Oh, those elusive Japanese glitters...

Prior to moving to Japan I'd heard/read people raving about "those awesome Japanese glitters!"  Ever since I arrived here about 15 months ago, I've been looking for them.  Even when I went to Tokyo for the Anime Fair I searched Roppongi, Shibuya, and Harajuku for them.  I couldn't find any glitter that I hadn't seen before or seen done better in the States!  Sure, Pa had some nice ones but for 300+ yen (roughly $4) for a tiny bottle it wasn't worth it!

Then I found these:

I'm such a sucker for square glitter and these two CanMake Jewel Glitter Nail polishes have fine glitter and small and medium square glitter!  690 yen (about $9).

Homei is the only brand that I have found in my area that has really interesting glitters.  From the left: the purple has fine purple glitter, iridescent and blue-iridescent hex glitter and purple star glitter in a clear base; the red is fine silver glitter chock full of pink and red medium hex glitter in a clear base; the center polish has iridescent fine glitter, iridescent hex glitter and pink and purple star glitters in a clear base; the silver-y one second from the right has super-fine silver glitter with multi-colored heart glitter in a clear base; and the polish on the right has large red and blue hearts in a clear base.  495 yen (roughly $7)  

Found at the 100 Yen Plaza (Daiso): WinWax New York Light Color Nail Enamel on the right and left--both contain multi-chrome blue-to-pink-to-gold sparkle and WinWax New York Nail Sparks in a deep teal-green.  Each was 105 yen, which is roughly $1.30. 

This is what I'm wearing right now: Deborah Lippmann IKWBL w/ the purple WinWax shimmer and the Homei iridescent w/ pink and purple star glitters as accent.  If you click to enlarge, you'll be able to see the duochrome in the shimmer.  

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