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Michelle Lee
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LIFE / Style & Design / BEAUTY EAST AND WEST
Apr 20, 2000
Ayurvedic delights for the face
Continuing on the topic of Ayurveda, here are some basic Ayurvedic principles for making your own simple beauty treatments. As detailed in my last column, the Ayurvedic system relies on a rather precise diagnostic system, and furthermore all diagnoses take into account the basic constitutional type of the individual. These types fall into roughly seven categories, based on various combinations of the three principles: Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
LIFE / Style & Design / BEAUTY EAST AND WEST
Apr 6, 2000
Ayurvedic beauty adventures
On a recent trip to India it quickly became apparent that many foreigners seek out all that is Ayurvedic.
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 30, 2000
Natural beauty care is more than just sweetness and light
Continuing in our sweets-for-the-sweet mood, try the following honey and sugar baths and full-body treatments for a wakeup call to body and spirit. All of these treatments are simple, inexpensive and amazingly effective. They are also delicious. Happy sweet spring!
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 16, 2000
Sweet indulgences without the calories
Sugar and spice and everything nice . . . this column and the next will be dedicated to all those readers with a sweet tooth. There is a virtual candy store of recipes for health and beauty which make good use of sugar and other sweets. Honey, sugar and molasses may all be put to the service of your hair and skin, with no harmful side effects like calories and cavities. Finally, a guilt-free way to indulge!
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 17, 2000
Patchouli passion in strawberry fields
The flower-child '60s keep trying to come back, and it seems now as if the renaissance is nearly successful -- at least in fashion and interior design. Movies are giving us lots of hippie influence to emulate as well. To take on a true '60s ambiance, though, you've got to do more than wear love-beads, long hair and Indian tunics. Even an orange shag carpet won't do the trick.
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 3, 2000
Clues to health are at your fingertips
In the West, there is a general acknowledgment that the appearance of one's nails can reflect the state of one's health, but in many Eastern medical traditions the nails are used quite directly in the diagnosis. Despite their role as protective shields for the fingertips, nails are actually more sensitive to internal and external conditions than one might imagine.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 20, 2000
Need a winter pick-me-up? Citrus splash quenches blues
Lately I've found myself sprinkling essential oil of orange here and there in the house. It seems suited to winter because something about the scent is both summery and wintery all at once.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 6, 2000
Ring in the new millennium with health-friendly rituals
If the new year is all about getting a fresh start, then the combination of new year, new century and new millennium offers the possibility for a fresher start than most other January renewals. Now is the time to take a close look at your life and decide what needs changing, what needs discarding and what needs to be introduced to make things better.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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