10 Weeks of Gyaru Blogging: Style Switch🌺

Hello Cuties~

     We have reached the end of this 10 week blogging challenge with today's entry.  I'm glad I joined in on the fun with all the gals!  The last challenge is to do a style you don't usually go for.  I chose Amekaji!

     Amekaji, the colorful and usually bright sub-style known as American casual style.  It's a style that I admire but was never successful with my very few attempts.  I've tried twice before and really disliked the outcome, but this time I think I've got it!

☆ top - American Eagle ☆ overalls - American Rag 

☆ plaid - Weatherproof Vintage ☆ boots - Rue21

☆ accessories - amazon / forever21 / h&m

     To me, Amekaji is synonymous with lively and "child-like".  It exudes joyous vibes that are quite contagious!  I found myself smiling more than usual that day.  (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ☆

☆ point → hair accessories ☆

     Most of the color in my coordinate is from my accessories (lol).  I used a red scrunchy on one side, and a pink scrunchy on the other, as well as pink butterfly hair clips (but the light washes it out huhu).

     I wish I had better earrings, but for this look I chose my heart shaped hoops!  Kieli mentioned she'll be adding some really cute star shaped earrings to her shop, Bunny Crafty Dream, very soon!  I'm totally grabbing a pair~

     Well not really new, but this is my first time wearing these suckers since I made them centuries ago (lol).  

     As I mentioned before, I'm really satisfied with how this turned out!  I was almost sad I didn't get to show off my outfit.  But just as I finished up taking these photos, Prince made a surprise visit and he was shocked by my new look!  He said it suits me which is funny since I rarely do Amekaji (lol).  But that made me so happy~  

     And just like that, 10 weeks of Gyaru blogging comes to a close.  Thanks Lea for such a fun challenge~  I also have one last entry for Lizzie's 30 Day Gyaru challenge!  Challenges are pretty fun to do.  It's always nice to switch things up or try something new; like switching up your usual style!  I hope you guys enjoyed this post and look. ♥

~ Love you x Amiman ~

10 Weeks of Gyaru Blogging: Then & Now🌺

Hello Cuties~

     Work has been keeping me . . . (drained) preoccupied I'll just leave it at that.  Somehow I read the topics out of order so I was preparing for week 9 instead.  BUT this one was pretty easy to arrange.  Today's theme is "Then and Now".

Time for a Blast from the Past!

then :

     I wanted to find looks that I felt were cohesive.  In the beginning of my Gal journey I wan't very good at my makeup so I didn't focus on it as much as my coordinates.  Therefore many times I would skip it; I'll admit to that.  So I felt these were pretty good examples of my Gal image from 2012 to 2014.

     Again creating outfits was definitely my strong suit back in the day.  However I tried my best with makeup.  Circle lenses and lashes were still LIFE to me, but I always struggled to get my makeup to stand out.  And I didn't really get the hang of contouring until last year.

now :

     I still take great joy in creating super fun and cute outfits!  But I feel the same with creating makeup looks now.  I mastered false lashes and circle lenses are still life but quarantine / covid has prevented me from replenishing my stock (lol).

     I probably have about three pairs of the Secret Candy Magic hazel lenses left. (╯︵╰,)  So I've been holding out on using them and tried my hand at lens-less makeup looks.  I was surprised at how much I like it.  (But the moment I can buy more contacts I will lmao!)

     Sometimes it's hard to look back at your old self (oh the cringe of it all).  But then again it's nice to see the improvement.  While I did get a bit better, I believe there's always room for more improvement.  I can't wait to look back on these pictures and say : "I knew I could do it!"

~ Love you x Amiman ~

Homemade Purikura!｡ﾟ･⌒☆

Hello Cuties~

     I hope you guys are in a creative mood because today it's all about Purikura!  I found out some of my friends from work read my blog so, I'll briefly talk about Purikura.  (＠＾◡＾)

     Purikura (プリクラ) is just a sticker photo booth in plain terms.  But it's so fun~  Same concept of the abandoned photo booths you might see in malls.  But in Japan they're super cute with tons of customization choices!  The print out is a sticker and you can download a digital version to your phone.  The most noticeable difference in their photo booths are the eye enlargement feature 👀 (lol). 

     I love these kinds of posts!  Something to get you in the mood to create fun things whether it's using physical material or digital.  I used to watch a lot of youtube videos back in the day about "kawaii apps" or photo editing apps.  I'd download them all!  (who remembers cocoppa?!)  So today I'm going to share how I create my own Purikura using my cellphone!

     Here are all of my photo editing apps~  For purikura I usually use Meitu and PicsArt.

     In Meitu, we're going to select "photo editing".  After picking a photo, scroll the menu at the bottom and click "mosaic".  There are tons of choices!

     Once you've chosen a mosaic background, you can control the pen size by the circles below your picture.  You can easily erase mistakes or just hit the undo button.  It undoes the last stroke.  

Get in those nooks and crannies girl! (lol)

* tadaaa~

     You can even double up with mosaic filters!  Which is what I did but this time only to my boots~ (lol).  I've done mosaic with my fingers before, but I tend to use a stylus for that neat look.

* ooo la la~

     Now we get to use "magic brush"!  There's plenty to choose from just like the backgrounds in mosaic.  You can adjust the size of the brush at the bottom.  There's no limit to how many you use either, so just have fun!  I used the white feathers, sparkles, paintbrush, and the sparklers brush.

     Make sure you save your masterpiece~  Now we'll open said picture in PicsArt!

     I like to use this app because it has a library of stickers that you can search!  The app can do so much more but it's the main thing I use it for.

     Like I said, toons of things you can use this app for, but let's scroll over to "sticker"!  Best part is there's a search bar so you can look for anything your heart desires.  This Gal loves her bling so I searched diamond.

     There's no limit to how many stickers you can add here either!! I ended up adding some butterflies too~  Pro-tip:  if you find a sticker you LOVE but you wish it were in another color?  No problem!  Just adjust the sticker after selecting it!  You can change the overall hue of the sticker or even change one aspect of the sticker.

Now that you're done with your creation, let's see that bad boi!

So what do you think ~?

     That was actually quite fun to make (lol)!  I hope reading this was just as entertaining.  If you use any of these apps I'd love to see your homemade Purikura!  Tag me in the caption on instagram~

~ Love you x Amiman ~