Japanese women are well known for their healthy and ageless skin. One reason might be their diet which has copious amounts of fish, they protect themselves from harmful sun’s rays with umbrella and their well-kept beauty secrets. Here is a list of Japanese Beauty secrets that women swear by:
8 Japanese Beauty Secrets That You Should Know
1. Oranges:
Oranges help in reducing the melanin pigments in the skin. If you would like to make glowing and radiant complexion yours, drink orange juice twice a week and apply the pulp of the oranges on your face for 15 minutes and wash it off. Do this for a couple of months and you will see a visible difference in your complexion.
2. Rice Bran:
Rice Bran has been one of the important beauty secrets of Japanese women. It has properties which will refresh and rejuvenate your skin; it also helps in preventing the skin from premature ageing. Rice bran mask helps in fading out wrinkles and dark circles. If you are wondering how to make this mask, this is how you do it : Take one tbsp of rice bran powder and mix it with warm water. Apply over your skin in circular motion and leave it off for 7-10 minutes and wash with lukewarm water.
3. Seaweed:
Japanese women get their glowing skin from using toners and creams made with seaweed extracts. It adds glow to the skin while minimizing the pore size. They also use it in their food, body wraps and bath. To make your seaweed bath, add 1 cup of dried seaweed to warm water. This relaxing bath is a great option to draw out toxins from the body.
4. Azuki Beans:
Azuki beans also known as red beans (Karamani in Tamil), has been used by Japanese women for ages in their beauty regime. Azuki helps to keep skin free from blemishes and uneven skin tones. To prepare azuki beans scrub:
1. Dry roast the beans for 5 minutes and allow it to cool.
2. Grind the beans into a very fine powder.
3. Mix the powder with warm water.
4. Apply it to wet face and massage gently in circular motion for 2 minutes.
5. Wash it with warm water.
6. Use it twice a week for visible results.
5. Fish Pedicure:
Japanese women use small toothless fishes from pond to remove dead skin from the feet. In this practice hundreds of tiny fishes nibble your feet eating away all the dry and dead skin, leaving it clean and soft. This is popularly called fish pedicure.
6. Silkworm Cocoons:
Japanese have been using silkworm cocoon to buff and polish their skin to perfection. The cocoon exfoliates the skin and leaves it soft and supple. The protein in the cocoon is known to improve collagen production. I got myself a bag of cocoonsduring my Thailand trip.
7. Green Tea:
Green tea is one of the important beauty secrets of Japanese women; they drink a cup of it with every meal. Green tea has antioxidants and nutrients which slow down the aging process and help in keeping the skin soft and supple. Green tea can also be applied externally to treat acne scars.
8. Nightingale Dropping:
This one is a little freakish of all the beauty secrets. Japanese women do facial known as Uguisu that uses feces of Nightingale. It is believed that the naturally occurring enzymes in the dropping leave skin soft and glowing.
