#SEPTEMBERPROJECT : OOTD #2

Hi guys!!

I'm back after a week of MIA-ing. This week's been so hectic I haven't did my makeup tutorial, but I'll have it up by Monday latest. Aiming for Sunday evening! 

I hope you guys enjoyed OOTD #1 and Makeup Tutorial #1. I apologize that the first makeup tutorial wasn't done on both eyes, my left eye was giving me problems so I didn't want to touch it...thank goodness that the next few tutorials won't require it :)

So here's OOTD #2, a look that I used for punk rock styling for a photoshoot at Pearl Centre. :) Not sure if you heard the news about the murder, I'm kind of sad because it's really a great place for photoshoots but I'm so scared to go there now. Haha!

So here's OOTD #2! Interested to know how I match my clothes and where I get them? Read on!

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OOTD #2 : PUNK ROCK

Photo: Zech Light Art

Union Shirring Long Tee: SUPER LOVERS

Ripped Shorts: SUPER LOVERS

Choker & Necklace: glavil by tutuHA

Hair Accessories: glavil by tutuHA / creepsville666

Rings: SUPER LOVERS / LM.C / Chrome Hearts / Unbranded

Other Acessories: Unbranded

Coltranes: Jeffrey Campbell

To be very honest I didn't decide on my outfit till the day of the photoshoot itself HAHA. This photoshoot was a few weeks after I came back from my Japan trip in March 2014, so I really wanted to use the clothes that I had gotten during the trip for this photoshoot.

If you guys know me well you'll probably realize that although I sport a lot of different styles my closet consists of mainly: black, black, more black. I've been trying to change this but I end up getting white instead LOL /neverchange

Photo: Zech Light Art

SUPER LOVERS is one of my favourite brands (along with LISTEN FLAVOR and glavil by tutuHA) plus I have a friend who was working at the Laforet Harajuku branch (she quit in July), so even if I didn't buy anything I wanted to visit her once in March.

But let's be honest why would I not buy anything? xD Although the weather is super hot in Singapore I'm more sensitive to cold than others (not to mention the power ranger aircons in my school) so the Long Tee was really tempting for me, plus it was on sale. 

What I really like about the Long Tee is that even though it has a girly cut the overall feel that you get after wearing that is still slightly tomboy-ish. Plus I have a thing for nice designed clothes with thumbholes! It makes it easier for me especially since my arms can be kinda short in some clothings, including this.

Unfortunately I'm not able to give you guys a cheaper alternative for this item :( However if you're interested in purchasing this you can always grab yours at CDJapan while stocks last! :)

Link:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOAPP-35601

I bought the ripped shorts along with it as well, although the cutting was a tad too big for me. (It doesn't slip off or anything though)

(no thanks to extremely mabushii lights for destroying photo quality)

I have the ripped jeans version of this, and I just love how Super Lovers adds studs to the sides of the ripped jeans, plus the metal hook under the belt area for easy wearing of chains or other accessories.

Unfortunately this is already out of stock :( However you can easily DIY an inspired version with a pair of black ripped shorts and studs from Taobao (or you could buy them locally at Chinatown or *scape!).

Photo: Zech Light Art

When choosing accessories for punk rock styling literally almost anything metallic goes. Chains, studs, spikes and crosses are your best friends in punk rock fashion. Go for silver accented accessories instead of gold, gold tends to have a more sophisticated feel, while silver being more grunge.

This choker and cross necklace from glavil by tutuHA are literally my babies I don't understand why I didn't buy them last year. HAHA. I wear them so often I can't even remember the number of times I've worn them!

What I really love about these 2 accessories, especially the cross necklace is the thickness of the chains. Usually for necklaces you wouldn't get these kind of chains with it but this, plus the size of the cross itself makes it an awesome statement piece. The length of the chains for the choker also automatically makes it look larger overall, and it's all about being loud with metals in punk rock.

Like with the SUPER LOVERS items I don't have a cheaper alternative for everyone :( However if you would like to purchase it you can go through this page on Facebook called Gorgeous Barbie. :) The handcuff choker has 2 different colours while the cross necklace comes in a variety of designs. Do check out! (Warning: Expensive as heck ;w;)

Link:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.405498232823418.92572.131888843517693&type=3

Besides the choker and necklace my devil horn headband is also a piece of tutuHA! Though I think this is also already out of stock. I don't usually sport headbands because I hate my hair getting flattened but it felt fitting for the occasion. The thing that makes it different from other devil horn headbands is that the horns itself are actually cushioned, so it gives a more full effect compared to the wired 2D ones (plus it's squishy)!

The skeleton hands are from creepsville666. I won't talk more about it, you can easily get this on Taobao at almost any Harajuku style accessories shop!

Photo: Zech Light Art

I don't have a proper photo of my accessories. As you can see from the photo though, my studs bracelet is spiked as well but that's broken now so...replacement.

I collect my accessories for punk rock style from everywhere and anywhere. The metallic ring that you see in the photos is actually a Super Junior Yesung fan ring from Comics Connection LOL

As mentioned earlier, go for accessories with more silver accents. I wanted to add a bit more colour to my coordinate, so I threw in a spiked rose bracelet as well. That thing can kill, by the way.

I get my accessories from *scape, Taobao, Closet Child (a secondhand shop in Japan), SUPER LOVERS and at any accessory store in Singapore. Give them a try, you'll never know what you'll find!

Maybe one of the more unique items out of these accessories is the midi ring (it's together with the Chrome Hearts ring). It's actually band merchandise from the Visual Kei band LM.C. They have super cool merchandise (I'll probably do a post about band merchandise I own one of these days) and this midi ring, along with another gold accented one was 600yen in total. (That's less than $10, about $8) so I was really excited when I saw them selling this at the live. HAHAHA

I've actually linked 2 of my favourite accessories stores on Taobao in my previous OOTD post, but in case you missed out here's the links again! The spiked rose bracelet is from the first link.

Links:

http://shop104338880.taobao.com/?spm=0.0.0.0

fantasycat.taobao.com

I've probably never talked about this before, but I have an obsession with spikes and garters. Although I don't wear them often (/shoots self) I love them so much! 

These 2 are actually the first that I bought, I have tons more now. Because I had a stockings fever once (I still do, but I'm so scared of ripping them I don't wear them much anymore. Bummer.) I didn't really go for those with clips, plus the knee garter was really interesting to me.

Because for the photoshoot I decided on the vertically lined black stockings it was a miracle that the spikes on the garter alined exactly with the stockings. I really liked the overall feel of them together, made me feel more dangerous. Don't go around knee-ing people with these on!

Here's some shops that I frequent to buy these lovelies.

Links:

http://thepinksavior.taobao.com/

http://newbestlove.taobao.com/

http://8023bu.taobao.com/

Photo: Zech Light Art

Shoes, stockings, bag? Explore your closet! Jeffrey Campbells are really expensive so unless you have the money to afford one. These are the coltranes, you can probably find cheaper alternatives on Carousell if you search jeffrey campbell coltrane. Harajuku model Seto Ayumi's favourites. I don't really have a bag to recommend for this look so....(ahahahaha)

It's 4AM now so I shall head to bed. And wake up 2 hours later..../cries

Hope you enjoyed reading this, good night and have a good night to everyone! (when this post is uploaded) Second makeup tutorial in relation to this look will be up on latest Monday evening.

Seeya~!

♥~Yumi.

#SEPTEMBERPROJECT : MAKEUP #1

Hello guys! As usual I'm late by a day again /cries

Thank you for reading the first post of September Project! I hope you got a few tips from there, if not a few good stuff to buy haha :3

Here's the first along awaited makeup tutorial! I'm going to be starting with 3 of my daily eyemakes. If you guys know me or follow my Instagram you'll probably know that I dress up to school on a near daily basis (unless I get really freaking tired in which that case I would wear a mask instead).

To those who are looking for a suitable makeup style for you cute-sey coordinates, here's one for you! I'm very inspired by AMO, the Japanese Harajuku Model in terms of girly fashion. In her looks she always has a really dreamy yet adult-like feel which I love to re-create. 

Photo: Love Drug Store x AMO Collaboration

AMO's eyemake is all about natural; brown and pink toned eyeshadows, brown eyeliner, brown falsies. Other trademarks in her look is her pouty pink lips, straight eyebrows and of course, full blast on the blush.

So here's my take on how to achieve a look like AMO! I'll be skipping the mascara and falsies, because after all this is a daily eyemake tutorial and I hate wearing those to school. I'll also leave some suggestions down below on what I used for each part of my makeup tutorial, but it's really up to you to play around with what you have to recreate this eyemake!

Have fun!!

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MAKEUP #1: CASUAL ADULT GIRLY

What I used;

1. SilkyGirl Blockbuster Eye Palette

(Not available in stores anymore)

For this look, I used:

Orange-toned brown eyeshadow, 2nd from top for my base eyeshadow (Step 1)

Chocolate brown eyeshadow, 3rd from top for 1/3 of the outer lids (Step 2)

2. Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

(Available at any Sephora stores)

For this look, I used:

Pink-toned highlighter BOOTYCALL for centre of my lids (Step 3)

Grey-toned brown TEASE to accentuate under 1/3 of my lower lashes (Step 4)

Cream colour highlighter FOXY for my waterline and browbone. (Step 8 & 9)

3. Koji Dolly Wink Pencil Eyecolor Cream Glitter

(Available at Watsons Singapore)

I used this to highlight along the tear duct. (Step 5)

4. Koji Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner in Brown

(Available at Watsons Singapore)

I used this for the base eyeliner. (Step 6)

5. Majolica Majorca Perfect Automatic Eyeliner in Pink

(Special Edition Colour. Still available at Watsons!)

I used this for my second layer of eyeliner. (Step 7)

6. Candy Doll Shading Powder

(Available at Watsons Singapore and BHG)

I used this to contour the sides of my nose (Step 10); as well to contour my face!

7. Candy Doll Cheek Colour in Pink Flamingo

(Available at Watsons Singapore and BHG. 

They've ceased manufacturing for this version, get yours quick!!)

I used this for my blusher.

To achieve AMO's full-blast blusher look, use a more compact blush brush to apply on the cheek colour generously. If you have a longer face unlike AMO's, try sweeping the blush vertically downwards as well. It creates the illusion of a rounder, cuter face!

8. Koji Dolly Wink Mascara in Brown

(Available at Watsons Singapore)

For me, I used 01 Long for my lashes. However, if you own 02 Volume, go ahead and experiment and see if it fits you better!

9. EYEMAZING x AMOYAMO Eyelashes No. 813 in Rose Chocolat

(Available at BHG)

I used these falsies for this look; it gives an overall natural feel plus it's heavier on the outer section, which creates the illusion of longer eyes instead of bigger eyes. However, if you have small eyes you may want to invest in brown eyelashes which are heavy on both the outer and middle section.

10. Etude House Dear Darling Tint in 02 Real Red 

(Available at Etude House)

I used this for my lips, but only applied this on the inner part of the lips. Use your fingers to blend out the colour to give your lips a gradient colour!

11. Etude House Dear My Enamel Gloss in 02 Super Shiny Pink

(Available at Etude House)

Lastly, I applied this all over my lips to give my lips a fuller, pouty pink feel!

And that's it from me for the first makeup tutorial! I'm sorry that I did not do a full one inclusive of falsies, blush and lips! I don't usually put those on a daily basis...but I did leave a few tips in the descriptions of the products, so please take a look if you're interested!

If you ever try out this look, please do tag me @Inamura_Yumi on Twitter because I'd look to see other people's take on this eyemake! And with that, I will see you in my next blogpost.

Thank you for reading the second post for #SeptemberProject! 

♥~Yumi.

August 2013 Japan Trip: Lives, Shopping, Friends, Loads of Fun! Part 4

Hello my readers!

I'm sorry for not updating for the past 2 days, I've been really tired especially after choir practices which I am heading to right now as well. sigh.

                                                

But!! Promise is a promise ☆ 

I shall shut up and start my blog post now, LOL

DAY 3 : ALICE NINE WORLD'S END DAYBREAK #2

~OKYAKUSAMA DAIICHI SHUGI~ 9TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE  

that was long

Before I begin, I want to first leave a note that there are much better live reports floating around the internet as well as screenshots from the livestream on NicoLive.

This is just a version of my experience before, during and after the live ☆

  

Still remember the pants I bought from 109? I was wearing it! Hiroto cosplay haha. I forgot my eyelid tape in Singapore, so I had to buy eyelid glue in Japan... and oh my goodness I took forever to do it! >__< Luckily it worked eventually, haha!

Makeup complete!

Hiroto wig on ☆

Coordinate for Hiroto Cosplay ♪ Black Period T-shirt, cardigan and Murder License jeans!

We headed out to mos burger for breakfast after that ☆ Honestly I wonder if the cashier woman could remember me from all my looks everyday...LOLOL

i only took pics of my breakfast today that's why i'm sharing them with you. I practically ate the same thing everyday for breakfast so...yea. 8D

Mazu and I arrived at Shibuya quite  early, so we stopped at Marui City to watch the Alice Nine Countdown Live being played on the screen, heh. In contrary to what I imagined, the screen at Marui City was really rather...small.

I met Charlie afterwards and we went back to Marui City to find Mazu, where we waited for the staff to give out the free fans...

In front of us were people doing Alice Nine's designed gellish nails. I swear the price was crazy, over $100 just for that? no thanks.

The nail seals however are super cute! ;u;

This isn't mine by the way

After getting our fans...which I desperately squeezed to the front to get HAHAHAHA it's good being small

Charlie, Mazu and I headed over to Shibuya Public Hall or also once known as CC Lemon Hall. We got lost at first because Charlie is such a bad guide.

I was surprised when we reached there because the queue was surprisingly short! It's mostly because of what I've experienced in Singapore at Sundown Festival as well as what Mazu told me about Gazette MELT that made me imagine that the queue would be really long, lol =A=

Let me tell you something :I

I think Saga cursed me that day or something.

I got so much of Saga!? I wish I took a picture of it before I traded all the cards away. I bought 9 cards, and 6 of them were Saga. i know right. And I'm not even a Saga fan! x(

Also I realized that a lot of other fans were trying to give away their Saga cards as well. Saga is surprisingly unpopular amongst the Japanese Number Sixes ówò Charlie said it's probably because of his mindset, how he likes beautiful women more than cute *lol*

I also met loads of new friends! They're all non-Japanese fans as well. 2 of them are English teachers in Japan, haha! 1 is currently studying there in Yokohama. The other 3 were there on vacation, if you exclude Charlie LOL

Ashleigh aka pandomi

Alison aka lovemiku

Patricia aka cherry1608

Rachael aka merorororin/fuu-rin

Denise

Sachi

Oh, and Charlie aka Shoucolate who I already met on my first day in Japan. Do you guys know any of them? :P

Queuing with Charlie for merchandise! It drizzled a little, haha.

Obligatory selca of myself kk

Mazu, Rachael, Sachi, Denise, Patricia, me and Charlie!

Al and Ashleigh weren't paying attention

Credits to Mazu for the picture ♪

After...much contemplation. I brought my Saga cards around to trade. I managed to trade away most of them except one 8'D But the fans were really nice, they'll ask you who you're looking for, then check their cards for your bias, and trade with you! But Saga was really hard to trade away 8'D

After a lot of trading, my final product ☆

Oh, there's an extra Alice in Wondercurry Shou card too <3

I'm showing you because for some reason they all went missing, which made me really mad because it disappeared in the hotel room.

Because Mazu bought our tickets through GFC, we got really good tickets at Row 9 ☆ ...On Saga's side. i know right.

The 2 people directly in front of me were 2 Alice Nine cosplayers as well! Saga and Hiroto version Court of 9 #4 x) I followed their actions throughout the live. ♡ However the girl to my north east direction...I wonder why she was even at the concert. Throughout the live she was minding her own business, she even went off somewhere halfway through! I was so mad at her.

Although we actually weren't to take any photos *lol* Here's one we took before the live ☆

Credits to Mazu!

Charlie sat beside me. Whee!

                                      

At 5.30, actually later than that...the lights dimmed, and it began...

ALICE NINE

[L > R] Hiroto (gu.), Tora (gu.), Shou (vo.), Saga (ba.), Nao (dr.)

Before I continue with the report, for the sake of my non-A9 fan readers, I will do a small introduction of A9, since they are the highlight of my whole Japan trip after all! HAHA ♡♡

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Alice Nine is a band signed under Peace Smile Company, which is famous for other bands such as The GazettE. They have been around since 2004, which makes 2013 their 9th year as Alice Nine. Some recommended songs of theirs that I know can be found on youtube are

Mainstream:

Senkou

Niji no Yuki

Heart of Gold

Indies:

Kowloon ~Nine Heads Rodeo Show~

Heisei Juushichinen Shichigatsu Nanoka

Number Six

Also if you want to know more about them (and see their funny side), check out Arisu9Channeru on Youtube as well ;)

                                   

SETLIST

1. Shunkashuutou
2. Velvet
3. TSUBASA.
4. blue planet
5. Affection
6. RAINBOWS
7. Scarlet
8. Haikara naru rinbukyoku
-MC-
9. Zankyou WHITEOUT
10. Gekkou yoku
11. Waterfall
12. Heisei Juushichinen Shichigatsu Nanoka
13. Mugen no Hana
14. Daybreak
15. Q.
-MC-
16. KOWLOON-9 HEADS RODEO SHOW-
17. DEAD SCHOOL SCREAMING
18. the Arc
-ENCORE-
-MC-
19. Hana
20. Heart of Gold
-MC-
21. the beautiful name

I'm only going to cover the interesting things that happened during the live, heheh ☆ (and the MC) You probably don't need me to tell you that all 5 of them were amazing on stage already ♥♡♥♡

During Blue Planet, I was squealing over the last part because that ShouTora moment was sooo cute! (as a brOTP.)

Shou was singing to Tora the last line of Blue Planet and then they high fived.

The gif is everywhere on tumblr, you should check it out ☆

Also if you watched the livestream on NicoLive, you'd realize that Tora took off his jacket halfway through the live...but there was a part which they did not stream which was Tora taking off the jacket. For some reason, the jacket was extremely tight and refused to come off, LOLOL. A backstage crew member was practically pulling so hard on the jacket while Tora was running forward but it was STILL STUCK ON! Charlie and I were laughing so hard. Charlie drew a comic about it too, check it out on her tumblr ↓↓

→ Shoucolate ←

During Haikara, Saga jumped down the stage during his bass solo! I'm not a Saga fan but...that doesn't stop me from going crazy during the live! Because I was right at the aisle together with Charlie and Mazu, both of us reached out for him! Charlie and Mazu got to touch his arm. I on the other hand, felt some cloth...

...I touched his chest I'M SORRY SAGA I DIDN'T MEAN IT OMG

During the encore, Tora came out first and he was complaining how he's always the first out...HAHA

But what was more hilarious was when he said

"My father..."

and everyone practically TURNED AROUND TO TRY SPOT HIS FATHER IN THE HALL BUT THEN

"...isn't here."

"You guys got tricked didn't you!"

GDI TORA

Shortly after Nao joined him onstage, with his fabulous glasses

Those glasses

And Saga as well.

Saga started talking about how Nao's parents were here (they really were, HAHA! Over the 2nd floor box at Tora/Saga side) and how Nao's brother was not.

And also about how Nao's brother's girlfriend was supposedly really beautiful!

He really beat around the bush there, and Tora was just like "Just what are you getting at exactly?" in which Saga replied "I want to see Nao's brother's girlfriend."

Saga please HAHAHAHAHAHA

I forgot what got Nao talking about this, but he was telling us about how when he was playing the drums on stage just now (I should've noticed ahhh) he did something that he usually only does during practices in the studio, but he totally forgot that they were really holding a live at the moment.

After he finished playing a song he'd flex his arm muscles to see how they are, HAHAHA! I can't believe I missed seeing that moment on stage! Nao re-enacting it out for us was mighty hilarious, though.

By the time Nao finished talking Tora was calling out for help from Shou and Hiroto, who came in with their arms around each other's shoulders, it's adorable I know!

Hiroto proceeded over to his guitar and amp, and when Shou was about to begin MC, Hiroto pulled out his digicam and told everyone to pose for the camera and his side of the hall literally went dead quiet. While all the other members were just staring at him HAHAHA

Shou then gave a little comment that Hiroto is very my-pace. ☆

Basically after that, Shou began Alice Nine's extremely emotional talk about how they felt so grateful etc but the funny part was when Saga decided to go up to the electronic keyboard and play a tune as BGM. Shou looked back at Saga and he stopped playing for a moment, after which Shou told him he didn't need to play any BGM, but when Shou turned back to the audience to continue his MC Saga started playing again. asshole I know

When Shou passed the MC time over to Nao, I forgot for what reason >__<, Saga stopped playing the keyboard and went to tune his bass. At the very moment Nao started talking. Everyone was laughing so hard, Nao was baffled, and all Saga said was "It felt appropriate for the timing."

If you probably guessed after Nao's MC time was up and Shou continued his MC again Saga started playing on the keyboard once more. Shou was laughing a lot ♡

After the beautiful name, which was the last song they played that night, Alice Nine announced their next live tour, which you can check out at their Official HomePage~

(I cried at the beautiful name by the way but who doesn't cry at the beautiful name)

The whole concert ended around 8.30PM, so after getting flyers from the bands who were around the area uwu ♡ Charlie, Rachael, Patricia, Ashleigh, Alison, Mazu and I headed for dinner. Oh, Mazu's friend also joined us after the live. :3 Sachi and Denise didn't join us because it was too expensive.

Picture with Charlie ohoho

Picture with Rachael

Credits to her~ hehe

So we saw Sadako on the way back

Charlie was trying to take a photo

But Rachael and I decided photobomb

I look fabulous

This random group of Japanese people wanted to take a photo with us!

They also said Sadako isn't scary, it's comical horror.

And that more or less summarizes my day at Alice Nine's Anniversary Live.

Even though Alice Nine didn't sing all of my favourite songs, I was still really touched to see them on stage, in real life, on such an important day. The last time I saw them was at Sundown Festival last year, haha! Where I got to shake Shou, Nao, Tora and Saga's hands ☆ Though I admit that I was slightly displeased because even though I was at Row 9 it was still quite far behind.

Meeting new friends there was really heartening as well, I still keep in contact with them you know! Especially Rachael x) ♪

I really want to go for another Alice Nine concert, but I guess that will just have to wait, haha ☆

Thank you for such a wonderful 25 August 2013.

Best concert experience ever in my entire life ♡

♥~Yumi.