Have you spotted this red bus? Shiseido is currently running a big SK-II Bihada Pitera-rium Dock campaign where women can see their "future skin" in 20 minute counceling sessions. A special pop-up ...
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Do you remember in the 1990's when everyone wanted to have Jennifer Aniston's "The Rachel" haircut? Well, right now in Japan girls are also trying to copy a look. Nothing new in that, except this ...
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While Japan's beauty and skincare product designers have produced no shortage of original and sometimes alarming-looking face masks, this might just be the most intriguing we've encountered in a ...
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Japan is a country that seems to inspire more than its far share of stereotypes and myths. The overseas media is also complicit in perpetuating many of the images of Japan that make it seem weird, ...
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Having conquered the female market, Shiseido is next targetting younger consumers. It has created a beauty salon for kids since the children of today are the customers of the ftuture. The salon ...
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Fashion and beauty aids often overlap, and here's a great example of one product that does it in a medically proven way too. We spotted these recently at a trade fair and feel they desire some ...
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Forget the Lemon Detox, no-carbs-after-4pm and anything-that-can-be-eaten-through-a-straw detox plans and try an Enzyme Bath instead! Just 15 minutes in this bath full of naturally fermented sawdust ...
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Green tea ice cream. Green tea Kit Kat. Even green tea cafe latte. And now green tea hair dye. Beauty Studio Ryu, a hair salon in Kyoto, is one of dozens of beauty salons in Japan set to offer an ...
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We've seen it around for a while overseas but we just read an interesting report about how so-called eyelash art is apparently starting to pick up more adopters among Japanese women in their twenties ...
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So if you hated the way that a minor subcultural activity like injecting saline into your forehead was blown up (no pun) into a mainstream beauty "trend" by foreign media, then check out this latest ...
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