| Japanese women have lovely skin and thus Japanese | | | | cited as a beneficial, mild but effective whitener for |
| skincare can teach you many beneficial lessons. This | | | | all skin types. It can be found in combinations with |
| is due to certain ingredients Japanese women have | | | | other great skincare ingredients to lessen |
| always used and also the fact that they carefully | | | | environmental damage and increase smoothness of |
| protect their delicate skin from environmental | | | | every kind of skin. Adzuki beans are often ground |
| damage throughout their lives, not just when they | | | | and applied to exfoliate. This process increases the |
| wake up at 35 with a burgeoning wrinkled neck and | | | | body's own production of collagen and elastin in |
| incipient crow's feet. | | | | newly generated cells. |
| Many of their products are home-made from locally | | | | The very harmful environmental causes of skin aging |
| grown ingredients and top secret. Recipes may be | | | | such as pollution, UV rays, smoking and alcohol |
| handed down through the generations from mother | | | | overuse are also of concern for Asian men and |
| to daughter. However, there are a few skincare lines | | | | women. Japan is quite densely populated and the |
| that use similar ingredients to great effect. You can | | | | people, including students, work long hours and |
| reap the benefits of these time-tested preparations. | | | | undertake time-consuming commutes daily. The |
| One of the cultural differences between American | | | | effects of free radicals released by the human body |
| women and their Japanese sisters is the cult of sun | | | | under stress are a problem that Japanese skincare |
| worshipping that has grown up around the United | | | | has sought to remedy with increased attention to |
| States. Asian women have never considered a tan | | | | natural anti-oxidants such as vitamins A, C, and E. |
| attractive and actually prefer lighter toned skin. | | | | You will also find beta-carotene from natural fruit or |
| Indeed the most beautiful Japanese ladies enhanced | | | | vegetable sources in the ingredient list of many of |
| their white skin with dangerous makeup in the distant | | | | their most popular products. |
| past. Nowadays, the well-educated and | | | | The organic, natural way of caring for skin and hair is |
| contemporary woman in Japan tends her precious | | | | growing by leaps and bounds in all the Asian |
| natural asset with more concern for long-term health. | | | | countries. Discriminating consumers avoid products |
| A healthy diet along with naturally derived cosmetics | | | | with alcohol, mineral oil, synthetic waxes and |
| made from rice bran, mineral clays, sea vegetables | | | | preservatives. This is a wonderful way to make sure |
| like phytessence wakame and selected natural oils | | | | that the body's largest organ is not absorbing toxic |
| contribute immeasurable to the lovely skin of Asian | | | | substances and storing them in other organs for the |
| women. | | | | lifetime of the consumer. Japanese mothers do not |
| In the new Japanese skincare regimens, more and | | | | want their daughters to be damaged by inferior |
| more women are deciding to eschew both the sun's | | | | products of unknown origin. This is a concern shared |
| damaging rays and artificial whiteners with toxic | | | | universally by mothers everywhere. But that is not a |
| chemicals included. They opt for a paler skin with less | | | | secret. And now neither is the Japanese skincare |
| wrinkles and age spots. In America this trend is also | | | | they use daily to great effect. |
| growing. A wonderful nut grass extract is frequently | | | | |