Asahi Labo - Fullerene serum, 100ml

Asahi Labo Fullerene Serum, 100 ml

Overview

The same antioxidant idea as the small Tune Makers concentrate, in a 100 ml bottle meant for daily use across the whole face and neck. The size is the point: at this volume fullerene stops being a specialty drop and becomes a routine step you do not have to ration. See also our Japanese serums.

Key Benefits

• ✓ Fullerene in a 100 ml serum format rather than a specialty dropper bottle
• ✓ Enough volume to use on face and neck twice daily without rationing
• ✓ Fullerene is stable in formulation and does not need the cold storage a fresh vitamin C serum benefits from
• ✓ Sits between lotion and moisturiser in a standard Japanese layering routine
• ✓ No fragrance-forward marketing — this is a plain functional serum
• ✓ Japanese domestic product, shipped from Kobe

Product Details

Brand	Asahi Labo
Country of origin	Japan
Product type	Antioxidant serum
Format	Liquid, bottle
Volume / count	100 ml
Sales channel	Japanese drugstore line
Regulatory status	Cosmetic (not a quasi-drug)
JAN code	See package label

Who Is This For?

• Anyone who wants a daily antioxidant step at a sensible cost per use
• Face-and-neck users, where a 10 ml bottle runs out in weeks
• People who found vitamin C serums went brown before they were finished
• Routines that already have a cleanser, lotion and moisturiser and need one addition
• Not a treatment for pigmentation, acne or wrinkles — see Cautions and the FAQ

How to Use

1. Cleanse and apply your lotion
2. Dispense enough to cover face and neck
3. Spread evenly and pat until absorbed
4. Follow with an emulsion, milk or cream
5. Add sunscreen in the morning

Frequency: Morning and evening, after lotion

Full Ingredients

The manufacturer publishes this as a fullerene concentrate and does not release a ranked INCI list for the international market. Fullerene in cosmetics is supplied as a dispersion — most commonly fullerene in squalane, or a water-dispersible fullerene and polyvinylpyrrolidone complex — carried in a base of water and humectants. Read the list printed on the bottle you receive; send us a photo and we will translate it for you.

Ingredient list as declared by the manufacturer. Formulations are occasionally revised, so always read the list printed on the package you receive.

Cautions

• Patch test on the inner forearm before first use, especially if your skin is reactive.
• Discontinue use and consult a doctor if redness, itching, swelling or persistent stinging occurs.
• Avoid contact with the eyes. If the product enters the eyes, rinse immediately with plenty of water.
• Do not apply to broken, sunburned or actively inflamed skin.
• Keep out of reach of children. Store away from direct sunlight and high temperatures.
• The previous description credited fullerene with lightening age spots, reducing melanin synthesis, eliminating skin inflammation, preventing allergic reactions, eliminating acne and protecting against ultraviolet damage. Those are medical and drug-level claims on a cosmetic and we have removed all of them.
• An antioxidant is not a sunscreen. The previous description said fullerene "protects skin from ultraviolet damage" — antioxidants can mop up some of the free radicals UV generates, which is a real and useful secondary effect, but they do not block or absorb ultraviolet light and they do not reduce your need for SPF by a single point. Use sunscreen.
• A 100 ml bottle stays in use for months. Keep it closed, out of direct light and away from the heat of a bathroom radiator.
• If you are also using an exfoliating acid or a retinoid, introduce this serum a week apart from them so you can attribute any reaction correctly.

Package Contents

One bottle of Asahi Labo Fullerene Serum, 100 ml.

Shipping & Store Notes

• Ships directly from Japan
• Processing time: 2–6 business days
• Tracking number provided after dispatch
• Import duties and taxes may apply depending on destination country
• Opened cosmetics cannot be returned for hygiene and safety reasons

Authenticity Guarantee

Every product at Tsujimoto Market is sourced directly from Japan and verified for authenticity. We never sell fakes or grey-market goods. Each order is carefully packed in Kobe, Japan and dispatched with full tracking.

FAQ

What is fullerene and does the science hold up?

Fullerene is a genuine and interesting molecule — a hollow sphere of sixty carbon atoms, whose discovery won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In laboratory tests it scavenges free radicals very efficiently; the widely quoted figures, around ten times coenzyme Q10 and around one hundred and seventy-two times vitamin C, come from the ingredient's manufacturer, Vitamin C60 BioResearch, and describe in-vitro radical-scavenging assays. What those numbers do not describe is what happens on a human face over months. An in-vitro antioxidant ratio is not a skin result, and cosmetic chemists have said so about this particular figure. Treat fullerene as a well-made antioxidant ingredient with a good laboratory profile and a thin clinical one.

What should I realistically expect from a fullerene serum?

An antioxidant step, used daily, whose benefit is preventive rather than corrective — it works against oxidative damage accumulating, not on damage already visible. Expect no immediate change in the mirror. If you want a visible result on pigmentation or texture, the ingredients with a real clinical record for that are retinoids, vitamin C at meaningful concentrations, and exfoliating acids, and none of those is what you are buying here.

Why is this so much larger than most serums?

Because it is priced and packaged as a routine step rather than a luxury one. Most serum bottles are 30 ml because the actives inside them are expensive, unstable, or both. Fullerene is stable, which makes a 100 ml bottle practical — you can use it on the neck and the backs of the hands without doing arithmetic.

Is this product halal or suitable for vegans?

The declared ingredient list is plant- and mineral-derived, with no animal ingredients, so it fits a vegan routine. It carries no halal certification, however — Japanese domestic cosmetics are rarely certified — so if certification itself matters to you, this product does not have it.

Is this an authentic Japanese product?

Yes. We buy through Japanese distribution channels and ship from our base in Kobe, Japan. We do not sell grey-market or parallel-import stock, and the packaging you receive is the Japanese domestic packaging, with Japanese-language labelling.