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Hakuhodo

5.0 (11 reviews)

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J5523, J5529, J146, J5533, B142, J5522

I made an appointment for here as soon as I found out there was a store near me in LA. It was pretty easy to get an appointment within the week, on Black Friday. When I showed up I was nervous it was closed because the door was locked, but the sales associate came out quickly. He was very nice and never felt pushy or rushed. He was available whenever I had a question but managed not to hover over me either. I was very interested to learn that Hakuhodo makes some of Sonia G's brushes, and used to make Tom Fords before he switched to synthetic. I was mainly seeking another eyeshadow brush set now that I am using eyeshadow daily and am very happy with the purchase. I was so embarrassed at checkout when I realized I had forgotten my wallet, after having drove 45 min to get here, and was luckily able to pay via PPal. The associate was very nice about this and it had started pouring while I was there, and he walked me to my car with an umbrella. The collection here is just beautiful; if you are into fude I highly recommend the trip. Service is top notch as well, they really go above and beyond.

4 special eye brushes from the J-series and Basic line; all high quality goat hair ~$100 total, tax included
Christine P.

I made a special trip from the Bay just to come here and it was soo worth it. You ring a doorbell to be let in and right in front is fude heaven! They have most of the brushes shown on the US website in store. The best part is that there's a small station where you can try out the brushes on yourself with makeup. All the brushes were clean--I'm pretty sure this is the reason why they ask people to make an appointment beforehand--so they can prepare everything for you! There's also a video shown on the side about the history of Hakuhodo and the manufacturing process. A lot of people think Hakuhodo is crazy expensive, but depending on the series (such as the J-series and Basic line) the price is comparable to MAC except wayyy more soft, especially since MAC has switched over to all synthetic (although Hakuhodo has a synthetic line too that's soo soft too!). Great brushes are a good investment that'll last forever and you really just pay once, hurt once. I wish I had never spent my money on those cheapo brands like Morphe because #1 the quality is incomparable and #2 cheaper brushes fall apart not to mention when you keep replacing it, it's going to cost as much as Hakuhodo anyway.

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“Goat hair brushes are favorite but looking forward to expand my collection with blue squirrel brushes.”

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