Raw Japan
Slices of Japanese business, politics and life
Perfect skincare – Honey, shower caps and sexy men
Unsurprisingly, Japanese skincare guru Chizu Saeki has fabulous skin, her face firm and unlined despite her white hair. Her only faint wrinkles are lines around her eyes from laughter – and she laughs a lot.
The 66-year-old Saeki is a perfect advertisement for her “skincare revolution,” a collection of skincare tips that includes unorthodox advice such as wearing a shower cap over your face and thinking about sexy men.
Reassuringly, though, she also said flawless skin wasn’t everything.
“As you age, it’s OK to have wrinkles, it’s OK to have age spots, it’s OK to sag,” she told me at an event after the publication of “The Japanese Skincare Revolution“, her first book to come out in English.
“Growing older — that’s just the way it is, it means you’ve lived. Anything else is a lie. You should live naturally.”
In Japan, one of the world’s most rapidly ageing societies, this is a welcome message that’s no doubt helped make Saeki a household name. And the core of her methods — getting women to use things they already have — resonates even more as the economy takes a beating and consumers pull their purse strings ever tighter.
“Becoming beautiful isn’t cosmetics: It’s your way of thinking, your hands,” she said.
I have always said looking good is not the perogative of the young.Looking at the texture of this ladies skin Im betting that hse has also stayed out of the sun for most of her life.Amazing ….