I recently got a package with a few products from SK-II, the skin care line with a cult following in the U.S. and the appropriately arcane creation story.According to legend, a Japanese monk who visited a sake brewery noticed that the workers all had smooth hands, thanks to the ingredients used in the fermentation process. (The idea of people sticking their hands all over in my sake makes the prospect of drinking it less than palatable. But anyway.) A variation of that potion, called Pitera, is at the base of the SK-II mythos.The line has a reputation for helping women get clear, younger-looking skin. And someone’s going to get a couple of the products to try for themselves. … Here’s what’s up for grabs: One jar of Advanced Signs Treatment, an anti-aging cream, and two Facial Treatment Masks, slightly scary-looking cloth masks imbued with goo to help boost hydration and moisture. (In stores, the cream costs $160 and each mask is $15.)To be entered to win, shoot an e-mail (with "SK-II" as the subject line) by clicking on this link by 11:59 p.m. Sunday. (Don’t leave a comment below — I’ll draw from entries that show up in my e-mail by Monday morning.)Include your name and mailing address — and I don’t think you want products that cost this much to be sitting outside in the heat all day waiting for you to get home, so be sure it’s a place where the package can be kept in cool comfort!If you don’t win but are interested in SK-II anyway, the line is sold at Saks Fifth Avenue at Biltmore Fashion Park, which also has a free skin care analysis machine that reveals epidermal pores, wrinkles, discoloration, below-the-skin sun damage and the like. (For when you have too high of an opinion about yourself.)

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