HimawariHime

You could always buy another copy of DSS.

This is the merch for the rest of the tour. No longsleeves for us .__.

These questions reminded me of this video:
 
 
Some things we can take from it:
1) It’s said that Akihabara is a “very tolerant city for men in drag”. The necessity of having to say it give me the perception of being something unusual in other places, potentially weird then.
 
2) Mostly of their clients are woman (aha!).
a) It’s more comfortable to talk with a guy in drag than with another woman.
b) A guy in drag is more special than a ordinary guy and, because of it, more attractive. 
 
3) Being in drag is fashion. It’s about clothing and looking good, not about turning into a “real woman”.
Which we can relate. Hizaki it the prettiest mother fucker, but when he open his mouth he sounds like a really big dinosaur with tiny arms  (just using some hyperbole, love this guy to the heart). That’s a really common thing with visual kei artists. They don’t try to fool you or modify their voice to match their drag character.
 
4) They keep man clothing for social stuff, like going to hospital. This one says a lot of how the japanese society functions in that matter.
For me it sounds like “You can dress yourself as you want: drag, tokusatsu, baseball mascot, but when you are doing you social role, you have to be the ‘real you’ (which is the one in your ID)”.
 
5) Three of themselves are bi, but they don’t use sexual terms to describe it, like “I am A” or “I am B” but they say “I am attracted by X and Y”.
Now, I don’t really know if this is a language thing or if japanese in general are less attached to specific terms to describe their sexuallity.
One of them just do drag to get attention from woman (loved that guy). I guess that relates with point 2.
 
With all that said, I have more questions than answers kek, but I think that these are some important lines of thinking to understand the myth of the japanese man with bra and his place in society.
 
I also recommend a movie called “Close-Knit”. Talks a lot about point 4. The director itself is a transgender, so there is a lot of self insert in it. Really interesting to see:
 
 

I made this "tutorial" for all you guys and girls who struggle with the makeup. I work as a makeup artist and this is my tips on how to look visual kei even if you are not asian!
 
This look is the basic visual kei look that most artists use, you can create different looks using this as a base which I will get to later!
 
Let's begin!
 
Step 1:

 
Always start off with a clean face. Moisturize heavily and put on a good primer that minimize pores and smoothens out the skin texture. A primer helps to keep your making looking fresh all day long, also it protects your skin.
 
Step 2:

 
To really get a visual look you should get some colored contacts! The ones portrayed here are called "White Zombie" and you can get them at regular halloween stores, costume shops and also online. Circle lenses are also commonly used in visual kei, those makes your iris/eyes look bigger! Always put on your contacts before you put on your makeup to avoid damaging your eyes.
 
As you can tell, the girl in the photo doesn't have any eyebrows! That's because I recommend you to either pluck your eyebrows, shave them off or just cover them up using a glue stick. Why? Well... because we are going to create a different eyebrow shape that fits the style better! 
 
Step 3:

 
Put on a full coverage foundation that is a little bit lighter than your skintone. It has to be full coverage to cover up any redness and imperfections. You want your skin to look flawless! Also use a concealer to cover up dark circles or other imperfections the foundation didn't cover.
 
Don't use too much foundation because it might look cakey, you want your skin to look as flawless as possible!
 
Step 4:

 
Set the foundation and concealer with a lot of loose powder to get rid of any shine. This will make you look completely matte and also help your makeup to stay in place during the day. Visual kei artists doesn't follow the glowing skin trend so keep it matte. This also makes your skin look even more flawless! Make sure the powder you use is either transperant, or the same color as your skin or a little bit lighter. Never use a powder that is darker than your skin!
 
Step 5:

 
Now it's time for shading/contouring! This is what makes your face look more defined. Visual kei artists doesn't do regular shading/contouring since most of them are men and want to look edgy.
 
What you are going to do is to either use a bronzer, a face powder or a contouring powder. It doesn't really matter what you use, just make sure that the powder is 2-3 shades darker than your skin and is brown in color. Avoid anything shimmery, go for a matte powder. You place this powder using a brush inside the areas I have marked with red and make sure to blend it out.
 
Don't use too much, less is more and you will end up looking dirty if you use too much.
 
If you accidentaly use too much you can just go over it using some more of the powder you used to set your foundation.
 
It should look something like this:

 
Step 6:

 
Now it's time to highlight! This is what is going to make your face look brighter, defined and polished.
 
Use a matte light powder, or eyeshadow for this. It should be about 3 shades lighter than your skintone. Again, very important to make sure the powder is matte! If you are very pale you could get away with using a white eyeshadow or a clown white pressed powder.
 
Apply this inside all the blue areas I marked on the picture and it should look something like this:

 
Step 7:

 
Now it's time for the eyes! Start off by creating a guideline using a black eyeliner pencil. Recreate the same shape as the red line shows in the picture above! The green line shows where the shape should stop on the bottom eyelid.(While looking straight forward, the shape you create should  stop right where your pupil begins.) Hope it makes any sense lol?
 
It should look something like this:

 
Step 8:

 
Fill it in using black gel liner, or the same eyeliner pencil you used to create the line. Make sure to set it using a matte black eyeshadow to make sure that it lasts all day long!
 
Put a white, or a very light beige/off white eyeliner pencil inside of the blue marking shown in the picture above. This is what makes the eye pop and look more defined!
 
Now your eye should look something like this:

 
Now....

Last step of the basic eye makeup is to add shading in the areas marked in red as shown in the picture above, this creates a fake aegyo-sal which is very popular in asia, also it makes the eye look a bit more interesting! Just use a brown eyeshadow that is a bit darker than your skin, or use the same product you used when you shaded your face.
 
Add some mascara and the basic eye makeup is done and should look something like this:

 
If you want you can add things to this such as rhinestones or stickers! If you want to add a color, a lot of visual kei artists puts a colorful eyeshadow around it like this:

 
If you want a more feminine look you could add long fake eyelashes or more mascara, like this:

 
Step 9:

 
Now it's time for the eyebrows! You want them to be kind of thin, further down towards the eye, slanted upwards so that they look angry and pretty close to the nose bridge. If you have grey hair they should be grey, if you have pink hair they should be pink, etc. I recommend using a waterproof liplinerpencils if you want unnatural colors such as pink, red etc. Eyeshadow works fine though if you want softer/"natural" brows. Avoid black eyebrows, they look harsh. Use a dark brown instead!
 
I picked grey eyebrows, this is what they look like:

 
Step 10:

 
Last step! Lips! You can do whatever you want with your lips. Block them out using a concealer, wear black lipstick, red lipstick, purple lipstick.... It's all up to you!
 
Visual Kei artists often times wear gradient lips. That means you block your lips out using a concealer, then put lipliner in the middle of your lips and blend it outwards! That way your lips look soft, no sharp lines around them etc.
 
In the picture above I tried to show you easy visual kei lips. It's so hard to draw makeup, but I think I did alright. To achieve that type of lip, you forst put on a regular lipcolored lipstick that is slightly darker than your lips. Then you dip your finger, or a brush, in black eyeshadow and blend it into your lips.
 
Using eyeshadow on the lips is very common in visual kei. It makes the lip last longer! Instead of lipgloss you could use a very shimmery eyeshadow or powder highligter for example!
 
Now you just need to fix your hair and you are all done!
 
Hope this tutorial helped some of you, feel free to ask if you have any questions! ❤️
 

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Masumi has passed away on May 18. His funeral will only be held for his loved ones.
 
 

Kanon announced by his twitter ,he's first single named 『閉塞はコスモ』will be released.
 
Tracklist :
1.発熱モラトリアム
2.デッド≠ワンダーナイト
3.閉塞前線
4.発熱モラトリアム(instrument)
5.デッド≠ワンダーナイト(instrument)
6.閉塞前線(instrument)
 
Cover :

 
 
He has a new look :

 
 
 

 
 

 
 
Source :https://twitter.com/saraudon_x2
 
And you can buy his single in this link :https://neconchi.booth.pm/items/1360837
 
 
 

Spoiler: her husband is Takemasa Kujou

That kind of fans needs to calm down a little bit.
Is sad how the artists have to being in secret relationships/marriages only because those fans doesn't accept it. And the worse is when they need to speak about it only because have been revealed.
 
Btw (late) congrats to Takemasa and his wife!

i'd prefer not to translate it without understanding the context fully cuz that might lead to confusion, but well, it's something like "people who have nothing to do with this and are not even fans must stop being noisy"

Japanese fans literally can't accept their faves being in a romantic relationship, whenever stuff like that gets leaked it's always treated as a huge scandal. 
It surprises me that that Takemasa has decided to acknowledge it and speak out about it, truly shows the role that Tanuki plays in the vk scene.
It's really sad that bandmen have to be paranoid about their private lives simply because fans aren't mature enough to accept them having girlfriends/wives.
It's the "I spend money on you therefore I own you" mentality that is exclusive to Japanese fan culture. Crazily enough, western fans are much more respectful and understanding in that sense.

Did he wear a face mask to the ceremony?

I love seeing this meme while in another window I'm watching chekis to buy.

Back with just one this time

Kyonosuke (Kizu) photoshoot for Cure.
 
  
 
  

Expected great things from this band since their debut. Don't know about the others, but the vocalist definitely deserves to be in a good band, his vocals are very distinct

Can't wait for the new kisaki documentary "never leaving undercode" made by everyone's favorite vice. 

when i was walking down the street Yoshiki Hayashi attacked me with a pair of scissors, trying to cut my burqa open! she shouted "go back to the dezert where you can practice shakira law!" im crying im so terrified is this what america has come to

Suerte bro con tu concierto 

I was afraid of that, since it was left untitled.

I can only make out some of it -- some of the quieter parts have me stuck.

Personally I don't own the lyrics.
There is no booklet on this release.
You need to find a japanese speaker for a transcription sorry

*Immature comment saying "La Puta" is spanish for "the whore"*