Bihada Ichizoku Hand & Foot Masks

I have seen these hand and foot mask packs from Etude House a while ago but they were too expensive given the estimated shipping costs on Gmarket were for 1.1kg each so I skipped them.

A short while ago I found Adambeauty listing some cute looking foot and hand mask packs from Bihada Ichizoku so I went ahead and ordered a few pieces of each.


Each package contains 2 steps: something like a glove/sock-shaped sheet mask drenched with moisture lotion for your hands/feet and a clear plastic glove/sock to cover it as a 2nd step. All of the contents are cut very wide so they should fit any foot/hand size.

I used both masks once already and really like how soft and smooth my hands/feet got. It's recommended to leave the masks on for about 10-15 minutes but I left them on for much longer I just put normal cotton socks over the plastic sock and left it on a few hours when I was staying at home anyway.
After removing the masks I just massage the remaining liquid in.


The smooth feeling isn't that long lasting so I can't really say that the moisture supply to my skin is lasting but for an instant boost of foot/hand care this is a nice product.


The masks will set you back US$6/each if you purchase them from Adambeauty. I haven't seen them elsewhere but chances are good you'd pay even more. These are definitely a splurge but for using these 2x a month or so they are definitely worth it.

Bihada Ichizoku Bath Powders

Since I got interested in the Bihada Ichizoku line and I am really into Japanese bath powders these days I decided to order duo packs of the 4 available powders from Jpmon for NT$199/duo pack (that is NOT cheap...about US$3/single packet! Still cheaper than Lush though hehe).

So considering these are rather expensive bath powders I expected great relaxing baths with them.
And I have to admit that these are indeed nice! All 4 smell good and one of them even gives the water a very lovely purple color.

The 4 ones I got (on the pic from left to right... those are not their actual names though hehe):


- Milky Rose -


gives a milky color and smells softly of roses (very yummy, not so artificial like the Happy Bath Day stuff!).
Contains hyaluronic acid and platinum.

- Relaxing -


smells fresh and soothing. The water gets a murky brown color though
Contains hyaluronic acid, white birch extract, hydrolized silk, aloe bella, mugwort extract

- Orchid -


smells very fresh and yummy herbal with a bit of orchid (that's what it smells for me anyway). Tints the water a pretty purple!
Contains papaya fruit extract, burdock extract, show kyo extract (?), brandy mint extract, aloe bella, hyaluronic acid; angelica, chamomile, fennel, sage, parsley, rosemary and thyme extracts.

- Hot -


this is formulated with pepper but I honestly didn't get any tingling/hot/sweating problem hehe. Smells rather bland and looks yucky gray so this is my least fave.
Contains sulfuric acid, haiyan (?), red pepper extract, rosemary oil, grape seed oil, hyaluronic acid, show Kyo extract (?)

All of the powders leave my skin very soft but not overly moisturized.
I'd say these are a really nice indulgence and they're so cute in their little bags with anime girls (Sara Bihada, her sister and another gal? No idea hehe) but I still love my Tabinoyado powders more as they just give such pretty colors to the water, smell so yummy and fresh and are quite a bit cheaper in comparison.

Each bag contains 25g and retails for 180 Yen.

Bihada Ichizoku Lipgloss & Blush

I've always liked the look of the Bihada Ichizoku masks and other items but except for a Sheet Mask I received as a gift some months ago I hadn't tried any other Bihada items.

I believe that the Bihada Ichizoku line was just extended very recently from skincare to makeup so my interest grew when I spotted the makeup items (there are only a few though) online.

I found the 2 blushes, a concealer and 3 glosses (pink, beige, clear) as well as the skincare items (aqua gel, peeling, base, bath salts and masks) so I decided to order the Bihada Sara blush in pink.
By coincidence I received a Bihada Ichizoku lipgloss in Clear on the same day as the blush as a gift from my dear friend Iris along with my most previous CP so I luckily can review this as well =D

Bihada Ichizoku Blush in pink:


This comes in a very cute box but the case itself is a tad bit boring in my opinion. It looks like the Shu blusher cases with a little of a golden print on the cover but nothing overly spectacular in my opinion.


However the blush itself is very nice! It's a very bright pigmented reddish pink with nice fine shimmer. The shimmer is rather subtle but gives the blush a glowy quality I really love!
I have to carefully apply this as it can look overdone easily but a subtle layer of the blush makes me look healthy and fresh.


I paid about US$10 from eBay seller Singing Pierre Shop on eBay (the shop is closed now though =( )

Bihada Ichizoku Lipgloss in Clear:


The gloss comes in a very cute tube with roses printed all over it. I also like the packaging which features a page from a Bihada Manga (I think so at least).


I love that the gloss has a spatula applicator as it's so easy to keep this clean especially when I want to apply the gloss on top of lipstick.


The milky gloss with super fine pink shimmer pieces looks more or less clear with a very light pink iridescence on my lips.


The texture is quite slick and moisturizing and I find this to be one of the less sticky glosses. There is no scent or taste in the product. It doesn't even taste like plastic like some other unscented glosses do.


The lastability is fine, I reapply my lip products constantly anyway as I always want my lippy to look fresh =)

All in all I think the Bihada Ichizoku items are very nice and worth picking up. Jpmon lists a lot of the products for nearly the retail prices. Adambeauty also has some of the skincare but none of the makeup online right now.