KINUJO publishes airflow, ReFa publishes temperature, and neither brand sells a dryer on Amazon.com. A Tokyo hairdresser compares both ranges, names the only model from each that runs on US power, and answers the Japan question separately.
Ichikami’s Amazon listings hide four lines under a dozen names. A hairdresser maps them, explains the sulphate-free cleansers, and picks one for each hair problem.
Japanese shampoo is built for the lengths; Korean shampoo is built for the scalp. A hairdresser compares seven bottles on Amazon US — and finds the gentlest and the strongest cleanser are both Korean.
&honey and YOLU clean with the same three ingredients in a different order. A Tokyo-trained hairdresser explains what each one leaves on your hair, and which hair type should buy which.
How to find a genuinely sulphate-free shampoo in a Japanese drugstore: the characters to look for on the back of the bottle, why medicated (薬用) labels break the usual rule, and the four I would buy.
Shukumo kyosei (縮毛矯正) is the Japanese name for Japanese hair straightening. A Tokyo-trained straightening specialist explains how it works, the 72-hour rule, and the three costs that come after: shampoo, dryer and touch-ups.
A Tokyo hairdresser compares the Dyson Supersonic and Panasonic nanoe dryers you can buy on Amazon US — one controls the air temperature, the other spreads the heat — and says which hair each one suits.
Fino and Tsubaki masks come from the same company and share most of their ingredients. A hairdresser explains the five that change the finish, and which one fits dry hair versus damaged hair.
A hairdresser matches Japanese scalp brushes to the job — silicone for the shower, long pins for thick hair, dry bristles between washes — and explains whether Panasonic’s Scalp Esthe is worth importing.
The ReFa SMART W is a light, 100–240 V Japanese dryer that keeps the air under a temperature ceiling — but it reads the room, not your hair, and it is not sold on Amazon US. A hairdresser on who should import it, which model numbers to avoid, and what to buy here instead.