Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 845689)

Sometimes I wear fake lashes but I've yet to try circle lenses.



As a cosplayer and a fan of Lolita, I wouldn't say it's an asian only thing or only looks good on asians. Lolita looks weird to the outside world whether you are asian or not, and most people hate it, so the ethnicity doesn't really bother me.

My eyes are pretty small and I have very thin eyelids so wearing lashes and probably wearing circle lenses wouldn't look too weird for me, but I'd never go so big that you can't see the whites of my eyes, that'd look weird.

As for the first pictures, the girl is pulling a stupid face which doesn't help, lol. Think it might be a little too much on the black eyeshadow.

Second girl looks like she's put a bit too much on and it's made her eyes water or something?

This is my eyeliner/lash look, no contacts. Don't think it looks too OTT but some people might disagree:

Originally Posted by spoonybard (Post 845725)

.....and yet, there are some fashions in Japan that were actually created in Western countries. Not the gyaru thing, but since some people are talking about other fashions as well..... Asians are not the first race to spike their hair, plaster white make up all over their exposed skin, dress entirely in black clothes.....

Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 845689)

Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 845689)

Sometimes I wear fake lashes but I've yet to try circle lenses.



As a cosplayer and a fan of Lolita, I wouldn't say it's an asian only thing or only looks good on asians. Lolita looks weird to the outside world whether you are asian or not, and most people hate it, so the ethnicity doesn't really bother me.

My eyes are pretty small and I have very thin eyelids so wearing lashes and probably wearing circle lenses wouldn't look too weird for me, but I'd never go so big that you can't see the whites of my eyes, that'd look weird.

As for the first pictures, the girl is pulling a stupid face which doesn't help, lol. Think it might be a little too much on the black eyeshadow.

Second girl looks like she's put a bit too much on and it's made her eyes water or something?

This is my eyeliner/lash look, no contacts. Don't think it looks too OTT but some people might disagree..

Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery (Post 845721)

I don't necessarily mind cosplay; if people want to look like idiots for a day it's fine by me.
But as I always say, and I can never drill this into people's heads enough, there will always be exceptions to everything. There may be girls (like yourself) who have certain inherent physical traits that allow you to adopt the style a bit more easily, and can pull certain looks off. But most of the time it's dumpy white girls who try and cram themselves in extra small school girl outfits and cake on make up. They think it's "kawaii" or whatever, but it's not.

Originally Posted by Neffiline (Post 845808)

I follow this girl in Finland, she has her own blog and seems to call herself a gyaru. She has a great sense of style and I love everything she wears and does with her hair/make-up/nails/etc. You can see for yourself here: HauteKeikk.com

She wears contacts, fake eye lashes and extensions just like your typical gyaru in Japan, and still manages to make it look good (at least to me she does, I really don't see anything wrong with her style) even though she's a "westerner".

Personally I think it's alright if you adapt it to your own style and body. Some girls over do it, yes, but some western girls can often over do it with western styles and clothes also anyway...

Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 845814)

There are crap cosplayers from both - I'm on Cure Cosplay, so I see all the sh** Japanese cosplayers too. Guess that's why I'm less biased about it.

Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 845814)

There are crap cosplayers from both - I'm on Cure Cosplay, so I see all the sh** Japanese cosplayers too. Guess that's why I'm less biased about it.

Originally Posted by iPhantom (Post 849027)

Western cosplayers FTW. Generally better body curves. The problem with western cosplay is that it's not that mainstream and not many hot girls do it (they think it's stupid etc.) while in Japan and Asian countries it's more mainstream so yeah. Here's what happens when these hot western gals decide to cosplay:

And most KAWAIIII asian cosplays you see are shooped. I've been a cosplay stalker for like 5 years and I've seen my fair share of ugly ones. Some have terrible skin and shoop it to look like she is some angel. The worst is when they shoop the face... yknow.

Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 849072)

There are plus points and negatives about both. I just think we shouldn't bash one race and praise another when it comes to the same hobby, as people always do. I don't think my race should get in the way of being a good cosplayer, if I ever get to that level. Sorry this is going offtopic.

As for gal fashion, it ends up being western people, being Japanese people, simulating western people (because gal is a pastiche of that culture). Somewhere a long the line it can go wrong, but it doesn't mean that it ALWAYS goes wrong.

Originally Posted by iPhantom (Post 849027)

And most KAWAIIII asian cosplays you see are shooped. I've been a cosplay stalker for like 5 years and I've seen my fair share of ugly ones. Some have terrible skin and shoop it to look like she is some angel. The worst is when they shoop the face... yknow.

Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 845689)

Sometimes I wear fake lashes but I've yet to try circle lenses.



As a cosplayer and a fan of Lolita, I wouldn't say it's an asian only thing or only looks good on asians. Lolita looks weird to the outside world whether you are asian or not, and most people hate it, so the ethnicity doesn't really bother me.

My eyes are pretty small and I have very thin eyelids so wearing lashes and probably wearing circle lenses wouldn't look too weird for me, but I'd never go so big that you can't see the whites of my eyes, that'd look weird.

As for the first pictures, the girl is pulling a stupid face which doesn't help, lol. Think it might be a little too much on the black eyeshadow.

Second girl looks like she's put a bit too much on and it's made her eyes water or something?

This is my eyeliner/lash look, no contacts. Don't think it looks too OTT but some people might disagree:

Originally Posted by TheLastFortnight (Post 849284)

I like more the western cosplayers, there a lot of manga and anime characters that don't look Asian at all with big eyes green or blue, blond or red hair and white skin. A good cosplayer is the one that can portray the character as close as possible, so you can recognise it right away. Of course, if the character has Asian looks an Asian cosplayer would be more appropriate.

Still, I think some Asian cosplayers and models in general, try too hard to look extremely cute, some of them look like children even though they're on their twenties! It's kind of creepy and I'm not into Asian girls anyway. And the picture eePhantom posted is awesome!

Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 849526)

Ojamajoz, please don't be offended, but I guess if you can't spot the difference you are quite possibly male? Haha.

Aside from that, the differences are subtle. I'm not fully gyaru, but my makeup does resemble the gyaru style. Like I said though, gyaru just doesn't look gyaru on white girls even though the makeup is the same.

But the makeup is gyaru, and here's why:

- The eyelashes are fake. They are quite noticably not real, unless you aren't particularly observent.

- The inside of the eyes are lined with white eyeshadow. This is a common technique Gyaru's use to make the eyes appear wider.

- There is a thick layer of eyeliner along the top with a small flick to make the eyes appear wider.

- The most noticable and unusual thing about my makeup is that the bottom of the line doesn't go all the way across. The line is much thicker towards the corner of the eye and finishes just over 3 quarters of the way across the bottom of the eye.

- I also have more blusher than normal, there.

It probably looks all the same to most people not familiar with the style. This is how I normally wear my makeup, with the exception of the fake eyelashes, and girls always notice it's different to the norm.