Posted on 08/04/2013 5:01:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
At Shizuka New York skin care salon off Fifth Avenue, roughly 100 clients a month are shelling out $180 each for a traditional Japanese facial “using imported Asian nightingale excrement mixed with rice bran,” reports Verna Dobnik for the Associated Press. The treatment is touted as “a way to keep the face soft and smooth using an enzyme in the poop to gently exfoliate the skin.”
geishas and actors.
The AP supplied this account of 35-year-old New Yorker Mari Miyoshi’s first fecal facial:
“The treatment begins with steam to open the pores and soften the skin. Cream is applied. And then comes what Bernstein calls ‘the nightingale part.’
She pours the cream-colored poop, dried and finely ground, into a bowl, mixing it with the rice bran using a small spatula. She applies the potion to Miyoshi’s face with a brush, rubbing it in with her hands.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Bloomberg wants to ban the supersize portion. A little guano on your face is OK, but don’t overdo it.
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