Best Things in Beauty : Tokyo Day 2

First, I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who stopped by yesterday and left comments on my Tokyo posts! Today was spent walking all around Shinjuku, where Takashimaya, Odakyu and Isetan department stores are located. It is simply amazing that there are masses and masses of women shopping at Isetan's beauty floor on a weekday afternoon like there's no global financial meltdown taking place! Odakyu and Takashimaya were quieter but with still a fairly decent crowd of customers unlike in Singapore, when the only time you see crowds on the beauty floors are when there's a sale going on!

I picked up a tube of my trusty favourite, T'estimo Bright Up Eyeshadow Base #1 which was a bargain at only 1470yen after the 30% drugstore discount. I've been curious about Coffret D'Or foundations as I was a big fan of Revue powder foundations in the past. The SA in Matsumoto Kiyoshi told me that due to a huge outcry from the loyal Revue fanbase, Kanebo has decided to keep making the Revue base makeup line instead of discontinuing it as originally planned when they introduced Coffret D'Or. That's consumer power at work!

Anyway, I finally decided to take the plunge into Coffret D'Or foundations when I came across this set in Matsumoto Kiyoshi which includes the foundation refill and case for only 3675yen. The foundation refill usually retails by itself for 3675yen while the case is 1050yen. I also liked the pink case, which reminded me of Revue and is a departure form Coffret D'Or's usual gold packaging. I got the Beauty Essence Pact in Beige C.

Also picked these up as a CP for my good buddy, Fleckenschnitte! The pink case, mirror and card holder are all gifts from Matsumoto Kiyoshi for pre-ordering the Aube Couture items. Fortunately, Sofina has decided to keep Aube Couture as a brand that can be discounted by the drugstores so these were all 30% off.

At a store called It's Demo in Shinjuku station, I came across a couple of special makeup sets. These are usually called 'lucky bags' and you usually pay about 20% of the retail price for a grab bag of makeup items (usually limited edition items from past collections or discontinued items), sometimes without knowing what you're buying exactly. Some of you may remember It's Demo as the store that offered Kiss lucky bags a couple of years ago :-) There was a 2100yen set by Revlon with retail value of about 10,000yen.

Since I'm not a Revlon fan, I was not too excited. That is, until I saw this Lola set! It includes the Gloss Menagerie of 10 mini lipglosses (5040yen), Lip Sheer in Graceful (2940yen) and Shadow Trio in Jewel (3465yen) for the amazing price of only 2520yen! I've always found Lola's bright packaging to be very attractive but it's always been too expensive in Japan for me to splurge on.

The lipglosses have a strong mint scent and feature a diverse range of beige, pink and red shades.

I had just been admiring the plum shade with gold sparkles in the Jewel trio at another store a couple of days ago so you can imagine my excitement when I found it as part of this set! The Lip Sheer is a lovely rosy pink.

At Odakyu department store in Shinjuku, I cam across B Never Too Busy to Be Beautiful, a British makeup brand. The eyeshadows and lip creams all come in small pots covered in beads. There was a good selection of vibrant shimmery shades but I did not find the packaging appealing so I did not bother to swatch these.

Love Clover display for the new Marshmallow Fit Decoration Powder. The texture felt quite rough and even using the brush, it was difficult to see a visible difference.