Part of why i love fashion and make up so much is that you can be yourself, and even if you don't have the self confidence to talk that way you can still dress or make it how you want others to see you.
Every person is a blank canvas with varying features and characteristics that make the who they are. No-one is perfect and it should be the stand alone features that we embrace and use as our strong point in our identity.
I think this is why i enjoy fashion so much as everywhere you go has something else to offer and one of my favourite places to find individuals happy to express their own style is Japan.
Today i have chosen to do just a quick blog on Japanese street style, anime make up and japanese food brought to print, but all that will be revealed later.
Every country has their mainstream fashion from their high end couture and expensive designers, to the high-street copies to the markets and dens of hidden treasures. For me accessories found on lots of japanese street style wearers makes me think of my young trawling through Camden Town looking for treasures.
Twitter @shiari0214
FASHION JAPAN: Miu (Shiari) (Harajuku-Tokyo-Eri-Baby The Stars Shine Bright-Angelic Pretty)
Miu Shiari shows off her unique style here with a lolita look and looks stunning.
The japanese street style takes things and brings them out during the day, where we otherwise would keep them for behind closed doors for fashion shoot ideas. I love that this look is just out and wandering around in Tokyo, but more then that it won't completely stand out as an oddity.
Miu looks like a porcelain doll, but with the shoes and briefcase bag updates it to a working wardrobe piece. Its the kind of outfit i would love to wear but know that i would stand out a little too much in my office with this on.
@sxexnxa
FASHION JAPAN: Senna (Sennanan) (Setagaya-Tokyo-Hawkins Sport)
This style has incorporated the more traditional element of the kimono, but mixed it up with pop culture, manga and a whirlpool of other influences. The Japanese street style dress and make up all help the individual express their identity though their appearance and you gain so much insight into them without even speaking to them.
p.s. here's a link to a great Japanese street style blog http://www.japanesestreets.com/photoblog/
The traditional Japanese pop culture for example anime cartoons always picture girls with massive doe eyes and tiny lips and a lot of art and make up has been done to help achieve this look. Just for fun with some basic make up, face paint and a sister to volunteer I did this DIY version.
Please note i am not yet a professional make up artist and this was done quickly in my home with what i had to hand at the time, so the look can indeed be more intense with say Kryolan make up, but for now this will do.
By using the line of the eyebrow and turning it into the top of the eyelid it made a great stencil to base the dimensions for the rest of the eye. Fake eyebrows can be drawn above, just try to make sure they match. I found it easiest to draw a midline and then make thicker as desired.
For those that can't see - her eyelid is where the white bubble is. Most of this was done with one of my fabulous Giles Gold range eyeliner pens which can be found in New Look for a couple of pounds and the blue was a glitter eyeliner from the glam metallic Collection 2000 range.
The lips are the beautiful OCC cosmetics in BETA which is the most professional make up I had on me at the time, plus the fact that i adore them. Please note they are very bright and a little goes a long way :)
Underneath i had an eau la la lip liner in pumpkin and i made sure to only use half the lips and to white the rest out with face paint to get that doll-esque lip.
Now if you do try this look, please send me a picture or a link or whatever as i love to see what you create yourselves. I mentioned before that everyone is a canvas and its true. Anyone can re-create this look, or put a spin on it and reinvent it to match your style.
Earlier when i was discussing Japanese street style i mentioned how a lot of influence can be drawn through its heritage, culture and even food.
This brings me to my last segment on this Japanese themed blog which is the wonder that is Karla Powell and some the fan-tabby ideas she can create from something as simple as sushi.
This picture is taken form Karla's Food project portfolio, where a number of foods had their looks brought into a fashion shoot, but with a twist, or in this case i would say a roll, but we all know that would be a very bad sushi joke!
The model here is Melissa Hargreaves from Alpha Agency and even though the theme of this piece is food, she looks absolutely stunning. The food which is wrapped into the hair with appropriately placed chopsticks features a lot of colour and vibrancy which is then translated into the make up look here .
@karlapowellmua
This model has turned from a blank canvas into a stunning and probably tasty piece of art. Even with all the colour focusing on bold eyes and lips it is not overdone and the sequinned brows and nails are just great (i may have to try these out in the future), but it goes back to what i was saying about expression.
Whether it be clothes, make up or even food, japan has a great deal to offer in the realms of fashion and make up and i hope that more people see Karla Powell's work and transcend it into their street style. Maybe not to this extreme, but just think of what we could be seeing in a couple of years as they new generation start asserting themselves.
To see the whole range of food project portfolio and to see the breakdown of make up used to achieve this look please see karla's blog http://www.karlapowell.co.uk/post/20472249775/creative-makeup-sequin-eyebrows-nubar-sushi-makeup-nails
To conclude my blog today i would say that I love how simple ideas can be the ones where looks like the above can be achieved. I really like seeing people being able to express their ideas and identity through these mediums and its great to see this type of self expression and the want to push normal boundaries.
If you have liked this piece please do leave a comment or RT or e-mail or any other of the hundred mediums in which you can now talk to people.
Frostinator Fashion xx
Every person is a blank canvas with varying features and characteristics that make the who they are. No-one is perfect and it should be the stand alone features that we embrace and use as our strong point in our identity.
I think this is why i enjoy fashion so much as everywhere you go has something else to offer and one of my favourite places to find individuals happy to express their own style is Japan.
Today i have chosen to do just a quick blog on Japanese street style, anime make up and japanese food brought to print, but all that will be revealed later.
Every country has their mainstream fashion from their high end couture and expensive designers, to the high-street copies to the markets and dens of hidden treasures. For me accessories found on lots of japanese street style wearers makes me think of my young trawling through Camden Town looking for treasures.
Twitter @shiari0214FASHION JAPAN: Miu (Shiari) (Harajuku-Tokyo-Eri-Baby The Stars Shine Bright-Angelic Pretty)
Miu Shiari shows off her unique style here with a lolita look and looks stunning.
The japanese street style takes things and brings them out during the day, where we otherwise would keep them for behind closed doors for fashion shoot ideas. I love that this look is just out and wandering around in Tokyo, but more then that it won't completely stand out as an oddity.
Miu looks like a porcelain doll, but with the shoes and briefcase bag updates it to a working wardrobe piece. Its the kind of outfit i would love to wear but know that i would stand out a little too much in my office with this on.
@sxexnxaFASHION JAPAN: Senna (Sennanan) (Setagaya-Tokyo-Hawkins Sport)
This style has incorporated the more traditional element of the kimono, but mixed it up with pop culture, manga and a whirlpool of other influences. The Japanese street style dress and make up all help the individual express their identity though their appearance and you gain so much insight into them without even speaking to them.
p.s. here's a link to a great Japanese street style blog http://www.japanesestreets.com/photoblog/
The traditional Japanese pop culture for example anime cartoons always picture girls with massive doe eyes and tiny lips and a lot of art and make up has been done to help achieve this look. Just for fun with some basic make up, face paint and a sister to volunteer I did this DIY version.
Please note i am not yet a professional make up artist and this was done quickly in my home with what i had to hand at the time, so the look can indeed be more intense with say Kryolan make up, but for now this will do.
By using the line of the eyebrow and turning it into the top of the eyelid it made a great stencil to base the dimensions for the rest of the eye. Fake eyebrows can be drawn above, just try to make sure they match. I found it easiest to draw a midline and then make thicker as desired.
For those that can't see - her eyelid is where the white bubble is. Most of this was done with one of my fabulous Giles Gold range eyeliner pens which can be found in New Look for a couple of pounds and the blue was a glitter eyeliner from the glam metallic Collection 2000 range.
The lips are the beautiful OCC cosmetics in BETA which is the most professional make up I had on me at the time, plus the fact that i adore them. Please note they are very bright and a little goes a long way :)
Underneath i had an eau la la lip liner in pumpkin and i made sure to only use half the lips and to white the rest out with face paint to get that doll-esque lip.
Now if you do try this look, please send me a picture or a link or whatever as i love to see what you create yourselves. I mentioned before that everyone is a canvas and its true. Anyone can re-create this look, or put a spin on it and reinvent it to match your style.
Earlier when i was discussing Japanese street style i mentioned how a lot of influence can be drawn through its heritage, culture and even food.
This brings me to my last segment on this Japanese themed blog which is the wonder that is Karla Powell and some the fan-tabby ideas she can create from something as simple as sushi.
This picture is taken form Karla's Food project portfolio, where a number of foods had their looks brought into a fashion shoot, but with a twist, or in this case i would say a roll, but we all know that would be a very bad sushi joke!
The model here is Melissa Hargreaves from Alpha Agency and even though the theme of this piece is food, she looks absolutely stunning. The food which is wrapped into the hair with appropriately placed chopsticks features a lot of colour and vibrancy which is then translated into the make up look here .
@karlapowellmuaThis model has turned from a blank canvas into a stunning and probably tasty piece of art. Even with all the colour focusing on bold eyes and lips it is not overdone and the sequinned brows and nails are just great (i may have to try these out in the future), but it goes back to what i was saying about expression.
Whether it be clothes, make up or even food, japan has a great deal to offer in the realms of fashion and make up and i hope that more people see Karla Powell's work and transcend it into their street style. Maybe not to this extreme, but just think of what we could be seeing in a couple of years as they new generation start asserting themselves.
To see the whole range of food project portfolio and to see the breakdown of make up used to achieve this look please see karla's blog http://www.karlapowell.co.uk/post/20472249775/creative-makeup-sequin-eyebrows-nubar-sushi-makeup-nails
To conclude my blog today i would say that I love how simple ideas can be the ones where looks like the above can be achieved. I really like seeing people being able to express their ideas and identity through these mediums and its great to see this type of self expression and the want to push normal boundaries.
If you have liked this piece please do leave a comment or RT or e-mail or any other of the hundred mediums in which you can now talk to people.
Frostinator Fashion xx
