Two multifunctional gel creams from the skincare brand AQUALABEL will go on sale in limited-design, 20% larger versions on Saturday, November 21, 2026. Both are limited-quantity cream products sold at a no-print price.
- From AQUALABEL, a brand built around a treat-yourself esthetic-salon feel, comes a special-design multifunctional gel cream for a year-end treat, in limited quantities.
- Following the popular 2024 limited edition, textile designer Yuri Himuro returns with an original design on the theme "Deep Relaxing Flower."
- A generous 20% larger size, made to express gratitude for everyday support (compared with the regular 90 g product).
- Regular refill products are available, so the limited-design container can be refilled and used continuously.
Background
AQUALABEL is releasing a specially designed multifunctional gel cream in limited quantities, timed to suit the close of the year. The brand has teamed up once again with popular textile designer Yuri Himuro, following the well-received 2024 limited edition. In addition to the original design on the theme "Deep Relaxing Flower," the new version comes in a 20% larger size (compared with the regular 90 g product), made with gratitude for everyday support.
Through the original design, the brand aims to turn daily skincare into a time of reward-worthy esthetic-salon pampering, adding color to everyday life and letting more people look forward to a wonderful lifestyle.
About the Gel Creams
AQUALABEL's multifunctional gel cream works like a "cream serum." It delivers beauty ingredients into the skin (as far as the stratum corneum) like a serum, and it also seals in moisture like a cream. It can be added to a regular routine for extra care, or used on its own for simple care on busy days.
The line comes in three types to match different skin concerns: aging care, high-moisture pore care, and whitening care. Each contains carefully selected beauty ingredients. For this limited edition, two types suited to the season are offered: aging care and high-moisture pore care.
Aging care means moisture care suited to one's age. Whitening means suppressing melanin production to prevent spots and freckles.
AQUALABEL Special Gel Cream EX (Golden Repair) L
This is an aging care multifunctional gel cream for concerns such as dryness and lack of firmness. Its "Retinol Oil in Capsule" (retinol oil: retinyl acetate, for moisture and smooth skin), created with an original emulsification technology, penetrates deep into the stratum corneum. It also contains carefully selected beauty ingredients such as "Amino Acid GL" (D-aspartic acid, glycerin; for firmness and moisture) and "Peptide GL" (palmitoyl tripeptide-1, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, glycerin; for moisture). The cream is designed to lead to plump, firm, glowing skin in which dry fine lines are less noticeable.
Product Name: AQUALABEL Special Gel Cream EX (Golden Repair) L (cream, limited-quantity item)
Size: 108 g
Price: No-print price
Type: Limited-quantity special-design, larger-size aging care multifunctional gel cream
Design Motif: Lotus. The lotus, a symbol of vitality and regeneration, expresses new vitality being brought to the skin and both skin and mind being updated.
Features:
- Retinol Oil in Capsule (retinol oil: retinyl acetate; for moisture and smooth skin) penetrates deep into the stratum corneum for plump, firm, glowing skin in which dry fine lines are less noticeable
- Contains Amino Acid GL (D-aspartic acid, glycerin; for firmness and moisture)
- Contains Peptide GL (palmitoyl tripeptide-1, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, glycerin; for moisture)
- Contains Collagen GL (water-soluble collagen, glycerin; for moisture)
- Contains W Hyaluronic Acid (acetylated sodium hyaluronate, sodium hyaluronate; for moisture)
- Contains Penetrating Beauty Amino Acids (D-glutamic acid, DL-alanine, DL-methionine; for moisture retention)
- Makes dry fine lines less noticeable (efficacy evaluation tested)
- Long-lasting moisture
- Alcohol (ethanol) free
- 5 functions in 1 (lotion, emulsion, serum, cream, mask)
- Comforting herbal rose scent
- Allergy tested (this does not mean that no one will have an allergic reaction)
How to Use:
- After washing your face in the morning and evening, take an appropriate amount on your fingertips and spread it over the whole face.
- For extra moisture, use it as a mask. Spread a small additional amount over the whole face, leave for about 3 minutes, then blend in gently.
- Guide to the amount: one almond-sized portion (about 1.5 g)
Recommended "Ironing" Application for Concerned Areas:
- Eye area: Stretch the outer corner of the eye with one hand. With the pad of the middle finger of the other hand, blend the cream in with an up-and-down zigzag motion, as if ironing.
- Mouth area: Using the pads of the middle and ring fingers of both hands, blend the cream in with an upward diagonal motion, as if ironing.
AQUALABEL Special Gel Cream EX (Moist Smooth) L
This is a high-moisture pore care multifunctional gel cream for pore concerns. It contains "Glycyl Glycine," a pore and skin-texture refining ingredient, at the highest concentration within AQUALABEL. It also contains carefully selected beauty ingredients such as "Glycolic Acid GL" (glycolic acid, glycerin; for moisture) and "Amino Acid GL" (D-aspartic acid, glycerin; for firmness and moisture). It delivers plenty of moisture and is designed to lead to skin in which pores are less noticeable.
Product Name: AQUALABEL Special Gel Cream EX (Moist Smooth) L (cream, limited-quantity item)
Size: 108 g
Price: No-print price
Type: Limited-quantity special-design, larger-size high-moisture pore care multifunctional gel cream
Design Motif: Tulip. Vividly blooming, fresh tulips sway gracefully in the power of water, expressing skin and mind being moisturized.
Features:
- Penetrates deep into the stratum corneum for dewy skin in which pores are less noticeable
- Contains Glycyl Glycine (a pore and skin-texture refining ingredient)
- Contains Glycolic Acid GL (glycolic acid, glycerin; for moisture)
- Contains Amino Acid GL (D-aspartic acid, glycerin; for firmness and moisture)
- Contains Collagen GL (water-soluble collagen, glycerin; for moisture)
- Contains W Hyaluronic Acid (acetylated sodium hyaluronate, sodium hyaluronate; for moisture)
- Contains Penetrating Beauty Amino Acids (D-glutamic acid, DL-alanine, DL-methionine; for moisture retention)
- "Moist Smooth formula" that is highly moisturizing yet not sticky, sealing in moisture
- 5 functions in 1 (lotion, emulsion, serum, cream, mask)
- Comforting herbal rose scent
- Allergy tested (this does not mean that no one will have an allergic reaction)
How to Use:
- After washing your face in the morning and evening, take an appropriate amount on your fingertips and spread it over the whole face.
- For extra moisture, use it as a mask. Spread a small additional amount over the whole face, leave for about 3 minutes, then blend in gently.
- Guide to the amount: one almond-sized portion (about 1.5 g)
Recommended "Push-In" Beauty Technique:
This technique delivers moisture to pores and plumps them up, leading to smooth skin in which pores are less noticeable. Do it after the basic application above (taking an appropriate amount on your fingertips after washing your face in the morning and evening and spreading it over the whole face).
- Step 1, "Rub in" to the pores: Take a small amount on your fingertips. To work it firmly into the pores, lift your cheek with one hand and rub the cream in small circles over the areas where pores are a concern.
- Step 2, "Push in": Using the pads of your fingers, press firmly so the cream fits snugly into the pores. Lifting from the bottom upward is more effective.
About the Designer
Yuri Himuro is a textile designer and artist who studied and works in both Japan and Finland. Himuro designed and supervised this series.
Himuro launched the textile brand YURI HIMURO on the theme of bringing surprise, fun, and richness to daily life through the relationship between people and fabric, developing textiles and providing designs to companies. In recent years, Himuro's social media collaborations with LOEWE and PORSCHE have drawn attention. In Seoul, South Korea, Himuro held the solo exhibition "JOY, TODAY" in a large space of about 900 square meters, attracting about 70,000 visitors, and international activities continue to expand. Awards include the 2018 Salone Satellite Award Third Prize and the 2021 Maison&Objet Rising Talent Award Japan.
Where to Buy
The creams are sold at drugstores, general merchandise stores (GMS), and cosmetics specialty stores, as well as on e-commerce sites including Shiseido's official "Shiseido Online Store."
Official Links
- AQUALABEL brand site: https://www.shiseido.co.jp/aqua/
- AQUALABEL official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aqualabelofficial/
- AQUALABEL official X: https://x.com/aqua_label_
