All posts from July, 2015

What Does “Kawaii” Really Mean? Interview with Takamasa Sakurai (Video)

Friday, July 10th, 2015

What does KAWAII really mean? | Takamasa Sakurai Interview | 櫻井孝昌「KAWAIIの意味について」

「日本と海外のカワイイとアイドルについて」櫻井孝昌インタビューシリーズ
Takamasa Sakurai talks about KAWAI and JAPANESE IDOLS in Japan and Overseas in a video interview series.

How to Make an OTT Frilly, Ruffly, Bow-Covered Sweet/Hime Lolita JSK DIY Tutorial (Video)

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

Kawaii DIY – How to make a fancy sweet lolita dress for anime conventions and new year parties.

Turn annotations ON if they are not already showing up in the video above.

Yumi King’s note:

This dress is very easy to make, but it takes a lot of time because all these bows and ruffles. It took me 5 days to finish this dress. You can see the brightness of the background are different because I filmed this video in 5 different days. You can wear it to anime conventions and parties ^^

Cute, Fun, and Crazy iOS Games

Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

Today’s selection features a variety of genres, but all of them are colorful and cute!

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Dumplings to the Moon

This game draws from Japanese folklore,
relating to bunnies on the moon and Princess Kaguya.
LOOK AT HOW CUTE THAT BUNNY IS!

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Angel Dash Hero!

Okay, I love angels and angelic things,
and the cute critters in this game looked so weird and wonderful,
I had to check it out.  Angel Dash Hero! is a platform action game!
Collect Happy Points to restore the Earth!
I love every aspect of this.

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What’s Up? Aliens!

Okay, this is just pure, unadulterated craziness and fun.
The aliens are SO cute, and there is a wide variety of them
that you will be capturing and collecting as you search
around the Earth for them.

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Moon Flight

A very beautifully artsy game featuring an awesome anime protagonist babe.
It’s a jumper action game, but the cool art and actual inclusion of a story
about ruins and witches on the moon make it stand out.

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Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz

The fantasy anime art for this is SOOO BEAUTIFUL!!
Interestingly, you collect cards and do battle by answering various trivia.
Can you face down your friends and enemies with random trivia fact?!?
It’s cool just collecting the awesome art work on all of the cards.

Big Glittery Eyes Eyeshadow & Eyeliner Tutorial with Haruka Kurebayashi (Video)

Monday, July 6th, 2015

Eye shadow & Eyeliner Tutorial | Big eyes KIMONO MAKEUP SERIES | 紅林大空浴衣和風メイク「アイライナー編」

Haruka Kurebayashi is a famous model of the magazine KERA and well known among the fans of Japanese fashion overseas. Since last year she also participates to the popular Harajuku fashion walk with very colorful and eccentric fashions.
She is the designer of the brand 90884.

Disguise Power! with Cutely-Packaged Sailor Moon Cosmetics

Sunday, July 5th, 2015

Yesstyle has a selection of some of the prettiest magical girl makeup you can get! I love these eyeliners, which are themed and colored to match the Sailor Scouts!

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Sailor Moon Stick Liquid Eyeliner (Black) (Limited Edition)

The cap on this liquid eyeliner is styled to resemble Sailor Moon’s Crescent Wand!

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Sailor Moon: Star Power Prism Liquidliner (Black) (Limited Edition)

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Sailor Moon: Miracle Romance Star Power Prism Lameliner (Green) (Limited Edition)

A double-up package that includes Sailor Jupiter’s green eyeliner
along with the black Princess Serenity one above.

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Sailor Moon: Star Power Prism Lameliner (Red)

Sailor Mars-themed eyeliner in red –
would make for some very dramatic wing tips!

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Sailor Moon: Star Power Prism Lameliner (Blue)

Sailor Mercury-themed eyeliner in blue.

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Sailor Moon: Star Power Prism Pencilliner (White)

White liner looks amazing around the tear ducts
or along the waterline!