If you love Japanese beauty products as much as I do, then you’re more than likely familiar with the brand Candy Doll that was started by the very popular Japanese gyaru model Tsubasa Masuwaka (definition of ‘gyaru’ here). A lot of young women look up to her as a style icon, so you can imagine how just as popular her makeup brand is, especially amongst those who follow or are part of the gyaru sub-culture lifestyle.
I’ve never tried anything yet from Candy Doll prior to my last trip to Japan, but I was already familiar with her other brand, Dolly Wink, since I ordered one of the eyeliners from it years ago. So when I was in Shibuya 109, I grabbed a whole bunch of Candy Doll items, including these Candy Doll Lip Sticks in the shades “Ramune Pink” and “Pink Grapefruit”.
The outer packaging of the lipsticks is expectedly cute and girly, almost whimsical. Of course mostly everything is in Japanese, so unfortunately I can’t give you any official product info aside from the shade names which are written in the front. I like how they also show the lip swatches using Tsubasa’s lips. I’ll admit that seeing how they looked on her immediately made me want these two particular shades most, even if I know product photos of swatches are hardly the most accurate thanks to all the editing involved.