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Spirit of Bimajo

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There was a commercial by SK-II, the Japanese skin care cosmetic brand, back when I was in school. I remember so vividly their phrase in the commercial, "if there are more 50 year-old beautiful women, Japan will change." My mom got all the SK-II for me when I visited Japan last year-she's GOD to me.   SK-II is a semi luxury brand targeting from mid 20s to older women and I grew up thinking it's something my mom would use, and now I must say I cannot say enough about how amazing their products are. Being Asian in America means you are automatically seen underage and getting ID checked at every bars you go. That was the first culture shock experience coming to America from where I could start going to a bar when I was 15..well, not legally of course but back then it was so much easier in Japan. Now, I am still told that I look like 15 year-old (which is almost half of my actual age,) I cannot stop thinking how ridiculous it must have looked when I was d