When Kentaro Kajiya, Group Manager at the Shiseido Global Innovation Center, sat enjoying his hot bath at home, he noticed an interesting phenomenon.
After enjoying a warm bath soak, as so many Japanese do, he noticed that his skin felt smoother. It even felt and looked firmer, albeit temporary. He checked this phenomenon with people he knew, and they told him the same.
This piqued his interest to research further into how our capillaries work in boosting skin elasticity, and how they could be made to work harder and more efficiently.

Incidentally, after he mentioned it during the interview I had with him, on his visit to Malaysia recently, I did realize that a rejuvenating soak in a hot tub not only rejuvenates my soul, but my skin does feel nicer and smoother too! 😀
His discovery eventually led to the 8th generation of the iconic Cle de Peau Beaute La Creme – the jewel in the Cle de Peau Beaute crown.
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