Biblical Beauty Secrets

Ancient secrets: Bathsheba

For artists throughout the centuries, Bathsheba inspired scenes of bathing or attending to her toilette. In biblical times, cleanliness and personal hygiene were closely associated with ritual purity and godliness. Among all the ancients, washing the face, hands and feet was a regular practice. Vigorous scrubbing with abrasive ash and other gritty substances exfoliated the skin’s outer layers and imparted a natural glow. Egyptian royalty used loofahs and pumice stones to smooth away roughness, while Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, is said to have bathed in mare’s milk. The lactic acid in the milk proteins – recognized today as an alpha hydroxy acid – functioned as a chemical exfoliant.

Ancient beauty: Sarah

“Sarah exemplified how someone well into her advanced years could be a stalwart community and spiritual leader and at the same time maintain extraordinary personal beauty,” writes Weisberger. “How did she do it? What did she eat and drink? How did she keep physically fit? No doubt food played a large role in Sarah’s enviable health. In biblical times, a typical diet was high in fiber and low in cholesterol, an early version of the contemporary Mediterranean diet.”

Though most people associate the word “diet” with weight loss, diet for the health-conscious person represents a gateway to revitalization and longevity—and a way of life. Think of fruits and vegetables as colors and learn to eat those in vibrant hues of red, yellow, orange, green and purple. To receive the most benefit, eat the whole fruit or vegetable, skin, stalk, and seeds included.

Biblical beauty

By exploring scriptural examples of outer and inner qualities, Weisberger redefines the nature of beauty itself.

“Standards of beauty have been reshaped by different cultures and reassessed throughout the centuries, but biblical beauty is timeless,” she writes. “Your personal journey toward your own biblical beauty beings with conscious choices and new directions. You will become keenly aware that all aspects of your life – diet, exercise, relationships, personal interests, and connecting with the Divine—are expressions of the person you are, and together can easily enhance your natural beauty. Biblical Beauty is your invitation to transformational growth, leading to self-acceptance, self-empowerment—and beauty! Enjoy the ride.

The natural beauty solutions employed thousands of years ago were forerunners of the techniques and treatments that are still popular today.