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Our balding reporter tries to fix his male pattern baldness with medications and topical sprays
And here’s a half-year report of how his hair is doing!
- Japan
- (balding • baldness • beauty • clear Coke • COK • Go Hatori • hair • hair treatments • medicine • SNJO)
“Beauty dictionary” for Japanese elementary girls advises braindead phrases for boys to like them
- Scott Wilson
May 10, 2020
Because the key to being liked is scrubbing away your personality.
Affordable luxury AND cheap beauty? We test Japan’s 100-yen Steam Face Mask【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2020
Our 100 yen shop expert puts his face on the line.
Get ready with Roland, the top-earning host in Japan【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 25, 2020
Roland, “King of the Hosts”, shares his morning routine on YouTube.
- Japan
- (beauty • celebrities • Handsome men • host bars • host club • hosts • morning routine • Roland • skincare • videos • YouTube)
Our male reporter got hair removed from his “delicate zone”, dishes on the whole experience
- Dale Roll
Mar 16, 2020
Hirazi tells us all the good and bad things that resulted from removing his pubic hair.
Now you can own the eyes of “once in a millennium” idol Kanna Hashimoto
- Oona McGee
Mar 6, 2020
Taking idol worship to a whole other level.
- Japan
- (beauty • Contact lenses • idol singers • Idols • Instagram • Japanese idols • Kanna Hashimoto • Rhoto • weird)
Age-ravaged Mr. Sato seeks beauty help from Lift Up Trainer Buru Buru Buru Ko
- Master Blaster
Mar 5, 2020
Mr. Sato shoves vibrating plastic lips in his mouth in hopes of reclaiming his youth.
- Japan
- (beauty • face training • Lift Up Trainer Buru Buru Buru Ko • Mr. Sato • product testing • wtf)
Our cat-loving reporter decided that this year, for Japan’s Cat Day, she’d become a jellicle cat
- Katy Kelly
Feb 28, 2020
A makeup studio augmented all her feline facial features until she could pass for Bombalurina!
- Japan
- (beauty • cats • COK • cool • cosmetics • makeover • makeup • Mitsuyoshi Make Up Studio • musicals • Natsuki Gojo • SNJO • weird)
Confessions of a 46-year-old Japanese male pole dancer
- Master Blaster
Feb 21, 2020
Mr. Sato shares how pole dancing changed his life and could change yours.
- Japan
- (art • beauty • communication • dancing • exercise • health • Mr. Sato • pole dancing)
Does Daiso’s crazy 100-yen Face Trainer really make you more beautiful? We find out【Experiment】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2019
A glut of GIFs chronicle our reporter’s journey as he makes himself look weird in an effort to also make himself look handsome.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • beauty • COK • crazy • Daiso • face • funny • Go Hatori • SNJO • video • weird)
Style your hair like a cat with kitty saliva hair gel from Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 20, 2019
There’s no better place to take grooming cues than from the pet world.
Japanese omamori good-luck charm pouches are here to protect your lips as stylish balm holders
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2019
Over 40 handcrafted designs to choose from, many made with thousand-year-old Fujiyama-ori tradition.
Pokémon x Shu Uemura Pikashu makeup collection breaks the Internet
- Oona McGee
Oct 21, 2019
Server goes down as pre-orders open for limited-edition gold Pikachu range in Japan.
- Global, Japan
- (anime • beauty • cute • makeup • Pikachu • Pikashu • Pokemon • Shu Uemura • skincare • video games)
Everyone cuts their toenails wrong, says Japanese doctor, and here’s how to do it correctly
- Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2019
Frustrated doctor is tired of seeing improper length and shape.
Gwyneth Paltrow visits Japan, dines on sushi and soba as Goop beauty brand debuts in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
May 13, 2019
New Goop pop-up shop and cafe opens in Tokyo for a limited time.
- Japan
- (beauty • celebrities • COK • fashion • Goop • Gwyneth Paltrow • health and wellness • hollywood • Honmura An • movie stars • pop-up • pop-up cafes • pop-up shops • Roppongi • shopping • skincare • soba • sushi • Sushi Iwa • Tokyo • wellness)
Japan’s host club king wants to sell you some US$490 hair product in a tiny, tiny bottle
- Casey Baseel
May 12, 2019
Roland also has a “must-have” hangover cure that can be yours for just a little over 100 bucks.
- Japan
- (beauty • COK • crazy • hairstyling • Handsome men • host bars • hosts • Roland)
Virtual model imma to pose in fashion magazine with real models, advertising makeup brand KATE
- Dale Roll
May 1, 2019
The CG-created model is getting her big break in the fashion industry!
- Japan
- (beauty • fashion • i-D Japan • imma • KATE cosmetics • makeup • modeling • photoshoot • virtual models)
30 years of Japanese hair and makeup trends, all modeled by one beautiful woman【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2019
As Japan says goodbye to the Heisei era, Shiseido looks back on the last three decades, from the bubble economy to yuru fuwa iyashi otono kawaii joshi.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • beauty • fashion • hairstyling • Heisei • makeup • Reiwa • Shiseido • video)
Lush Japan-exclusive bath bombs from Harajuku store coming to stores worldwide this spring
- Oona McGee
Mar 27, 2019
Bathe with some famous Japanese icons, including sushi, ninjas, and Godzilla.
- Japan
- (bath bombs • bathing • beauty • COK • cosmetics • cute • Harajuku • Kawaii • Lush • shopping • sushi)
Sayonara Heisei Brows: Japanese makeup video takes us through an era of eyebrow beauty trends
- Oona McGee
Feb 7, 2019
One woman, decades of different eyebrows.
- Japan
- (beauty • beauty trends • brows • eyebrows • fashion • Japanese beauty • Japanese women • makeup • makeup trends • mayuge • society)
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