More Than Just Selfies! We Found an Amazing Beauty-Focused Photo Studio in Nishinomiya [Nishitsu Ad]

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Everyone, are your business photos or SNS icons for things like LINE selfies?

These days you can quickly take a selfie with your smartphone, but somehow, it never quite looks right, does it?
Maybe it’s the angle, the lighting, or the posing. But with selfies, I’m always worried people might think it looks weird.
Exactly. I actually found a new beauty-focused photo studio that opened in Nishinomiya.
What is this photo?! It looks amazing!! Wait, a beauty-focused photo studio?!
You could never take a photo like this with a selfie.
If someone took photos of me like this, my first impression would skyrocket. Since it specializes in beauty, it sounds like it might be expensive…

So, we went to check out the pricing and see what the place is actually like!

This is “Re・make”, just a 2-minute walk from Hanshin Nishinomiya Station!! It’s on the 3rd floor where it says “Photo.”

Here it is on the map↓

The address is 3F, 1-21 Babacho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

It’s so stylish. Places like this stylish shop kind of make me nervous and excited just to go inside.

A simple entrance. Is something written there? What does it say?

No way!! It says “A staff member may burst out with great energy??”!

So I braced myself and rang the doorbell.

But they came out surprisingly normally. lol

When I asked, “Why does it say that?” they told me that before, they came out with too much energy and startled a customer badly, so lately they’ve started coming out normally. What a fun person!!!

The owner of “Re・make”, Ms. Sakamizu, is a hair and makeup artist and photographer. With the goal of “making Nishinomiya a beauty city,” she opened this new shop in June! Still, a beauty-focused photo studio is pretty rare, isn’t it?

Re・make owner Ms. Sakamizu
Based in Nishinomiya City, she works nationwide as an on-location hair and makeup artist, mainly in Tokyo and throughout the Kansai area.
She is also active as a hair and makeup instructor and currently teaches many students!


Now then, let’s head inside and see what we’re curious about.

Whoa!! With those huge lights and everything, it really feels like a photo studio.

Inside the photo studio, there are “curtain windows,” “props like greenery and flowers,” and “several kinds of wall panels.” Using these items, they can take photos with all kinds of vibes, including cute, pretty, elegant, cool, and super unique styles.

Like this↓

It looks like the cover of a makeup magazine!

To take beautiful photos like these, you need to bring out the best in the subject. Which means makeup is important. These days, it seems like it’s not really about gender anymore. Apparently even salespeople wear makeup to improve their first impression.

So,

in this makeup room, you can get full-scale hair and makeup done! By the way, Re・make also offers “on-location hair and makeup,” so you can consult with them not only about photos, but also about makeup. As Shachomi, I need to learn from this.


By the way, there were animal capsule toys displayed in the back of this makeup room. Apparently it’s Ms. Sakamizu’s hobby. She also seems to like black Shiba Inu. I really love Shiba dogs too.

Photos and hair and makeup apparently make your mood soar
After getting a haircut or hair color, don’t you sometimes feel like going somewhere just as you are? When your makeup turns out better than usual, or when you see a photo where you look great, it makes you feel happy, doesn’t it?
“Becoming beautiful,” “looking well-groomed,” and “taking photos that feel like you” apparently all come around and bring smiles. Photos and beauty are wonderful magical tools like that!

The total time needed for the photo shoot seems to be about 2 and a half hours for women and 1 and a half hours for men. The flow is “consultation(deciding what kind of image to go for) → changing clothes → hair and makeup → photo shoot → photo selection.” Men may choose not to have makeup done.

At “Re・make,” they do not do templated, generic photo shoots at all. To create beautiful photos where each shot has its own individuality, they provide a consultation about how you want to look, and during the shoot they keep suggesting poses and cuts that bring out your personality.

It’s important to choose your own photo carefully!
For one final photo, they take 50 to 100 shots. From there, you choose the best one.
They will narrow the photos down to some extent, but apparently the final choice is left to the person themselves. It seems really important to choose carefully for yourself!


For matchmaking photos, it seems you also need to register photos showing your hobbies, so they can take a second cut with a casual cafe-like feel like this.

Clothing colors said to be NG for matchmaking photos
Apparently, there are clothing colors women should absolutely avoid wearing for matchmaking profile photos. They say brown, navy, and black are absolutely NG. They can look like mourning clothes or create a dark impression. On the other hand, white and pastel colors are said to be good. Also, for men, colored shirts are apparently a definite no-go. You can get lots of advice about all these different taboos.

So,

here are the rates at “Re・make,” where they take beautiful photos full of personality, one by one.

We’ll tell you how much it costs!