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Yesterday I did some shopping. It has been a long time since I bought anything other than udon, discounted sushi, books, and notebooks, so when I finally went out for some Halloween shopping I naturally found myself inside of a beauty shop. It was such an amazing journey! I never knew that taking care of one’s skin could be so methodical and laborious, so perplexing and complicated, so interesting. I had my friend explain to me her face beauty procedure. First she applies warm water to open the pores and the lather her face with some sort of cleaning agent, then she applies a mask of some sort, and then she washes her face with cool water to close the pores again before applying a moisturizer to condition the skin. Add to all that the occasional exfoliator and whatever astringents deemed necessary. She even said that she learned from Pinterest some recipes for making her own beauty oils and creams. For my own inflamed skin she recommended resting tomatoes around my mouth to help subdue the redness in that area. Even looking at the array of soaps in that shop became a learning experience. There was a selection from some brand named something like “World Soaps,” and each of their offerings resembled a block of wood! The thought of artisanal crafts has never really interested me because most of the artisanal crafts that I’ve come across tend to be in the form of jewelry or New Age-y art, but the art of crafting creams and other skin or food products is much more interesting to me. I suppose I would rather take care of my skin than my outerwear? But what does the skin and clothes have in common in the first place? What an interesting world of cosmetics I discovered!