Have You Tried Japanese Skincare or Make Up?

I am just curious since I know people are familiar more with K-beauty but I wonder if anyone is familiar with J-beauty. I have some experience in JP skin care and makeup but I wonder if anyone else has.

For 2021, I plan to explore JP skin care outside of cleansers, sheet masks, and sunscreen.

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i did use some japanese make up, they were not too bad tbh

They are not bad at all. I have been using their mascaras and eye liners for yrs. Haven't looked back since.

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mine is eye contour ? pen? i use it for a LOOONG time, i love it honestly, i never saw it get sold anywhere else but japan but frankly its great lol

Eye contour pen? Link to an image? Now I am curious which brand is it.

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No, I haven't, would love to try some, any recommendations?

I would say their mascaras and liquid pen liners are quite good. Heroine Make mascara is pretty classic. Their liquid liner is also good. I have heard good things about the Dollywink liner as well but never tried it.

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Nice, Any brand recommendation? How about the skincare?

For drugstore brand make up, maybe give Canmake or Kate a shot. I haven't tried the other make up brands under Shiseido, except mascara from Shiseido Majolica Majorca line.

As for skincare, I have only really have experience with their sunscreen and cleansers. The Shiseido Senka Perfect Whip is a classic foam cleanser. I remember it's pretty popular. I did enjoy the Hada Labo cleansing foam more than the DHC cleansing foam. I am interested in trying the Hada Labo lotions since those are quite well known.

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they make good mascaras. i like the blushes they make too

Yes their mascaras are really good. I haven't looked back after using the Isehan Heroine Make mascara. For blush, I only tried the Canmake cream cheek so far

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I searched for it but it seems to not get sold now T^T

it looked like this

which means i will have to make a switch i guess

i remembered another Japanese makeup product i absolutely love tho, this?

its so PRETTY and i really like how naural its colour looks too

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Hm...the first item is etude house so they might have it in other sites that sell kr items unless it's a jp exclusive. Will have to look. That flower lipstick is cute. JP product really have cute packaging.

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its a different brand, it just looks like Etude House, maybe like you said its special version of the same item o.o

Ah. It said etude house on the pic that's why I was confused. It basically makes like a aegyosal? That's interesting.

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BTW does anyone know any good internet shops for J-beauty products?

Japanese products on Yesstyle are totaly overpriced. They are 2 times more expensive than in Japan and even 1.7 more expensive than offline in my country. And I don't know any other shops with worldwide shipping with reasonable prices. Please share if know something better. I'd like to try more makeup especially BBs and foundations but Japanese skincare is more imported to my country and there's no a lot of makeup variety.

Hm..would Stylevana work for you? Not sure where you are based out of but I heard about the site on the asian beauty reddit. They also sell K beauty stuff too.

https://www.stylevana.com/en_US/

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I'm using Hado Labo skincare for ages. It's nice, cheap, suits sensitive skin (no fragrance, no coloring) and I can easily buy it offline. I also use some Rohto, Biore, Canmake and Shiseido products (primarily sunscreens), but HL is my fave.

I'm not very experienced in J makeup. I tried only Canmake and Shiseido eyeshadows. They were fine, but there's nothing special about them. Usually I prefer European makeup brands for most of the products and Korean BB/cushions.

I am interested in trying Hado Labo. I enjoyed the oil cleanser from them and I got the Hado Labo Shiro Jyun emulsion milk but haven't tried it yet since I am trying to go through my Laneige Cream Skin stash.

Never tried Jp eyeshadows but it might be due to the fact I have enough eyeshadow palletes so I never paid attention to them. The Jp mascaras and liquid pen liners are pretty darn solid tho.

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My go to mascara is from Japan. Can’t remember what it’s called right now but the bottle is red. It’s makes your lashes a lot longer but still has a natural and light feel to it that I really love. Plus you can remove it with water which is great since I never remember to use makeup remover.

I think the red one is the Dejavu Fiberwig. That's the only really well known JP mascara in red package I can think of.

Yeah. The mascara is hard to get off. I remember it's the same for the Isehan Kiss Me Heroine mascara. They even made like a mascara remover in a tube since the product can me hard to take off.

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Yep that’s the one! Your a magic worker

Really like it. And even tho it’s easy to remove it doesn’t smudge much in my experience and never get panda eyes after sleeping with it.

I have seen enough mascaras in JP to recognize the red package one :D I have only tried it once yrs ago but don't remember what I thought of it.

This one has been my go-to for a long time. You need a good make up remover to get it off.

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I do not share the general delight about Japanese mascaras. It's such a pain in the ass to remove them even with oil. I prefer something I can wash off quickly. Like termo mascaras or just ordinary non waterproof.

I saw Heroine made a special remover. Maybe it works better than usual oil cleansers.

No but thanks.

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Yes I heard about Isehan making a special remover for it since initially it was really hard to remove with make up remover and cleanser. You really need a double cleanse for that mascara. I think they might have changed the formula yrs ago a bit to make it easier to remove.

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A store sold selfheating eyemasks and even tho the packaging was fully in German and French only they claimed on the package that it was the nr. 1 product for eyemasks in Japan and that this product would've been made in Japan. I tried it and it was kinda nice since the only thing it did was heating up my eyes while I took a 30 minutes long nap lol but it's not worth the money.

My mom used a lot items of the brand Shiseido but I am not a professional in seeing if a 30 bucks Lipstick works better than a 2 bucks one so I can only say that my mom at least got good colors on her lips when she wears that brand

Eye mask? This thing?

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Everytime I hear of Shiseido, I have to keep reminding myself people are talking about Shiseido Ginza. In parts of Asia and Japan there are other make up brands under Shiseido ie Maquillage, Intergrate, and Majorca Majolica

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This, but they only sold it as 1 time use not in such big packages in my local drugstore (PS: why did I thought it was German and French when that's in German and English? LMAO) I only bought it to test it after they reduced it from 3€ to 1,50€ (Expensive when you have only 1 mask that does nothing more than heating up your eyes)

Ahh..I see..it's the same brand. I am curious to try that out actually. I have seen them before when I was in JP but never picked them up

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Heroine mascaras are the bomb! They really hold up and is much more effective in lengthening and volumizing. Its my favorite mascara brand.

I tried a facial wash (i forgot the brand), it was really mild and hydrating. I don't know about others though

Yep. I have been using the Heroine mascara for a long time. I should probably play with some of the other JP mascaras tho but haven't been wearing mascara since the pandemic