[Scans] Sweet 2009 September

[maze]

^ haha she looks adorable in that pic xD
i prefer this than the original shot

[truehappiness]

I think the hair has a bit to do with it.. hm. But she doesn't really look like she usually does in that bea's up shoot either, haha. I realized how hard it was to find a somewhat recent non-Kazuyoshi shoot from straight on.. omg.

[truehappiness]

Well, she almost always has a good few months during any given year of.. 'downtime' which we don't really know what she does, but I don't think she'd be getting her nose done, haha. I imagine Ayu would be most against doing something like that to one's self, you know?

[SunshineSlayer]

^ That's what I always thought too and why I always defended her when it came to plastic surgery rumors before. But as I said, now I really do think she looks at least a bit different.

[shineestar]

oh gosh, all these comments ive been reading TT__TT
yes ayu looks emotionless here, hopefully a better photoshoot to come ^^

[AyUmIXx]

I think it's Ayu's new bangs that makes her look so different...
*i'll have my hair cut soon and the new bangs just like Ayu, so i guess I'll be looked different as well..*
her bangs are kind of weird though..wahaha..

along this time, i guess that what has always made her looked different because of her changing hairstyles + haircolors + make up
there are some old photoshoots which don't look like her too.. haha~
maybe she used light/natural make up in these magazine shoots, that's why some of us kind of not used to see the Natural Ayu..because we often see Ayu with full make up on?

anyway talking about plastic surgery.. i don't believe it either..because after seeing all the pics where she didn't wear make up at all (if i'm not wrong it's from CDL06-07 backstage off shot) with the old old old pics of her.. she doesn't look different at all..
i used to think she ever had plastic surgery though.. but after saw those backstage off shot pics.. i was very surprised to see the 15 years old Ayu there..her eyes are not as big as we've always seen..

Anywho, we can't make sure whether Ayu ever did surgery before because none of the pics we can see right..who knows it's been PS-ed.. or the wonder of the make up could make Ayu looks different.. etc etc...

right now, i choose to believe she's not... until she reveals that she does, (which she won't reveal since she ever stated once that she never did surgery before? i forgot where i heard/read about it)

[ストロボ・EdGE]

This photo shoot reminds me of brown sugar. I like brown sugar ( ).

Except for the faces!! Or better put, 'face', singular.

[rakeru]

we've stepped into a time machine that's taken us back to 1999... and then turned into plastic. on the other hand, i admire her for trying out new looks and experimenting.

[truehappiness]

Oh, we were talking noses.

[Larisa-chan]

Hideous pictures, one of her worst shoots ever. x.x She looks like a monkey again.

[Hanabi_surreal]

I LOOOOOOOVE the last dress *.*

Only the dress O____O

...
sorry Ayu, you look like a sick person with a nice clothes ._.

THIS IS NOT AYU!!!! *cryes*

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I have a question... she make anything with his eyes again?
she looks terrible ._.
I mean, she had beautifull eyes, now... her eyes looks BAD ._.

[Chibi_Venus]

I got through half of page four and I had to stop reading all the arguments/discussions about Ayu's face.

In my opinion, this is one of her... less-than-satisfactory photoshoots. The outfits are gorgeous, her hair is nice, and the make-up actually doesn't look bad. It's her expressions... Whether it's Kazuyoshi's direction or Ayu's failed cooperation, I'm just not satisfied with them.

[panda♥]

^In the last picture, her face is also tilted down, causing her nose to be differently shadowed and making it appear slightly longer.

I think the reason why these pictures look so odd to us it because of her makeup. Ayu usually has on alot of eyeliner, mascara and alot of eye enhancing makeup. In these pictures her eyes are very nude. She has no shadow on her lids and I can't see any eyeliner. It looks like they just stuck fake lashes on her and called it a day. Her eyes also appear smaller than we have seen them in a long time. I didn't even have to maximize the pictures before I said "oh my god, what the fark, Ayu?" because her eyes looked so small.

[octolina]

Originally Posted by panda♥

^In the last picture, her face is also tilted down, causing her nose to be differently shadowed and making it appear slightly longer.

but those two pics are used to say that she looks the same, which i disagree.

[yuki_unmei]

When she doesn't wear a lot of eye makeup, her eyes tend to look puffy underneath. There's a bit of that going on in these pictures. I think the problem with this photoshoot is she looks really tired because of it.

[yoshino]

oh no! Smth is so wrong. this weird feeling. Ayu looked listless. I think is the photography n the shadow too.

Oh but I like those nails!!

[PoetGirl]

i like these pics cuz they show different ayu. interesting clothes again.

[truehappiness]

Oh, I couldn't really find another photo~ though this one photo of her in a hat and new hair extensions was a little.. too far, so I didn't get it. -sigh-

[octolina]

^ I don't blame ya it's incredibly hard to find perfect comparison pics, because of the pose, expression, angle, lighting...



Anyway, don't you guys see a difference?
then:





now...





You know my favorite feature on Ayumi was always her nose. It's no longer that anymore. I still find her pretty, but not uniquely beautiful like I did before. I used to draw pictures of her all the time. Something about Ayumi's face is that I never felt her nose was small. I always saw a good size to it, with nice bone structure and overall a pleasing appearance. Now it's witch-like in photos (i don't think it's photoshop)... too long for it's width, and I'm sorry to say, kind of cheap looking. Her face is looking more and more like those generic "hot chicks" with thin noses and fake eyes. Her pre-2008 nose made her look regal, elegant, and much "kinder" looking.

Saved this pic from 2005 (my story tour big screen clips) for last... you might lol at her hair but this is the Ayumi that's cemented into my mind. I was a fan during that time so I still expect to see this face.

[kuri♥ayu]

^ the only thing about those pics is that u can only compare the pics when she's smiling or singing something. Cause when u open ur mouth ur nostrils flare out. So if u compare the cap from Angel's Song and the one from Mirrorcle World, her nose looks exactly the same to me. Only thing is the last one is so washed out and white that her nose isn't giving any shadows.