Ancient Roman Clay

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The Story of Ischia Thermae

The Island of Ischia is of volcanic origin. Evidence of this can be found today in its world-famous thermal baths. Indeed, Ischia has been famous for its hot springs since ancient times. The first to colonize the island were the Greeks, who discovered and exploited the curative powers of the hot mineral spring waters as well as their beautifying properties, while we owe to the Romans the promotion of this type of therapy and its wide diffusion.
Since 1892 Ischia Thermae uses the special properties of clay together with thermal waters in the preparation of highly valued face and body masks. This century of experience has produced an exclusive thermal skin treatment program, the Thermal Skincare Programme® (TSP®): the synthesis of a perfect blend of cosmetic science and natural elements possessing unique properties, it provides an effective solution for every beauty problem. TSP® proposes complete treatments for the face and for the body. The products used in the treatment are collected and prepared directly on the island to guarantee the quality and the complete integrity of their components. They are expressly designed to bring to the epidermis all the elements it needs.
Furthermore, they are produced using plant extracts and other natural substances, keeping their elaboration to a minimum. In this way a high quality standard is maintained that guarantees a synergic and specific effectiveness and tangible results.
Since 1892, they have been the only beauty products produced on Ischia with the Island's original raw materials.

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• Specifically formulated to cleanse, tone, and moisturize your skin leaving it perfectly smooth, soft and silky
• Eliminates impurities that accumulate during the day, giving the face time to rediscover its' natural luminosity

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Indulge in a centuries-old European tradition of using natural clay to help open pores and draw toxins from the skin. Detoxifying Body Facial is enriched with kaolin, a natural clay, to help draw toxins from the skin and replenish it with moisturizing ozonated olive oil, renewing botanicals and beneficial antioxidants.
The ancient earth and sun warmed the waters...the waters bubbled up to form healing springs...and the Romans saw that it was good.

Welcome to the ultimate spa experience...Therma Del Sol - Spas of the Sun. An upscale collection of exclusive spa treatments that recreates the pleasures of the magnificent Roman spas. A world-class Italian spa experience has arrived...but it was centuries in the making. Since ancient times, people have flocked to Italy for its sun-washed climate...beneficial herbs...breathtaking beauty...and rejuvenating thermal baths and springs. They come, as they did centuries ago, to relax, purify their skin, enhance well-being, and unite mind, body and spirit.

Today, the pleasures of taking the waters are reborn with BeautiControl's Therma Del Sol spa treatments - everything you need to recreate the ultimate spa experience - without the cost and no appointment needed. Each Therma Del Sol spa treatment...a royal indulgence to be savored in the comfort of your home. Therma Del Sol goes beyond simple bath and body care to help purge skin of toxins and infuse it with restorative ingredients, for smoother, softer, beautiful skin all over. You'll feel as if you've just spent the day at an expensive spa. Moisturizing olive oil... beneficial aloe leaf...wine, basil, tomato, bergamot, lemon and orange extracts...and refreshing Indian peppermint - the best of Italy's natural blessings are now yours to enjoy. Plus...antioxidants A, C, E, beta-carotene and green tea, and advanced ingredientmatrixyl 3000, a powerful anti-inflammatory.

Hang your Do Not Disturb sign and indulge. Dermatologist, sensitivity and allergy tested.

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• Helps open pours and draw impurities from the skin.
• Dermatologist sensitivity and allergy tested.
• Escape the stresses of the world as purifying botanical ingredients leave your skin feeling clean, refreshed and emerged.
• For best results use 2 - 3 times per week.

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One measure, perhaps, of a book's worth, is its intergenerational pliancy: do new readers acquire it and interpret it afresh down through the ages? The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated and introduced by Gregory Hays, by that standard, is very worthwhile, indeed. Hays suggests that its most recent incarnation--as a self-help book--is not only valid, but may be close to the author's intent. The book, which Hays calls, fondly, a "haphazard set of notes," is indicative of the role of philosophy among the ancients in that it is "expected to provide a 'design for living.'" And it does, both aphoristically ("Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly.") and rhetorically ("What is it in ourselves that we should prize?"). Whether these, and other entries ("Enough of this wretched, whining monkey life.") sound life-changing or like entries in a teenager's diary is up to the individual reader, as it should be. Hays's introduction, which sketches the life of Marcus Aurelius (emperor of Rome A.D. 161-180) as well as the basic tenets of stoicism, is accessible and jaunty. --H. O'Billovich

A new translation of the philosophical journey that has inspired luminaries from Matthew Arnold to Bill Clinton Written by an intellectual Roman emperor, the Meditations offer a wide range of spiritual reflections developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and the universe. Marcus Aurelius covers topics as diverse as the question of virtue, human rationality, the nature of the gods, and his own emotions, spanning from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation. * Includes an introduction, chronology, explanatory notes, general index, index of quotations, and index of names

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East Greek Pottery provides the only dedicated study of the pottery created by the Greek settlers along the western coast of Turkey between 1100 and 500 BC. The authors examine in detail significant developments in shape, material and decoration from the emergence of the protogeometric style in the eleventh century to the fifth century BC, when competition from Athenian imports forced craftsmen to use only very simple ornamentation. The twenty-three chapters offer a comprehensive style-by-style analysis of both familiar and lesser-known pottery types, including Grey ware, relief ware and archaic trade amphorae. With full illustration, thorough referencing and authoritative interpretation of the archaeological evidence, this volume is a unique and accessible guide to an area of study which has often been neglected.