Japanese Beauty Haul - What I Purchased at a Japanese Supermarket in the U.S.

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Japanese Beauty Haul - What I Purchased at a Japanese Supermarket in the U.S.

It has been two years since I visited Japan last time. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I used to visit Japan at least every two years, and my husband used to visit Japan a few times a year. However, we are still not sure when we can visit Japan next time. I hope that we will visit Japan without quarantine next year. I really miss our families in Japan, authentic Japanese foods and shopping great Japanese products.

Last month, I went to Tokyo Central, a Japanese supermarket in the U.S., to purchase some Japanese beauty products because they were having holiday beauty sale. Today, I'm going to share what I purchased at a Japanese supermarket with you.

1. Kikumasamune Skin Care Lotion High Moist (菊正宗日本酒の化粧水高保湿)

Keshosui, Japanese Facial Lotion

500 ml for 924 yen

200 ml for 550 yen

Can be purchased at many drugstores in Japan

$7.99 (Originally $12.99)

Kikumasamune Skin Care Lotion High Moist (菊正宗日本酒の化粧水高保湿)

When I found this Kikumasamune Skin Care Lotion was on sale at Tokyo Central, I thought that I should buy one because this is very popular keshosui, Japanese lotion, in Japan!

Kikumasamune (菊正宗) is one of the largest sake breweries in Japan. If you love drinking Japanese sake, I think that you've probably heard of Kikumasamune before. They started selling Kikumasamune Skin Care Lotion (菊正宗日本酒の化粧水) in 2012, and it was selected the best keshosui of the year of 2017 by LDK the beauty, Japanese beauty magazine. This keshosui contains Japanese sake which moisturizes your skin and improves your skin condition. You perhaps don't like its sake aroma. However, the smell of lotion disappear in seconds after applying it.

How to Use

Apply adequate amount of keshosui on your clean face. Then, apply nyueki on your face.

Facial Cleansing (洗顔)

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Keshosui (化粧水)

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Eye Cream (アイクリーム) and Beauty Serum (美容液)

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Nyueki (乳液)

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Facial Cream (クリーム)

2. Naturie Hatomugi Skin Conditioner (ハトムギ化粧水スキンコンディショナー)

Keshosui, Japanese Facial Lotion

500 ml for 650 yen in Japan

Can be purchased at drugstores in Japan

$5.99 (Originally $7.99)

Naturie Hatomugi Skin Conditioner (ハトムギ化粧水スキンコンディショナー)

I have been using this Naturie Hatomugi Skin Conditioner and really like it. The reason why I went to the Japanese supermarket that day was that I found this keshosui was on sale.

Hatomugi Skin Conditioner has been very popular in Japan. Indeed, it won many beauty awards in Japan. It's very affordable and moisturizes your skin very well. In addition, it is really gentle to your skin.

How to Use

Apply adequate amount of keshosui on your clean face. Then, apply nyueki on your face.

Facial Cleansing (洗顔)

↓

Keshosui (化粧水)

↓

Eye Cream (アイクリーム) and Beauty Serum (美容液)

↓

Nyueki (乳液)

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Facial Cream (クリーム)

3. Naturie Hatomugi Skin Conditioning Milk (ハトムギ浸透乳液スキンコンディショナーミルク)

Nyueki, Japanese milky or creamy lotion

230 ml for 825 yen in Japan

Can be purchased at drugstores in Japan

$6.99 (Originally 12.99)

Naturie Hatomugi Skin Conditioning Milk (ハトムギ浸透乳液スキンコンディショナーミルク)

Naturie also released Hatomugi Skin Coditioning Milk in 2019, and it has already won some beauty awards in Japan. It's Japanese nyueki, Japanese milky or creamy lotion. I found that my favorite Japanese YouTuber, Sumisho, who used to work for a Japanese cosmetic company as a cosmetic scientist in Japan, reviewing this nyueki in his video, and I really wanted to try it out.

How to Use

After applying keshosui on your clean face, apply nyueki.

Facial Cleansing (洗顔)

↓

Keshosui (化粧水)

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Eye Cream (アイクリーム) and Beauty Serum (美容液)

↓

Nyueki (乳液)

↓

Facial Cream (クリーム)

4. Natural Organic Deep Cleansing Oil (情熱価格ナチュラルオーガニックディープクレンジングオイル)

Oil Makeup Remover

500ml - 836 yen

Can be purchased at Donki in Japan.

$9.99

Natural Organic Deep Cleansing Oil (情熱価格ナチュラルオーガニックディープクレンジングオイル)

This is Donki's store brand cleansing oil. Because Tokyo Central is owned by Donki, you can find many Donki's store brand products at affordable prices at Tokyo Central. At the store, I found this huge bottle (500ml) of cleansing oil, and I quickly checked its reviews in Japanese. Surprisingly, it has many positive reviews, and I decided to purchase it. I like the fact that it has lavender scent which makes me relax, and it removes heavy makeup and waterproof sunscreen easily.

How to Use

1. Take 2 to 3 pumps onto your dry palm.

2. Gently smooth over dry face for 20 seconds. Gently massage in circular motions.

3. Add water and it transforms to a milky.

4. Rinse it off.

5. A Set of Lululun Face Masks!

Two 7-Sheet Packs and Three Individual Packs (17sheets in total)
$10 ($24.16 Value)

Lululun Face Masks

I found that Tokyo Central was selling sets of Lululun Facial Masks. According to my previous entry, I had also purchased a set of Lululun Facial Masks in November, 2019. I remembered that I really enjoyed using many different kinds of Lululun facial masks from the set. I was glad that they were also selling Lululun sets this year! I'll write about this set of Lululun Facial Masks in my next entry. 😉