Written by Tokyoweekender. How do Japanese women maintain their smooth, blemish-free skin? Aside from just having good genes and spending hours soaking in mineral-rich onsen, we mean. Well, turns out they’ve also been soaking in sake. The simplest way to introduce the tradition into your lifestyle is by adding a cup or two of sake into your bath water, but there are also plenty of products on offer that allow you to slather yourself in rice wine-derived ingredients and reap the benefits. Speaking of which, here’s what the good stuff can do for your skin… Give a Geisha-like Glow Even...

Written by Tokyoweekender. How do Japanese women maintain their smooth, blemish-free skin? Aside from just having good genes and spending...

Written by  Nana J-Beauty.  History of Japanese Lotion The history of Japanese lotion goes back to the era of The Pillow Book (枕草子 Makura no Sōshi) also known as the Heian Period around 1000s. In The Pillow Book, there is an account that indicates the birth of lotion in Japan. It describes the lotion as «Dew of Chrysanthemum (a kind of flowers)» - in Japanese "菊の露".  Many believed that, on the eve of Chengyang's festival on September 9th, if you put a flower of chrysanthemum on a cotton ball overnight and cleanse your skin with the dew of chrysanthemum that...

Written by  Nana J-Beauty.  History of Japanese Lotion The history of Japanese lotion goes back to the era of The...

By JESSICA CARROLL. Intricate rituals, innovative ingredients, and a sustainable mindset – the west is only just catching up on traditional japanese skincare and beauty practices. It doesn’t take much digging to find examples of the Japanese beauty influences that we routinely take for granted. Miyabi Kumagai, regional marketing manager at Japanese brand Shiseido, explains how our current obsession with natural beauty products (popularised in the West by the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop) is nothing new for Japanese women. “For Japanese people, nature has always been a part of their life, they worship and respect it,” she adds. While it’s easy to...

By JESSICA CARROLL. Intricate rituals, innovative ingredients, and a sustainable mindset – the west is only just catching up on traditional...

By GEORGE DRIVER If K-Beauty's glass skin had you reaching for a 9-step skincare routine in an attempt to achieve that elusive, seemingly transparent, luminous complexion, then the latest J-Beauty trend is going to have you hoarding the serums all over again. Enter Mochi Skin. Almost as delicious as it sounds, the latest skin trend innovation from beauty destination du jour, Japan, is all about supple, plump and bouncy skin. Think the velvety, soft outside of a domed Mochi ball, but for your skin. Also known as 'Mochi Hada' or 'rice-cake skin', the super soft, poreless look is inspired by the traditional Japanese...

By GEORGE DRIVER If K-Beauty's glass skin had you reaching for a 9-step skincare routine in an attempt to achieve that...

Try one of the most efficient Japanese beauty ritual: layering.  By Nicoletta Chiara Romano Eastern beauty routines are efficient and have a lot of secrets we should find out and use. The skin of Japanese women (but not only them) has no blemishes, is smooth and hydrated. Do you want it too? Just follow their beauty rituals! For example, you can resort to layering, a deep face cleansing with different steps, very important and useful. Layering: what it means This is a Made in Japan face cleansing method. The best routine to obtain a beautiful, fresh an shiny skin consists in taking care of...

Try one of the most efficient Japanese beauty ritual: layering.  By Nicoletta Chiara Romano Eastern beauty routines are efficient and have a...