Someone posted me on Gyaru Secrets!

Ohmygoodness, hello there! I am so amused right now. My weekend was pretty boring until this Sunday when I went out with my boyfriend and a close friend whom I hadn't seen in ages for... the Chinese Lantern Festival! But more about that and my other adventures this week (or the next! I actually have a lot of fun stuff to post about lately)!

Back to my current amusement. Gal VIP, the gaijin gyaru magazine recently released their Jan-Feb edition, and inside it contained a contest. Because I was procrastinating and Gal VIP extended the deadline I decided to join. Yessss. I know. I am so silly. I'll never win anyway because I'm still such a newbie haha! But that's okay. :) I wanted to try out a new style and try to incorporate some advice given to me about previous gyaru attempts I'd done (More on that some other post?!).

So here's my entry based on Saiharii's super awesome makeup look!

Didn't notice how messy it was until after I sent it. Whoops?

Anyway I decided to post a picture of me doing this style on Tumblr!

This picture :)

And someone was so lovely to give me advice on how to improve! :) She even called me cute and said she hoped she didn't offend me by giving critique (How awesome is that?! I love people!) Oh, and she even photoshopped the picture to show me what she meant!

The 'shopped picture :)

Like that! The nose contour is wayyyy better! Incredibly more defined. :) The upper lashes are also more dramatic, so I think it would be absolutely perfect for a gothic style (which was what I was going for here). I was excstatic and uberrrr happy. :) Thank you very much, shotamilk!

Also the awesome girls in my gyaru-sa were also very kind to give me tips which I tried to incorporate here. Like my lower lashes extended the whole way now! Yay! And the sweet Kirstie who is currently in Japan reblogged my picture on Tumblr, calling it unique. Thank you, love!

Needless to say I am very happy, and I love people very much. :) I know my gyaru look still needs a lot if improvement, so I'll practice whenever I can. :)

Then this morning (around 2AM because my sleeping schedule is crazy right now) I checked gyaru_secrets to see if it's been updated. And, yes, I do visit that site a lot. While a lot of it is mean, sometimes the posts are really helpful. I wonder if anyone remembers the magical ninja cookie posts? (Was it a ninja cookie? It was a cookie and magic though.)

I made it to the over-sized secrets and what's this! Is that...

Hey, look! It's me!

OHMYGOSH. Someone posted a secret with me and Spongebob in it! I nearly died laughing. If my boyfriend were awake, he would have given me that "I live with a crazy person, why do I do this to myself" look again. Oops. I'm giggling again.

I already replied, saying it's LA Colors Grape Crush. :) But I'm not sure if it was meant to be funny, insulting, genuinely asking a question or... something else?

Again thank you to shotamilk and Roxy, Reba, Becky and Kirstie from our gyaru-sa for critique and support! :)

Also people replied to the secret saying I need a lot of improvement, and I definitely agree with you guys. :) One day I'll get there :D (I hope)

Okay, so now the question for commenting is...

Do you like my gothic look (before and/or after Photoshop? Have you ever been goth, or would you like to try it? :)

Personally I love goths, especially sweet goths. Sometimes they freak me out in person (I feel terrible about this, bit it happens), but I think they photograph really well. Also the deep dark soul thing is something I can definitely relate with even though I'm trying very hard to embrace a more positive me! :)

Well, that was an extremely roundabout way of telling you all about that gyaru_secrets post! I hope it entertained you somehow. While you read it, I hope you imagine me saying the words in a very energetic voice!

I SHOULD TOTALLY DO A VLOG, SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR MY VOICE. Wouldn't that be exciting?! (No.)

Yes, I am very hyper right now. I think I should end with that now. I love you all, especially commenters. :D Thank you so much for sticking with me and my randomness! Hugs!

Oh, also, you guys really like that lipstick, huh? If I knew people would like it a lot, I wouldn't have used it and just given it away (since I've had it for a while and only used it 2 times... ). Maybe if I find another one, I can give it to someone! :D

Stay beautiful,

Gaijin Gyaru Directory!

Hello all!

A few weeks ago, a wonderful person who I still don't know posted on Gyaru Secrets to look for other Kiwis (New Zealanders). Somehow that one little secret threw me into overdrive passion mode, and my love for gyaru was rekindled.

The secret that made me happy :)

We started talking in our gyaru-sa again! We had our first ever challenge! We even made a reply secret! I finally got new circle lenses again! I even did a gyaru look with lower lashes!

Our national mascot is a cutie, okay?!

Oh, and someone found our gyaru-sa because of that secret! So now we have 6 members, 3 of whom are in Auckland. YAY!

Basically in the last few weeks, I've been falling in love with gyaru all over again. :) And I thought to myself: if I became this enamored just because I realised there are other gyaru in my country, then wouldn't others be excited too?!

So I made a gaijin gyaru directory! 

Where are the Gaijin Gyaru?

If you are gyaru, send me a tweet, ask me on Tumblr or on Ask.Fm! I'll add you to the directory.

You don't have to be pro. You can be a complete newbie like I am. I just want a place for gyaru enthusiasts to find people in their areas and make new friends. :)

Stay beautiful,

GEO Nudy Brown Circle Lenses

Hello, lovelies!

Guess why I am intensely happy?! It’s all for a very simple reason – I have circle lenses again!

I am the proud owner of GEO Nudy Brown lenses which I got off TradeMe. Normally I would buy a pair of lenses from a shop like oh, I dunno… Eyecandylens or Shoppingholics. But the seller has 100% positive feedback!

So I thought to myself… What the hey! Let’s buy a pair!

Now you may be wondering what the circle lenses are like, right?! So here’s a perfectly honest review about the GEO Nudy Brown circle lenses I got from TradeMe. :)

But first… Photo spam!

 /end photo spam

Information about the Circle Lenses

Water content: 38%

Duration: 1 year

Diameter: 14.00 mm

Base Curve: 8.6

The actual size of the lenses are pretty small (or standard?!) for circle lenses, so they’re great for beginners in terms of size. They’re not like OMG THAT’S MASSIVE, and since they’re circle lenses, no, you won’t think ‘Did it even do anything?!’ Duration is a year, again pretty standard with circle lenses. I’ll see if these will actually last me a year, or if I’ll accidentally wreck them or something. Water content is normal. Base curve – I don’t know anything about that, haha!

Picture Comparisons

Here we go! Here’s how the circle lenses look under different conditions. 

Indoor

Small flash 

Big flash 

Window 

Comparison 

Review: What do I think?

GEO Nudy Brown are my third pair of circle lenses ever, but so far they're my favourite! They're enlarging but still a natural and respectable size. When I wear them, I forget they're there. So far I haven't had moments where the world suddenly blurs because of the lenses (Why does that even happen?!). They're super comfortable. I love the design in person and in pictures. The colour isn't amazing though. I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it exactly. Maybe I was expecting a browner brown. This looks more hazel to me. But I love how the colour shows really well on my dark brown might-as-well-be-black eyes. :D

Enlarging Effect

Comfort

Design

Colour

Final Result? 

I love these lenses so much! And I will most likely buy them again (unless I find a pair I like more!)

What do you think? :) 

Do you like GEO lenses? What do you think of these lenses? What about my bedhead? I'm a mess, I know! Haha! 

Let me know what you think via the comments, Facebook or Twitter! :) 

Stay beautiful,

21 before 21

Hello there, my lovelies!

Welcome to 21 before 21! Here are 21 goals I aim to achieve before I turn 21 on April 4. :) Since I only have a month and a half to fulfill them, I decided to make them not too challenging (At least... I hope they're not too difficult!).

I got this idea from Allena and her 24 by/in 24! :)

There's no way you can read the list in the picture above, so let me type it out for you. Anything to help, of course!

1. Cut out rice completely
2. Finish reading Bhagavad Gita
3. Make a blog header I’m happy with! See here
4. Make a custom blogger layout
5. Complete Zombies, Run 5k training
6. Finish all songs on Just Dance 4 (not incl. downloadable content)
7. Establish cleaning sched for Jus + Me
8. 45 blog posts in 2013
9. A painting
10. One YouTube video
11. Make a floral crown
12. Design 5 free printables/downloadables :)
13. Set up a Storenvy shop for stuff I want to sell
14. Finish the heart collage of pics on my wall
15. Create a media kit for Wannabe Empress
16. Sort out the domain issue!!!
17. Dye my hair again (finally)
18. Organise my laptop
19. Finish Assassin’s Creed (1)
20. Do 8 REAL push ups (not knee push-ups)
21. Finish two complete body weight circuits ;)

I have plans for all of them, sitting on my laptop. Just... waiting... for me to execute them. I hope I can do this.  I can do this!

Remember I Want to Level Up? 

I am considering this a packaged mission/quest. Yes, this whole list. If I accomplish all of them, I get 20% of a level. If I miss one, I get nada. All or nothing, baby!

Well, some of the goals are related to the main, side and/or bonus missions. So I can still get points for them. For example, the Bhagavad Gita goal is a side quest, so I get 5% if I do that. But with the Just Dance 4 mission, it's only part of a bigger goal, so I don't get points for that (yet).

So basically I get 20% for completing all the goals by April 4 plus any bonuses for the already established missions. If I don't complete all (like if I miss one, two, or ten), then I only get points for the ones that were already listed as missions on the I Want to Level Up page. :)

Make sense? :D

I'll cross things out from this list from time to time. I'll also put up a link on the main page of my blog. Here's to achieving goals!

Do you have any ___ by insert-age-here goals? 

I'd love to read about them! Include a link in the comment, or just tell me what you're planning. ;) Let's cheer each other on!


Stay beautiful,

FREE Blog Redesign

Hi there! I'm offering FREE blog redesigns for a limited time. More info in the form below!

Before you ask for a blog redesign, please follow me via GFC. :)

If you're not sure how, here's a video on how to follow via GFC!


Are you going to sign up for a free blog redesign? You don't have to get a custom everything! You can pick and choose. Also I will not necessarily make everything from scratch. With some things like favicons, for example, I will either base it off something I made previously or find a suitable one for your design. :)

You will receive all the design elements and their PSDs (if applicable) in a zip folder in your email when it's all done!

What do you think of this little giveaway? :)

Let me know if you're going to ask for some redesigning, or if you'll pass for now!

 Stay beautiful,