I forgot how I came across this, but it was sure interesting. From what I’ve read and heard, pearl powder is great for you skin. Pearl powder is created when pearls are crushed into fine powder. Pearl powder contains the essential amino acids, minerals and it has a high calcium content. Pearl powder is very popular in the asian community. My mom bought some home when she went back to hong kong for a visit. It is said that back then, women would use it on their skin to protect their skin from stage makeup. It can be taken internally and used externally. When taken internally, its suppose to detoxify the body and help give you a more youthful appearance. You can also use it externally. Women of the Chinese Imperial Palace used it for healing, skin brightening, and sun protection. I have been using it lately (for about a week) and I have noticed some positive changes on my skin. I use it both externally and internally. Some blemishes have gone away and the ones still there are definately getting smaller, some old scars are getting lighter, and overall skin does look better and less blotchy. However, it does feel like it dries my skin a bit. Or either that, my skin is just dry to begin with and it just doesn’t moisturize it. But I have to use moisturizer on top of the pearl powder or my face feels really tight and dry. I’ll keep an update on how my skin is doing with the continue use of pearl powder. But its looking good so far! By the way, I was recently watching an episode of Bizzare Food and Andrew went…I forgot where, but somewhere in Asia and they had a brief segment on pearl powder. The woman who Andrew was with says she takes pearl powder ever since she was a teenager and her skin looks pretty good.
