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« on: August 13, 2008, 02:27:01 PM » |
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This Is for the Birds: Poo Facial Promises Smoother Skin
If you've ever had bird poo drop from the sky and onto your head — heck even if you haven't — it's probably pretty hard to imagine forking over almost $200 to have someone massage bird doodoo into your face for the better part of an hour.
But there's a price to pay for healthy skin and many in New York City are “flocking” to try this latest anti-aging craze.
The Geisha Facial given at Shizuka New York, a day spa in midtown Manhattan, doesn’t contain just any run of the mill pigeon poo. It’s made from dried nightingale droppings imported from Japan and mixed with rice bran.
Spa owner Shizuka Bernstein said she came up with the idea after recalling a story her mother told her as a child.
“When I was 12 or 13 years old, she had told me that in 18th Century Japan, the Geisha, who were known for their beauty and their porcelain skin, needed something to remove all the heavy make-up they wore,” said Bernstein, an aesthetician.
“At the time, the make-up contained lead, which was very damaging to their skin,” she continued. “So they tried everything to take it off and nothing worked. And then they tried the nightingale droppings and it not only worked, but it left their skin smooth.”
At $180, the Geisha Facial costs about $80 more than the spa’s other facials. If clients want Bernstein herself to apply it, the price goes up another 20 percent.
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