From bird poop facials to fire facials, these strange Chinese beauty customs will astound you.

I'll pretty much do anything to achieve attractiveness. I had to give bird poop facials a try as soon as I learned about their existence. You all already are aware of this. I'll give anything a shot. I've previously paid for a snooze as well as having my entire body washed. Oh no. Trying out all these opulent treatments is rather draining. However, someone has to do it! :)The Geisha Facial is the official term for the procedure, which is presently exclusively offered at the Shizuka New York Day Spa in NYC. I made an appointment as soon as I read about it. I was prepared to have Japanese nightingale droppings all over my face.I changed into my skivvies at the spa and wore soft slippers and a robe fit for a geisha. It was a component of the whole encounter.I was shown to a room and made up on an incredibly cozy bed. "IS THIS THE BIRD POOP?!" I exclaimed as soon as celebrity facialist Shizuka Bernstein began her session. I felt a little enthusiastic. She promised to alert me as soon as she started smearing the excrement all over my face. Shizuka informed me that although the bird feces is one of the steps in the treatment, it's not the primary component.

I see, crap. I was prepared to have bird droppings all over my face for sixty minutes.That being said, the third phase in the treatment is the bird feces. Your face is first cleaned, then a clay mask is put, and last...To cover up the unpleasant smell, Shizuka first blends the bird droppings with rice bran. She then uses a brush to apply the mixture to your face, exfoliating it with a scrape.The recipe doesn't smell horrible, but it feels a touch gloopy. It had an oatmeal-like scent to it.The bird excrement is packaged as a powder.

It turns out that nightingale droppings are produced in Japan, where they undergo a UV sanitization process before being ground into a powder. I picture a whole warehouse full of birds peeing into trays, and someone's duty is to go scrape it and then hand it off to be cleaned.Shizuka responds, "The bird poop actually has a natural enzyme that will cleanse the skin," when asked why she uses bird dung. It also contains guanine, which is a common ingredient in shine-producing cosmetics." A few more processes, including extraction, come after the facial portion involving the bird feces. My face felt as smooth as a baby's butt after she was finished. I believe I would repeat it.