Librarie… Secrets & beauty rituals from around the world

I recently received this wonderful book offered by the site “Alapage”. Ils m’ont contactée il y a quelques temps pour me proposer de choisir un livre dans leur section books and wellbeing et de me l’envoyer afin de le commenter sur mon site. Here is my choice : Secret & beauty rituals from around the world. It's really a book of great beauty, bien illustré, explanations are interesting and above, it is a pleasure to discover the rituals of several countries.

The book begins with Asia… déjà un grand coup de cœur pour moi. On y découvre l’Inde, la Chine, Thailand, Vietnam, l’Indonésie et le Japon. On voyage tout à fait avec eux, discover legends, care, des habitudes de vie et même alimentaires. Et oui ce n’est pas un secret, beauty begins from within… good nutrition is a beautiful skin.

The journey goes to America… I find myself here at home… traveling in North America… pour découvrir comment on se garde bien au chaud 😉 pour ensuite glisser doucement vers le sud, Mexico… is, we talk about chocolate and tequila… what link ? Well, il vous faudra lire le livre 😉

Six-hour flight later we find ourselves in Europe… the country of lamb with mint, England and potions, France and its intoxicating fruit, Russia and its mythical alcohol, to finish with Italy, messenger of the gods of beauty.

Then, the heat of Africa appears : the Maghreb, Egypt and Black Africa. A delight or it could almost feel the argan oil, le miel et le beurre de karité. Des paysages magnifiques et la découverte de recettes dignes des plus grands magiciens.

We finish with a flourish with Mauritius and Tahiti to discover the joys of coconut oil, fresh fruit and flowers paradise.

The + :
+ Wonderful photos that take us into the world of each country.
+ Back to basics, nature and its benefits.
+ A brief history of each country, customs, ingredients and recipes associated.
+ Simple recipes and varied.

The – :
– Recipes with products sometimes a little hard to find or otherwise using techniques somewhat difficult to achieve, with care as the morning dew.
– An address book at the end not very well supplied and intended primarily for Parisians.

But frankly I would recommend this beautiful book, if only to plunge into another world and discover places, des rituels et voyager un peu. Le prix du voyage ? 25 euro… pas si mal hein 😉

Secret & beauty rituals from around the world
Written by : Marie-Bénédicte Gauthier and Veronique Aiache
Photographs : Emmanuel Serve