Ganguro Makeup Look

Hello gorgeous ladies!

Have you ever heard of the word Ganguro? When I first learned about it, I think of the Japanese word, Gyaru.  (Gyaru meaning: Japanese girly-glam style.)

Gyaru Look.
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Ganguro is actually an unconventional fashion hype in Japan wherein girls sport blonde or orange hair, dark skin, exaggerated makeup, and stickers on the face. It started when Japanese girls decided to contradict the common image of Japan beauty which is fair skin, dark hair, and neutral makeup. It became extremely popular in the 1990's but later died down in 2000.

Purple Sparks: A NYE Look

Hello gorgeous ladies!

A happy and blessed new year to you!

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How's 2012 treating you so far?

At my first 7 hours of 2012 (yes, it's already 7AM), I'm still feelin' W-I-D-E awake and there's not even a tiny bit of sleepiness in me. I blame it on sugar rush! I had lots (and I mean LOTS) of servings of saccharine-rich desserts during media noche such as mango tapioca, and leche flan.

My NYE look. I just had a bare face. I didn't feel like putting some makeup on since I was just celebrating new year's eve with my immediate family. No visitors. So, it's nothing big really. Plus I didn't have much time prior to that due to cooking and cooking and cooking and cleaning and stuff. So yeah.

Her NYE look. By the time I was free though, my sis-in-law asked me if I could do her makeup. I gladly obliged (since I got sick of doing my face most of the time. lol JOKE!) Plus I got to decide what look to do on her. Oh yeah, it wasn't really (literally) a NYE look since it was past midnight already when I did her makeup.

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(Sorry, I had to grab a photo online. My purple fireworks photos were faaaar from decent to be posted.)