I Slept an Hour Tops and Can’t Deal with Ichibankao and Adam Beauty Closing Indefinitely
In 2007, I started a little space on the Internet to talk about makeup. I never knew at that time how long or how far it would take me but here we are in a brave new world and it’s still going strong.
With time comes change with change comes nostalgia. I find myself more than ever before reminiscing about the makeup world. Beauty has evolved so much over the past several years! The saddest thing about all the change is brands that are long gone and wonderful people like Kevyn Aucoin, Brooklyn Fragrance Lover, Thierry Mugler that have left us and passed onto their next beauty life.
A few days ago I had a yearning to haul KATE’s Spring 2022 Collection. KATE is one of several brands under the Kanebo parent company. It’s an edgy little Japanese brand that gives off Anna Sui (talk about memories! A name I haven’t uttered in years right here!) vibes with it’s goth-y promo imagery. It used to be one of my favorite brands and a brand I actually started Musings of a Muse on. As Musings of a Muse, way back when, was all about Japanese Makeup Collections.
My craving for KATE led me to Adam Beauty. I’ve used Adam for many years after PJ from a Touch of Blusher (another true OG in the world of Japanese beauty). Adam is temporarily closed as is the more expensive option, Ichibankao. It’s not like I can’t get KATE somewhere else should I chose. One of my dearest and closet friends, Mai, leaves in Tokyo. She’d happily get me whatever I want however, with postal restrictions and COVID it’s a little difficult right for her and smaller businesses like Ichibankao and Adam Beauty to ship items.
Adam has a smaller note about closing but Ichibankao has a more ominous wording say they are closed indefinitely.
So, for all my OGs, I share this news with a very heavy heart. I hope both return. I missed out chats about Japanese makeup but Musings of a Muse became so much more bigger and the frustration with actually have to track down Japanese beauty was too great a task for some readers. I get many frustrating emails about how reviewing makeup from Japan was a tease because items were difficult to track down, shipping was too high, etc…etc….
This meant Musings of a Muse went more mainstream and evolved into what you see it as it is today.
I still most those days when we’d squeal over “HOW CUTE!” the packaging was.
I hope your favorite brands and people in the world of makeup are still around. I hope Adam returns and Ichibankao but the way things are going with COVID it feels more and more small businesses and even larger ones are being forced out of business.
Which brands or makeup influencers or artists are you missing?