FAS

More about FAS
Origin
Japan
Heritage
Emerging
Type
J-beauty
Verdicts
1 Strong choice · 1 Good choice of 7 assessed
Top-rated
FAS The Black Day Cream SPF 50+ PA++++
Website
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7 products reviewed

All FAS Products

All 7 Cleansers 2 Treatments 3 Moisturizers 1 Sunscreens 1
Type Cleansers 2 Moisturizers 1 Serums 1 Toners 1 Eye Creams 1 SPF Moisturizers 1
Full protection sun damage
No.1
FAS The Black Day Cream SPF 50+ PA++++ in a silver tube Black Rice Ferment Day Shield
FAS spf moisturizer

The Black Day Cream SPF 50+ PA++++

FAS's Black Day Cream is a polished SPF50+ PA++++ tinted day cream that protects, evens tone and acts as a makeup base, with a quasi-drug niacinamide active and a modern filter mix. It is elegant and effective for normal to dry skin. Fragrance, a little alcohol and octinoxate make it less suited to sensitive skin, and it carries a luxury price.

Key Niacinamide · Tinosorb

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Price n/a
Good choice dehydration
No.2
FAS The Black Essence in a tapered black glass bottle Black Rice Ferment Essence
FAS toner

The Black Essence

FAS's Black Essence is a short, elegant hydrating essence built on black rice ferment in place of water, with humectants, glycyrrhizate and a pseudo-ceramide. It leaves skin soft, plump and glowing and suits most skin types. The ferment's specific benefits are claimed rather than proven, it contains fragrance, and its luxury price is hard to justify on ingredients alone.

Key Probiotics & Prebiotics · Glycerin

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Price n/a
Supporting role aging
No.3
FAS The Black Cream in a black glass jar Rich Niacinamide Ferment Cream
FAS moisturizer

The Black Cream

FAS's Black Cream is a rich, well-built moisturizer for dry and mature skin, pairing a quasi-drug niacinamide active with plant ceramide-like lipids, phospholipids, shea and the brand's black rice ferment. It feels luxurious and comforting. It contains fragrance, has few reviews so far, and its very high price is driven more by branding than by ingredients.

Key Niacinamide · Phospholipids

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Price n/a
Supporting role dullness
No.4
FAS The Clear Cleansing Gel in an amber pump bottle Honey Ferment Cleansing Gel
FAS cleanser

The Clear Cleansing Gel

FAS's Clear Cleansing Gel is an oil-free, humectant-rich makeup-removing gel that cleans everyday makeup and sunscreen in one step while leaving skin soft. Its ferments, including a Kyoto honey ferment, add a gentle touch. It contains fragrance, struggles with heavy waterproof makeup and carries a luxury price for a cleanser.

Key Emulsifiers · Probiotics & Prebiotics

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Price n/a
Supporting role excess oiliness
No.5
FAS The Clear Cream Soap in a black squeeze tube Ferment Cream Foam Soap
FAS cleanser

The Clear Cream Soap

FAS's Clear Cream Soap is a classic Japanese foaming cream cleanser, a potassium soap softened with plenty of glycerin, conditioning polymers and the brand's ferments. It whips into a luxurious, dense foam and cleans thoroughly. Soap can still feel drying on dry or sensitive skin, it contains fragrance, and the price is high for what is fundamentally a well-made soap.

Key Cleansing Surfactants · Glycerin

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Price n/a
Promising hyperpigmentation
No.6
FAS The Black Bright Serum II in a white pump bottle with gold lettering Four-Active Brightening Serum
FAS serum

The Black Bright Serum II

FAS's Black Bright Serum II is a thoughtfully built brightening serum that targets pigment from several angles, with tranexamic acid, arbutin, ascorbyl glucoside and glycyrrhizate as registered Japanese actives. It feels light and gives an instant glow. The concentrations are undisclosed, it contains fragrance, it is new, and its price is steep.

Key Tranexamic Acid · Arbutin

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Price n/a
Not yet assessed aging
No.7
FAS The Black Lift Eye Cream in a slim black pump bottle Soft-Focus Lift Eye Cream
FAS eye cream

The Black Lift Eye Cream

FAS's Black Lift Eye Cream delivers an impressive instant effect: silicones, a film-former and light-scattering pigments smooth, tighten and brighten the under-eye area within minutes, making it an excellent concealer base. But it contains no proven anti-ageing actives, includes fragrance and is priced at the very top of the market for 15 g. It is a beautiful primer, not a treatment.

Key Probiotics & Prebiotics · Dimethicone

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Price n/a

More about FAS

, built around a black rice ferment from Kyotango, Kyoto, developed with fermentation researchers over about three years. It sells through department stores in Japan and publishes no independent clinical studies.