tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69426175799374431292024-03-09T00:31:41.458+09:00All Made Up / Nowhere To GoI like make-up, what of it?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942617579937443129.post-48610018607790915162013-02-17T14:37:00.000+09:002014-01-24T18:01:29.640+09:00Beauty Destination: Brush Shopping in Tokyo
One of my favourite things about Japan is the extreme specialisation and pride that people take in their work -- even the most seemingly menial tasks are executed diligently and beautifully. I went to a gyoza restaurant recently (one of the tiny one room mom and pop shop type places) and watched in awe as the old man behind the counter churned out hundreds of dumpling shells. He must have done Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942617579937443129.post-72846473335411694612013-01-19T12:50:00.000+09:002014-01-24T18:01:29.644+09:00Beauty Destination - Kyoto
I use the term 'beauty destination' fairly loosely for Kyoto, because of course there are so many wonderful and beautiful sights to be seen that make-up shopping is probably not very high up most people's to-do list. However, not every visitor to Japan travels via Tokyo so I thought it might be useful to show what you can find in Kyoto. There are also a couple of Kyoto-exclusives that are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942617579937443129.post-943259339384391112012-11-17T15:42:00.001+09:002014-01-24T18:01:29.650+09:00Beauty Destination: Tokyo Department Stores Part II - Shinjuku and
Ikebukuro
As much as I love visiting Ginza for its department stores, it is actually a little out of the way for me. My most regular haunts are in Shinjuku and Ikebukuro. [I will make no bones about excluding Shibuya from this series (at least for now) because I try to avoid it like the plague.]
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I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942617579937443129.post-47626898820537298632012-10-31T20:56:00.001+09:002014-01-24T18:01:29.638+09:00Beauty Destination: Tokyo Department Stores Part I - Ginza
Ginza is probably the most obvious place to begin one's Tokyo shopping adventures. I would describe it as Tokyo's Mayfair, and it's packed full of shops -- both high street and designer. A number of Japan's major department stores have branches in Ginza, and they are a convenient port at which to call when searching for high-end Japan-exclusive brands. They also stock the usual major Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942617579937443129.post-62856178990062290862012-10-21T12:25:00.000+09:002014-01-24T18:01:29.642+09:00Beauty Destination: Japan - Introduction
Japan is a make-up lover's paradise. I sort of feel that there is more excitement surrounding make-up here than in the UK (although I think this is probably changing with the likes of BeautyMART, Selfridges Beauty Workshop, John Lewis revamp, etc.). It somehow seems that is more publicly acceptable to enjoy make-up in Japan (see the comments section on online newspaper beauty articles Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6