this is an eyelash post.

I used my college production of We Will Rock You as an excuse as an opportunity to explore the glorious world of false eyelashes. Up until now, I had one box of upper and one box of lower lashes, both from KKCenterHK (review is linked) and felt it was time to branch into some more daring styles. On a student budget. Henceforth.

 
 

False eyelashes, ordered from eBay. The seller I bought these from sold them for about £6 or so? That's the price I paid for all five boxes (I think) as the lower lashes came seperately. They had plenty of styles to choose from, but I was a little worried about how the lash bands would feel. I hate feeling false lashes on my eyes, especially as I wear contacts, so suspected the bands might be too thick and heavy for my eyes. Luckily, this wasn't a problem with most of the styles.



It's not really a secret to regular blog readers that I enjoy Korean popular culture immensly, so I mostly chose styles that reminded me of the false lashes my favourite Korean celebrities wear. I'm quite the fan of Korean and Japanese street fashion, as well, and the criss cross lashes in particular struck me as 'gyaru' in look. Look out for an inferior recreation of aforementioned looks on the blog, haha.



I ordered a natural pair for everyday wear. Obviously, not to be worn everyday. Just for when I want a little extra 'lift' to my lashes, as they're not particularly curly and I don't have an eyelash curler, lol.





I've nicknamed these 'Baby TOWIE'. They're quite dramatic, something I would either wear for a nighttime party or cut in half and worn on the outer corners.



These are another pair of 'gyaru' looking lashes...I'm envisaging these teamed with circle lenses and a golden eye pencil. Peachy lips and orange blush? Could work, could work.



Criss cross lashes. The curve on these isn't fantastic (they're not very well shaped) but some subtle stationary work (think strategic scissor usage and bending the band around a pencil) and these are wearable. I've worn these as half lashes and quite like them, they've got a lift about them that isn't especially obvious but just adds to the look.

If you were wondering what the title reference is all about, it's dedicated to the flawless Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and her second single;

I don't think you could cram more eyelashes into that video.

I've always been more of a K-pop fan (even though I was introduced to Japanese music first. Weird) but I am partial to a few Japanese soloists and groups.

I don't own these photos!

Perfume are a three membered technopop group who are completely gorgeous. I'm jealous of their flawless and their electronic badassery, quite frankly. My favourite song by them is called "Nee" which apparantly means "Hey" in Japanese? Anyway it has a simple video which features a lot of grey and has them in cute purple outfits.

From left to right: Kashiyuka, A-chan, Nocchi. Nocchi is so gorgeous O_o

To be honest this was a bit of a fail. I didn't realise how difficult it would be to draw the circles on my left hand...coupled with the lulzy middle finger. And I smudged my little finger. THANKS UNIVERSE.


Anyway the idea was (it'll make more sense if you watch the video, linked below) that the thumb was their outfits in the first promo picture, the index and ring fingers their outfits in the second promo picture (and single cover) leaving the middle finger as the grey background seen in the video and the little finger as Nocchi's coat, which I want. Badly.



J-pop is really hard to find on YouTube. Companies are waking up and making themselves YouTube accounts but quite often, they only put shorterned versions online...like this. The real video is like four minutes long. *sigh*

I've seen a few K-pop fans around the place - any J-poppers want to show yourselves?
Obviously I don't own the video or the promotional pictures. I found the pictures on a fansite, but I can't remember which one. Sorry :(