In Japan, beauty brands go all out during the holiday season with their Christmas Coffret gift sets. It’s hard to resist the limited edition products beautifully packaged. So why not show your love & and thanks for that special bestie in your life? Because we all know that they deserve only the finest during the season … Continue Reading
Beautifying oneself and all things beauty-related are topics of interest that I love to research and experiment with. And I certainly never write enough about it. For this updated beauty post, I’ll be sharing my favorite face and eye makeup products I use on a daily basis. 私の中では自分をより美しくすること、そして美容に関してのトピックにはいつも興味深く、常にリサーチしています。今回のビューティートピックは、今愛用しているフェイス＆アイメイクアイテム達。デイリーに使っているベースメイクやアイメイクをすべて紹介していきます。 Favorite face products After going through … Continue Reading
Can you believe it’s almost Christmas and the New Year?! To get into the holiday spirit, I’ve teamed up with Cosmopolitan Japan this month to introduce 3 fun & easy holiday looks you can try for 3 different situations – date night, party night, and girls’ night out. Read on to see which makeup products I … Continue Reading
Wishing all you party people out there a Happy Halloween? ハッピー・ハロウェン? It’s been a couple years since I did some serious dress-up for Halloween, and this year, these custom-made wigs by Aderans inspired me to do a Halloween-themed shoot. Aderans is known as a wig brand for older ladies in Japan, but when they reached … Continue Reading
My first article as contributor for Cosmopolitan Japan is now up on their website! Introducing 5 bold lip colors from 5 different brands for an easy fall makeup look. The article is in Japanese, but there are photos and links for all the lip colors I recommend. You can read the article here on Cosmopolitan … Continue Reading
Make Up For Ever released their new Artist Rouge lipstick collection, and I received a few shades to try out from Bershka Japan. They recently had a collaboration at the Bershka Shibuya store, pairing these chic lipstick shades with pre-fall outfits. The shades I selected are M401 (ICONA POP limited edition), C407 and C604. The … Continue Reading
Battling the summer humidity in Japan has always been a topic of frustration for me for the past 4 years. And over the years, having my makeup done by professionals at work and reading beauty blogs and articles has opened up my eyes about how to do makeup the “right” way. It’s not just the … Continue Reading
I’ve been wearing makeup since I was 13, and as a teen and young adult, my eyebrows were the least of my worries in terms of fullness. In fact, I always dreamed of thinner, daintier eyebrows that some of the girls around me had. Luckily for me, thick, bushy eyebrows are trendy now, and after … Continue Reading
My recent obsession: liquid lipsticks with a matte finish. I always thought lipsticks were the only option for anything close to a matte lip color, but these are just revolutionary. Japanese girls tend to gravitate towards really glossy lip colors, but I’m a “matte” girl through and through. Some brands I picked up: Maybelline … Continue Reading
It’s Sunday, it’s Valentine’s Day, and I’m getting ready for my day with these makeup essentials. NARS is always an absolute favorite, but I love Maybelline for eyes and the NAKED 2 eyeshadow palette makes a perfectly subtle smokey eye. When I want something different with my eyeliner, I go with my red RMK liquid … Continue Reading
