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Monday, April 30, 2018
Reviews, Sponsorships, etc.
Hello kawaii beings! I hope you’re all having a wonderful day. And if you’re not, come and talk to me, I love chatting and meeting people. Maybe I can’t help much but at least if you feel like talking about it, Cherry is here!
But in another subject… Do you have a product, android app, or anything that you would like reviews of? Send me the details to my email meragflores@gmail.com or talk to me through Tumblr message. I’m open to do reviews and post them in my blogs for everyone to see my experience. I’m also open to participate in Affiliate Programs or Sponsorship Programs. I already promote for KawaiiBabe.com, they sell really cute clothing, phone cases, accesories and more! And let’s be real, if people buy anything from KawaiiBabe.com with my discount code CHERRY, I win something and so do you! Everyone wins! So I’m all about this win/win situation of course.
The people that know me in here, know that my current situation is not so good, specially after hurricanes Irma and Maria. I haven’t been able to get a job and I sincerely would like to do something for myself and my family. I don’t want to just stay at home hoping for a miracle! Of course not. So I would like to help others by giving them promotion and in exchange hopefully I can win something.
Anyway, if you would like promoting, reviewing or have a store with affiliate or sponsorship programs, sign me in! Or I should say, message me! Hehehe. I will look around at all the information and do the research necessary to do a proper job as required by each individual one.
Thank you and stay kawaii! ~Cherry
Sock Dreams
Are you a fan of socks, thigh highs, knee highs and pantyhose? Well, I will share with you this website a friend of mine showed me. They sell beautiful socks in different styles, fabrics and colors! And the best of all… they have a section for us bigger girls too! So go and have a look at SockDreams.com if you would like to see more.
They also sell garters, warmers and gloves, petticoats, gift cards and more! Here are some examples of what they sell.
Check them out now!
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Lionhearted - Porter Robinson
Since we are in the subject, here’s a link to a nice video/song featuring pastel aesthetic fashion, harajuku fashion and gyaru fashion. Thanks to a very dear friend who shared it with me. Here’s to you my friend Gustavo 🙌
Gyaru and Gyaruo
The word Gyaru is an English literal translation for "gal" and it dates back to the 1970's from a jeans brand called "gurls". Popularity increased by the 2000's and still going in actuality. This Japanese Fashion trend and lifestyle has kept on changing over the years and dividing into different sub-cultures and variations.
Makeup consists of:
- heavy makeup
- fake tan
- white concealer in their eyes and lips
Hair/Hairstyles:
- light colored hair dyes like brown or blonde
- mostly straightened and with bangs
Outfits:
- Gyaru style their uniforms differently as a form of rebellion
- short skirts
- European luxury bags
- loose socks
For Gyaru, their school uniform wasn't just something mandatory, they considered it part of their outfit so it would be worn even after school hours. Skirt would be adjusted from their mandatory knee-length into mini skirts, loose socks added, fake tan, and dying their hair as a rebel way to go against extreme school rules, contrary to what a "normal"student should look like.
Even though Gyaru refers mostly to girls, there is also a male counter-part called Gyaruo or Gyaru-oh. These are boys that want to hang out with Gyaru girls so their style is basically the same and they love to party!
The Gyaru and Gyaruo and other related sub-cultures consisted of (mostly) wealthy youngsters and students, during Japan's financial crisis after inflation (the Japanese Bubble Period), that could afford expensive clothes. This was but a reflection of social class and fashion and their way to show their wealth after an economical crisis. [Note that by that time, many of the kids following this fashion trend were students attending private schools and had a higher economical status than normal students.]
Now, the Gyaru and it's sub-cultures don't consist only of high class groups. The majority of Gyaru and Kogyaru allows higher class and middle class people. But as the popularity and widespread of this fashion trend grows, anyone from any class can be a Gyaru. There are stores in Japan (and other countries of course) that have started selling more affordable clothing and accessories for everyone who wants to enjoy Gyaru's fashion.
The young boys in Gyaruo follow the same basics of fashion and style of the Gyaru, as I mentioned before but in a more gritty and rough way. Always in a party attitude, their music ranges between trance, eurobeat and para para dancing. As for their hair, they choose to have light brown, silver-ish or pink hair color.
Because of their style and not following the Traditional Japanese fashion, Gyaru and Gyaruo are considered rebellious, mostly by the older generations.
References:
http://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/gyaru/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_asset_price_bubble
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaruo
Sources for the images are below each of them.
Other sub-cultures related to Gyaru and Gyaruo are Kogyaru, Yamanba, Manba, Ganguro, Ganjiro. Check the tags for more information that I will soon share about those.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Ganguro
Ganguro
It's a fashion trend that originated halfway in the 1990's. Sub-culture of Gyaru. They're sometimes called "panda girls"because of their distinctive makeup.
- a dark fake tan
- black eyeliner
- white concealer as lipstick and eye shadow
- fake eyelashes
- plastic facial gems
- pearl powder
- colors that range from orange to blonde and even a silver gray-ish tone named as "high bleach"
Outfits:
- platform shoes
- bright colored outfits
- stickers as decorations in the face
- tie-dyed sarongs
- miniskirts
- a lot of bracelets and necklaces
Other sub-cultures related to Ganguro are Yamanba, Manba, Gyaru, Gyaruo, Ganjiro. Check the tags for more information that I will soon share about those.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ganguro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Para
Sources for the images are below each of them.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Kawaii Goodies! (Subscription Boxes)
Love receiving goodies in the mail?
Hello kawaii people! Cherry here to bring you kawaii stuff for our heart's content. Have you heard about those monthly boxes you get with subscriptions that bring you either makeup, gadgets or even random goodies each month?
I have found two different boxes for your enjoyment! Their prices are very affordable and you can choose to get a subscription just for one month, six months or one year. You can even check out past boxes so you can see all the goodies that people have received.
Kawaii Box has a lot of adorable goodies and each month they have a different theme for the stuff that you will get in your box. If you subscribe now, you can get $5 off from this month's box! Go and visit the page to check it out!
Have a sweet tooth just like me? Then you should check out JapanCandyBox where you can receive lots of candy from Japan! You can also see past boxes to have an idea of the goodies you can get in the mail. Go and check it out now!
Hope you all enjoy checking out these super nice subscription boxes. I will be bringing you more kawaii content to share with you lovely people! Have a great day and stay kawaii!
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Harajuku Lifestyle
First of all, let's start by the origin of the word "harajuku". The word means "meadow lodging" in Japanese, but it also refers to the name of a town or village in Japan that exists since the 12th century! But it wasn't until the beginning of the 1970s that Harajuku Fashion began to form. High-end fashion designers started to set up their shops in the Harajuku district since it was a popular destination for shopping.
At the beginning of the 1980s, the roads were closed for traffic and the young people began to gather around the place where there would be also performances and entertainment. It wasn't up until the 2000s when Harajuku Fashion became known in the West.
The original post for this picture above is in spanish but you can translate with google and there are also other super nice pictures that you should check out!
But why was this fashion trend born? Freedom of expression! Young people used fashion to show others how it was acceptable to be "out of the norm". They would mix western fashion with traditional Japanese clothing. People wanted to let others know that they didn't care about the mainstream fashion, if they wanted to dress a certain way, they would, that's it!
The Harajuku style is a movement that goes against strict rules that are being forced upon all of us. We have certain rules and ways that we are supposed to follow for "they are normal" and what "most people" consider is "right". Well, kids decided that they didn't want to follow mainstream rules. Instead they created a way to express themselves and be however they want to be.
There are so many Harajuku sub-groups that it would be a bit difficult to mention and describe. But I'd like to dive into some of them and share with you the knowledge of course! So please feel free to follow my blog and stay around for more information on the Harajuku Lifestyle and the many sub-groups that surround it!
References:
https://www.rebelsmarket.com/blog/posts/harajuku-style-what-is-it-all-about
http://www.dictionary.com/e/fashion/harajuku/
Links to the original posts for the images used in this article can be found below each of them. Please click in the source link to reach their original posts. Images are property of their respective owners, I'm not claiming them as my own. If you own any of these pictures and wish for me to remove them, please let me know and I will gladly do so.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
My entry to the Springtime Waifu Pillow Giveaway!
A friend of mine started a contest a while ago, she drew one of her characters and made it a cut-out so we could print it and use it to take a picture in a creative way that included of course her character. I took different pictures but ended up deleting most of them. Now, here I decided to share with you the best pictures (in my opinion) from which I had to choose only one to make the entry. Here are some of them and the last one was my entry.
Vintage phone and table top with pink flowers.
This three pictures have very vibrant red flowers from my mother's garden. They are definitely from my favorite of the bunch because of the beautiful red!
And this was the one I chose as the entry. As you can see in the picture, I kinda made a "set" where I placed the pink flowers from my mother's garden, a figurine of two doves, a figurine of a coquí as we call it here in Puerto Rico, a few small quartz and succulents.
I chose this one, even though it may not have been the best of them all, because I took more time into placing all the elements in it. Now, have in mind that I'm not a photographer and I took these with my old phone. They do have some filter to them to try and help the image reach colors closer to the real thing since the phone camera is very average.
Hope you like the pictures!
Links to my friend's blogs:
She takes commissions sometimes and also sells waifu pillows. If you're interested, please message her directly in her blogs.
P.S. her drawings are both NSFW and SFW so have that in mind since I know I mentioned I won’t post nsfw in my blog.
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