Lavshuca - Drugstore cosmetic brand

My cosmetic box is filled with a tond of mmu goodies. I am trying to use the natural staffs as much as possible. But, the lovely goodies in a drugstore are always tempting.

All Japanese big name cosmetic companies have sub-brand for drugstores. One of my favorites is Lavshuca (produced by Kanebo). Firstly, their product package is so cute !!!! Thier e/s pallets or various lip items are high quality for price and actually highly-rated in Japanese No.1 cosmetic rating site.

Today, I found some new products of Lavshuca and could not go without buying....
The sad thing is that this brand is not discounted normally. But, today the store offers 10% point-back sales.

What I bought is this,

Dramatic Memory Liquid - R03 color

The texture is harder than expected. I shold say it is a kind of sticky... but it can stick to the lip and keep longer than normal gloss type of lippies. The color is natural and clear, beautiful and glossy. I love it.

My target image is a model's look as above... PRETTT :-D !!!!
 Her lip color is OR-1. I was wavering which color I should buy. But... I already have Orange color of Lavshuca. So, I selected more red color that could match more on Fall looks.
All colors has gold pearl shimmer that can conform to the yellow-based skin color for Japanese gals.

My another Lavshuca lip (Orange color) is Dramatic memory Rouge.

Lovely package, right ?!?

Beautiful pinkish orange. I really love this color, it makes my face bright up and younger (just I feel at least hehe.) Great color in Spring/summer.

Comparison between above 2 types.

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Ummm..... When I look at above pics, those 2 colors are similar... Yes, I know what kind of color can match on my face color. I tend to choose the similar color all the time...

The price is JPY1,200-1,500. This is almost half price of the brands for the department stores.

Autumn Dining

October has already started. It is colder here, but sometimes a little hot in the daytime.
Umm.... it makes me waver which clothes I should wear every morning.
I should go out and get some new clothes..hehe;-D
Before that, it is much easier to get the autumn foods.

I highly recommend you to come to Japan in Autumn to enjoy the seasonal foods.
Yes, the cherry blossom season would be nice timing, but for Japanese food lovers, Autumn is one of good choices. Fish is better in the colder season here.

I shopped around the food floor in the department and found many kinds of Autumn Food materials that looks really nice. No.1 Japanese Autumn Food must be MATSUTAKE. It is a kind of mushroom. It is really expensive. I can not buy Japanese one at all... cause it is over JPY10,000 !!!! Wow.

I got this pic from the web-shop. JPY10,000 for above 6pcs. So, this would be the alternative for me...

Most probably imported Matutake.
Japan imports Matsutake from USA, CANADA, KOREA, CHINA, even SWEDEN recently.
If you find Matsutake in your country, the export might be a good biz, haha.

And, I can say the most popular fish in Autumn is this.

Sanma (Japanese) Sushi ;-D

Only JPY298 for 1 package (after discounted). Good deal. I can't wait eating later.
Sanma (pacific saury) can be eaten in fresh only in case of very fresh material.
Only available in some monthes of Autumn. So, need to eat now a lot. hehe.

Also, Fruit is good in Autumn with much more varieties.
A grape is Autumn Fruit. I choose a little exensive one today.

I picked up some already and ate them. These are so sweet. I love it.

shopping at Large mall

My sister is shopping mall lover. She goes and check the new malls even if these are not near her home. I asked her which shopping mall do you like the best ??? And her answer is '' Mozo''.
Mozo ?!?  Mozo Wonder-city is a new large shopping mall in Nagoya city. The largest super mkt chain, AEON, put up this.

Today, she brought us to this shopping mall. It was sooooooooooooo amaging. Huge and clean, and modern !!! It reminds me of my first visit to SHOPPING mall in USA. It was around 15 years ago. At that time, there is not a large shopping mall in Japan. The one in usa was really big and overwhelming.

It is National holiday here. We went there in the morning and got an early lunch at the popular Buffet Restaurant.

Many healthy food choices using the vegetables. Everything is so delicious !!!

                                        JPY1,600 per 1 person. All you can eat in 90 minutes :-D

After eating a lot, need to take a exercise. At mall there, walking and shopping become good exercise :-p

What I bought are,

                                              mechanical pencil by Zebra - JPY300
                                             Ball point pens - JPY100 and JPY200
I highly recommend you to buy the Japanese the stationaly products like above if you travel to Japan. These are very functional and high-quality !!!

                                               JPY1,000 for above 3pcs

And at ''LUSH'', I got these lovely goodies :-D

Three soaps - very YUMMY smells... love^^

Lush has a plant in Japan and the package are in Japanese. And all product has own unique name.

There are many fans of Lush here in Japan.

This time, I was shopping around many shops but walk around with my sister or husband and others... and I was not so big shopper today. so, I'd like to go back maybe by myself. because I can move about freely and can concentrate on just SHOPPING. For serious buying day, to shop alone would be the best.

Don't you think so ???



Pure Luxe - MMU foundies

I have been using MMU foundies and I thought I had found the best foundies after many sampling. It is EGM cover-me (earthen glow minerals). But, suddenly their web-site was closed. So, I started serching for the new best foundie again.
First one I tried to order is PURE LUXE. This brand is popular among Japanese mmu users

I heard the good reputation from the blogs of my blog friends in Japan. The finish looks similar with EGM.

1. Strong Yellow one is WARM HONEY. You know, my skin has yellow under-tone. But, this is too yellow.

2. left one on the bottom is WARM CREAM. It is also in Yellow category but light with a little hint of pink. It looks good on me.

3. right one on the bottom is Autumn. It is darker than WARM CREAM. But, it looks fine.

All foundies has a little sparkling powder and give the dawny finish The powder texture looks like ALIMA foundies I have. I am not good at well-fined loose type.

The big size foundie is ALIMA Warm 2. This is my 2nd best foundie so far.
Warm 2 has a little more pink than Warm Cream, I feel.
The coverage is better in EGM... But, I totally love Pure luxe foundies. I will put it in my list to buy Full-size. YAY !!!

Citizen CX - my new watch

I had no watch. Usually, I check the time on my mobile phone or the clocks around me.

But, everytimes I am traveling, I feel I want it ! I have bought some cheap watches then.
But but, such watches always don't move well in my next trip :-(

I know I can not take care of a watch. So, my decision is this.

                                              Price is JPY47,000. It is the most expensive staff in my recent shopping.
It is Atomic Watch with Solar Power !!!
Yes, I won't get in trouble with battery-out or setting a watch ANY MORE. YEY !
This is the smallest type of watch for Atomic Watch. It is ok to go on my small hand.
Firstly I wanted to buy full-gold color but this was too loud on me...
So, my skin color goes with gold rather than silver.... and I decided to go for the combination
What type of watch do you wear or like ???

Vox will be closed

I had been away from another blog I wrote in English. It was located in Vox. But, I got a surprising news that VOX will be closed. The reason why I started Vox blog was that we wanted to import some cosmetic staffs from USA - like Mineral make up. Vox has a lovely GROUP of MMU users. It was fun to communicate with the members of that group. I also could get a lot of informaion about MMU.
It is sad news that Vox will be closed. But, my recent activity there is much less than before because more members left Vox etc...  Probably VOX lost the users... that is the reason why they have to close it.

I tried to make up this blog to write more about Japanese products, foods, and my life here. But, from now, I am trying to write about some cosmetic staffs as I wrote about in VOX. Yes, these are cosmetic goodies like MMU.. maybe more about Japanese cosmetics :-D

Ramdom Japanese Food Pictures

At 100yen Kaiten Sushi restaurant !

Cheapest sushi choice in Japan

The taste is so so.... But, very casual and easy way to eat Sushi.

Sushi is good choice for hot summer :-D

Bento (Lunch box) I like '' Makuno-uchi'' Type like below.

Can enjoy many kind of foods. More healthy choice with some vegetables.

It is around JPY500 per 1 meal

You can choose the favorite one at Bento Store from the menu.

This is a little bit expensive, special type.