A unique and fascinating collection of glamour tips, gathered from women of color from around the world, offers recipes, rituals and secrets covering all aspects of beauty from hair and faces to clothing, fragrances and aphrodisiacs. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour. Beauty, it is said, is in the eye of the beholder, yet American definitions and images of beauty often overlook women of color. Harris has included tips on beauty from women of color around the world--Senegal, Mexico, India, Haiti, Brazil, Benin, Guyana, China, and the U.S.--who all share their traditional beauty secrets learned from friends and family. Harris' coverage is broad: the history of non-Western beauty, life stages of beauty, hair, face, the body, ethnic dressing, fragrances. And she is thorough, with suggestions on ways to enhance living and work spaces and life in general. Lists of mail-order resources and suggested readings make up the appendices. The value of this collection is the inclusion of recipes for achieving the long-treasured beauty secrets along with a discussion on why and how that tip is useful and important to overall health and beauty. Readers will feel as if they had acquired a new circle of friends from around the world who share their beauty tips and secrets. Lillian Lewis Use the natural beauty secrets of women of color with a beauty book which includes home recipes for hair, face and body. Health tips are included in a title which packs in recipes and advice gleaned from women of color around the world. -- Midwest Book Review Discover inner and outer beauty with The World Beauty Book -- a lively collection of recipes, rituals and natural beauty secrets gathered from women of color all over the world. From East Indian bath oils to the makeup tricks of Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Josephine Baker, Jessica B. Harris shares the natural beauty secrets she has discovered from her international group of female friends -- "open the book, turn to a chapter and select a friend with whom to speak. The women will take it from there." The World Beauty Book includes easy-to-make home recipes for your hair, face and body. In addition, Harris shares special health tips, clothing and jewelry suggestions, and hints for fragrances and aphrodisiacs, as well as home decorating ideas. The World Beauty Book is your passport to travel the world where you will discover Bahian turbans, Egyptian egg masques, Southwestern cornmeal and avocado scrubs, Ixtapan hot oil treatments, Bedouin tooth fresheners, Moroccan hennaed hands, Chinese ginger tea for cramps, Senegalese aphrodisiacs, Brazilian purifying incense for your home and much more. Feel and look wonderful with beauty secrets from all over the world!