helpful to list stores or websites where you can order some of the more rare ingredients. Overall, an enjoyable and inspirational book.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A breath of fresh air!
21 Dec 2001
I really love this book and all it has to offer! The world class photography combined with never seen before Spa techniques make this a 5 star publication. I never in a million years would've thought of mixing together the ingredients listed in this book. It is a cookbook for lasting youth and beauty. It's now obvious how so many Asian women attain a lifelong glow!
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