Many are obsessing with the Korean beauty right now, but many are still looking for the OG Asian beauty that introduced Oil Cleansing to the world. Both online and in malls, when you asked for an Asian beauty product they will mostly show you a Korean product. I have nothing against it, but there are certain products that I like that I want to buy from a Japanese brand. So where to buy Japanese beauty products in the Philippines?
Luckily, I'm a good researcher, and found these places below:
1. Tokyo Beauty Ph - I haven't bought anything from this shop before but I've known theme because there were mentioned in Cosmopolitan Philippines and Spot.ph when I was researching about Japanese beauty products.
2. The Skincare Curator - This is where I bought my Hada Labo products, although their selection of Japanese products are few since majority of their stocks are Korean brands and some The Ordinary products.
3. Japanichi Shop - Another shop I found thru research, so yes, I haven't purchase anything from them yet but I do see they have impressive selections compared to those stores I mentioned above. Because besides beauty products, they also sell Japanese supplements.
4. BeautyMNL - This is the biggest online beauty shop in the Philippines, of course, they do have Japanese beauty products as well. Even the photo I used above is from this store too. Some brands they sell are Biore, RMK, Suqqu, and more.
5. Yes Style - This online shop isn't based locally, but they offer free shipping to the Philippines. And compared to all the shops I mentioned in this post, this one has the widest selections even those new releases are available in here.
PHYSICAL STORES
1. Watsons & SM Department Stores - I put these two together because there's always a Watsons store in SM Malls. And both of them are really improving their Asian beauty brand selections. Right now they have Majolica Majorca, Canmake, Kate Tokyo, Dolly Wink, K-Palette, and Biore.
2. Beauty Bar - This store both have an online and physical store, and since early 2018, they already added Asian beauty brands in their selections. The majority of those are Korean beauty brands but for Japanese brands, they currently have Lululun and Farirydrops.