Queen of Sheba

The majestic ,Queen of Saba

HER LIFE

The Queen of Sheba is a Biblical and Quranic figure. The tale of her visit to King Solomon has undergone extensive Jewish, Islamic, and Ethiopian elaborations, and has become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in the Orient. Virtually all modern scholars agree that Sheba was the South Arabian kingdom of Saba, centered around the oasis of Marib, in present-day Yemen. She was considerered one of the most beautiful women of the Oriental World: that's why the King Salomon married her. 

HER BEAUTY SECRETS

For her skin, she was using shea butter, for its moisturizing qualities. She was using argan oil too, that she was leaving the product on her skin a whole night.The honey was used for its moisturizing, but also its anti aging qualitites. To exfoliate her skin, she was using black soap and also, as she had a dark skin, qasil powder. The one the Ethiopians called Makeda took baths of mud and applied clay masks to preserve the youth of her skin. For her hair, the henna was supposed to make it less limp, and the rhassoul, used as a shampoo, has astringent properties. The khibé butter is a spicy butter of saffron, ginger and garlic, used by the Queen for her hair.The Moringa Oil was also used for her hair. For her make up, she was using khôl for her eyes, aker to make her mouth red, and souak to make her teeth whiter.