Since the first part of my life was spent in Japan, having a tie to Japanese culture makes me happy and comfortable perhaps due to nostalgia. Trips to Japanese markets and gift shops turn me to a kid in a candy shop... almost. So aside from buying snacks, candy, and little knick knacks, I started collecting Japanese fashion magazines over the past few months.

I love these magazines, but of course I can't read them (I wish I could). It's all the pictorial aspect of it. I look to these magazines for fashion, hair, nail, and makeup inspiration. My initial push to get a magazine was to look at some of the makeup application tips. Asian makeup tips are much more valuable to me than some of the American ones because let's face it, I don't have the traditional American full double eyelids. But it doesn't mean I disregard the Western perspective of makeup application completely. Another draw to the magazines was my curiosity of their beauty. The girls always look so pretty! I wanted to see what it takes to look like them :P

So, the first magazine I picked up and immediately fell in love with is Pinky. This is the perfect one for me! I love it because it's tasteful, and everything in it is my style and taste. It's a pretty popular magazine apparently because sometimes I can't find it and have resorted to buying other mags like Sweet, JJ and S-Cawaii. These were ok, but I didn't like all of the content. I considered looking at some of the gyaru focused mags like Egg, but decided that they were a little too outrageous for me.




Unfortunately, the cost of the magazines can be a bit steep since they're imported. Sometimes they're a little more expensive because they come with little gifts like small makeup bags, flip flops, etc. So far I got two cute makeup bags and a pair of flip flops! The latest edition of Pinky comes with this Anna Sui Dolly Girl makeup bag. So cool!




I also got this pair of Blondy flip flops in a previous issue of Sweet.

posted by che @ 4:53 PM