Japanese makeup Haul!!!

yeah you were all waiting for this, weren’t you!

Personally, I didn’t think I went completely overboard with makeup shopping. For one thing, I was supremely worried about wandering around Tokyo at night by myself to go shopping. Why I had to go shopping in the evenings was because my days were filled with sightseeing! and then, by the evening, I was so tired from walking around all day, I didn’t spend too much time shopping.  Also, I was shopping rather critically: lots of Japanese makeup is super sparkly and sheer. If it wasn’t something I’d truly use, I passed on it – so that left me with a more narrow band of items I’d spend my money on (not to mention, haul home).  Here’s what I got:

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• Marshmallow finish Powder in MO Matte Ochre and MB Matte beige Ochre
• cream Cheek in #05 sweet Apricot and #14 Apple cream Red (I swear I had another shade in my basket but it didn’t make it home with me!)
• Gokubuto mascara (volumizing)
• Gokunobi mascara (lengthening)
• colourful Nails polish in #33 Pink Glitter
• lasting Multi Eyebase WP (eye shadow primer)
I had some ideas of brands I’d want to look at when I was in Japan. I originally glossed over Canmake as being too girly for me. but it turns out their products are quite well reviewed and very reasonably priced! I ended up researching a lot on @cosme awards (which seems to be the Japanese makeup Bible) to find out which items to try and several of these were award winners. I do wish I’d gotten more cheek products – they have so many cute ones to choose from.

Cezanne

• Silk Touch Cheek in 02 Coral
• Toneup Eye shadow in 02 Rose-brown
Another low-cost and pleasant brand, I’d never heard of it but the products felt so buttery and decently pigmented, I had to pick up a couple of items to try out.

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• Lash Maximizer Eyelash plus (mascara base)
• brown shade eyes palette in BR-3 Sepia
• Rouge HG lipstick in BE-33
This brand is an old favourite of mine – I’d bought some stuff in Hong Kong before and continued to ordered items online. this time I was a bit more choosy and only picked up 3 things based on good reviews online.

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• cat look liquid liner in BR660 brown and BK999 black
• Lash real glamour Mascara + free lash curler
• Pure big Eyes palette in OR334
• designing Veil palette in Bronze
One of my new favourite Japanese brands! So many terrific items in the line, I could hardly decide. It’s the perfect mix of whimsy while still being classy.  It’s a sub-brand of Shiseido and the quality reflects it.

Προέχω

• skinny rich shadow palette in SR04 Smoky Brown
• Gradation Cheek N in GC05 Apple Red
• Powder and Pencil eyebrow in PD01 natural Brown
I’d never heard of this brand and I was completely enamoured by their wearable eye shadow quads – they were the least shimmery of the ones I encountered (but I limited myself to just one to try out first). The brow pencil won an @cosme award. I’ve since learned that is a sub-brand of Sana. I’m interested in exploring more from this brand.

Majolica Majorca

• shadow customize in BE286 and GD822
• Puff de Cheek in PK 302 Strawberry Mix
• Lash King mascara in BK999
Another sub-brand of Shiseido that I love. I’ve had exposure to this brand when I bought some items in Hong Kong. picked up a few items including the cutest little blush!

MUJI

• 4 color Eye palette in Plum
• highlight color in Lavender
• Cheek color in Rose, Pink, and Orange
• Lip liner in Rose
• loose Powder refill in Natural
I went to Muji specifically to check out their makeup since we do have a Muji store here, but they don’t carry cosmetics. The products are very reasonably priced, if not a little basic. but I guess it fits in with Muji’s image quite well! I found the concept of the loose powder refill in a pouch really neat, so I had to pick it up – plus, the powder felt so silky when I tested it in the store.

Heroine Make

• long and curl super waterproof mascara
• volume and curl super waterproof mascara
I’ve only ever used their liquid liners (which I love) but I’ve heard their mascaras are terrific too so I picked up both kinds to try.

K-Palette

• real lasting eyeliner 24hr WP in Deep brown and brown Black
• 1-Day Magic 3D palette 01
I could not resist the limited edition Alice in Wonderland packaging on the liners! I’ve used K-Palette liners before and I really like them (in fact, I have one open now, in Deep Brown, but in the regular packaging). The blush / contour palette was not a low-cost item so I’m hoping it delivers on its promise of “smaller and defined face”

Esprique

• Customizable eye shadow palette with free refill in PU 100 Misty Purple
• Select Eye color refills in: BE 303 Mauve brown and PU 102 royal Purple
I feared I’d not get my hands on anything from this brand even though I vowed to try at least one thing from it when I was preparing my Japan shopping list. When I finally identified this brand, I was so pleased with the swatches of these shadows I had to buy them – the purpleis a stunner.

MAQuillAGE

• dramatic Powdery UV foundation SPF 25 PA++ in OC 10 and corresponding Compact case DM
• glossy nail Colour in RD 747

• dramatic mood Veil blush in RD 100 Coral Red
• dramatic mood Eyes palette in BE 352 invisible Wink
• dramatic Melting Rouge lipstick in BE 322
I had my makeup done at this counter – I’ll write about my experience in more depth in another post. Needless to say, the check out was a fruitful one judging by how many items I picked up! Oh, and you wouldn’t be surprised to learn this is yet another Shiseido sub-brand.

Daiso

• Sponge cleanser
• Brow pencils – these are made in Korea
• recyclable Silicone Sheet Masks
My favourite dollar store! I hit up a couple of Daisos but I restrained myself.  That silicone face mask won an @cosme award and it’s been raved about online. and I had to pick up another of my favourite sponge cleanser!

mfc (my featuring colors)

• W color Eyes PK-1
• blend color blush in PK-1
Toward the end of the trip, I was desperate to pick up more makeup that were completely unknown to me. and what better place to buy makeup than at a convenient store? I got these from FamilyMart which is similar to 7-Eleven and Lawson. convenient stores in Japan are so awesome. Anyway, back to this brand, it’s apparently a sub-brand of Kanebo. I hope it’s decent quality – there were no testers at the store and I bought purely based on cuteness factor.

Yojiya

• Facial cleansing sponge
• Oil-blotting Facial Paper
• Κρέμα χειρός
• Facial cotton

• Ebony handle round squirrel eye shadow brush
• Ebony handle “Chikuresu” squirrel blush brush
• mini mirror
I’ll devote an entry on this brand so I won’t say much except that this was a surprise find in Kyoto and I’m so happy to have discovered it.

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• Eye shadow palette with refills in: 21 love affair (P), 81 Londolozi (M), 69 Flash Back (P), 94 Shangri-La (ME)
• nail polish in #038 Complex
I was so thrilled to finally come face to face with this brand! I’d call it the Japanese equivalent to Nars – the all black minimalist packaging and the quality / pricing all remind me of Nars. I had to really restrain myself from buying more stuff there. It was bad enough that I didn’t just buy the one eye shadow as I’d planned. What can I say, I’m a sucker for customizable palettes and nail polishes.

Lunasol

• Three-dimensional Eyes palette in #01 Neutral Beige
I’d been wanting to check out a Lunasol counter during my Tokyo stay but never got a chance (I still suspect my SO kept me so busy during the day that I’d be too tired to shop at night!) I finally got a chance at the duty-free shop at the airport, just before I boarded my flight home. I was in a rush and their selection of eye shadow palettes is vast (I’m not kidding, I count 17 types of palettes that Lunasol offers, never mind the colour selections within each). I’m still unsure if I chose well.

ΤΡΙΑ

• balancing Cleansing Oil
I wasn’t planning on getting anything at the three counter but I was curious about the oil since it’s their #1 product. It’s about $50 for this bottle! It better make me look like a Japanese soap opera star!

Oshima Tsubaki Camellia Oil

I’ve seen this product recommended as something to try from Japan and I saw it at the airport duty-free, so I decided to try it for a face and / or hair oil.

Sunscreens:

• Allie UV Mineral Moist NEO SPF 50+ PA++++
• Anessa perfect UV Aqua Booster SPF 50+ PA++++
Despite the abundant selection of sunscreens, I restrained myself to just 2, since I’d recently opened one up, I didn’t want these to expire before I get to use them.

Misc. Φροντίδα του δέρματος:

• Kose clear turn Babyish sheet mask (7 in resealable pack)
• random blotting papers
I wasn’t going to get any but I was quite amused at the idea of ¥300 ($3.60 CAD) for 7 sheet masks so I got a pack. I went a bit nuts and picked up blotting sheets everywhere I saw them at a reasonable price.

Αξεσουάρ:

• Greenbell Paragon of Shining girls Eyelash Comb – I had to buy this for the name alone!
• Chasty natural type metallic Mascara Comb 0.74mm – there was another kind that had teeth 1.2mm apart meant for volume type mascaras. only in Japan you’d get options for mascara comb spacing!
• Chasty shiny Slide clean – this felt super soft and made of natural hairs which is hard to find in a retractable brush
• MAQuillAGE Edge free Eyelash Curler – I already own this (was my HG lash curler before the Surratt came along!) but it was ordered off ebay and it came in a different packaging, so I’m curious if this is the same.

• Chasty Make clean Collection – also natural hair bristles (the Google translate app keeps showing “mountain wool” which I’m thinking is goat hairs)
• Tesshyu Collection Eye shadow clean L – found this at a drugstore although it wasn’t low-cost ($28 CAD). I just learned from searching online that it’s a sub-brand of Chikuhodo.
• Shiseido MAKE Chouetools Face Brush (M) for Cheek – I’ve never heard of this but curiosity got the better of me and I bought it. I’m guessing it’s a cheaper brand of Shiseido just for accessories. Again, although I got it at a drugstore, it wasn’t exactly low-cost ($36 CAD)

• Shiseido The makeup Powder clean – I’d wanted this clean ever since reading about how good the quality is, and I was super sad that Shiseido does not offer its brushes in Canada. This clean is SO soft and silky! and it’s made in Japan.
• Shiseido The makeup Eye shadow clean (S) – and who just buys ONE clean at the makeup counter? No one, that’s who.
Save for the Shiseido The makeup brushes, these were all random drugstore pick ups. I noted lots of the less expensive accessories were usually made in China or Taiwan so I focused on only items that were made in Japan.

Random makeup Items:

• Palgantong Theatrical Powder in OB original beige – I identified the Palgantong powder at Matsumoto KiYoshi drugstore for a decent price – and even though it’s a Korean-made product, it’s something I’d heard terrific things about so I decided to pick it up on a whim.
• integrate Gracy White Pact SPF26 PA+++ in OC10 – I’m not entirely sure why there’s an integrate and an integrate Gracy. They’re distinctly different Shiseido sub-brands with completely different packaging and pricing. Gracy is the dull cousin to the flirty integrate brand, in my opinion. It is also less expensive. I heard the compact foundation is good, and for less than $20, I was willing to take a chance.
• Media Gradation color Eyeshadow in BR-03 – to me, the Media and integrate Gracy line-up look really similar. but Media is a little bit less dull. The swatches of this one is a little sheer but really pretty for a subtle look.  This is a Kanebo sub-brand.

• Chu Lip Balm in sweet Pink SPF22 – this is the Japanese version of eos! I was pleased with the high SPF, I hope it doesn’t taste like chemicals. Oh and it’s also tinted.
• Ettusais Lash version Up mascara base – this won an @cosme award and wasn’t too expensive – it features a comb wand rather than the traditional bristles, so we’ll see it works.

Some of the pretties lined up:

Whew… and despite all that, there were a few items I wished I had picked up:

• Visee glossy rich Eyes quad in PK3 burgundy Red – I couldn’t decide on the colour and by the time I was ready to buy, I couldn’t find a Visee display!
• Ettusais premium perfect clear Up Concealer – loved the silky texture of this and the coverage was exceptional, but the store was sold out of it, and I couldn’t find it elsewhere
• MSH Loveliner – this was advertised everywhere as the top selling liquid liner in Japan, I debated about buying it since it was more expensive than other ones – by the time I decided I wanted to buy it, I couldn’t find it!
• Hakuhodo brushes – ugh, this is still a sore subject with me! I had the opportunity to go to either the Kyoto or the Tokyo Hakuhodo stores but I did not manage to get to either of them. I will explain in more detail in my Yojiya post. At least I can order Hakuhodo brushes online… but still, not experiencing the Hakuhodo store in person makes me
I’m planning on buying the Visee and Ettusais items online soon as a treat for myself for my birthday next month.

Next week I’ll show pictures of the stores and makeup displays! and I’ll share some tips about shopping for Japanese makeup. You’ll be seeing reviews and swatches of these products in the months to come. have you tried any of the items I got?

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