Saturday, July 13, 2013

Uguisu No Fun Review - Japanese Nightingale Feces as Celebrity Secret (Uguisushop.com)

Uguisu No Fun or commonly known as Geisha Facial in the U.S and Europe (Bird Poop Facial in some countries) is a unique form of facial mask made from the feces of a bird known as Japanese Bush Warbler endemic to Japan. It has been used since the ancient times as a nightly facial regimen of Japanese women of the elite class. It is now quite popular among the Hollywood elites due to its resounding world wide acclaim by regular users and beauty gurus alike. 

Victoria Beckham, who has long suffered with acne, used uguisu no fun to improve her skin. It was reported that Victoria Beckham admired the clarity of the skin of Japanese women and subsequently learned about the droppings. David Beckham has been said to use the product as well. In the novel Memoirs of a Geisha, Chiyo repays Hatsumomo’s cruelty by mixing pigeon droppings with her face cream that contained unguent of nightingale droppings. Tom Cruise and Oprah are also known to use Uguisu Poo Uguisu No Fun Illuminating Mask every night as their consistent anti ageing and beauty regimen.


The way the facial works is not entirely clear. The guano from the nightingale has a high concentration of urea and guanine. Because birds excrete a fecal and urine waste from a single opening, called the cloaca, the fecal-urine combination give the droppings a high concentration of urea. Urea is sometimes found in cosmetics because it locks moisture into the skin. The guanine may produce shimmery, iridescent effects on the skin. It is claimed that because of the short intestine of the nightingale, the droppings have protein, a fat-degrading enzyme, and a whitening enzyme that acts on fat and scurf to whiten skin and even out blemishes. Numerous sources comment that "the amino acid guanine" gives uguisu no fun its cosmetic properties, though guanine is a nucleotide base, not an amino acid.


PERSONAL VERDICT

1. Does it work? 
- 400 years of continuous hyped means that it does. After trying the product myself, I see the effect in just one bottle (6 sessions)



2. Cost?
- Its about 100 to 300 usd per session but you can buy uguisu no fun online one bottle of mask around 30 grams can give you about 6 facial sessions and it is worth 23 usd only.

3. Conclusion
- If you have a budget for a weekly or daily mask routine, this one is for you. The effect is consistent and indeed, miraculous. Makes the skin even and perfectly smooth and glowing. You will really look amazing after just a few session.

You can buy Uguisu No Fun at http://www.uguisushop.com

Thursday, July 4, 2013

COCOLULU COCOGIRL This Summer!


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I have a big article planned on the birth of Shop Staff Units but I’ll let this one be the prequel. Cocolulu which is a hit with high school girls for the last 10 years has taken it a step further and made a dance/idol unit called COCO★GIRL. The idol unit is comprised of 3 models, 1 each from Popteen, Ranzuki and Egg.
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COCO★GIRL Unit members left to right: Chamukun, Anan and Ikuchamu image via ModelsPress
Their song came out yesterday July 3rd and will be the theme of Cocolulu shops and of Campus Summit 2013.

What’s Campus Summit?

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Campus Summit is the Tokyo Girls Collection event type of summer with a model search by Egg Magazine, concert performances (by COCO★GIRL) and runways by gyaru brands.
date: August 2nd
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Meet COCO★GIRL!


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COCO★GIRL’s CD comes out with the option of a shirt, poster, CD combination set. This is the shirt that’s sold in collab with the CD release (poster shown above)
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Coco Girl members: Anan | あんあん, Chamko/Chamu-kun | ちゃむ君, Ikuchamu | いくちゃむ
Anan’s profile:
name: Nakajima Anri (中嶋杏理)
age: 17
from: Nagano
blog: http://blog.crooz.jp/mkrtom/
twitter: https://twitter.com/anan4x
job: Cocolulu Buyer, Shibuya 109 Shop Staff for Cocolulu and Popteen Model
side note: She say’s she’s half. Unsure what’s her mix.
Chamko/Chamu-kun’s profile:
name: Iida Shiho (飯田志穂)
age: 17
from: Ibaraki
blog: http://blog.crooz.jp/71019/
twitter: https://twitter.com/cham_pipi
job: Cocolulu Buyer, Shibuya 109 staff for Cocolulu and Egg Model
Ikuchamu showing off the cute cd packaging.
Ikuchamu showing off the cute cd packaging.
Ikuchamu’s profile:
name: Oota Ikumi (太田郁美)
age: 17
from: Kanagawa
blog: http://blog.crooz.jp/Kitty1995/
twitter: https://twitter.com/KittyIkumi
job: Cocolulu Buyer, Shibuya 109 staff for Cocolulu and Ranzuki Model


COCOLULU☆SUMMER the cute, catchy pop song for summer! Buy on itunes here (Japanese iTunes store available only)