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The ancient secrets of beautiful Japanese skin - summer skin maintenance

As in Australia, the Japanese summer is hot and humid, with high UV exposure. So how is it that Japanese women are able to maintain such beautiful, fair skin? The answer is, by conscientious effort. By maintaining a strict daily skincare regime, Japanese women have discovered a way to retain luminous skin throughout the summer months.

Avoiding UV rays is essential to the maintenance of glowing skin. Japanese women know avoiding sun damage is imperative to use only the most effective sunscreen. They favour long-wearing products that allow makeup to stay put and that endure perspiration on hot days. Of utmost importance is that a sunscreen has an invisible, smooth finish.

Nowadays, a multitude of summer skincare products are available. However, before all these modern products even existed, Japanese women achieved their delicate skin by using natural ingredients like gourd, aloe, or rice. In particular, rice has been an essential aspect of skin care for centuries. For hundreds of years Japanese women observed a daily ritual of cleansing and massaging their skin with the nutrient-rich water that remained after rice had been rinsed.

We now know that the ceramides, vitamins, minerals, and fibre contained in rice grains are very beneficial for treating and preventing dryness and ageing of the skin, and rice is now one of the main ingredients used in many skincare products. Also, the tradition of rigourous care has not waned. Japanese women still follow the regiment of day and night cleansing, moisturising, and facial massage that their ancestors have done for centuries.










Text & photographs courtesy of
Shiseido Australia
www.shiseido.co.jp/e/index.htm






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