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  Comment by pansy — January 28, 2010 @ 2:15 am

  I bought the Skin­care Rev­o­lu­tion book and love it too =)

  1) What is your opin­ion on her rec­om­men­da­tion to use ice cubes directly on our face to cool it down and reduce the pore size dur­ing hot weather? Do you think it is safe to sub­ject our skin to the extreme cold of ice?

  I read another rec­om­men­da­tion to put a *dry* towel in the freezer and use that instead of ice or wrap a towel around the ice.

  2) Please share what you are using for the lotion mask? I under­stand the “lotion” is a kind of like our toner but not exactly that! I don’t have access to Nars (the one she recommended).

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  Comment by epicbeautyguide — January 28, 2010 @ 2:28 am

  Hi Pansy!

  1. Yes and no. I have only heard through the grapevine that using ice repeat­edly on the skin can cause bro­ken cap­il­lar­ies. How­ever, that doesn’t make much sense to me log­i­cally, since cold only con­stricts ves­sels and the only way you’d really break them is if you were smack­ing your face with the ice. I’ve used ice on my skin before with no prob­lem (and my skin is quite sen­si­tive), and hydrother­apy (i.e. bathing in cycles of hot and cold water for health and skin ben­e­fits) is a very old and com­mon health prac­tice. If you have very sen­si­tive skin, then def­i­nitely try using a cold towel instead. You can also wet the towel and put in the fridge so it’s not as cold as an ice­cube. My favorite thing is using chilled cham­pagne as a toner — that will shrink your pores and even out your skin tone bet­ter than anything!

  2. I use 100% Pure’s Organic Aqua Boost Hydrate Serum. It has the same tex­ture and pur­pose that Saeki rec­om­mends for a lotion mask, and it’s been work­ing great. I’ve been casu­ally look­ing around to see if I can find another nat­ural lotion-type prod­uct I can rotate with, so I’ll let you know if I find any­thing good.

  I hope that was helpful!

  ~Stephanie
  xx

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  Comment by WP Themes — January 31, 2010 @ 2:29 pm

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  Comment by Paula — February 3, 2010 @ 3:14 am

  I ordered some Vapour prod­ucts and am very happy with them. I got the Stra­tus Skin Per­fec­tor, the Elixir lip gloss, and the Lux Organic Lip Con­di­tioner. I love them all.

  The lip gloss is SO mois­tur­iz­ing. I usu­ally wear either lip­stick or lip balm to keep my dry lips mois­tur­ized, and most prod­ucts are effec­tive for maybe half an hour at most, but the Vapour lip gloss kept my lips feel­ing moist for hours.

  I also liked the other prod­ucts and espe­cially love that the ingre­di­ents are so good for skin — love that the Skin Per­fec­tor has frank­in­cense in it, which is sup­posed to be really good for aging skin. I’m going back for more!

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  Comment by Paola — February 5, 2010 @ 9:33 am

  Hi. I saw that use use the Pure agua boost for your lotion mask. I checked out the ingred and saw laven­dar alco­hol as one of the ingreds. is this ok to use? I get scared when I see the word alco­hol in a prod­uct as I have already dry skin. Thanks again!

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  Comment by epicbeautyguide — February 5, 2010 @ 1:04 pm

  Hi Paola!

  Yes, that amount of laven­der grain alco­hol in that par­tic­u­lar serum is less than 1%, so it’s quite all right for dry skin (espe­cially since grain and fruit alco­hols are not harsh on the skin). My skin is really dry and it hasn’t dried it out, but it’s not mois­tur­iz­ing enough if I use it alone as a mois­tur­izer. How­ever, it’s amaz­ing to use with a lotion mask, and after I take the mask off, I mois­tur­ize with jojoba oil to seal the serum in.

  I haven’t found any hyaluronic acid serums that are as sim­ple and “clean” as that one, but if you see one with­out alco­hol, I’d love to know! Though, if it’s less than 4% of the ingre­di­ents, they don’t have to list it.

  ~Stephanie
  xx

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  Comment by Elena — February 13, 2010 @ 9:28 am

  Hi Stephanie! I really need to pur­chase the book you men­tioned, should be nice though. I tryed already Tanaka Facial mas­sage on me, gives great result! I love to do home-made treat­ments for my skin as well, I saw you men­tioned a yogurt one, I just add 1tsp honey and sev­eral drops of coconut/olive oil into as well. Do you have some other recipy to share? You also men­tioned your mother is Lithuan­ian, maybe you know some russ­ian lan­guage by chance, as I am from Russia?

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  Comment by Jennifer — March 6, 2010 @ 6:14 am

  Hello, I’ve been read­ing the book. I was, won­der­ing. Are the, lotion masks the same as the bright­en­ing packs that she men­tions? Many thanks.

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  Comment by suzie — April 21, 2010 @ 5:24 pm

  I have super dry skin. I mean-PEELING-dry skin. My skin shed fre­quently and most drug store mois­turis­ers don’t work on me. Is there a nat­ural mois­tur­izer that works on unusu­aly SUPER dry skin? please and thank you <3.

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  Comment by epicbeautyguide — April 25, 2010 @ 1:05 pm

  Hi Suzie!

  Okay, a lot of dry skin prob­lems actu­ally occur from the inside. Are you eat­ing enough fat and essen­tial fatty acids from fish, grass-fed meats, and/or fish oil? If not, you will want to con­sider tak­ing a good fish oil sup­ple­ment, such as Carl­son Labs or Gar­den of Life. If you drink a lot of soda or sug­ary drinks or sports drinks, stop doing that and drink water instead. You can also take MSM, which is a sulfur-bearing com­pound that brings smooth­ness and sup­ple­ness to our skin. It is pro­duced in nature, but we often don’t get enough of it. Many brands are great, and you can take 1,000 mg (1 cap­sule) in the morn­ing with fruit (apple, kiwi, orange, etc.) or a small glass of orange or grape­fruit juice (MSM needs to be taken with foods that con­tain vit­a­min C) and another 1,000 mg (1 cap­sule) with the evening meal. Try eat­ing more greens as well. Greens are essen­tial for beau­ti­ful, smooth, sup­ple skin. Steam them, blend them with fruit for a smoothie, juice them, what­ever. Just don’t rely solely on sal­ads for your greens, since you will not get all the nutri­ents from them (it’s hard for us to digest the cel­lu­lose in plants).

  Once you’ve done these things, you will see a huge improve­ment in your skin. Addi­tion­ally, a good mois­tur­izer is very sim­ple and 100% nat­ural. Try olive oil, sweet almond oil, or jojoba oil. Coconut oil also works well, but I find it’s a lit­tle bet­ter suited for not-so-dry and nor­mal skin types.

  Don’t for­get to exfo­li­ate gen­tly once per week. Try nat­ural, organic sugar cane (it will be a beige/off-white color and small gran­ules). Just add a lit­tle spoon of it to your face wash and gen­tly mas­sage over your entire face to remove the dead skin cells. Also make sure your face wash is not dry­ing your skin out (washes that con­tain alco­hols, arti­fi­cial ingre­di­ents, preser­v­a­tives, and arti­fi­cial sol­vents will con­tribute to your dry skin prob­lem) and only wash your face ONCE per day. Switch to a gen­tle, all nat­ural cleanser from a brand like 100% Pure, Sophyto, Dr. Hauschka, Talu­lah, or Organic Apoteke. You can also exfo­li­ate every night, or every other night, using an 8 or 10% gly­colic acid gel. I use one from Natur­o­path­ica. It removes the dead skin cells with­out being abra­sive, so it’s excel­lent for sen­si­tive skin.

  I hope that was helpful!

  ~Stephanie x

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  Comment by Emma Watson — June 14, 2010 @ 2:28 am

  Gud Arti­cle…

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  Comment by Sally — August 26, 2010 @ 9:01 am

  I have read the Japan­ese skin­care rev­o­lu­tion and in the book she men­tioned a lotion mask. I cant get a hold of the Nars prod­uct she men­tions, and im not able to pur­chase any prod­ucts online. Do you think Vit­a­min e hydrat­ing toner from the body shop would be a good substitute?

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  Comment by epicbeautyguide — August 26, 2010 @ 10:24 am

  Hi Sally, yes I would use a dif­fer­ent serum or toner, not the Nars one. You want to go as nat­ural as pos­si­ble. A nat­ural, hydrat­ing toner will work great. One of the things I use is 100% Pure Organic Aqua Boost Hydrat­ing Serum, which is thicker than a toner, but not as thick as a moisturizer.

  ~Steph x

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