TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US17.7% cheaper in the US
Is Powder Kiss Matte Lipstick cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$4.77 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in the US by US$4.77 (17.7%): Japan ¥4,840 ≈ US$31.77, the US US$27.00.
01 · Verdict
17.7% cheaper in the US- Japan list price
- ¥4,840incl. tax · @cosme SHOPPING ranking list price · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$31.77JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$27.00excl. tax · Official list price (Powder Kiss Hazy Matte 3.5g; Stay Curious, same line as 912 Teiken in a different shade) · Listed
- cheaper in US
- US$4.7717.7% · US list price as denominator
US stickers exclude state and local tax; Japan stickers include tax. The bases differ, so this is not a landed cost.
Japanincl. tax、the USexcl. tax; where the tax basis differs, only the list prices are compared; a comparison of two named sources’ list prices, before card fees, shipping and tax refunds. Checked 2026-09-19. Before you order, use theJapan source page and the US source pagecurrent prices.
Japan vs US price table
| Market | List price | Source · checked | Tax basis · stock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan@cosme SHOPPING ranking list price | ¥4,840 | @cosme SHOPPING ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USOfficial list price (Powder Kiss Hazy Matte 3.5g; Stay Curious, same line as 912 Teiken in a different shade) | US$27.00 | MAC US official store ↗ | excl. taxListed |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$31.77 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in US | US$4.77 | 17.7%US list price as denominator | Extra fees not includedCard fee, shipping and tax-free extra |
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Is it worth buying in Japan?
Japan ¥4,840, Taiwan NT$990; both are same-day price snapshots taken when checked, excluding shipping, tax refunds, and card fees.
- With a 1.5% foreign card fee: Japan comes to about US$32.25, above the US by US$5.25.
- Break-even rate 0.0056 USD/JPY: above it the the US sticker is the cheaper one (this check used 0.0066, cross-converted from the Bank of Taiwan yen and dollar rates).
Before you buy
- Only paired when capacity, pack count, and main-unit/refill status match; differences in color, retailer, or stock do not affect the same-product determination.
- The Taiwan price is a retail-channel list price (which may be an authorized import, a parallel import, or a cross-border storefront), not the brand's official price.
- Price and stock follow the page on the day of verification.
05 · Sources
Each price keeps its source link, price kind, tax basis and check date, and is calculated with the TravPrice comparison method. If a price or model is wrong, check the source page and report it.
- Japan price
- @cosme SHOPPING ↗@cosme SHOPPING ranking list price · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- MAC US official store ↗Official list price (Powder Kiss Hazy Matte 3.5g; Stay Curious, same line as 912 Teiken in a different shade) · excl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-19
- FX
- Bank of Taiwan FX ↗Bank of Taiwan spot selling reference rate; the US dollar is cross-converted · JPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) · 2026-09-10 23:22:00 (Taiwan time)
- Model match
- Japan ranking listing: Powder Kiss Hazy Matte Lipstick, shade 912 Teiken/3.5g (JAN 0773602746439)/Taiwan product page: 3.5ml; shade Taken (corresponds to Japan shade 912 Teiken/Taken)momo/PChome/DA-KOKU Drugstore showed no results for the "Powder Kiss Hazy Matte" series (momo's "MACximal Silky Matte Lipstick" has a completely different shade-number system; verification found this is a renamed product line from MAC's separate "Matte Lipstick," not Powder Kiss, and it was excluded). A Google search instead confirmed MAC Taiwan's official site's same-series, same-named product (Sheer Moisture Matte Lipstick) page lists a Taken shade option, likewise 3.5ml, with a price of NT$990 confirmed directly on the official product page. JAN 0773602746439 corresponds to shade 912 Taken, matching the Japan listing. Root re-verification: M.A.C Taiwan official site product page re-check: Sheer Moisture Matte Lipstick 3.5g, shade Taken (Japan's 912 Taken), NT$990.
- Official product page
- Brand product page ↗Product images on this site are redrawn illustrations; use the official page for appearance, extras and packaging.
- This page generated
- Generated from the same checked data; it is recalculated when the data updates.
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