TESO Life — Local services in Duluth

I visited this store looking for cosmetics and Japanese food: they have an impressive selection of the former and a somewhat disappointing selection of the latter.

There were many brands of makeup: a wide selection of Canmake products (including lots of nail polish), as well as some items from Dasique, 3CE, and Flower Knows (along with other brands I didn’t know/recognize); there were many choices of eyeliner and mascara from Isehan and other brands. The Japanese sunscreen selection was good, but they didn’t have the one I was looking for (Kiss Me Mommy by Isehan); they did have several Biore sunscreens, the Skin Aqua tone-up (color correcting (?)) ones, along with some Anessa sunscreens. There were lots of hair products (shampoo, treatment, oil, etc) beauty tools (sponges, hair rollers, clips, etc.), bath products, facial cotton, etc. They had many hand creams and perfumes from the brand Ohana Mahaalo, which was a pleasant surprise. There were also a few Fiancée products (hand cream, gel fragrance, nail oil, and a spray or two). Again, a very respectable selection of Japanese drugstore cosmetics, sunscreen, hair products, fragrances, etc. Prices were about what I’d expect at a brick-and-mortar store carrying these items: not super overpriced but the “convenience” markup is there.

However, when it comes to actual Japanese food (I was looking for a specific type/brand of shiso-konbu furikake and big multipack of instant miso soup), they did not have much besides candy and snacks (chips, cookies, etc.). They had a pretty good selection of snacks, sweets, and drinks, from not just Japan but other places as well, but I was pretty bummed at the small selection of “real” food. The instant coffee was also overpriced- I found the same one that I bought (the 90g jar of UCC The Blend no.117) for four dollars less at the GW Market not far from this store. However, they had a decent selection of Café Latory products, more than I found at H Mart.

They also had a small stationery section with Daiso-esque Sanrio products as well as some household items, but these all seemed a bit overpriced to me.

TL;DR: If you’re looking for Japanese (and to a lesser extent Korean) drugstore cosmetics and other beauty products, I’d recommend this place. If you’re looking for sweets and snacks, there wasn’t anything super unique you couldn’t find at other stores, but the selection here is good. If you’re looking for actual Japanese food/groceries, I’d go elsewhere. (I can’t speak about the crane games and blind boxes because I didn’t look at...

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎: 𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎

𝟻/𝟻 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 & 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚜!! 𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢!! (𝚓𝚔 𝚒’𝚖 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚕) 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚘, 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜… 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖, 𝚒 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖, 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔/𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚜 , 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚃 ^ 𝚃 • 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 • 𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢/𝚝𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝!!! 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜, 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗 & 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔 🍀 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚕𝚘𝚕 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 & 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 :)

𝐁𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐄: 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 & 𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐎 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐁𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃, 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄~ 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐔𝐏

𝟺/𝟻 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 & 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚛’𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 (more info below)

𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟸 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 & 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 (𝚒𝚍𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎) 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚒 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚒 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟸 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐/𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚜

⚠️𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎: 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚊⚠️

𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚑𝚑 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 & 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the newly opened Asian store in Duluth, Atlanta, and it was an enchanting journey into the diverse cultures of Asia. From the moment I was particularly impressed by the extensive collection of kitchen utensils, which catered to different Asian cooking styles. It was a delight to explore the aisles filled with unique and high-quality items.

One of the highlights of the store was the selection of frozen snacks and cookies from different Asian cuisines. Additionally, the store features a diverse range of makeup products influenced by different Asian beauty trends. The staff at the store were friendly and knowledgeable, always ready to assist and provide recommendations.

Overall, the grand opening of this Asian store in Duluth, Atlanta is a captivating addition to the local community. It offers a rich tapestry of Asian goods and flavors, allowing customers to explore the unique cultures and...