The Japanese Skincare Revolution

Japanese women are renowned for their beautiful skin, but until now there have been no books in English that reveal the secrets of the successful Japanese beauty routine. “The Japanese Skincare Revolution” is the first guide for women of all ages and races who want to have beautiful skin like the Japanese but don’t want to spend lots of money on cosmetics and treatments to achieve it.

Author Chizu Saeki is a practicing esthetician and beauty consultant whose dream is to teach ordinary women how to become more beautiful. To achieve this, she writes books, teaches, and tours Japan, giving demonstrations of the techniques she developed over a career spent in the beauty industry. Her books have sold more than 3 million copies, and the revolutionary ideas presented in this volume have won the approval of Japanese and international skin doctors.

“The Japanese Skincare Revolution” is the distillation of all of Saeki’s most essential techniques. Here, readers are introduced to a unique lotion mask — a moisturizing treatment for keeping the skin fresh and lustrous; massages for toning the muscles of the face; natural, no-nonsense remedies for wrinkles, sagging, oiliness, pimples, and blackheads; “warm care” and “cool care” for soothing the mind and body; water massages to energize the skin; and much, much more.

With photos and step-by-step instructions, Saeki shows you how to use your own hands to massage your face like a professional esthetician. She teaches you to use your eyes to judge what your skin needs, and not to overfeed it with too many cosmetics.

The book includes:

—6 unique massages for toning the muscles of your face and smoothing out wrinkles.
—Do-it-yourself lymph massages for a beautiful neck and chin.
—Sensible instructions for cleansing and washing.
—3-minute moisturizing “lotion mask” to make your skin look fresh and lustrous.
—Remedies for wrinkles, sagging, oiliness, pimples, and blackheads.

The lotion mask is the key to beautiful skin. Cotton, water, lotion, and 3 minutes of your time are all you need.

It’s possible to have beautiful skin at any age — without spending a fortune.

Additional Information:

By Chizu Saeki
ISBN : 978-4-7700-3083-2 / 4-7700-3083-5
Kodansha Int’l

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upnorth71 at 12:15 PM JST - 28th November

****marked you..
realist at 06:42 PM JST - 29th November

"Japanese women are renowned for their beautiful skin" Definately the quote of this century. All I see is women on TV applying loads of exorbitantly-priced lotions and creams to their already heavily made-up beaks, with little or no change or result, except for the paid audience shouting "Sugoi!" and "Ehhhhhhhhh!" ad nauseum. As for the women I see on the trains around Tokyo, I could never say that their skin was nice - because it is so heavily covered in make-up that it is impossible to see. Some, admittedly may have nice skin - but they are few and far between. I think that many of them have destroyed thier natural skin by overdoing the makeup.
Ah_so at 08:12 PM JST - 29th November

Japanese/Asian skin ages better than Western skin. I doubt face masks are going to make any difference.
MASSWIPE at 01:06 PM JST - 1st December

I don't think it was necessary for greensatindress to bring up the issue of Japanese women wishing to have "white women's" skin, but I'm struck by how quick some people (like upnorth71) are to deny what is clear: a small but significant percentage of Japanese and other Asians feel inferior to whites, worship the ground they walk on, and/or wish to be more like them. The legacy of white domination hangs heavy over Asia, even in countries (like Japan, Korea, and Thailand) that were never colonized by whites. Do some people out there feel threatened by acknowledgment of this state of affairs?

That being said, it's nice to have nice skin.
cleo at 01:20 PM JST - 1st December

Japanese/Asian skin ages better than Western skin.

Up to middle age perhaps, but Japanese old wrinklies can be very wrinkly. Depends how much time they spend out in the elements. Out here in the sticks the old ladies (men too) who have spent their lives out in the fields are very, very wrinkly and covered in liver spots.
Nessie at 04:56 PM JST - 1st December

Japanese old wrinklies can be very wrinkly

True, Cleo, but that's just about where I stop considering it skin.
taiko666 at 04:57 PM JST - 2nd December

Skin care is simple: don't smoke, don't frazzle yourself in the sun, keep hydrated, avoid too much coffee, use a moisturizer and (taiko's tip!) don't use soap on your face.
Sarge at 05:05 PM JST - 2nd December

"don't use soap on your face"

Well, how the heck am I supposed to get my face clean? Get Cleo's dogs to lick it? Ha ha ha!
cleo at 05:17 PM JST - 2nd December

Sarge -

First remove your make-up with a cotton puff dipped in baby oil. Then wash it with a non-soap facial cleanser - there are lots of them around, some use water, some don't. Use a mild toilet water to remove the last traces of cleanser. Moisturise.

On days you aren't wearing makeup, just splash your face with lukewarm (not hot) water, and moisturise.

Wot makes you think my dogs would want to lick a dirty face? Different matter if you have one of those egg-and-oatmeal face packs, of course. Or cucumber eye packs. :-)
Nessie at 05:26 PM JST - 2nd December

Use a mild toilet water to remove the last traces of cleanser.

You must have a very clean toilet.
cleo at 05:53 PM JST - 2nd December

Spotless, Nessie. Spotless.

:-D
bdiego at 08:07 AM JST - 3rd December

Lots of denial and plenty of experts here!
ultradodgy at 09:55 AM JST - 15th December

Right, Japanese women have the best skin in the world... Unitl they turn 50 and look like they've been wrapped in parchment.
sydenham at 06:22 AM JST - 16th December

Cleo, ultradodgy, I've tried to figure that out too.

It's like the elastic band effect. Up to a certain age, Japanese skin retains its form, just like an elastic band being stretched. However, beyond a certain point, there is a sudden, violent change of form where the skin says "enough!".

Maybe I should write a book with that title: "The Japanese skin revolution: When the band snaps"
tomlopy at 06:56 AM JST - 20th December

I'd like to see this as a podcast to absorb it on a daily basis.