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4er hammam

5.8 oz 164 gr

red flower japan

plum blossom

cream

henever
Sumiyo
Tsuzuki
sets out on
a journey
that will take her to the cold-
est, harshest, most challeng-
ing reaches of the Earth, she
always brings her Yu-Be with
her.
Tsuzuki, the first woman
to climb Mt. Everest, tapes a
tube of the Japanese cream to
a shoelace and carries it on
her neck. Like millions of
other women (since its cre-
ation in 1957, Yu-Be has
been the best-selling cream in
Japan, and is now available in
Metro Detroit), Tsuzuki
knows that this medicated
lotion can't be beat for
cracked, dry skin.

At the turn of the century,
the words "skin cream" sim-
ply meant a tin of White
Cloverine Salve, a Vaseline-
like substance favored by
men and women whose
hands were left unbearably
rough by long hours on the
farm, or in the factory, or
doing laundry and scrubbing
floors.
Today, skin creams
encompass everything from
an unscented lotion that
comes in a plastic bottle,
yours for a few dollars at the
drugstore, to an imported
cream, made with natural
oils, a hint of hibiscus in its
fragrance, that costs S50 for
1 ounce.
How to explain it all, and
what's best for you?

Staff photos by Angie Baan

Cream Or The Crop on page

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