July 28th, 2010 
Nick The Japanese Skincare Revolution: How to Have the Most Beautiful Skin of Your Life–At Any Age
- 6 unique massages for toning the muscles of your face and smoothing out wrinkles.
- Do-it-yourself lymph massages for a beautiful neck and chin.
- Sensible instructions for cleansing and washing.
- 3-minute moisturizing “lotion mask” to make your skin look fresh and lustrous.
- Remedies for wrinkles, sagging, oiliness, pimples, blackheads, and much much more!
Japanese women are renowned for their beautiful skin, but until now there have been no books in English that reveal the secrets of the successful Japanese beauty routine. The Japanese Skincare Revolution is the first guide for women of all ages and races who want to have beautiful skin like the Japanese but don’t want to spend lots of money on cosmetics and treatments to achieve it.
Author Chizu Saeki is a practicing esthetician and beauty consultant whose dream is to teach ordinary women h
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Review by Lily Shimizu for The Japanese Skincare Revolution: How to Have the Most Beautiful Skin of Your Life–At Any Age
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When I learned Saeki san had finally written a book for English language audiences, I ordered it immediately, knowing it would contain valuable wisdom and well-tested skin care secrets most Japanese women already know well. Saeki san is a beauty goddess in Japan (perhaps internationally in beauty-fashion circles). I’ve known of her for years, being a former Tokyo resident. She is featured on Japanese television and in fashion magazines all the time, and is highly regarded as a beauty expert by women of all ages. I’m finding her book so impressive, honest, and intelligent. She is a true advocate of taking good care of one’s skin and overall health, and treating it like you would a precious, fragile gift. This book provides basic techniques and good habits to practice daily for taking care of one’s skin, using one’s own hands and intent to achieve positive results, no matter what products are used. She does not have a line of beauty creams to sell — any will work well, along with her instructions. I really like this about Saeki san. For me it adds to her credibility. I am following her advice, with excellent results so far. She is so sincere about taking personal responsibility regarding skincare health and overall well being. At last, I am able to consider her my beauty coach and mentor, just as my friends and colleagues in Japan do.
Review by Jeez88 for The Japanese Skincare Revolution: How to Have the Most Beautiful Skin of Your Life–At Any Age
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I have been following Chizu Saeki’s skincare for about 3-4 months now. I can honestly tell you that her skincare routine is not a bad one even though it takes up A LOT of your time in the morning and at night.
I can’t say that all the time that you are going to spend massaging your face in front of the mirror is worth it, especially for young women. If you don’t have wrinkles and stuff, you will not see much of a difference except that your skin is getting quite soft and a LITTLE BIT clearer. However, if you do have wrinkles, this skincare routine might benefit you in some extent. From my experience, most of the fine lines will fade away, just not the deep wrinkles but then again those may need more than just 3-4 months of massage and stuff.
As one of the reviews mentioned before, her skincare routine is not cheap. You need to invest in more stuff than what you saw on the first few pages. The total investment can add up to hundreds of dollars if you are not that into drugstore products.
Also, please take note of the lotion Chizu Saeki used to make her lotion mask. It is not the normal lotion we would think of. This lotion is something like a toner but not quite. If you want to see how her “lotion” looks like, just go to Nars counter and ask to see their hydrating lotion(which is what Chizu Saeki mentioned in her book) or go to Shiseido counter and ask to see their softner (which might be referred to as toner sometimes).
Review by S. Swaby for The Japanese Skincare Revolution: How to Have the Most Beautiful Skin of Your Life–At Any Age
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I just got back from a trip to Tokyo. I was so taken aback by the skin of Japanese women. It seemed unreal for these women to have such flawless complexion. Besides Japan being an awesome place in so many ways, I was truly curious as to why they have such great skin. I returned home and started doing my research. Well the diet makes a hella of a difference ofcourse. I realized that they are committed to beauty, not the obsessive kind really but just enhancing what they already have. I am a vegetarian who tries to practice rasatafarian eating habits so it was not that hard for me to ease myself into certain little remedies they employ, u know the vegetables and fruits we tend to not have enough of and the herbal remedies we ignore. I came upon this book and did not waste a beat to order it. Although the routine may seem too much for some people, I took from this book that I really have not been taking care of myself. I have noticed SUCH a huge difference, it is amazing. I def.. recommend this book.. def!! You will be happy you did once you starting getting compliments such as “you’re glowing today”.
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Review by A. Ko for The Japanese Skincare Revolution: How to Have the Most Beautiful Skin of Your Life–At Any Age
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I’m still trying this book but let me tell you that although any lotion, serum, cream, etc should be okay when you get to the back of the book, Chizu recommends different types of lotions, creams, serums etc to fit your specific need. She breaks it down into the four seasons and the lotion or cream or serum you use in the morning may be different than the recommended one at night. In my case, I need a lot of brightening serums and creams and let me tell you the ones I could find on the market are not cheap. Also, after a couple days of doing the routine (with lotions and creams I already had in my closet) I got lots of blackheads on my nose. Now, I’m trying to do what she recommends for blackheads but I’m somewhat skeptical since her morning and night routine gave me the blackheads in the first place. However, my cheeks are becoming creamier so I guess something must be working. Yes, her routines are a lot of work if you want to do every single one of them every day. The normal morning and night routine took me awhile to memorize but I got the hang of the direction and angles you have to stroke the cream after a couple of days. The lymph massages are nice as well and very simple. Once I get the actual recommended lotions, serums, and creams I may write another updated review to say what happened to me. Also, I want to mention that although the beginning of the book makes it sound like you only need a few things, if you keep reading you find that you also need a neck cream and face primers to fit your needs and foundations, etc. Just an FYI. Let’s see how my skin looks in 2 months. I am my own lab rat!
It’s been two months now. I simply added to my old review. Let me say, Proactiv works better. Just join the Proactiv family. The Japanese skincare idea of putting more and more moisture on an oily T-zoned face made me completely break out. I had severe blackheads on my nose. It was just plain sad. I finally decided to give Proactiv a try. I still have some pimples since I still have not adjusted my diet, but I have no pimples on my cheeks and my skin is now soft as a baby’s behind. It has been rough for the last 20 years. In fact, I did not notice how rough it was until I started using Proactiv’s glycolic toner. It’s basically acid in a bottle that smooths your skin. I will shut-up now since I don’t really like how I am endorsing a large product, but I just cannot help myself. Bottom line, I stop doing what Chizu was telling me to do because I had blackheads galore and greasy skin.
I would change my star number to 2 but it won’t let me edit the star rating.
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Review by Tara123 for The Japanese Skincare Revolution: How to Have the Most Beautiful Skin of Your Life–At Any Age
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I cannot say enough how much I love this book… easy, nurturing and women-positive suggestions. Not caddy and shallow like many “skin help” books. Advice is easy to follow and straight-forward. I will say however, that what is referred to as “lotion” is really what American’s think of as “toner.” However, when selecting one to use for the all-important “lotion mask,” which I do twice a day you only need a HYDRATING Toner. I use Avalon Organic’s Lavender Hydrating Toner for my combo/normal skin. It is AMAZING! Takes out your blackheads while hydrating and refreshing your skin… my ruddiness at the bottom of my cheeks is gone! B/c of the twice daily massages and addition of an Aveeno syrum and sunblock to my regime my 30-something skin looks FLAWLESS! Just don’t feel pressure to buy expensive products any relatively natural or organic drugstore brands will do! Finally, I didn’t want to buy the big sheets of cotton so I order Cotton Clouds that I wet and add toner to and then separate into thin pieces and lay allover my face like a puzzle for the 3 min lotion mask.
Review by jenny for MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel- 2 Steps, 30 Applications
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Like other reviewers, I thought this product worked very well on my extremely sensitive, dry, and yet acne-prone skin. I had the same problem though of having the pads dry out (as I didn’t need/couldn’t tolerate using it every day or want to spend $72/month.) When I went to order more, I noticed that for an additional $3 they sell a 30 day supply of individually wrapped “travel packettes” (search for “MD Skincare alpha beta peel”.) Besides solving the drying out problem, this also saves the $1.20 lost each time I inadvertently used 2 pads at once (they stick together quite easily…)
Review by S. Dubya for MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel- 2 Steps, 30 Applications
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I have been using this product for about three months now. At first, it really seemed to be making my skin tone more clear and radiant. But my main problem is oily skin and adult acne (which is worse at 37 than it was at 17). And MD hasn’t helped that at all. My skin is still an oil slick, and I still get frequent breakouts. Dealing with my breakouts has started to really tick me off now that I am spending around $100 a month on the MD skincare system, versus the $10.00 or so I used to spend on Neutrogena or the like. But to give MD credit, I have cruddy skin – large pores, oily all over, etc. I like the clean feeling the pads give me but it just doesn’t seem worth the cost anymore. So I am moving on. Going to try Nucelle.
Review by Molly Cat McBride for MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel- 2 Steps, 30 Applications
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(My skin is acne prone, and once I get a pimple it takes a week or more to clear up on its own. I have an oily forehead and nose and dry cheeks and chin, with all my breakouts occurring on my cheeks.)
I use this product every day. After the very first time of using it, my skin was satiny smooth in texture, save for the few pimples I already had. I pair this with Neutrogena’s anti-acne/anti-wrinkle moisturizer that has salicylic acid and Retinol. For spot treatments on my blemishes, I use a Zeno device (seriously, if you have acne, invest in this wonder!) and sometimes a gylcolic acid solution.
The smell of this product is really nice. Step One usually causes my face to burn and tingle a little bit, especially near my eyes, but that sensation is gone once I use Step Two (the neutralizing step). I didn’t have much trouble using the product. Sometimes the pad wads up and makes it hard to use in a circular motion. You do have to be careful to make sure you aren’t taking out two pads at once, though, as they stick together frequently.
I would suggest buying the travel packettes, like someone else said. Aside from the “won’t dry out in the jar” factor, the two jars are smallish, but are kind of bulky for travel and it would be way easier to just have the number of packets you needed for the trip.
Review by Louie’s Mom for MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel- 2 Steps, 30 Applications
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I’ve been using this product for almost a month now. After cleansing with Aveeno Positively Radiant cream I use these pads. At first I was afraid the acid might inflame the rosacea on my cheeks, but it has not done so and some internet research I have done indicates that glycolic acid is actually good for rosacea. I have found that I no longer have to use the Neutrogena microdermabrasion system to keep my face smooth, and that my pores look smaller. My research indicates that the step 1, the “Peel” (misnomer, it is not a peel and your skin does not peel off) step has the proper pH for the glycolic acid to be effective. HOWEVER, Paula Begoun has written that the step 2 does not have the proper pH. I’d like to see someone else make a similar and cheaper product, and create a step 2 with a proper pH. If the price was only half as much I’d give it 5 stars.
Review by T. Webb for MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel- 2 Steps, 30 Applications
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I was worried about using a peel every day, and spending $75 per month on it, so I only used it two or three times per week. One supply ended up lasting three months, and I didnt have any trouble with the pads drying out. I kept them tightly sealed, and we live in a temperate climate, so maybe that helped. The difference it made to my skin was immediate and wonderful. I have a nagging rash like problem on my forehead and cheeks due to a yeast allergy (yes, I’m allergic to my own skin!) and this product made it completely disappear as it eliminated the build up of old skin cells. My previously troubled skin was quite glowing. Very pleased and will continue to use this.