INSiTU’s At-Home Herbal Peeling Product Herb La Peel Featured in otona SWEET June 2026 Issue with Saeko Tie-Up

Sakura Forest Co., Ltd. announced that Herb La Peel, an at-home herbal peeling product from its skincare brand INSiTU, will be featured in a two-page tie-up article starring Saeko in the June 2026 issue of the fashion magazine otona SWEET, released on May 12, 2026. Saeko expressed support for Herb La Peel’s concept of a gentle design that does not assume peeling or skin shedding, as well as its ability to provide salon-quality care at home. She commented that she was pleased it could be used as home care and was gentle enough even for sensitive skin. The magazine feature includes newly shot visuals of Saeko and a section in which she discusses the appeal of Herb La Peel. A special behind-the-scenes movie from the shoot is also available on otona SWEET’s official Instagram. To mark the product’s first anniversary, the brand will run a limited-time campaign from May 12 to July 12, 2026. The regular price of 5,940 yen will be offered at an initial subscription price of 2,980 yen including tax, with bonuses including one highly moisturizing hyaluronic acid face mask, two low-irritation retinol serum sachets, and two glutathione lotion sachets. The offer is limited to the first 1,000 sets and will end once sold out. Since its launch in May 2025, Herb La Peel sold out its first limited batch of 2,000 sets within 36 hours. It has also attracted attention through television coverage and adoption as a treatment menu item at beauty acupuncture clinics. In a November 28, 2025 segment of TBS’s THE TIME, the product was introduced as an item that enables salon-level care at home amid a feature on the background of the herbal peeling boom. otona SWEET is a special issue of Takarajimasha’s popular fashion magazine sweet, delivering fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content for adult women. The feature centers on newly photographed visuals of Saeko and explains Herb La Peel’s product characteristics and usage. It consists of three main sections: Saeko’s visual shoot and product appeal, an explanation of herbal peeling features and usage, and a Q&A with Saeko about skincare and Herb La Peel. Herb La Peel is an at-home herbal peeling product fully supervised by a beauty salon with an annual record of 15,000 consultations. The product combines 23 herbal ingredients, LHA, plant enzymes, mineral clay, and 99.8% pure silica spicules, aiming to gently remove unwanted keratin, soften the stratum corneum, and deliver skincare ingredients. It also includes beauty ingredients such as NMN, a vitamin C derivative, and plant-derived PDRN. Development lead Matsuki said that, as someone with sensitive skin, she had long felt uneasy about peeling treatments. After experiencing the glow and smoothness of the supervised salon’s herbal peeling treatment, she wanted to deliver that experience at home in a gentler form. She added that Saeko’s comment about the product being gentle enough for home care and sensitive skin was deeply meaningful as a developer, and she hopes the tie-up will help more people learn about a new option for peeling care that does not feel intimidating. The product is named INSiTU Herb La Peel [At-Home Herbal Peeling]. It contains eight individually packaged 8g portions and is priced at 5,390 yen including tax. After cleansing, users apply one portion across the face, gently massage it in, leave it on for five to ten minutes, and rinse. It is designed for use twice a week. INSiTU takes its name from the Latin phrase “in situ,” meaning “in its original place.” The brand pursues skincare that draws out each person’s inherent beauty, selecting ingredients based on advanced aesthetic medicine knowledge and research data to provide care experiences tailored to individual skin.