It’s said by some that when a bird poops on your head, it’s good luck. But what if it’s all over your face? Some New Yorkers are paying to dollar top find out.
The magic ingredient for the perfect facial –as per a NYC spa– is bird poop. Well, not entirely. It’s what goes into facials at a luxury spa where the traditional Japanese treatment using imported Asian nightingale excrement mixed with rice bran goes for $180 a pop. That’s right, $180! Shizuka, a New York skin salon, hosts about 100 clients monthly who come in to have their faces exposed to the treatment that claims to gently exfoliate the skin, using enzymes in the bird poop.
As per Daily News:
A common misconception is that any old bird poop, even from pigeons, is used. Bernstein says only droppings from birds of the nightingale species are used because they live on seeds, producing the natural enzyme that is the active ingredient.
Either way… I think I’ll pass.
