Refillable Products for a Sustainable Future
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By developing, manufacturing, and selling refillable cosmetic products, we will continue striving to create and popularize products that are gentle to the earth’s environment.
The first company to introduce refillable skin care products in Japan
The original reason for this choice was the escalation in prices of products and the shortage of resources that resulted from skyrocketing oil prices. While many cosmetic companies decided to raise the price of their products, Chifure Corporation declared that the price of the products would stay the same. Not only considering how we could save limited resources, but also rigorously seeking what we could do to maintain prices, on 25th of June 1974, we released the first refillable cosmetic product in Japan.![](/en/sustainability/nbii8a00000001b1-img/article_refil_eco_02.png)
Successful conservation of resources through the introduction of pouch packages
In 1997, 23 years after the birth of "Refill Cosmetics," the packaging style of our refill product containers were upgraded from tube style containers to pouch style bags. This improvement made significant contributions to the lowering volume of resin used.![](/en/sustainability/nbii8a00000001b1-img/nbii8a00000001et.jpg)
Refillable make-up products
The original reason for this choice was the escalation in prices of products and the shortage of resources that resulted from skyrocketing oil prices. While many cosmetic companies decided to raise the price of their products, Chifure Corporation declared that the price of the products would stay the same. Not only considering how we could save limited resources, but also rigorously seeking what we could do to maintain prices, on 25th of June 1974, we released the first refillable cosmetic product in Japan.![](/en/sustainability/nbii8a00000001b1-img/article_refil_06.jpg)