Small outfit compilation 2: Last days of November! + Circle lens advise!

Hey there!

 I've chosen to stay a week without wearing circle lenses because my left eye decided to... well, to take a bloody rebellion on its own!
I was thinking about making a post advising you to be careful with wearing circle lenses for too long (I usually wear them all day, which is MIN 13h most days because I have 6h of class and 6h of work, and that's if I don't do anything after work... which usually means wearing the lenses for WAY too long!)
I should do like most of my friends do, take them out when my eyes start feeling sore or when it's been more than 7-8 hours! It's just that I like the look they give too much and I don't want to take them out and go back to my small irises, lol! But health goes first, so after this small circle lens hiatus I'll try to be more sensible about their use.

Here's the proof of how my eyes looked after 10h of use (it was like 7 pm... and that day I went out for dinner, so imagine how they were at 1am!!):

He decidido estar una semana sin llevar circle lenses porque... bueno, mi ojo izquierdo decidió empezar una sangrienta rebelión por sí mismo y... bueno, llegué a un punto en el que acababa con el ojo sangriento hasta la mañana siguiente de quitármelas!
Así que voy a dejarlos respirar por lo menos una semana y de ahora en adelante haré como la mayoría de mis amigos (que también lleven CL, claro xD), quitármelas al cabo de un rato, cuando los ojos lleguen al límite! Había pensado en hacer un post sobre los peligros de las CL, pero al fin y al cabo me he dado cuenta de que la culpa es mía por ABUSAR! Claro, como mínimo me tiro 13h fuera de casa la mayoría de los días, y eso es si solo voy a clase y a trabajar!

Como muestra del abuso, podéis ver cómo tenía los ojos a las 7 de la tarde... Imagináos cómo acabaron a las 7 de la mañana xDDDDD

I usually don't make this kind of poses hahaha
But I was very stressed that day at work so I needed to get out of the office and do something childish and stupid to forget for a couple minutes about the pressure lol!

Normalmente no suelo hacer este tipo de pose xDDD Pero bueno, estaba bastante estresada y presionada ese día en el trabajo, así que los 5 minutos de descanso que me tomé me dediqué a hacer un poco el idiota jaja

And now onto the outfits! I just picked up 3 and they're from this weekend, yesterday and today, LOL! Last week the cold hit me too hard and caught me by surprise, so I didn't have anything to wear except boring (yet -sort of- warm) stuff or outfits that you've already seen so... They're not worth the time!

I've found though that I find myself more comfortable wearing a different style in winter, maybe more on the cute key than on the sexy, aggressive side! It's easier to be warm with huge sweaters than in micro d.i.a tops, lol!

(I'll find something else though, I usually switch styles a lot and don't like sticking to just one thing!)

Y... ahora a por los outfits!
La verdad es que los 3 que voy a enseñar son del sábado, lunes (ayer) y hoy mismo xD El frío de la semana me pilló muy desprevenida, y o bien me tuve que tapar con lo primero que pillaba cuando conseguía y me veía TAN rancia que ni sacaba foto o son cosas que ya he enseñado en otros posts de outfits, así que tampoco vale la pena incluirlo!

La verdad es que me he dado cuenta de que para el frío me gusta bastante más tirar hacia el lado más cute y monoso que no estar en mi estilo anterior, más adulto, sexy y agresivo porque... Bueno, siempre es fácil quedar mona y estar calentita con un jersey enorme, pero a ver tú cómo se ve una sexy pareciendo el muñeco de michelin a base de capas xDDDDD

Aun así, algo encontraré para irme definiendo en invierno. Algo encontraré!

Saturday:

Sweater: Bershka
Shirt: Bershka
Shorts: Bershka (omg, I hadn't noticed this LOL)
Knee-highs: Calcedonia
Boots: Camper
Accessories: Handmade (by Miyu's BF lol!) and Forever21 

 

Monday:

Sweater: H&M!
Shirt: Blanco
Skirt: ??
Knee-highs: Calcedonia
Accessories:  Necklace ??, beret H&M

Today!

Sweater: Friday's proyect
Shirt: Bershka
Skirt: NewYorker (even if you can't see it xD)
Knee-highs: Calcedonia
Accessories: Forever21

I don't like the way this outfit ended up looking like! I need a white cute t-shirt and a black bowtie and maybe white knee-high socks because it if everything looks so dark it looses a bit of the cute key I was aiming for!
Dull make up because I got ready in 10' and I'm not wearing circle lenses! 

I was unsure about what to post because there are a few things that I'd like to talk about but I don't have enough time to develop them! (and I ended up making a somewhat long outfit post, d'oh).
Some are silly, like listing some new make-up wise  and random stuff I'd like to buy and why, others are a bit more serious (at least for me) like ways to deal with acne scars (or even my own fight with acne) or maybe stuff that might be helpful like my experience with TaoBao or MBok and/or how to order in these kind of places using different shopping services (as if there weren't enough tutorials lol!)

(As it's obvious, I'll leave the make-up tutorial for the time when I start wear lenses again, haha!)

If you'd like to know any of these in depth please let me know! I'm always happy to receive feedback!
And as always, thanks for reading! ^^

No sabía bien bien qué postear porque hay varios temas que me rondan la cabeza pero realmente no llego a tener tiempo de desarrollarlos tanto como me gustaría! (Aunque ahora he acabado extendiendo bastante el post de outfits xDDD)
Algunos de ellos son bastante chorra, como las cosas de maquillaje -o en general- que tengo pensado comprarme próximamente y por qué, otros son más serios (por lo menos para mí), como formas de intentar tratar las cicatrices que deja el acné (o incluso mi propia lucha contra éste, que son muchos años ya!) o cosas que puedan ser útiles para los demás como mi experiencia con comprar en sitios como TaoBao o MBok con varios intermediarios (bueno, uno distinto en cada) o incluso hacer un tutorial sobre cómo comprar en este tipo de sitios (como si no hubiese bastantes ya xDDD aunque la verdad es que muchos están en inglés)!

Obviamente el tutorial de maquillaje lo dejaré para cuando me vuelva a poner lentillas! xDDD
Pero bueno, si os gustaría saber algo más sobre alguno de estos temas o similares, hacédmelo saber! Siempre estoy encantada de leer sugerencias!

Y como siempre, gracias por leer! ^^

Bang bangs!

(Some of you might already know about this from my FB/twitter)
So yesterday I was pretty stressed about the way my bangs looked and I kept thinking that I needed a change so I took the scissors and bam! I cut my bangs. Just like that!
I've got no knowledge whatsoever about hairdressing so it's a miracle that it doesn't look like a complete disaster but heck! you've got to do what you want, or to try it at least!
Otherwise I'd just keep complaining about how much I needed a change and that I didn't know what to do and so on and so on, so I thought that the best way to do something was to actually do it.
You know how it goes:

Do or do not, there is no try.
-Yoda.

(Es probable que algun@s ya sepás de que va la cosa por mi twitter/FB)
Pues ayer estaba bastante tayada con el tema de mi flequillo y cómo se veía y no dejaba de pensar en que quería un cambio, por lo que cogí las tijeras y me dediqué a hacer un poco el apaño. Tal cual!
No tengo ningún conocimiento de peluquería, por lo que es un milagro que no haya quedado hecho un desastre!
La verdad es que soy de la opinión que si algo te ronda la cabeza y tienes la necesidad de hacerlo y lo quieres, lo mejor es que vayas y lo hagas, no solo que lo intentes o que te quedes pensándolo!
Ya lo decía Yoda... xDDDD

So... This is how my bangs looked before my impulsive scissor attack:
Así que bueno, así es cómo tenía el flequillo antes del impulsivo ataque de tijera:

And this is how they look after it!
Y así es cómo ha quedado!

Also, an extra selca (aka camwhoring) shot for all of you, with pouty lips and everything:
Y de regalo una autofoto (que camwhoring se entiende igual) con labios sugerentes o patiles, como se prefiera xDDDDD (el día que me ponga a sacar los labios de verdad temblará Donald xDDD)

As you might see, I had my SLR in my hand there. Well, the thing is that no matter how much I try, I don't like the way I look in pretty much ANY pic I take with that cam if the lights aren't like uber fantastic (or sunlight), and since usually that only happens in the bathroom... I won't post any good quality pic for now.

Como podéis ver, tenía la SLR en la mano y bueno, la cuestión es que da igual cuanto lo intente (porque lo intento, lo aseguro), no me gusta cómo salgo en CASI ninguna foto que hago con ella a no ser que la luz sea fantástica y estupendosa y... bueno, eso solo suele pasar cuando: a) tienes focos, b) es de día o c) estás en el lavabo. Así que por ahora no habrá fotos bonitas xDDDD

Well, what do you think about the change?!
Bueno, qué pensáis del cambio?!


BY THE WAY! I was also trying to record a sort of tutorial for the eye make-up I'm wearing in these pics, which is based in Yun's style in one of the pages of this A/W Egg Beauty! I was thinking about doing a series of inspired styles from the magazine so I can start posting more make-up content!

Sadly, my cam stopped recording halfway and I was in a bit of a hurry and didn't have the time to remove everything  and start again, so I chose to let it go. But, do you like the idea? Would you like to see a "tutorial" (I don't like the word tutorial) on this style and the idea of my inspired series?

Let me know and thanks for reading!

POR CIERTO! Estaba intentando también hacer una especie de tutorial para el maquillaje de ojos que llevo en esas fotos, que está basado en uno de los estilos que Yun lleva en la edición de otoño/invierno de la Egg Beauty (que me compré en el salón del manga)! Estaba pensando hacer una serie de maquillajes inspirados en los estilos de la revista para empezar a postear más contenido orientado al maquillaje, que por lo que ví interesa!

Desgraciadamente la cámara decidió mandarme a paseo a la mitad, y como tenía un poco de prisa no era plan de quitármelo todo y volver a empezar, así que preferí pasar, pero así os puedo preguntar primero! Os gusta la idea? Os gustaría ver un "tutorial" (o lo que sea, porque no me gusta el concepto de llamar tutorial a lo que pueda hacer, ni que sea yo una experta en nada! xDDDD) de este estilo y la idea del resto de estilos inspirados así como una serie?

Comentadme algo y gracias por leer, como siempre!!

Hair boredom

Hey !

I'm writing this entry because I want to do something with my hair but I'm unsure about WHAT should I do.
I know that I want darker hair and I've got a few ideas but I'm a bit afraid of changing because I might miss my current blonde (even if I think that I've gone too far with going to a lighter shade each time, lol).

Escribo esta entrada porque ya llevo un tiempo pensando en que quiero hacerme algo en el pelo (oscurecer, la idea es oscurecer), pero no me acabo de decidir en qué quiero exactamente. Llevo un tiempo pensando en que me aburro de verme igual, que necesito hacerme algo y cambiar, y por otro lado en que me gustaría tener un color con el que no tuviese la necesidad de decolorarme las raíces cada vez que me hago algo porque a este paso... no me va a crecer el pelo nunca y no me gusta cómo me queda con la largada que lo tengo (bueno, digamos que me gusta más largo).

It's just that I need a change. I'm bored of always looking the same way, and I also feel like I should reach a shade of blonde that didn't demand me to previously bleach my roots, or my hair will never grow again (and I really don't like the way short/medium hair -well, my current length- suits me).


Lately I've been in love with Mipoti's hair:  medium blonde base, lighter/darker streaks all around. Maybe I should just do some darker cap highlights and see if I like it, but Idk. I'll probably get some ring extensions too.

Estoy cogiendo mucha inspiración, o digamos que me llama mucho la atención el pelo mechado multicolor con rubio (medio? oscuro?) que lleva Mipoti en algunas fotos, así que lo más probable es que busque hacerme algo similar. Eso sí, poniéndome extensiones (probablemente de anilla, porque estoy hasta el ... las narices de tener el pelo "corto"). Quizá pruebe a hacerme mechas de gorro a ver qué tal queda, porque no me apetece cambiarme todo el pelo de color de golpe.

Let me show you some (more) inspirational pics of Mipo's hair!

Os dejo ahora con algunas fotos inspiracionales (más) del pelo de Mipo para que veáis a qué me refiero!

Well, I have to admit that I have a huge crush on her, but that's something totally different....

Excuses + PicSpam

Ahh, whenever I spend a long time without blogging I start feeling guilty!

Anyway, I've got quite a lot of ideas to give this blog a new face and some projects in mind to put some more life and interactivity to it, but I really have little to no time for things like this!
I barely have time to take pics and post them, no wonder that I've no time to blog!

So this is just a little reminder that I'm still here somehow and that stuff may be coming... soon. Just not SO soon.

And to make this post a lil less boring, I'll spam some pics of these last days!

Thanks for reading <3

(I'm aware that they're not my best pics, but hey! It's something, lol!)

Why all the hate?

Disclaimer: This post contains opinion!

I have been thinking a lot about this lately, and I thought it was a good subject to bring here.
The fact is that anyone that knows at least a little how this community goes will know that one of the most popular critics is "That's not gyaru!".
There are guides and guidelines in order to become a (good) gyaru. A whole set of rules and do's and dont's.But still, this isn't enough, because from there it borns the "Doing X isn't enough to be gyaru!" discussion. It's not my intention to enter into this topic, as it's been discussed broadly and while I have my opinion like anyone else (opinions are like balls) but it amazes me that this is in fact a subject of discussion. 

I've been in different dressing styles (which belonged to different urban tribes, to call it somehow) and this was never a subject of discussion, so it makes me wonder why.


For instance, I highly doubt that if some guy starts getting interested in punk and listening to punk music and dresses alike to the musicians he listens to, I doubt he'll find anywhere a list of dont's. 
Of course, _every_ urban tribe has its own rules (because doing something and not doing something else it's what caracterizes them), and you probably won't see a goth in pink (or maybe you could, but yanno) or a punk wearing Swarovski decoden (that one is harder to find, right? although there are some approaches, lol).

And, well, every urban tribe has its degree of trueness and competition, but it's not at high and heavy as it happens in gyaru (or j-fashion in general, I dare say).

But... Why does this happen?

One of the first posible reason that I can think of it's because it has no musical background (or not as deep as other subcultures have). It might sound stupid, but if you fail to give the looks, what do you have left? 

The gyaru spirit? Sure. 

We've all come to this discussion in one point or the other. You can be a rebel, you can go against society and the mass media and the rules and averageness and all that stuff without being gyaru, so that attitude might belong to anything else. This wouldn't be like this if there was a musical background. 

Take goths. A teen might not be all dressed up in expensive victorian-ish velvet clothing, but she might listen to all those goth rock bands, and with just a t-shirt with the logo of the group, some jeans and heavy dark make-up there'd be no doubt of what urban tribe she belongs to (or at least her tendency).

Another reason that comes to my mind is that, under the surface, it's a highly competitive fashion. I'm the kind of person who finds it easy to like pretty much everyone and I really don't need much to grow fond of people and care about them (I'm a care bear, lol). I prefer sharing to competing but I know that there are a lot of people who like having adversaries. This is indeed a good way to push you to get better, but you might end up crossing the line of friendly competition to enter the realms of hate, and hate leads to suffering (and it's the path to the dark side).

(yes, this is what appears when you google Gyaru Secrets)

I also think that the fact that it's a japanese fashion is also somewhat of a barrier due to the racial (physical) differences. This might sound silly or wrong, but I really don't mean it in a bad way, but I came up to this conclusion a couple years ago when I made a first attempt at japanese fashion with visual kei. No matter how many make-up tutorials I tried to follow, my eye keept looking different. Then I realized that the crease in my eyelid was the reason of my failure.

I compare my pictures to japanese gyaru's and I fail to see the same. But that's obvious, because no matter how better my skills might get at make-up and hairstyling (at which, by the way, I suck) I will never see the same, since my features are different, for a start. Of course, there are awesome gaijin gyaru who grasp the essence of gyaru, who give you that feeling instantly at a first sight but... 

And finally, I believe that part of it is created by itself. It's like the feed-back creates the fear, the fear of being criticized for not being gyaru enough makes people being more critic ("because... I'm going to be criticized by ... you? you don't even look that gyaru!") and so on, and so on. 

What do you guys think about it?

Stupid Vlog

HELLO!

So yesterday I tried a slightly different style and I was pretty happy with it!
When I came home at last I was so sad to have to remove my makeup and undo my hair and such that decided that it'd be a great excuse to do a vlog, LOL!

Bad thing about it it's that... well, the audio is a bit out of sync and that my accent hasn't gotten any better but... Heck, I try my best lol.


Well,  I hope you enjoy my randomness!

(Herpy derpy thumbnail LOL)

Oh, I also thought it could be a good idea to post a couple pics of the outfit and such! :D

Oh, I also thought it could be a good idea to post a couple pics of the outfit and such! :D

 Pic edited with Line Camera! (Pick's image editing soft)
I love that social network!

 Also, the inevitable unavoidable embarrassing duckface, but I like the way the hairdo looks, lol.

 With my dear Miyu <3

 And this pic was too fun to avoid posting it xDDDD We were in front of a fan, lol

 Some of the girls, I love them all <3

Another group pic... With a lot of us lacking! It looks like it's an Hysterical tradition to lack good group pics! We did some, but I don't have them.
I love them all, they're great. It's such a wonderful thing to have friends like them. One of these days I'll make an update for them! <3

Aaaand... This is all for now.
Thanks for reading and so! <3

About makeup... kinda.

Hi everyone!

I've been thinking lately a lot about how I do my make up and what I wanted to look like.
Despite the fact that I've been a _lot_ of time with little to no money to restock my falsies and whatnot, I've also found out that I had gotten a bit... lazy when it comes to make-up.

I've always, always, always, always loved extreme panda styles, droopy eye make-up rather than natural and cat-shaped eyes, like this girl's (who's an Ageha model):

 (I don't know her name but I'm totally in love with her. I suck at names, but... I love her anyway)


Just take a look at her makeup:

And at the way her face looks with it:

THIS is the kind of face-shape (or whatever) I want to achieve, this is in what I'm going to work more from now on.

I used to make my eyes very very very droopy before, but I ended up changing to a style... that doesn't even suit me!

So eh, keep tuned because I'm going to be trying really hard.
(I also wanted to talk about lenses and about how much I wanted to get me a new pair and that I had been investigated because I didn't want an old model that ended up feeling outdated quickly but as far as I can see... They keep wearing the same old oldies in mags like Ageha and EGG and such! I guess it's because the classics never die)


Thanks for reading and such! <3

Jill Stuart 'mix blush compact' Review

My second (make-up related) Christmas gift by my other half was this lovely blusher which I had been wanting for a really long time. I was really in love with its cuteness case and applicator and how the colors looked like!
Being a pink blush lover, I obviously asked for shade 01: Baby blush!

Pues como ya fui diciendo por ahí, aquí está la review de mi segundo regalito (de maquillaje) de Navidades (cortesía de mi mitad querida). Hacía mucho mucho tiempo que lo quería, siempre me había encantado la presentación (el nivel de detalle de los brillantitos y los gravados es una pasada!) y después de verlo muy a menudo me decidí a añadirlo a mi wishlist. Cómo amante de los coloretes rositas que soy, me apunté el tono 01: Baby blush!

As you can see, the case and the brush are pretty and princess-y like the most. It's really beautiful and it stands out, BUT it gets dirty easily!
(See that fingerprint there? lol)

Cómo podeis ver, tanto la caja cómo el pincel son totalmente princesiles y preciosos. Destaca bastante PERO se mancha con mucha facilidad! (veis la huella? XD)

The brush is detachable and retractable. It smelled bad when I first got it out of the box but it had -and still has- an awesome touch (I'm not sure if it's synthetic or not though).

El pincel es separable y retráctil. Olía bastante mal al sacarlo por primera vez, pero tenía (y tiene) un tacto genial. No estoy segura de si es sintético o de pelo.

So this is what it looked like right out of the box:

Éste es el aspecto que tenía el colorete nada más salir de la caja:

After 11 days of (regular) use, this is what it looks like:

Después de 11 días de uso (normal), éste es el aspecto que tiene:

I'm NOT unhappy with it, even if its pigmentation level deceived me a bit. After a few days of using it I'm getting used to the way it looks and the right amount of blusher I've got to use and the colors/combinations that suit me better I'm starting to like it. I don't like how coral tones look on my skin, so I tend to use tones from 1 to 3 the most (and you can tell because the "flower" of the last one has kept its form way more!).

NO estoy insatisfecha con él, aunque el nivel de pigmentación me ha decepcionado un poco. Eso sí, después de estar usándolo unos días (11, jaja) me estoy acostumbrando a cómo pinta, a cuánto colorete usar y a qué colores o combinaciones me gustan más y me está empezando a gustar.
Eso sí, siguen sin gustarme los tonos coral en mi piel, así que cómo podeis ver por el desgaste de la "flor" los tonos que más uso son del 1 al 3!

And here are some indoors lighted swatches!
I'd been delaying this for too long because I couldn't find a moment to take a pic of both at the same time, so I've decided to post it without the daylight swatch. It's in indoors light pics that blush tends to disappear, so it's not going to be such a bad indicative.
According to MAC, my skin tone is NC15.

Y aquí unos swatches con luz de interior!
He retrasado esta review precisamente por culpa de los swatches, pues quería encontrar un momento para hacer los de interior y los de exterior a la vez pero era incapaz, así que al final me he decidido a poner sólo éstos. De todas formas, es en las fotos de interior que el colorete parece desaparecer, así que ya va bien que nos muestre su efectividad en éstas condiciones!
Por cierto, según MAC mi tono de piel es NC15.

My overall (humble and inexpert) opinion:

It's beautiful and practical, since it easy to carry around without having to have a full arsenal of stuff with you.

The colors are pretty and shiny, and while you'll need (I do, at least) quite a good amount of blush to make it noticeable it'll look nice when it does.

The brush feels a bit big to carefully select each shade, but when you're using it it actually works and doesn't mix the colors (too much). It gets a bit dirty though.

Price is a huge drawback. I'm not sure if I would have bought this myself, since I'm on a tight budget. Now I know about them, I probably would have gone for a NARS blush (I'm saying this and if I don't own one yet, so I might take it back in a future, but I doubt it).

Mi humilde e inexperta opinión general:

Es precioso, práctico, y se puede llevar por ahí fácilmente porque apenas ocupa espacio.

Los colores son brillantes y bonitos, y aunque necesitarás un montón de producto para que se note, queda bastante bien cuando lo hace.

Al principio el pincel parece demasiado grande para coger cada tono sin mancharlo todo pero, no, funciona bastante bien! Eso es algo que me daba miedo! Se ensucia todo un poco, pero imagino que es normal.

Tiene un gran defecto, el precio. Yo no estoy segura de si me lo habría comprado, pues tengo un presupuesto ajustado y quizá no me hubiese compensado, por más bonitos que me parezcan el packaging (todo el rato dudo de si la caja y el pincel entran en packaging o no, jaja!) y los colores quizá me hubiese comprado un colorete de NARS antes (aunque no tengo ninguno y quizá me desdiga de éste punto en un futuro, pero me han hablado tan bien de ellos que dudo mucho que sea así!).

Thanks for reading and hope to see you soon! <3

Gracias por leer y espero veros pronto! <3