I was at Daiso at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara last weekend. I’d been to the Daiso in Singapore so I was very excited when I found out it was opening here in the Klang Valley (its been available in East Malaysia for a while).
After collecting armfuls of bento accessories, I came upon the cosmetics aisle in Daiso and the very first thing that caught my eye was this:-
A nose shadow!
No plastic surgery needed. Just dust this magic powder on your nose and watch it transform itself to your desired shape! Woot! 😀 After all, if eyes have eyeshadow, why can’t a nose have nose shadow?
Just kidding. It is basically a contouring powder where you can use the darker powder to shade and lighter powder to highlight to give the impression of a higher, sharper more shapely nose. Nothing I’d try since I’m quite happy with my little button of a nose, but something Michael Jackson might have wanted to look at before he underwent all that plastic surgery eh? 😉
At just RM5 it would have been a cute novelty item, but I was more interested in my bento and household stuff for which I just know I’m going to be such a regular at Daiso!
MisSmall says
December 16, 2008 at 3:39 pmI guess it can be used as a contour powder for the face as well. The colours seem a bit harsh though ey?
ParisB says
December 16, 2008 at 3:54 pm@MisSmall : It was very contrasting which made me wonder just how useful it would be. Trust the Japanese eh? 🙂
Cheesey Poo says
December 16, 2008 at 7:49 pmThis post came some 30+ years too late for my no-nose. ;))
Having said that, I was once made up as Snow White for an office skit and I watched the make-up artist conjure up a nose for me just by using 2 very contrasting colours…. dark on the outer parts of my (no) nose and a very light colour down the middle. She did it right, so I had a nose for about 7 hours. I guess if you do it wrong, you will look like an Arabian thoroughbred with a white streak down the middle of your face.
Nikki says
December 16, 2008 at 8:08 pmThats a nice contour powder for the face! misSmall is right! Though it looks a bit too dry, or hmm..not blendable? Not sure, only looking at it through photos 🙂 Ooohhhh i can imagine you strolling down the aisle of Daiso for household products! I like too
Amanda says
December 16, 2008 at 8:23 pmI never knew such ‘shadow’ exists. Interesting! 🙂 I’ve been using my Too Faced bronzer for contouring.
I’m more interested in the bento accessories 😀 Is there any Daiso in the KL city center? I’ll be spending about 10 hours in KL next month before my next flight home to S’wak, I hope I’ve enough time to stock up some MAC, MUFE and bento accessories!
Connie says
December 16, 2008 at 8:33 pmI saw that but didn’t notice that it was for the nose >.< haha. luckily u didn’t get caught taking pics at Daiso :p
YZ says
December 17, 2008 at 12:59 amDaiso is opening in Malacca as well (same building as Carrefour, next to Dataran Pahlawan.) Can’t wait! 🙂
Ms. Blacklace says
December 17, 2008 at 2:16 amLol…. I used to use eye shadow to contour my nose. Did that for my prom night. So when I went under the lights, my friends thought I went for plastic surgery. It doesn’t really change the shape of your nose though… Just makes it look sharper.
Rikairi says
December 17, 2008 at 2:28 amThere is a Daiso in The Curve???
I wish i knew that earlier… My mother and I just only did major Daiso shopping in Singapore over the weekend and brought the heavy load all the way back to KL. Lol..
rinnah says
December 17, 2008 at 8:31 amHey, I didn’t see that when I was at Daiso! Too distracted by the eyeshadows. Hehe.
ParisB says
December 17, 2008 at 10:44 am@Cheesey Poo : LOL at the reference to teh Arabian thoroughbred!
@Nikki: I think it might be too dark for the face really. I love the household department of Daiso. Everything else in there pales in comparison to the storage ideas for the kitchen!
@Amanda: The only Daiso in Klang Valley for now is in The Curve. Not sure if they’ll be opening one in KL city centre that soon. Ooh won’t you have fun in KL 🙂
ParisB says
December 17, 2008 at 10:45 am@Connie : Heh… I’ve gotten used to sneaking pics 😉
@YZ: Ooh nice! Thanks for the info.
@Ms. Blacklace: Yeah usually the contouring does that – I dare not try it for fear of looking like an arabian thoroughbred as Cheesey said below.
ParisB says
December 17, 2008 at 10:47 am@Rikairi : Yes it just opened last week. 🙂
@Rinnah: The eyeshadows did nothing for me but this really made me LOL!
Tine says
December 17, 2008 at 3:21 pmHaha, that’s interesting. Definitely something the Japanese came up with 😉
You can actually just contour the nose to make it look slimmer with a little bronzer (or brownish-coral blush) and some powder 🙂
shinokay says
December 17, 2008 at 4:18 pmDear Yz,
any idea when is the opening in melaka? i am from muar , just 30mins from melaka…can’t wait to visit daiso
YZ says
December 17, 2008 at 4:25 pmshinokay, I’m not too sure…. but will definitely let you know when it does!
Pls leave me your e-mail addy so I can contact you 😉
Monstro says
December 17, 2008 at 8:56 pmOooohhhh Daiso!!!
Err…nose shadow? Hilarious!
I have no nose, but I’m scared of contouring the nose bit. I think maybe I don’t know how to do it, cos it would be some kind of 80’s air brushing disaster!
haha!
HOWEVER, my makeup artist did a tad of that on my wedding day, and my granny kept asking how come I had a nose that night!:-D
Adelina says
December 18, 2008 at 12:28 amTime to go check Daiso out. Hehe. Can finally have a nose for the hols season (IF i manage to do it properly)! 😛
The bento supplies sound very tempting as well 😀
ParisB says
December 18, 2008 at 9:58 am@Adelina : LOL at the nose for holidays 🙂 Do check out the bento stuff. You’d be overwhelmed!
ParisB says
December 18, 2008 at 10:01 am@YZ : For your security I’ll email you both with each other’s email – don’t want your mail boxes getting spammed 🙂