Lebel Rice Protein — Hair Recovery Conditioner, 140 g

Lebel Rice Protein Rinse-Out Hair Treatment, 140 g

Overview

Lebel is a Japanese salon-channel maker — the kind of brand you meet in a hairdresser's chair rather than in a drugstore aisle, and one of the ranges our suppliers genuinely carry. Rice Protein is its rinse-out treatment: a 140 g tube worked through washed hair, left briefly, and rinsed.

Our old page called it a conditioner in the title and a mask in the instructions, which are used differently and cannot both be followed. It is a rinse-out treatment: heavier and less frequent than a daily conditioner, lighter and quicker than a deep mask. This page says so consistently, which the last one did not.

Comparable products are in Japanese Hair Masks & Treatments and Japanese Conditioner.

Key Benefits

• ✓ A salon-channel product, not a supermarket line — this is what Lebel sells to hairdressers
• ✓ Rinse-out treatment: more substantial than a daily conditioner, faster than a deep mask
• ✓ Lebel's stated effects are moisturising, elasticity and shine
• ✓ Reduces tangling and the static that makes fine hair unmanageable in dry air
• ✓ Makes combing noticeably easier, which is where most mechanical damage happens
• ✓ Helps hair resist picking up ambient odours — cooking, smoke, a crowded train
• ✓ 140 g tube; a rinse-out treatment is used two or three times a week, not daily

Product Details

Brand	Lebel Cosmetics (Japan)
Product type	Rinse-out hair treatment (not a leave-in, and not a daily conditioner)
Regulatory category	化粧品 — cosmetic
Format	140 g tube
Stated effects	Moisturising; elasticity; shine; less tangling and static; easier combing; resistance to picking up odours
Channel	Salon-channel brand, sourced within Japan
Country of origin	Japan
Catalogue note	Our Shopify record tags this SKU 'hair-growth'. It is not a hair-growth product and makes no such claim; the tag is being reviewed
Full INCI	Not published on the sources consulted; the declaration is printed on the tube

Who Is This For?

• People whose hair tangles at the ends and who lose length to the comb rather than to scissors
• Anyone with fine hair that goes static in winter or in an air-conditioned office
• People who have been using a salon shampoo and pairing it with a supermarket conditioner
• Anyone who cooks a lot, or commutes through smoke, and finds hair holds the smell
• Not a scalp product, not a leave-in, and not a hair-growth treatment despite the tag on our record

How to Use

1. Shampoo as usual and squeeze the water out of the hair. A treatment applied to soaking hair is diluted before it starts.
2. Warm the product between your palms first — Lebel's own instruction, and it makes it spread instead of clump.
3. Work it through the mid-lengths and ends. Keep it off the scalp: this is a hair product, not a scalp product.
4. Leave it for a minute or two, then rinse until the hair no longer feels coated.

Frequency: Two or three times a week; daily use on fine hair usually reads as limpness rather than damage

Full Ingredients

Lebel's own product copy describes Rice Protein as a restoring treatment giving intensive moisturising, elasticity and shine, reducing tangling and static, and helping hair resist absorbing ambient odours. Those are the effects the maker claims and they are cosmetic performance claims, not medical ones.

A full INCI list is not published on the sources we consulted, and we have not written a plausible one in its place — a rice-protein treatment does not automatically contain the ingredients such products usually contain. The complete declaration is printed on the tube.

Cautions

• Keep it off the scalp; a rinse-out treatment on the roots weighs hair down and can irritate
• Avoid contact with the eyes; if the product gets in, rinse immediately with plenty of water
• Stop using it if redness, itching, swelling or stinging appears, and see a doctor if it does not settle
• Try a small amount on the inner forearm before the first full use, especially if your skin reacts easily
• Not a hair-growth or hair-loss product, and it makes no claim about either
• Rinse fully — treatment left in the hair is the usual reason it looks greasy the next morning
• Store away from direct sunlight and heat — a car in summer is the usual way these products are ruined
• Keep out of reach of children

Package Contents

• 1 × sealed unit in its Japanese retail packaging

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
• Packed in Kobe, Japan; caps and pumps are taped before they go into the box

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

Is it a conditioner or a mask? Your old page said both.

It is a rinse-out treatment, which sits between the two, and our old page genuinely did contradict itself — the title said conditioner, the instructions said mask. A daily conditioner is used every wash and rinsed straight out; a deep mask is used weekly and left for ten minutes or more. This is used two or three times a week and left for one or two minutes.

Can I use it as a leave-in?

No. It is formulated to be rinsed, and left in it will weigh the hair down and look greasy by the next day. If you want something to leave in, that is a different product category.

Does it help with hair loss? Your site tags it 'hair-growth'.

It does not, and Lebel makes no such claim. The tag on our Shopify record is wrong for this SKU and we are reviewing it. What the product addresses is the condition of the hair fibre — elasticity, shine, tangling — which is a separate matter from what happens at the follicle.

Is Lebel a salon-only brand? Can I buy it legitimately?

Lebel sells through the professional channel in Japan, which is exactly the kind of range our suppliers carry. It is stocked and shipped as a Japanese domestic product; nothing about it is grey-market.

How long will a 140 g tube last?

At a walnut-sized amount two or three times a week on mid-length hair, roughly two months. Longer or thicker hair will get through it faster, and the honest answer is that the tube is small for a treatment — Lebel sells larger sizes in the professional range.