[2003] How to doll yourself up just like Ayumi

[isaac hiew]

The fever is on and the popularity of the Japanese artists was not coming down either. Apart for the goodness of the J-Dramas and JPOP/JROCK, J-Artists’ fashion looks is a must for you, as a girl to follow. So gather around girls, from now on the Editor shall teach you how to doll yourselves up while helping you to know the important factors in following their fashion in this classroom!

Ayu point 1: Punk Ayu’s fashion taste was always being on the frontline. However, punk was the element that you won’t miss seeing on her clothes. Ayu style was created by combining light punk, cool metal plus a little bit of female charms, and there you have it.

1. Single column featuring square-nailed belt. Mild while it’s wild. You can use it even though for daily wearing.

2. The plastic-made nail buttons softens the visual senses. The checker-board appearance was similar to that of the F1’s.

3. The double-layer square-nailed bangle-design makes you looked macho. The red belt adds up to the mystic personality of yours.

4. Leather bangle. Although it was metal styled, the movable rings around it adds up the variedness and tones.

Ayu Point 2: Crux the cross necklace always have been posted an important element in Ayu’s dressing style. No matter its gold, silver, diamond or woodcraft, she has it all. Even the necklace with her beau and her were them! Buy a few more for yourself for such simple accessories.

1. A necklace with enough punch than it takes. The laces were designed to have 3 layers. Three for the price of one.

2. The Tannic brown color on this necklace seems to be releasing a sense of ethnics and nostalgia. The edges of the cross seem to be like a flower, which was unique.

3. The Y-shaped cross necklace, its laces’ length can be adjusted according to different styling needs, and those round thing were using beads.

4. Pure gold material packed with some sense of religion in this necklace. The cross, which was formed by combining 2 swords, while being embedded with diamonds make this necklace a hard-to-find type.





Ayu Point 3: Fitting Accessories were another important feature for Ayumi. Her unique accessories such as soda pop ring necklaces; Cardiac finger ring… has triggered numerous waves of buyers. The point here are unique styles and types which is specially designed with creativity, it doesn’t matter if you can’t afford to pay for the branded goods. Here’s how to copy those plain basic items.

1. A waist-lace formed by red beads. Although it looked kind of mature, but sometimes it does look cute when then shiny beads are being looked at.

2. Chaos Necklace. The bead resembles the guitar pick while the spider insignia possess personality.

3. This waist-lace comes with 2 layers. The big black beads form a sense of luxuriousness plus some funny element.

4. Square plastic-made bangles much resembles the one that’s being used by Barbie. 3 different colors in one set, which it brings in some nostalgic elements from the 1960s or 70s.

5. A leather-made bangle, as if you were wearing a belt onto your hand. Neutral styled.

Ayu Point 4: Wear The Ayu Style has caused many people follow non-stop, and besides punk, the sexy low waist pants wasn’t meant to be left out either. (Ayu was the best Jeanist awarded for straight several years). Recently she appears on several fashion magazine covers using black & white series of costumes. Consider that as your fashion needs.

1. The pin icon made this black T-shirt looks special, the word “Punk” & “Rock” even brings out the theme for this T-shirt. Slightly short on lengths makes you feel sexy when you wear it.

2. The bare-back wool top seems to be over exposing, but adding a wool scarf around your neck will not only warm yourself but also adds up some charisma.

3. Dark blue low cut jeans can be used to express your hip and legs’ streamline as well as help toning your body.

4. The sweet-looking pink hood-T accompanied with a punk-styled skull insignia. Very suitable for those who wanted a makeover.

5. Basic-styled blue jeans. The whitened part on the front thighs pin-point your personality. Suitable for almost every T-shirts you wear.

Ayu Point 5: Eyes If you do not possess the big eyes that Ayumi has in the first place, you may do some tricks to your eyes so your eyes will look bigger. Check this out.

1. Do not feel sorry if you don’t have big eyes. Draw up the line between your eye-lids and your eye-lashes using the eye-liner, so to fill up the gal between them. In an instance you will feel your eyes had grown bigger. Your eyes now have the ability to electrocute anyone even when you are closing your eyes!

2. Don’t be lazy with eye-shadowing! First highlight it, remember to draw out the tone for it. Next, use smoked colors to paint it on your eye-lids. Finally draw up your line using the color pencil from the beginning of your eye-lids till the middle, thus brightening up your eyes.

3. Ayu’s eye-lashes are quite long too, so for those who have short eye-lashes, you maybe use the false ones. Clip it and then brush it using the eye-lashes brush, you will see the differences after few repeats.

4. It will be disastrous if Ayu’s light golden hair match up with a pair of thick black eye brows! Besides from styling it and eliminating the dark hairs, you must also dye your eye brows using certain dyers so that the colors would match the hair.

5. Look, just draw some lines and paint some parts, isn’t that easy for your eyes’ makeup?

Ayu Point 6: Nails The nail cosmetics that Ayu brought up has now invaded Malaysia! And her nails aren’t just easy to do it; they are matching her styles perfectly! The price tags in the saloon might not be affordable for everyone here, so therefore you shall have to DIY. Just pay fewer bucks and you can possess you very own beautiful nails.

1. Meteor-shaped nail sticker. The dream-world logos are so cute, which just a little effort you will have amazing effects which can compete with paintings.

2. Flower-shaped nail-sticker. Apply a layer of nail polishes before sticking them. So much for the effort.

3. Don’t be mistaken that it’s a water color; it’s in fact the nail-paint brush. Unique tip and easy to use methods make rookies a pro.

4. Romantic-looking blue laces. Wrong! It’s actually nail-stickers!

5. Shining curly nail stickers, able to put on a diamond crown on your nails.

6. 3-dimensional flower clip-on. Different colors emitted according to different angles.

7. First paint your nails black, after it was dry, apply the stickers carefully, it’s only 5 minutes to give yourself 10 eye-opening gorgeous nails.