Revue Website Update

The Revue website has been updated with the latest TV commercial, wallpaper and screensaver.

http://www.kanebo-cosmetics.jp/revue/cm/index.html

Update on Testimo/Revue

I checked with my favourite Kanebo SA today about the discontinuation of Testimo and Revue and she confirmed that Testimo will be discontinued in December and replaced by a new brand BUT Revue will continue! In addition, Testimo's products will not be phased out immediately. I guess it will be like Pied Nus which was continued to be sold after Maquillage was introduced but the product selection has dwindled over time. After Maquillage came out with their Double Shiny Eyes recently, all the PN Sparkling Eyes have been discontinued.

Testimo and Revue to be discontinued

Just read on 2Channel that the current fall collections for both Revue and Testimo will be their last. Come December, these two brands will be discontinued and replaced by a new brand, Coffret d'Or (not sure of spelling but it means 'gold box' in French). This is similar to when Pied Nus and Proudia were discontinued and replaced by Maquillage. And the bad news is that Coffret d'Or will be a "no print price" brand just like Maquillage and Esprique Precious. Which means no more drugstore discounts!! I really hate this 'no print price' trend in Japanese drugstore brands. Hope that the new brand will at least have more elegant packaging than Maquillage's weirdly shaped compacts and maintain the excellent quality of Revue and Testimo if not their affordable pricing. It's just so sad, to think that there won't be new Testimo and Revue collections to look forward to.

Revue website update

Revue has updated with website with the fall collection that will be launching on 1 September. The spokesmodel, actress Ai Kato, looks gorgeous in the clip on the making of the commercial. Do check it out!

http://www.kanebo-cosmetics.jp/revue/index.html

http://www.kanebo-cosmetics.jp/revue/cm/index.html

Revue Fall lineup

It's that time of the year again for Revue's annual fall/winter lineup revamp. After the boring and plain design for the Spring/Summer Superior Stay series, I was pleasantly surprised by the more elegant design for the Fall/Winter Essence In series. The collection includes:

1. Essence In Moisture Liquid (liquid foundation) SPF17, PA++. 25g, 4200yen. Available in 7 shades.

2. Essence In Milky Fix (primer) SPF16, PA++. 25ml, 3150yen.

3. W Effect Concealer (3150yen): a two-step system that includes a gel and a powder. Specially designed for concealing pores.

4. Finish Powder (Natural Moist) 25g, 2940yen

5. Foundation Case (Limited Edition) 1050yen

The new Essence In Moisture Liquid foundation contains two new ingredients, Flat Coat Jelly which is a transparent gel base, and Moist Melty Oil for deep moisturising. The release date is 1 September and the spokemodel is still Ai Kato.