Boscia Tsubaki Cleansing Oil-Gel

Finished this 150mL/5fl. oz. pump bottle of Boscia Tsubaki Cleansing Oil-Gel a while now but totally forgot to review it. It was J. who bought this bottle, but she didn't like the texture and so it was passed onto me. I was happy to try as I'd been curious about it for a while.

Grace One Perfect Gel Cream

Continuing the trend of all-in-one products, I picked up this Grace One Perfect Gel Cream Set to try. The set comes with a full size 100g Gel Cream, and two 30mL trial size bottles of the Lotion R and Milk.

Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream aka YuSkin A Family Medical Cream

Having gotten these tiny 3g/0.1oz tubes of Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream from Sephora, I was skeptical, because there's been a lot of Western brands that tout secret-whatever from Japan (or Korea, etc.). Even stranger was that throughout my 3 times living in Japan, I've never once seen this cream anywhere, not online or in stores, drugstores or otherwise.

Caudalie Hand Cream Trio Limited Edition

Had this Caudalie Hand Cream Trio Limited Edition for a long time and after 3+ years am finally finishing up the last tube. Ha.

Tokyo Eats - In the neighborhood Part IV

More food in my former neighborhood, again, won't be the last as I'm still catching up on photos.

We didn't dine at the Atago Green Hills Forest Tower lounge as D&E got tired of the food and wanted to venture out. But still, over the new year (which was a long time ago, I know...), they actually served zouni, a traditional new year soup with mochi!

Lunasol 2016 Party Coffret Web Finds

...Because I can't go see and swatch this Lunasol 2016 Party Coffret myself anymore T.T *sniff* so I scoured the web for pictures of them and hoped to find some swatches. I did find some, so I thought I'd share them with you :)

***Screencap from Lunasol JP.

The Party Coffret retails for 6,500JPY (about $65) includes:

- Party Eyes 2016 EX01 Gold Nuance Brown

- Face & Brush Color EX01 Ivory Pink

- Lip Color Balm EX01 Shiny Sheer Pink

- Shiny Pencil Eye Liner EX04 Soft Gold Brown

- Original pouch

Tokyo Eats - Roppongi Area Part IV

More food in Roppongi, though probably not the last since I'm still waaay behind on photos. I'd thought to wait until I'm all caught up but the post will grow too long, so I'm posting what I have now, already pretty darn long as it is!

An art display at Midtown, along with even more photos of sakura that I didn't get to in the previous installment. I know, I'm posting spring photos in the fall and summer photos in the winter. Ha.

Tea Time! Part II

More tea and tea-related things! If you've seen some of these photos before, it's because I pulled them from the previous post that was too long.  

This was the matcha from my local grocery store that I'd sent home with great success! There were quite a few choices on the shelf of course, with price ranging from $5-30. I asked the store staff for a recommendation and was told this was the best-selling. It cost all of $6!

Coffret D'Or Premium Stay Rouge Part V

Finally got to my additions of Coffret D'Or Premium Stay Rouge from this past spring. Out of the 8 colors released (with names!), I got PK-299 Orchid Pink and PK-300 Clear Pink, both in the regular lineup, and PK-304 Blossom Pink and PK-305 Berry Pink, both limited editions and are scented.

Unless otherwise stated, all pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Afternoon Tea at the Lobby Lounge, Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo Part II

After the failed afternoon tea at Piacere, my friends and I agreed we'd give the Lobby Lounge Shangri-La Hotel one more try. So when J. had friends visiting, we took them back here. Thankfully, they didn't mess up this time and we got seated where we should be :)