Category: makeup brush
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known by various names, such as “sable” or “weasel.” One type of weasel hair is “kolinsky,” which has longer hair, more spring, better absorption, and superior durability compared to other types of weasel hair. The tail hair of the male is particularly long and highly valued.
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Hi Everyone, Bisyodo announced the sale of a new series. Shiori I know most of you are not big fans of synthetic, which I told them, too. The call it fake animal hair. The sale person, is an American guy whose native language is Japanese, and actually he studied English as a foreign language. When he comes to…
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(this picture is #bisyodo BS-ES-03Pine squirrel/kolinsky ) Hi Everyone, I visited Etvos. It is relatively a new brand, and emphasizes skin-friendly makeup. Department stores are still not crowded, but I found THREE and Etvos occupied with customers. This is a Holiday kit. It is 10800 yen, Thank you for reading! Toshiya
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Hi Everyone, Kihitsu will make new brushes. It is in a square shape, the first time in Kumano history. Kihtisu wants to put a French name as they did to their previous brushes. I told them that my clients would prefer kanji (喜筆）name or product name in Japanese. These brushes will be made by Koyudo…
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Hi Everyone, It is summer but still raining. Very rare to have so many rainy days in July. This is a four day weekend, and I went to Shibuya department stores to visit Jill Stuart ADDICTION Shiseido CPB I was surprised to see that there were very few customers at shop, and shop employees seem…
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Hi Everyone, I went to Shinjuku and bought one soap of Takeda. Takeda has a shop at department store as Hakuhodo has. Hakuhodo is a brand which invests most on retail shops. There are many makeup brush companies in a small town in Hiroshima, so the competition must be hard. One company sells new hair…
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Hi Everyone, I received a question regarding whether Bisyodo belongs to Kumano brushes. The answer was that Bisyodo is not a Kumano brush member. Bisyodo is located in Osaka, and not a member of Kumano Fude Union. Bisyodo has been providing hair to brush makers, and they have a good quality, but not a Kumano…
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Hi Everyone, It is almost 2020. Most companies entered into New Year holidays. Dec 28 to Jan 5. It will be more than one week. It is said to be the record number of people flying from Japan to overseas. You will see many Japanese in your country) As people can take a long vacation,…
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Hi Everyone, I received a call from Hakuhodo. I had an order of 4 x G5558, and one of them was not made as it should have been. There is the Hakuhodo Standard which they need to follow, and they have the quality-check division. But the right one was sharper than the others, and the…
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Hi Everyone, I read an interesting blog by a foreigner living in Japan. ‘Entrepreneurs in Japan complain it is difficult to find a girlfriend. One reason is parents want their daughters to marry a man who works for a big respected Japanese company. If a boyfriend works for a small unknown startup, parental approval is…
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Hi Everyone, I woke up early today at 5 am. This time, I did not go back to sleep, LOL. Instead, I went to a gym, where many people were doing excercies before work. I was surprised! Anyway, it is not what I want to talk about. When I came back, I saw many high school…
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Hi Everyone, I follow several youtube where I can learn good things about life. One of them is made by DaiGo, who talks about research findings done by universities all over the world. It is only in Japanese, so I am not intending to introduce this youtube here, but I want to introduce an interesting…
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Hi Everyone, Now it is raining and gets really cold this week, though it was warm yesterday, and some tourists wore half-sleeved in Tokyo! I receive good questions about brushes almost every day and it is interesting for me to investigate the brush world. It is always a learning experience. Today, I was asked if…
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Hi Everyone, It is getting cold even in Japan, now we need a coat to go outside. It gets warm (rather hot) in Japan these days and winter always arrives late. Yesterday, I went to Isetan : the makeup floors have been completely renewed. Skincare brands are now at 2F. Makeup at 1F. Sensai, Albion,…
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Hi Everyone, I was running around Shibuya and Shinjuku last two days, and will write more about which brand I visited tomorrow. Today, I want to show SUQQU holiday kits. Kit A and B are still available. I have one left each so please reply to this message, if interested. Each costs 12000 yen. Kit…
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Hi Everyone, I took a subway the other day during the busy hours. It was crowded. Usually, the trains between 7 and 9 AM are the most crowded, and that is one of a few things I don’t like Tokyo about. I spent my high school days in Hiroshima where I took a 7am train…
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Hi Everyone, We had a parade yesterday for the new Emperor and Empress. The parade was scheduled a month ago but the big typhoon damaged Japan so badly that it was postponed. The Emperor is a symbol of Japan, and he has no political influence. He tries to be with people as much as possible…
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Hi Everyone, I don’t watch TV much these days. I just cannot stand commercial breaks, LOL. So more and more youtube, and sometimes NetFlix. This time, though, it was World Cup Rugby that I watched as I heard of many good stories. All Blacks ( New Zealand ) were mingling with kids before the World…
Fude Japan (Makeup brushes from Japan) 