Jormungand Cosplay Shoot

Thanks to the long weekend last week, I was finally able to get a photo shoot, which I had been planning for the longest time, done. It was for the series Jormungand, and I cosplayed the protagonist, Koko Hekmartyer, who's little bit insane but always calm-headed and very cool.I had also managed to rope in Selicia to cosplay her brother, Kasper Hekmartyer and with the help of friends, we managed to get an awesome shoot done.

I was lucky enough to have friends who gave me suggestions for locations and after discussing with the photographer, Rescend, we settled on an abandoned building to give it that slightly war-torn kind of a feeling to our pictures. I also managed to ask another friend, Joshua, to loan us his car to not only get to the location but to also use it as a prop.

Esther managed to take plenty of behind-the-scenes pictures, so here they are:

Concept shot of Selicia and I. Will explain the reason for our poses when I get the actual pictures next time.

 



We were busy exploring the location and found these cool, but kind of scary exposed lift shafts

 

Selicia looking bishie as hell when we were busy shooting in the car

 



No shoot goes by without a picture of the amazing team that made it happen. There's Selicia on the left, Joshua, Mini, Panda-kun is Esther and Rescend with his famous 8D pose LOL

 

Final picture with my lovely "brother" who had to ruin her bishie-ness with the silly skeleton hand clip hahahah. Thanks a lot for partnering up with me for the shoot.

 



Rescend was extremely fast and by the next day, he had sent me this picture of him editing the lighting and stuff. I'm getting impatient to wait for him to send me the awesome photos.

 



Shot taken from his camera for one of my favourite shots that day and the one that took the most work. Gotta thank Joshua and Mini for repeatedly throwing the papers all around to create the fabulous effect.

 



Last but not least, one must never leave a shoot without Selicia doing something funny. In this case, a plastic comb left in her wig and she failed to notice it till everyone was laughing and pointing at her.

 

This shoot was a lot of firsts for me, it was the first time I had ever done a shoot in an abandoned building, which isn't easy when the entire area is caked with dust, broken glass, dangling wires and lots of debris on the floors. It's also a lot harder when you're all dressed in white and need to move around while praying that you don't get a grey/black patch on your clothes. It was also the first time I had ever taken pictures in a car, as a few photographers weren't as keen on the idea when I brought it up,  and the first time I've ever worked with Rescend on a more personal basis. I also had to do my makeup completely differently as I had to make myself as fair as possible (Koko's skin tone is literally white) and I also used white lashes for the first time ever.

 

Overall, it was definitely a learning experience and I'm glad everything went smoothly. Now I'll just go back to pestering Rescend for the pictures hehehehe.

 

 

On a side note, I may do a quick tutorial on how I did Koko's makeup. Quick as in very basic as I forgot to take as many pictures as I ought to and I did fairly basic makeup for most of it to be honest. I'll try to write up the post when I can catch some free time.

Shibuya Gals (First Ever Gyaru Meetup)

Mandom Corp. The people behind Tsubasa's Dollywink line and other great beauty and hairstyling products organized the first ever gyaru meet up session last Saturday.

The event was led by nine gyaru senseis who had been chosen to do makeovers on their "students". Fabulous Steph was one of the senseis so I joined the event to support her, and due to some issues, I also winded up as her student to showcase her makeover skills hahaha.  

Steph, event organizer Yun Wen, Hana and I posing for a picture before the start of the event. I had to go to the event without my makeup for the makeover so my eyes look really small in this picture :/

Steph doing makeup on me. I'm pretty glad that I became her student for the event as her makeup style is pretty different from mine so it was fun trying out a new style and seeing how different I look as compared to my usual style.

The many people who turned up for the event 

 After the makeover. Steph used grey eyeshadow on me and stacked 2 Dollywink lashes and glued them above my natural lashline. However the lashes aren't really visible in the pic as the ones mostly available were from the Otome series, so they're geared more towards natural makeup. She also used orange blush & nude lipgloss on me, I haven't used those cosmetics in months!!!

 Camwhored with some other gyaru girls at the event. The one the left is Denise aka Cutepetz who was also a gyaru sensei, while the other girl on the right pic is Cammie. They are also both members of the local gyaru circle, Sparkling Cottoncandy and Denise is in fact one of the founders. Funny thing is that all three of us are also cosplayers hahaha.

 A lovely picture of the gyaru senseis, isn't it nice to see a variety of gyaru styles all at the same time?

 A picture of all the participants of the event

Here's a better look at the outfit I wore for the event, I decided to wear a more rokku style outfit to showcase a different gyaru style as I know most local girls tend to prefer the more floral and hime style.

Inner Zip Camisole: Tutuha

Red Top: Tutuha

PVC Shorts: Stolen from my Freya cosplay outfit  (LOL!!)

Stockings: Can't remember

Boots: Taobao (I tossed them after that day as the sole fell off, good bye my dear boots, you had served me well)

Necklace: Lip Service

Rings: Rubi & random blogshop

Bracelet: Taobao

Cap: Taobao

Wig: Prisila (my hair colour is pretty messed up currently)

There was a lucky draw consisting of individualised makeup pouches designed by the nine gyaru senseis, unfortunately I wasn't lucky enough to get one, but the organizers did give me a little goodie bag. I received a tray of Decorative lower lashes, a tube of Dollywink lash glue and a Candydoll nail polish all neatly packaged in a cute pink polka dotted paper bag

I think my outfit is rather over the top but I was feeling incredibly deprived of dressing up in full gyaru so I went all out with it. I need to lose alittle more weight so that the Tutuha top fits better but I'm glad that my exercise regime is showing some results as the zip camisole isn't as form-fitting as the last time I wore it, so I shall be using these clothes as gauges in my weight loss! 

The event was pretty fun as I managed to meetup with some old friends as well as meeting new ones, I'm just alittle sad that not many people are as keen to try other gyaru styles such as rokku or onee gyaru let alone ones that are more out there such as ora-ora, but baby steps I guess. It's still nice to see more people embracing this style and more people turning up for events as time goes on. 

Personal Outfit (Culture Clash: Japanese Meets French)

The bf and I spent a day window shopping last Saturday. It was a day of simply wandering around and relaxing.

By chance, we managed to catch a Taiko drum performance by a visitng Japanese troupe.

Their performance was amazingly energetic and adrenaline-pumping though the volume nearly ruptured my earbuds as I was standing right in front of them. Its a pity that they were only around for the weekend.

We found out that there was a Japanese Spring food fair going on, hence the performance and the delicious smells wafting out from the supermarket.

The bf managed to snag himself this adorable Pokemon mask, it's called Mijumaru and its an otter, though the pokemon is kindda bit stupid in my opinion. It was so hilarious when a little Japanese girl saw him wearing the mask, her eyes went incredibly wide and she stared non-stop at him and was tugging at her mother's skirt to get her to look at the mask.

Got this amazing Pudding Dorayaki, Steph remarked that it looked like it could cause diabetes from eating it, but it wasn't that sweet. The bitterness from the caramel contrasted the sugery-sweetness nicely.

We later walked around abit before having Tea break at the new French bakery in town.

It's called Paul and seems that they have a long history in pastry-making and naturally, are very proud of their French heritage. The entire menu was written in French, luckily I can understand alittle French and there were English explanations of the dishes. Even the hostess was a fierce-looking French lady.

The bf's hot chocolate, that was super rich. It was like they simply melted down a bar of milk chocolate and added just the littlest bit of milk. So rich and cloying but oh so good at the same time.

Potato pancake with sauteed mushrooms and side salad. The whole dish was really fresh and I loved the earthiness of the mushrooms, the potato pancake had just the right amount of crispy bits as well as soft, mushy sections like mashed potatos.

Teatime set, with a slice of chocolate cake, creme brulee and 2 macarons (one lemon, one chocolate) and Vanilla tea. The chocolate cake was rich and dense in the middle with a slight crispness to wards the edges, the creme brulee was heavenly and so smooth, it was like eating pure cream. The lemon macaron was tart but not too sweet but the chocolate macaron was abit too much, maybe because I had demolished half the cake by then, so I was alittle sick of chocolate.

Relatively casual outfit as I was opting more for comfort:

Maxi dress: This Fashion

Jacket: Nichii

Bag: Jimmy Choo

Sandals: Chanel

I love the Chanel sandals to bits. They're quite comfy except the button on the right foot rubs my big toe abit and I like that its made of plastic so any dirt can be wiped/washed off easily.

Lighter makeup that day with just my RMK foundation and loose powder for the base. However my eye makeup looks heavier and its funny because I used less intensive fake lashes as well as just a quick sweep of white and gold shadow and abit of liner. I didn't even put any shadow on my lower lids! And no I'm not topless, my maxi dress is a tube style, hence the bare shoulders.

Up close of the lashes, I used Nature is Lovely S-1 lashes for my upper lid and Dollywink no.8 on the outer half of my lower lid. I also didn't use enlarging circle lenses.

Wow this turned into a pretty long post! I'll write a review of the Nature is Lovely S-1 lashes when I have the time. My school's trimester is ending in a few weeks time so I have to clear assignments as well as mug for exams, but once that's done it's at least a couple weeks of freedom! I might do a shoot then or something, but whatever the case, I'll try to update this blog as much as possible!

Its funny how life is that when you have nothing to do, nothing happens. But when you are busy, suddenly all activities spring up from nowhere and start fighting for your time and energy!

Personal Outfits (Split Personalities)

Been seriously deprived of a social life recently and it sucks the most when your school conveniently decides to hold a test on Sunday, I mean who does that? (My school, apparently...) But I took it as a opportunity to finally do my old gyaru-influenced style of makeup as I was gonna meet the Bf after the test.

Lately, I've come to realise that my dressing/ makeup style has split neatly into 2 distinct styles. One is of course the old gyaru style with the circle lens, thicker foundation, pink blush & heavily shadowed & lined eyes, complete with both top and bottom fake lashes. Naturally, the clothes are louder, more revealing and just simply over-the-top and trendy with super high heels. Of course, you can't have over-the-top style without big curly hair right?

My other style is more of a casual, laidback style with non-enlarging lens, less foundation, peach-pink blush, light sweep of eyeshadow and copious amounts of mascara. The clothes are relaxed & comfortable & mostly paired with flats and simple hair that's mostly flat-ironed or tied back.

Pictures explain it all:

My gyaru-inspired look

Top: Glad News

Stockings: Can't remember

Shoes: Gal Star

Leopard bag: Jimmy Choo

Beanie: Maison Gilfy

Thicker makeup consisting of:

Face:

Primer: Biore Sunscreen

Concealer: Sana pore putty & Canmake liquid concealer

Foundation: RMK Cream foundation & Majolica Majorca Powder foundation

Eyebrow: Kate eyebrow mascara & Canmake eyebrow pencil

Blush: Canmake cream blush & Candydoll pink Blush

Highlighter: Candydoll purple highlighter

Bronzer: Bahama Mama

Loose Powder: Palgantong

Concealer (to contour my nose): Shu Uemura duo pencil concealer

Eyes:

Primer: Urban Decay Primer

Eyeshadow: White & gold Majolica Majorca single shadows & Dior 5 colour palette (brown shade only)

Eyeliner: Heroine make liquid eyeliner & Sana slanted eyeliner

mascara: heroine make Curl & Volume mascara

Upper Lash: Daiso

Lower Lash: Dollywink No.5

Lips:

Lipstick: Estee Lauder

Lipgloss: E.L.F.

Example of my laidback style:

White dress: Bought in Macau

Denim shirt: Series

Engineer boots: random shop in Bugis Street

Bag: gift from fashion event

Feather clip: Diva

Finally jumped on the feather-in-hair trend. I've been wanting to get one earlier but I've always only found earrings (I don't have pierced ears) & nowhere sold earcuffs without breaking my budget. I finally chanced upon this hair pin & bought it instantly, I love it as an additional accessory that's subtle but definitely adds an interesting twist.

Makeup:

Face:

primer: Biore Sunscreen

Concealer: Sana Pore Putty & Canmake Liquid concealer

Foundation: Majolica majorca powder foundation

Blush: Canmake cream blush & Majolica Majorca peach blush

highlighter: candydoll purple highlighter

Bronzer: Bahama Mama

Eyebrow: Kate eyebrow mascara & Canmake eyebrow pencil

Loose powder: Palgantong

Concealer (to contour my nose): Shu Uemura duo pencil concealer

Eyes:

Eyeshadow: White & gold Majolica Majorca single shadow

Eyeliner: heroine Make liquid liner & Sana slanted eyeliner

Mascara: Heroine make Long & Curl, Heroine make Volume & Curl, Heroine Make Impact frame & Curl, Too Faced Lashgasm & Maybelline Hello Kitty Volum' Express (Yes I layer them like mad, I love my lashes too much)

Lips:

Lipstick: Anna Sui

Lipgloss: Majolica Majorca

I know after sifting through the list of makeup products, it doesn't seem like that much of a difference in terms of the base. But trust me, the effect is completely different and its definitely alot thicker.

I'm so glad that I've actually managed to allow the 2 parts of my clothing personality to co-exist, with one hand wanting to be loud, different from the crowd and all dolled up while the other wanting a more relaxed, simpler and comfortable look. Unfortunately, my wardrobe is the poor casualty from the long and tedious period of trying to balance both sides. So I need to sift through it soon and start purging unwanted stuff from there.

What about you? Do you have mixed personalities in your wardrobe too?

Momoeri's New Lash Line: Jewel Eyelashes

Just a fairly quick post before I'm off to bed!!

Momoeri sells a fair amount of cosmetics and such so it isn't surprising that she'll have her own line of lashes really. If I remember correctly, this would be her second lash line though I can't say if her lash lines are permanent or on a limited basis, though my guess would be that its released for a limited time only since I don't see much publicity for lashes and news about them disappears pretty fast.

Her new lash line is named Jewel Eyelashes, which I think is fairly suitable with her blinged out lifestyle where majority of her stationary and other items have to be decked out in jewels one way or another.

The line consists of 2 top lashes and 2 bottom lashes, a decent variety I think

Top Lashes:
Type 001: Elegant & Gorgeous
(this one seems bit too similar in pattern to Dollywink's lashes)
Type 002: Elegant & Natural
(I don't like that the hairs seem to be all wiry looking and stuff, but I guess it will blend in with your natural lashes when applied, which is the type of lookthis lash is trying to achieve)

Bottom Lashes:
Type 003: Feminine & Glamorous
(Longer then most typical lower lashes, I'm quite interested in these actually, considering they are longer then usual but not tufts of hair stuck together, hence a more natural but still obvious look)
Type 004: Feminine & Simple
(Again this reminds me of Dollywink's version, but there seems to be more tufts of hair on the entire lashline as compared to Dollywink's)

From the available information, lash glue is not included in the pack and I'm uncertain if the hairs used are natural or plastic hairs. Judging from the designs, I honestly do not feel inspired by them at all. The designs are fairly simple and quite common in my opinion.

The lashes will only be released on the 22nd of September and are going for 1260yen (tax included) which at the current exchange rate equals USD16.40/SGD20.35 without shipping. A reasonable and common price for most lash lines in Japan I guess. They can be purchased (currently reservations only) online via the Momoery Rakuten shop: http://moeryshop.jp/item/5076.html

if not, it'll be avaliable in Don Quixote (Donki) stores from early October.

Okay, I'm off to bed now. I gotta wake up early to celebrate my sis's birthday before heading down to the amazing World Runway Fashionquake 2011 event. I managed to snag 2 different tickets, one was to be part of the cheerleading team and the other was a pair of general seating tickets. Of course, I naturally gravitated towards the cheerleading tickets since its always more fun to be part of a major event so I gave away my other tickets to a friend. I'll try to take pictures of the event but I'm not sure how its gonna pan out so hopefully I'll mamange to snag some good shots. Oooh!! Super excited now!!!

Ageha's Rin Makeup Line: Ange Rin Doll!

The youtube video showing the range of products in the Ange Rin Doll line. It features a detailed breakdown of the use of the products, Rin participating in the production of the products and a selection of normal Japanese girls trying out the products.

The full line of Ange Rin Doll products that's available so far

It seems like most gyaru models follow the usual money-making route of first getting a modelling gig on a famous magazine followed by being the face of numerous products and then finally jumping on the gravy chain of creating a line of self-branded makeup.

The model this time is Rin from Koakkuma Ageha magazine and also known as the face of gyaru brand, Tralala. But to differ from her competitors who have pushed out numerous fake lashes, lipglosses and blush, Rin smartly deviates her products slightly but still pushes out products that gals everywhere would love.

Her line named, Ange Rin Doll, consists of the ubiquitous fake lashes, a tube of lip gloss in what appears to be a nude shade, 2 brow mascaras, 2 liquid eyeliners, a carbon paper with "lifting" properties and a set of 'power pierce' gems.

From what I can tell from the advertisement, the carbon paper helps to slim down and 'lift' the face to create the desired "V" shape from the cheek down that most models seem to have. I've also seen the 'power pierce' gems at work before when Momoeri was sponsored by a salon to do an advert in her blog, its supposedly able to help slim down the face by using electrons or crystal energy or something to reduce puffiness and water retention to slim down the face. I don't wholeheartedly believe that these products would work, especially since Japan is famous for coming up with the craziest beauty gadgets that don't always work, but if it's not priced too highly, I might just give it a shot.

The liquid eyeliner in a pen form might be useful to drawing the underside of my upper eyelid as Rin demonstrated in the video, if it's not too watery that is. On the otherhand, the other products don't interest me in the least bit, the lashes look similar to other designs by Diamond Lash or Eyemazing, the lipgloss shade looks bit generic and the eyebrow mascaras look eerily similar to Kate's version.

I'm pretty surprised that Rin hasn't mentioned anything about her new line of products in her blog, so I'm just waiting to see if she's gonna rope in Ageha to help promote her products just like what Sakurina did for her lash line. But so far, the products are only available via a Japanese TV shopping channel, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see if the products do well.

Makeup Review: Jewerich No.1 Lashes

I had been saving up my longer lashes for my cosplay events. More because of how dramatic the length and volume of the lashes are and that cosplay does require a certain form of theatricality. So with my upcming event looming just round the corner, I thought I might as well bring out my saved lashes and give them a test run.

So today's review is for Jewerich's No.1 Lashes:

Very cute packaging...

Upper Lash: Jewerich No.1
Lower Lash: Dollywink No.5
Eyeshadow: Dior 5-shadow palette in Night Dust & Majolica Majorca GD 822
Eyeliner: Heroine Make Liquid Liner (pen) & Kate gel liner
Lash Adhesive: Dollywink
Contact lenses: Candy/Jewel series in brown

Angle from below

Angle from the side

When eye is closed

The lash pakcaging was relatively easy to open because it was held shut by 2 rows of tape that ended at the sides, so it was easy to simply pick off the edges of the tape and when you get it open, I was really surprised that both apirs of lashes were actually individually packaged, so it's pretty handy for carrying around a single pair instead of carting the whole box. Lash glue wasn't included in the packaging but it's alright as I seem to have a never-ending amount of Dollywink tubes of lash adhesive.

For the lashes, first thing that struck me was how thick the spine was. Its like literally twice as thick as Dollywink's and I was pretty scared at how I would be able to handle it since I was so used to the soft flimsy spines of Dollywink. I did manage to get it one with some trial and error however, throughout the day, I kept getting the feeling of the lash spine poking my eye if I had placed it too clsoe to the edge of my eyelid and it was pretty painful. Not to mention, I'm not sure if it was the weight or the form of my eyelid or the way I applied the lashes, but somehow, the one on the right eye "stood" up better then the other side, so I had to constantly adjust it.

Anyay, sadly, within 2 days, I destroyed both pairs of lashes! The reason was that I was trying to peel off the dried adhesive on my first pair when I ended up pulling off a whole tuft of hair off and that was how I also figured out how the lashes were made. It seems that unlike Dollywink that has "hoops" for the lashes to sit on the spine, and thus allowing you to move the hair about with a pair of tweezers and gentle manouvering, Jewerich lashes are made by presseing the hairs together between 2 plastic spines. Hence, the reason for the super thick spine and why I couldn't seem to adjust the tufts of hair earlier.

After destroying my first pair, I used my second pair and looking back, I have no idea what I was thinking when I tried to pull off the dried adhesive again and thus, a whole tuft (in fact an even larger tuft) of hair came flying right off. So now I have officially ruined both pairs within the span of 2 days and noteably, it was the right sides that were destroyed. So moral of the story? Clean the lashes by wiping or soaking them with makeup remover and don't be a genius like me who ripped them apart.

Summary:

Length: 9.5/10 (very obviously long, so there's no hiding that they are falsies)

Volume: 9/10 (Lots of volume in clearly defined tufts of hair)

Application: Medium (If you're used to wearing lashes with thick spines, these would be a breeze of not, some practice is necessary)

Instructions in application: Clearly shown in the back of the packaging and can be found on their official website. Popteen model, Okaerie, has also done a makeup tutorial using these lashes

Photo of Model: In the packaging you can clearly see it's a model who's wearing the lashes (its Kana Hoshino I think)

Publicity: They seem to be directing to every gal group possible, for its appeared in adverts and on models from Popteen, Ageha, Blenda, Ranzuki, Mama Ageha, S Cawaii, Egg, Popsister and even Zipper. The main spokespersons, Kana Hoshino and Inoue Masahiro also constantly promote the products.

Price: 980(JPY)/ bout 15.60 (SGD)

Despite the pain and irritation and the fact that I have to slowly clean the lashes after every use, I'm willing to get myself another box next time. The effect that the lashes produce are simply amazing and very eye-opening (literally!), but now that I know that these require special and more gentle care, I have to remember it the next time and not be so quick in attempting to rip them apart. Plus, they're really awesome for cosplay!

Makeup Review: Melliesh Lashes 01 Doll

Melliesh No.1 (Doll lashes)

Upper lash: Melliesh No.1 Doll

Lower lash: Melliesh No. 6 Rich (review coming soon!)

Eyebrow: Kate eyebrow Mascara (Golden brown)

Eyeshadow: Kate Diamond cut eyeshadow (BR-1) & Majolica Majorca (GD 822)

Eyeliner: Kate Gel eyeliner (BK-1) & 24Hr One day tattoo Liquid eyeliner

Lash Adhesive: Dollywink

Contacts: Max pure Brown

Another angle

Remember a few posts back where I promised to do a review of the Melliesh lashes that the kind Steph got for me during her Japan trip? Well I finally got round to trying them on, so here's my opinion of them (I'll be comparing them to their competitors, Dollywink and MAC no.7, since they are vying for the same market and customers and both Dollywink and Melliesh are created by models).

Some background info on Melliesh lashes:

- Created by ex-Popteen, current Popsister model, Yui Kanno

- Designed to tap into the teens to twenties girls market

- Mellish is a combination of the words "Melon", "Liar" and "Wish"

- According to Yui, they were created as she never could get her hands on makeup and lashes to create her ideal look.

First one on the testing table would be the upper lashes, which in this case is the Eyelash no. 01 (Doll). As you can clearly see, they've been modelled after the popular MAC no.7s, albeit the fact that they are bit longer and extend out at the ends to lengthen your eyes.

First, the packaging, unlike Dollywink which is sealed with a dab of glue at the top of the package, Melliesh is sealed by 2 rows of tape that go a complete circle round the package. It was pretty frustrating to open the package especially if a pair of scissors is out of your reach. Once opened, what greets you are 2 pairs of lashes, sitting on a cheap, thin, white tray with no cover. It looked pretty disappointing actually, made me think of those flimsy, China-made fakes when I saw the tray. Lash glue wasn't included with the lashes (I guess the good thing with working with a lash brand is that you get to tap their resources, a la Dollywink X Koji).

Now to the lashes, they are bit fragile, like their MAC no.7 counterpart. I had to actually use a pair of tweezers intended for deco-ing to pull them off the tray, and even then, I damaged the end of one so now it hangs bit lower then intended, so not reccomended for rough people I guess.

The lash was bit too wide for me, so I guess this is good news for people with wider eyes. The lashes were pretty easy to put on but because they are pretty flimsy and the plastic spine is quite thin, people with epicanthus eyes won't favour them.

I do have to warn you though to be careful when pulling the dried lash adhesive off them. They are pretty thin and fragile so it'll be best to use a pair of tweezers instead of your fingers to gently peel it off. However, compared to MAC no.7, they are a tad bit tougher as I ended up pulling a whole tuft of "hair" from my MAC no.7 the very first time I tried pulling off the dried adhesive.

Summary:


Length: 7/10 (decent length compared to natural lashes)
Volume: 6/10 (Decent volume but still quite natural)
Reusability: Reusable, but needs gentle handling
Application: Generally quite easy, but not recomended for virgin falsies wearers
Instructions in application: Included in the back of the package
Photo of model: Unfortunately, no picture of Yui Kanno wearing the lashes so you don't have much of an idea how the lashes would look like on an actual eye.
Publicity: Some advertisements by models and Yui herself in some magazines especially Popteen and Popsister. However, in the recent issue of Popsister, Yui did not wear any of the lashes produced in her makeup article.

Price: 1350(JPY)/ bout 21.40 (SGD)

New Lashes

My MAC No.7 lashes!

My star accent lashes! (Sorry just stole this off the net as I forgot to take pictures of my own pair)

The Black Leather Lashes that I failed to get my hands on (photo taken off Sushi Cat, check out how it looks like on her!)

Hey sorry for the long time between my blog posts. My job has seriously been draining me of energy and not just physically but mentally too!

Anyway, as my job requires me to wear makeup everyday, thus, I have been wearin my circle lens and false lashes pretty much everyday which has resulted in my eyes becoming swollen, irritated and painful to the touch, so I finally understand why those magazine models' eyes look so horrendous everytime they have zero makeup on. The daily removing of the lashes from my lids is the main cause for all the suffering, however on a good note, the swelling has resulted in my having the best double lids ever! I now have thick double lids with ample space between the fold and the lash line, the kind that so many girls use double-lid glue and stickers to try and achieve!

Anyway, as I am required to wear false lashes everyday I recently got myself a pair of the Shu Uemura star lashes and a pair of MAC No.7 lashes. Sorry but no pictures of me wearing them yet as I keep forgetting to take pictures at work.

The star lashes are cute and really elongate the eyes,however the spine is pretty stiff and hard, so if you place it too far at the edge of your eyes, it can be pretty painful as the lash edge would keep poking the corner of your eye. Not to mention, after wearing the lashes twice, one of my stars has already dropped off, so I'm pretty bummed about that especially when I paid $34 for it!

After trying out the MAC No.7 lashes, I understand why alot of gyaru love it. It's spine is really thin so its not very obvious you have a pair of falsies on and the lash isn't too long either. My complaint is that its really not that long, even the lashes I got from Daiso are so much longer. If you're hoping to compare it to Dollywink, sad to say, Dollywink wins hands down on lash length and volume. But if you're looking for something more natural, its pretty good though I don't think it can last as long as Dollywink. The MAC salesguy told me it'll probably last 3 times max, whilst my Dollywink pair has served me well for nearly 3 months already! I've only used my No.7 pair once, so we'll see how long it can actually last.

On a sad note, I tried looking for Sushi Cat's Black Leather lashes, the one with the extended lash line, and sadly I found out that any of the lashes left have been sent back to the office/warehouse as it has already been discontinued. I tried calling any outlet that the database showed had any stocks left, but all came up nil. Oh well, I was actually on the fence about it anyway as it came with a hefty $42 price tag! So in a way, I'm glad that the stocks have already been sent back.

I'll upload pictures of me wearing the star lashes and MAC No.7 lashes soon okays?