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Best Budget Cosmetics Gifts from Japan

Have you ever heard how smooth Japanese women's skin is?   Do you know the secret?  Not only young women but also middle- and old-aged women practice this secret.  Even some men, these days, like this practice.  A little different/unique twist is given here.   

Sheet face masks are known for keeping skin young and moist.  This has been a standard practice among beauty-conscious people, especially Asians.  The trick is "the cover" for the sheet face masks, which is made from Silcone, or Polysiloxanes, (as shown in the picture below).

The Silcone cover for face mask sheets:

This cover is used to literally "cover" your face with a sheet mask (pictured below) on it.  It works like an eggshell: to help the sheet mask's lotion to be absorbed into the skin effectively, by trapping the moisture between the cover and your face.  You can buy this cover at Daiso, a One-coin shop (English: One-dollar Shop).  With or without it, you will see a huge difference: how much moisturized your skin will get with this cover. 

As a side note, the 2 pictures show some popular sheet masks:

It is ranked No.1, which is to make your complexion lighter, as well as smoother, as if to become the baby skin.   The mask material is cotton, and does not give irritations to your skin at all.  Just spread it over your face, as the picture of the packet (upper-right corner) illustrates, and wait for 15 to 20 minutes.  Other types of this Babyish mask are available, too!!

The above is for working on age spots.  When you are accidentally exposed to sunlight, more specifically ultraviolet rays, you can put this sheet mask.  More effectively, it should be under the Silcone cover (introduced above).  This container has 20 sheets for around 1000 yen.  You can buy this at a drugstore near where you stay. 

These could be less expensive, but make GREAT gifts for your lady friends, and probably for you!!