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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Nessa Humayun

Japanese Beauty Is Having a Moment—These Are the Cult Products Insiders Have Shopped for Years

J-beauty.

If you're on the never-ending quest for smooth, supple, "glass-like" skin, then it's time to get acquainted with Japanese beauty.

While it has a similar ethos to the innovations coming out of South Korea—so, a focus on gentle, hydrating and barrier-building ingredients—there are key differences. While K-beauty is focused on trends and rapid production, J-beauty formulas are often decades in the making, and centred around specific ingredients, like ferments, green tea, rice and seaweed, as well as precise application techniques.

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