GYARU LOOK ~ Watanabe Kaoru inspired

So I went to Marukai the other day to pick up some stuff and ended up getting some falsies! I actually don't wear false lashes often---more like, AT ALL, because my face and eyes are extremely sensitive and I get really irritated by makeup in general -__- I know. I was not meant to be a beauty guru and this is why. Anyway, so I know a lot of people have been talking about these Japanese lashes called DIAMOND LASH and I actually saw some at Marukai. I was about to pick them up when I came by these other pack of lashes called "PLAYGIRL" and I actually thought those lashes were prettier looking and it was $3 cheaper. So I picked them up and motivated myself to do a GYARU look!

I'm definitely nowhere near a GYARU, basically a fashionable Tokyoite with really specific makeup and fashion style, but I've always liked the style. So this time around I tried it myself!

Here's a picture of me with my natural hair.

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I tried my best to show you guys the eye makeup. I used my new

SUGARPILL eyeshadows! :B (see last post)

And of course, one for all the beautiful ladies ;) 

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I honestly love looking through gyaru magazines and looking at the pictures online occasionally, but I do not know much about the GYARU world. Although I have been told if I were to follow in any gyaru model's footsteps, I'd most closely resemble KAORU WATANABE's style. Which is funny because she's the only gyaru model I really know. LOL I didn't even know she was a gyaru model until someone told me a few years ago on Livejournal. I thought she was just a magazine model in Japan. But she's pretty cool I must admit. 

This was the banner I made! 

I looooooooove her style!! She just looks fierce. LOL

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SUGARPILL PACKAGE

I got my Sugarpill package in the mail today! :) 

Miss Kika designed packaging 

Mochi and Acidberry

Sorry the quality of the photo is meh. I took it with my phone to post it on Instagram really quick LOL. The excitement of packages gets to me........

I was ITCHING to get these two colors as soon as I saw Amy from Sugarpill rock it in her looks on instagram. Boy does that woman have some awesome colorful looks that she can pull off so well. It makes me want to buy every single of one of those eye shadows on her website. 

Besides, how can you deny the absolute prettiness of the package design? Isn't it awesome? I mean seriously, being the packaging whore that I am, I knew I'd instantly throw my money at the Sugarpill website just because of the packaging. But as we all know, judging a book by it's cover may turn out to be disappointing. Not with Sugarpill though! The colors are really unique and very pigmented! They are absolutely lovely. And for $12 each they're pretty nicely priced too!

Okay anyway, I'll actually use these colors and post them on my blog to show you guys what they look like on my face :D If you've been reading my blog, you know that I'm not really wearing any makeup these days. So I figure buying these would kind of inspire me again to try cool makeup or whatnot. 

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Cosmagic Review + Makeup for Bom look

Right off the bat, I thought this eyeliner seemed really interesting. It has a unique
triangular tip rather than a thin rounded tip or a flat brush tip. Perfect for my eyes
because I have very small, monolid eyes that can be difficult to draw on sometimes.

And inside is a cute little instructions manual. 

So there's two sides. One side is the liner and the other side is the blender. As you can see, it's a bit triangular at
the tip.

This is ONE stroke. It's a bit light honestly, it doesn't go on really BLACk or anything but if you apply it a few times
it gets pretty black, as you can see in my Bom look photos. I only used this eyeliner to line my eyes. 

This is the blender. It's also angled in a peculiar shape which helps create dynamic effects when smudging the liner for
smokey eye look or dramatic eye effect. It's not like a sponge or felt -tip like most smudging sticks are. This one is rather
'hard'. I think it's much better because the smudging doesn't get very messy!

My rating? I give it a 9/10! It's really easy to use and the unique tip makes the application very smooth and clean especially for those with monolids! It's a very smart design for eye lining because you can create the thickness of your
lines as you desire. The smudge tool is super smooth and effective in creating smokey or dramatic looks. 

This is the mascara that I used for my own lashes and the fake lashes.

The next few products are intended to show you what products I used for the Bom look. They are not reviewed! (yet! Feel free to ask if you'd like!) 

See how the wand is curved? It helps make the mascara easier to apply, especially if you have short lashes like mine!

Revlon lipstick. Sorry, I don't remember what it's called exactly but you can base it of the look of the packaging. :)
I got this from Target. Color: Candy Pink

These fake lashes were the cheaper ones I got at the Japanese market. You can also find a similar design at Sephora!
A bit more pricey though but these lashes are really quite nice :) 

I use Coastal Scents 88 color palette for eye shadow! *Oh no! One of the colors is missing! >__<*

I like to mix the brown with the golden brown and the bronze colors together. Makes a nice, not so harsh color effect. :)

And that's really all I used for the look! Oh, well except..........

For foundation I used BARE MINERALS
Colored contact lenses were bought at a local accessories shop. 
And yes, I purposely wore them two different colors. I have always worn them like that, I think because I loved Yuna from Final Fantasy X lol. Most people think it looks really weird though but I think it looks cool! :D  To each her own. 
The wig (yes it's a wig!) I got from YESSTYLE (<----link to product) 
It looks EXACTLY like the photos. In some light, it can look a bit fake but especially without flash, it looks pretty nice. The material is really soft, almost like real hair but it's not. I believe it can be used with 
heated appliances! I'll have to test it out since all the instructions are in Chinese.

I would say, M.H.S. makes nice wigs. They are a Taiwan based brand. It doesn't feel super cheap BUT
it's also NOT CHEAP. It's $70......so it's definitely not very cheap. But if you're looking for a wig you think you will wear around and not just once for a cheap costume party, I guess I'd recommend it. And considering the amount of hair (synthetic) fibers are on the wig, I guess 70 is somewhat reasonable. But plus S&H it's kind of not worth it. But I guess you can be the judge of that. :)


If you'd like a review on any of the mentioned products, let me know! I'm new at this beauty stuff......so forgive me if my photos are not the greatest or my tutorials and reviews suck =P Practice baby!

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