Nov 30, 2014

My Favorite Makeup Remover

My Favorite Makeup Remover

I have used many makeup remover.
There are 3 important points that I choose a remover each time.
Can I remove makeup tightly easily by once?
Is it gentle with skin?
Does that have the keeping moist effect?
These are the remover I'd like to recommend.
ESTEE LAUDER  Take It Away
MAMA BUTTER cleansing milk
DHC cleansing oil
BIODERMA sensibio H2O 
CAUDALIE cleansing water
MAMA BUTTER
CLEANSING MILK
This doesn't use synthetic artificial color, mineral oil, ester parahydroxybenzoate and a silicon at all by a product of a Japanese company. It blends 10 kinds of organic botanical plants raw material and is cleansing milk of the fragrance of the organic lavender. 
This fragrance and texture are really similar to Jurlique "replenishing cleansing lotion". 
The price is 1500 yen ( approximately $ 13 ). It's much less expensive than Jurlique. 
I love Jurlique though... When I'm not wearing waterproof mascara, I can remove makeup easily by once. This is the very good fragrance, and when I use this, I feel relaxation and grace every time. It seems to be sold in Taiwan as well as Japan and other Asian countries.
DHC
DEEP CLEANSING OIL
This is also a product of a Japanese company, but It's sold in a lot of countries now. 
I have tried various cleansing oil, the cleansing effect is excellent and this is gentlest with skin with natural olive oil and is moistened while washing. I also can remove waterproof mascara. 
It's low-price and every drugstores are sold in Japan, so I can buy easily.
BIODERMA
Sensibio H2O
This is very famous cleansing water. It doesn't seem to be sold in the United States, but it is sold at most drugstores in Japan. This is cleansing water of wipe type. The cleansing effect is also excellent. I can also remove waterproof mascara easily. After wiping makeup, my skin can feel like being graceful and very refreshing. I'm using this at on-board of an airplane mainly. I like I wash my face, and to remove a makeup basically, so I use this at the place where I can't wash my face casually mainly.
CAUDALIE
MAKEUP REMOVER
CLEANSING WATER
Organic grape water and Camomile 
This is also cleansing water of the wipe type.
The cleansing effect is excellent and this is also gentle with skin. The very refreshing good fragrance of like citrus. I think BIODERMA has the keeping moist effect more than this after wiping up a makeup. I like this organic natural fragrance very much. But CAUDALIE isn't sold in Japan. When I went to New York in September, I bought this. There is no Sephora in Japan. I often order online shopping of Sephora from Japan, but Sephora can't ship CAUDALIE off to Japan. I don't know why. But it seems NordStrom can ship CAUDALIE off to Japan. It's expensive though...
ESTEE LAUDER
Take It Away
Gentle Eye and Lip
Long Wear Makeup Remover


Water-based, cream-gel formula of wipe type 
When removing special makeup like Halloween, I use this. I rarely use waterproof mascara or long wear lipstick. So I can remove usual makeup by products above mentioned. There are no chances when I use this so much, but I can remove every kind of makeup perfectly.

Nov 27, 2014

Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens Tokyo Metropolitan Park

Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens Tokyo Metropolitan Park

The deep mountains soul valley left in Tokyo

Yorifusa Tokugawa in Mito made as Nakayashiki in an early stage for 1629 years in the Edo Period, and 2 generations have been completed in a charge for seigneur Mitsukuni.
A garden is the dome migration system miniature hill water garden centering on a pond. The garden where a Chinese feature was taken in. A name in Korakuen was called from
"Gakuyoroki" in China.
Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
Koishikawa Korakuen gardens and Rikugien gardens introduced before are my favorite place.These very beautiful gardens heal my heart and give me various inspiration. Koishikawa Korakuen is designated by a cultural protection law as national special historical site and special scenic spot.
Japanese maple tree
I took many pictures of the colored leaves.

Tokujin-do
This temple where Mitsukuni read a history book "Hakui Retsuden", got an impression and enshrined his wooden statue when he was 18 years old.
Tsutenkyo (bridge)
A gradation with colored leaves is beautiful.
Seiko no tsutsumi (bank)
It was made modeled of a bank of Saiko in Hangchou, china.
Nobedan
The stone pavement with which a natural stone of big and small hewn stone were combined.












 


There are tourists a lot more than Rikugi-en garden introduced before, and Koishikawa Korakuen is very crowded with an excursion for viewing scarlet maple leaves now.

Nov 25, 2014

Beauty Haul : Jurlique Herbal Recovery Age Prevention Essentials

Jurlique  Herbal Recovery Age Prevention Essentials

Protest against the first sighs of aging with multi-vitamins and antioxidants to help recover your skin's healthy glow.
Herbal Recovery Advanced Serum, Night Cream, Eye Cream
These three are an existence saved at the time of the trouble of skin for me.
These reduce the roughness of my skin.  And These have the moisturizing effect firmly to the depths of skin. These are recommended especially on the severe day of dryness.
Julique 
Herbal Recovery Advanced Serum


15 kinds of botanical ingredients and new Jurlique's original ingredients" naturadiance PB18 " are blended. These make my skin soft and give grace. When I finished using one bottle of this, the stain of my under eye had disappeared. I realized natural power of organic cosmetics.
Jurlique Herbal Recovery Night Cream

The active ingredient of botanical plant which maintains grace firmly is blended with the natural vitamins selected carefully. This heightens the original basic power of skin which it has, and maintains it to a fresh healthy skin.Since this was very light texture, I suspected whether this would have an effect, but this gave tightening and tension and moisturization in a night to my skin. I have used regularly since then.
Jurlique
Herbal Recovery Eye Cream


A high performance antioxidant eye cream, features powerful botanical plants oils help to improve various troubles in eyes, and this gives and refreshes grace around delicate eyes.
Moisturizing effect is high is it light texture. It is preventing that wrinkles of eyes are made.
Even if dark circle appearance, this improves my dark circle in a night each time.

Nov 20, 2014

The manners of worship of a shrine at Omiya Hachimangu

The manners of worship of a shrine at Omiya Hachimangu
Omiya Hachimangu
(Shrine in Suginami-ku, Tokyo)
1. Salute before passing through the torii of an entrance, and go into the precincts of a temple after bracing yourself.

2. Purify mind and body with the water of a purifying basin.
This is referred to as "Taking washing water."

The manners which take washing water
It has a ladle with the right hand, water is drawn, and it applies to a left hand, and purifies a left hand.
Next, it has a ladle in a left hand again, and purifies a right hand similarly.
It has a ladle in a right hand again, and rinses a mouth in response to water in the left palm.
If it finishes rinsing a mouth, water will be poured to the left hand once again.
The ladle into which water finally went is stood, and after pouring water on a handle, it turns down and places.

3. It goes to the front of a shrine through an approach. 

4. It will salute, if it stands in front of an offertory box, and put a monetary offering into an offertory box as a mark of the true heart offered to the God. 

5. A bow is carried out twice, two applause is carried out, and a prayer is carried out. 
And after saluting, it retreats. 

≪2 deep bow (rei) 2 applause (hai) 1 deep bow (rei)≫ 

A deep bow (rei) is repeated twice. 
[2 rei] 

Next, both hands are united in the height of a breast, a little right hand is pulled to the front, both hands are opened to a shoulder width grade, and applause is struck twice. 
[2 hai] 

It puts and prays for the heart, uniting both hands exactly after it. 
Both hands are taken down and, finally a deep bow (rei) is carried out once again. 
[1 rei] 
This shrine has divine favor in fortunate child-rearing, easy birth (delivery), matchmaking, and charm against misfortunes.
Tama shimizu no yashiro (another shrine)
sacred water
I have prayed for the wish of health and matchmaking.
This shrine is located from my house at neighborhood and a quiet place.
Since it is not crowded, I can concentrate on a prayer.
I feel the healing effect only by walking along an approach,
Since it is a shrine which has divide favor in an easy birth (delivery), the pregnant woman is often seen.

Nov 17, 2014

Din Tai Fung (Taiwanese restaurant) Shinjuku, Tokyo

Din Tai Fung (Taiwanese restaurant) Shinjuku, Tokyo

DinTaiFung established its reputation and have been highly praised by the media including being selected as one of the top ten restaurants in the world by the “New York Times” in 1993 !!
There are 14 stores in Japan. It's very popular. Especially xiao long bao (steamed pork dumpling) is famous. Other foods are also very delicious although xiao long bao is delicious.
Din Tai Fung
Steamed pork dumplings (xiao long bao)
Thee-sort assortment
steamed pork
steamed pork containing crab guts and scallop
deep gried shrimp 
with the dressing of mayonnaise
Deep-fried pork 
which attached the scent by phak chi (paiqu)
fried rice with eggs and pork and vegetable
wakame seaweed and welsh onion soup
apricot wine
Chinese mesona jelly
It seems that it is said in China that mesona has a curative effect over diabetes, high blood pressure, cold, arthritis, and muscular pain.