by PJ on Sunday, September 16, 2018
in _Japanese Brand Profile, _Stash Debut, -Excel, -Sana, 2015 Fall, all about Japanese cosmetics, makeup, makeup - eyeshadow, stash focus
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Excel is a popular drugstore beauty line in Japan, and, today, in my Stash Debut series, I will be sharing my thoughts on the line’s Skinny Rich Shadow in SR01 Beige Brown. (Here, “skinny” (“スキニー”) means “skin-like” or “skin-tonal”.)
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by PJ on Tuesday, April 24, 2018
in _Japanese Brand Profile, _Stash Debut, -NewBorn, -Sana, 2012 Fall, all about Japanese cosmetics, makeup, makeup - eyebrow, stash focus
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To shape and fill in my eyebrows, I have been using a matte grayish black eyeshadow. (I use it very light-handedly to create a natural look that doesn’t look too defined.) While I have been very happy with it for years, some of the recent 3-in-1 eyebrow products (which feature an eyebrow pencil, an eyebrow powder on a sponge tip and a brush) do look tempting. NewBorn‘s W Brow EX N in B2 Grayish Brown is what I decided to try.
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