They Be Stealin’ Mah Makeup!!

As I was surfing through music videos on youtube, I caught something interesting while I was watching. I’m not sure if this is the new trend, or makeup artists around the world saw my face and had an awesome inspiring moment, but the black eyeliner and barbe pink lip colour which I thought was currently MY thing has apparently been spreading. As seen here:

Miley Cyrus

And here…

 Lights

And yes, even MAC stole it!

Now I’m not usually one to try and stay ahead of the crowd and race for the new ‘it’ thing, but this time I thought I was totally cool cause nobody was doing it. Now you may be thinking, “oh, she probably saw it on someone and unconciously remembered it” and my response would be, NO WAY! I know for sure I had this look going on before anyone here stole it CAUUUSEEEE….

I stole it from 2NE1….like..A YEAR AGO:

PROTIP: If you wanna get ahead of the game, follow the Koreans

The Gyaru in you and the Gyaru in me

Lately I’ve been finding myself fascinated with they ‘gyaru’ type fashion of Japan and well…my own makeup and fashion are starting to reflect it. (you know you like something when…!) Gyaru is a transliteration of the english word ‘gal’ and in Japan, refers to a style characterized by dyed hair (usually light brown or lighter), tanned skin, heavy eyeliner and rather eccentric-looking clothes. 

What I LOVE LOVE LOVVEE is the the overly poofed and curled hair. It’s usually kept at an abnormally long length, most likely through the use of extensions. (I have yet to see a short haired gyaru) And the skin is usually tanned to a slight to medium darkness. Fake eyelashes and heavy black eyeliner are also a must. For a while I was trying to replicate the black eyeliner look and failed many times because the eyeliners that I had were just not black enough. Now I find the only eyeliner that does the job is MAC’s Fluidline in Blacktrack. It’s a litter more expensive than I would like but let me tell you, that shizz does NOT come off! Also what I really like about this kinda look is the really subdued and faint (almost not even there) eyebrows. Ever since I was younger when thicker eyebrows were in style I never really liked them. BUT THIS I LIKE. I also can’t forget the characteristic nude/baby pink lip. I’ve also slowly grown fond of this too, because as you would already have lots of eyeliner on your face, no need to make the lips stand out too.

Another major part of the gyaru fashion is NAILSSSS!!! They’re usually done up heavily with bright colours and giant jewels and acrylic built designs on top of them. In my own venture into doing acrylic nails on my own, I’ve come to learn that it’s not quite as easy as it looks. But the rewarding part is that at least you’ve got a set of really cool nails that you did for yourself, even if it only lasts for a day and a half.

sooo pretty

So, for your own enjoyment, here are my own attempts at this stuff. dont mind the noobiness:

Makeup:

Nails:

These were actually one of my first attempts at acrylic nails. The tips are pink with glitters on them, too bad they don’t show up too well with the phone cam that i have. They didn’t last long though The acrylic lifted after about a day.

In Japan, this style and fashion has grown into a slow following and a handful of magazines employ such models to showcase the new and upcoming styles and looks. 2 of the most popular magazines are Ranzuki Girls, Egg and Ageha magazines. It also showcases the models in their lives and how they live their gyaru lifestyle. Because of this they have been turned into something like mini-celebrities. And of course the pictures of them are adorably cute.

sooo cuuuttee