Nude & Pink Nails from Penny Nail studio

You might remember my last post about Penny Nail, a local nail-art studio. I went there again and just wanted to show off my adorable transparent & nude nails!

Everytime I see their designs I get a lot of new ideas and want to book a new appointment!! Will do, will do, as soon as I'm a bit less busy <3

Recordarán mi último post acerca de Penny Nail, un estudio de nail-art de mi ciudad. Fui de nuevo y simplemente quería alardear sobre mis hermosas uñas con transparencias y colores nude!

Cada vez que veo sus diseños se me ocurren muchísimas ideas y quiero ir de nuevo!! Lo voy a hacer, en cuanto esté un poco menos ocupada <3

I tried taking some selfies where you could see the nail designs alongside an accessory from Chaton Noir. Still have to coord around that certain necklace, you'll see when I'm done thinking up the outfit! Anyway, it's not like much of the nail is seen in this selfies. But you already have the close-up pics.

Traté de sacar selfies donde se vieran las uñas junto con una accesorio de Chaton Noir. Tengo que aún incorporarlo a un coord, ya van a ver cuando salga! En fin, no se vieron mucho las uñas en estas selfies, pero se entiende que son bellas.

These nails were made on my request for a modeling work I had. But that's for another post. For now, have a sneak-peek on what the modeling pictures will be about: a brand named Oh Mimi!

Estas uñas las pedí especialmente por un trabajo de modelaje que hice. Pero eso es para otro post. Por ahora, los dejo con una vista previa del trabajo que les conté: es para una marca llamada Oh Mimi!

As always, thank you Dai from Penny Nail for your hard work! Can't wait to book another manicure there!

Como siempre, gracias a Dai de Penny Nail por tu trabajo impecable! No puedo esperar volver a hacerme las manos allí.

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Kawaii Lifestyle

Gyaru Make-up + No Purikura? No problem! Achieve a Purikura look with iPhone Apps

You too can achieve the no-nose look! (this sounds like a really foreboding informercial)

If you're like me and live eleven thousand miles from Tokyo's nearest purikura machine, a few apps can help you look like an anime character, if that is your sort of thing. (it sure is mine)

Could THIS be the new you??:

This post may or may not be an excuse to post some gyaru make-up pictures, disguised as a happy informative little tutorial with information everyone already knows.

First step: position yourself with your face towards a big source of light. There should be a lot of light, but it should be soft - think a window with translucent covering rather than a lamp with a very strong, jagged light. 

Strong lights, such as the sun or a spot lamp, create too many shadows on your face. We should try to avoid this.

Soft lights, such as the sun on a cloudy day, distribute the light evenly on your face. Purikura actually have big flashes that send a white, diffuse light on your face as it takes a picture. I easily achieved this by standing in front of a window that had a translucent white curtain. Normally standing in front of a window by itself would have created many shadows on my face. But the curtains softened the light.

Second step: edit like crazy.

PhotoWonder

A magical app created in heaven, specially excels in prepping up your skin.

Select "Edit" and go for it. Its "One-click Beauty" is amazing, and it's the very reason I use this App. You can find it under the "Beautify" tab. Granted, it does blur your skin to the max. But this is what we're trying to achieve here. If you use it on a 1-2 intensity it gives you the skin-clearing effect without being too much. On intensity 5, "One-click Beauty" will also delete your chin. Uh... yeah.

Afterwards, my favorite effects are "Natural", "White", "Pink" and "Cutie". For the set of pictures you will see in this post, I used "Natural".

It has a cute sparkle stamp under the "Decorations" tab - "Stickers" section. It also has a few sparkles that you can use as a brush: "Brush" tab - then click on the pink-colored scribble to change brushes. You also have hearts, stars, etc. But I like glitter, so...

But wait! That's not all. For your purikura to be complete, you also need...

LINE camera

LINE is really popular for the cellphone apps market nowadays, huh. What with LINE chat, play, camera, even a free English-Japanese dictionary... they really have it all.

It's true that most of the cutest things in LINE camera are paid. I personally haven't paid anything yet, but every single day I'm tempted to. Must resist. Anyway, what I mean is, you can easily achieve amazing pictures without spending a single penny.

LINE camera has some amazing jewel stamps and glitter brushes. The effects are so-so, but I do like the "Baby" FX because it adds a bit of a golden undertone to my hair and skin.

I do feel like it's lacking in face-smoothing technology. So that's why I use PhotoWonder first.

My picture leaves PhotoWonder looking like this:

And after LINE camera, it looks like this:

It's definitely a bonus for purikura to have a white background. But I didn't so a dark one had to do :c

As you can see, PhotoWonder did all the tough work, and then I blinged it to maximum with LINE camera.

Generally STRONG eye make-up works best because the rest of your face will be an indistinguishable blob of light anyways. I also contoured my nose so as not to lose it too much.

I'm wearing these upper lashes and these lower lashes from Unijea.taobao.com. The lashes are true to the picture, and at least for the upper lashes, they were really sturdy (the lower ones, not so much).

One of these days if I have the time I will make a tutorial for this gyaru make-up look! c: But basically, liquid eyeliner like MAD.

A timestamp is very classical purikura and it completes the pic. LINE camera has a lot of them for free.

I'm also wearing by wonderful Dolly Eye Crystal.i Grey circle lenses that I got from Uniqso! I really want a pair of brown lenses too, though :c

Next time I will be talking about the Liebster Award, that I recently got from two dears followers! And also a review... and giveaways... and, I don't know, but stay tuned!

Uniqso Dolly Eye Crystal.i Grey Circle Lenses Review

Today I'll be reviewing my first ever pair of circle lenses :) I hope you guys enjoy.

I got Dolly Eye Crystal.i Grey lenses from Uniqso, which is a lens and make-up reseller. They are secured by Paypal and ship internationally, which makes buying super easy! They sell both crazy eye lenses and circle lenses ^^

First I'm going to be reviewing the seller, Uniqso. Let's do a little timeline:

5/31: my order is processed and complete. I get an email from Uniqso's admin asking for a small survey, which I complete promptly. Just for answering two questions I get points added to my account! So nice!

6/2: my order is shipped. A tracking number is given to me. I shipped it via International Registered Post which takes 14-45 working days to arrive.

7/2: my order arrives to my doorstep. It's well within the time range, and also things always take an extra time to get to Argentina.

The seller was amazing and I would undoubtedly buy from them again. You get to talk to a real person and they are very prompt in their answers. I had absolutely no problems! 

I got the following envelope:

Lined with bubble-wrap and in perfect condition ^^

Inside:

A complementary lens case and a cotton swab to get the lenses out of their packaging.

Adorable packaging, at that!

And this is how they look like inside the packaging. The color is a very pretty clear grey!

And now, how they look on me...

Left: with // Right: without. No make-up. Natural light.

Both on. No make-up. Natural light.

This grey contact lenses blend so nicely with my light blue eyes!! I was surprised at how natural they looked, and how comfortable they were! Dolly Eye Crystal.i have 38% water content and they feel like you're not wearing anything. Even a first timer like me had no problem wearing these!

Just in case, here are the specs:

Brand: Dolly Eye (EOS)

Model: Crystal.i Grey

Water content: 38%

Diameter: about 14.5mm

Lifespan: a year after they are opened.

And now, of course, a close-up with make-up (and indoor light)!

I think false lashes really complete the look.

I hope you found this review useful! ^^

HAPPY BATH DAY Precious Rose - Rose Enrich Hand Cream Review

Hello everyone! Today, I'm going to be reviewing a product from one of my favorite Japanese beauty brands: HAPPY BATH DAY Precious Rose!

Rose Enrich Hand Cream is a thick, fluffy hand lotion that smells like heaven. All of HAPPY BATH DAY's products smell the same, but it's the best fragrance ever so I can see why they insist on putting it everywhere.

They describe it as a "fruity rose" scent. Seriously I would marry this perfume. It is SO GOOD.

But let's get back to the cream:

This lotion is enriched with wild rose extract, bulgarian damask rose honey, and tuberose. I bought it on a whim after my hands almost died in the Tokyo winter. Upon use my hands were healed immediately. 600 yen might seem a lot for such a little container of cream, but it's actually worth every penny. Better than anything I had ever tried before.

And of course, the smell! Hahaha. It stays on your hands for quite a while :)

As you can see the texture is super thick, enough to put my hand upside-down and it won't even bulge. The concentrated feel is what makes it better than runny, "milk"-like lotions, in my opinion.

I 100% recommend this product to anyone. It's specially great for use in dry climates or harsh winters.