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2020.10.06
By Sakuan Izumi
"It’s awful. My skin is scaling!! I will never go outside."
"Really? That’s tough, isn’t it?"
"You are the lucky one, with natural beautiful skin. Tell me the secret of your beauty?"
"Maybe it’s the face lotion, which I’m making just for you."
"Really?"
【Face Lotion】
Beautiful skin is what every woman at any age wants. The Edo period had homemade lotions made out of things like rice bran, loofah or wild roses. There also were commercial brands, such as "Edo water" sold by a writer, Sanba Shikitei.