New Yorkers have gone from dodging bird poop to shelling out nearly $700 to have it brushed on their faces. This Zen oasis with rocks, waterfall, and a tea room is an ideal setting for the notorious Japanese facial that employs powdered nightingale droppings—supposedly once a Geisha secret—to brighten and soften skin. bird poop facial This luxe version adds a pumpkin or cherry mask for exfoliation, green tea for plumping, an electronic wand for lifting, and anti-aging Gentle Wave lights. Porcelain-skinned Marcia Cross and Karolína Kurková are fans, and there is a plastic surgeon on hand to administer Botox for instant wrinkle eradication.
A rising beauty trend in Western society, a Geisha Facial consists of ground nightingale droppings (ewwww) sterilised with UV light mixed with rice bran and water to make a paste, which is then smothered all over your face. This smell is revolting, but is more of a medicinal smell than the smell of crap. As the excrement has the same affect as a light acid peel, it is used to help clear up blemishes and fight aging, and it does not cause irritation or redness as no man-made chemicals are added to the paste. It is also safe for pregnant women.
Shizuka remembered hearing about the ancient Geishas’ uguisu no fun facials from her mother while growing up in Tokyo. Japanese women have always prized pale, porcelain complexions and Shizuka’s mother always stressed proper skincare and limiting sun exposure. When Shizuka was researching new and interesting facial ingredients for her NYC spa, she thought back to her childhood and her mother’s story about how geisha used bird poop facials to keep their skin clear and porcelain. Is uguisu no fun facial safe/sanitary to use on my face? Buccal is just another name for oral/mouth. So this facial is basically revolve around your mouth, the inside of your mouth to be exact.
The Daily News reports that both David and Victoria Beckham are fans of the Bird Poop Facial and, fortunately, we don't have to worry about Posh Spice getting some kind of Bird Flu from the poo germs being put on her face. Shizuka reassures its potential clientele that the bird poop has been "sanitized through exposure to ultraviolet light before being milled to a fine powder." It’s a cruel world out there — sometimes you need a way to relieve stress and retain your youthful glow. Spa treatments are getting wackier by the day — and the hipper, the better. How far would you go for beauty and youthfulness?
Fortunately, if you want smooth skin you don’t need to resort to extreme measures. Keep your face clean every day and apply a good moisturizer A little bit of exfoliate helps, but as the article points out, a dermatologist would tell you that an apricot scrub will do you just as much good as the bran in the bird poo. It's the newest craze in NYC. A rejuvenating treatment that uses traditional and natural Japanese ingredients to soften, brighten and nourish the facial complexion, and leave you looking years younger. Well, duh! Nothing beats our old apricot scrubs. Like we needed someone with a medical degree to tell us that.