Ayu :This September

I'm so excited and happy to know of this news today!! Well, few days ago I know of Ayu releasing a mini-album called LOVE but little did I know that she will be releasing not just this but starting from that date 8 November onwards, there will be another 4 releases on the 8th of the month consecutively till 8 March!! I'm so so so happy that Ayu certainly has such a nice plan for her 15th anniversary~!!! I've already love Song 4 u when I saw it at Youtube being the theme song for Tales of Xillia 2!! It totally fits being an anime song~!! I'm so glad Ayu amazes me again. I long wanted this feeling!! I'm even more happier about her consecutive releases!!

CD
01. Song 4 u (Original mix)
02. Melody (Original mix)
03. Missing (Original mix)
04. You & Me (Remo-con rmx - Extended)
05. You & Me (SHINICHI OSAWA remix)
06. Song 4 u (Orchestra version)
07. Melody (remix)
08. Missing (remix)
09. Song 4 u (Original mix -Instrumental-)
10. Melody (Original mix -Instrumental-)
11. Missing (Original mix -Instrumental-)
12. You & Me (Original mix -Instrumental-)
DVD
01. Song 4 u (video clip)
02. Melody (video clip)
03. Song 4 u (making)

Missing seems amazing cos it's a medium rock flavored tune song. I miss her rock songs so much!! But there isn't a pv for Missing but for Melody?? I wonder how nice will Melody be since it's a medium ballad. Maybe something like Moments in which I love very much too?? hahaha.

Ar... although I'm super happy and excited for all these 5 releases coming soon but then this means there's a lot for us fans to spend on now. I wonder what will the other 4 releases be? Concert DVD will be fine for me. Will A BEST 3 be one of it too? Although I want Ayu to release singles but I hardly buy singles unless it's something I loved very much. Or just give me a few more mini-albums? hahah. But I think it would be great if Ayu could also release a full-length album for one of the releases. =D


So now I shall wait patiently for her LOVE mini-album covers to be released. In fact, I wasn't very impressed with her song titles for this. Ayu had better song titles back then. Well, u see, Ayu had too many songs with the word 'love' in it. And just this 'LOVE" as the title of this mini-album can be a bit confusing too.

Ayu had song with 'love' which are:
01. LOVE~destiny~ or LOVE~refrain~ as the other version [album named LOVEppears]
02. is this LOVE?
03. 1 LOVE
04. LOVE 'n' HATE
05. Sunrise~LOVE is ALL~ [and Sunset]
06. meaning of Love
07. Love song [album named Love songs]
08. beloved
09. the next LOVE

Wow I think that's really a lot and LOVE mini-album will considered to be the 10th in the list above? hahaa. In fact, I would rather have this title 'LOTS OF LOVE' for this mini-album. Dun u think this sounds much better? Since Ayu already had so many songs with 'Love'. With that title, it feels as though Ayu is giving love to us. lol.

Anyway, why can't I find vids of Ayu performing at Kishidan Banpaku? So not fair. I wanted to watch it!!
Ayu dressed pretty nice rockish at the festival. ^_^ The stockings are kinda special. haha.

Alright, so I found out there's a setlist that she'd sang:
01. evolution
02. SURREAL
03. HANABI
04, HANABI ～episode II～
05. Sunrise ～LOVE is ALL～
06. You & Me
07. July 1st

Ayu didn't sing the ones I wanted. Oh well. No choice then. These few songs seems really the staple ones. except You & Me as the new song. Argh I wanna watch this performance video so I can like them all again!! I dunno why but I can't make myself listen to old Ayu songs. I need some form of treatment for this. lol. 

So right now there's nothing much I can do but to wait. I'll probably make myself listen to old Ayu songs once her A BEST 3 is released. Hopefully~!! Let me go crazy for u again, Ayu~!! I miss those days~!! 

Cawaii Skincare 02

Con't from previous post. [Translated from a magazine]

Acne care 
✿ After 5-10mins of basic skincare routine [after moisturizer], then apply makeup.

✿ Wash your face every morning and when return home at night after removing makeup. Use toner and after 3 mins, apply moisturizer.

✿ Do not squeeze pimples as there are bacteria on your fingers and it will cause scars.

✿ Wash your face twice a day is enough. Over-washing can cause skin to become rough, dry and produce even more oil.

✿ Must apply toner! As dryness is the reason for causing pimples. After washing face, apply toner and then moisturizer on areas that tend to be dry.

Whitening
✿ To reduce dark circles, lightly massage the eyes.

✿ Use whitening mask twice a week.

✿ No matter what season it is, must use sunblock with at least SPF 20 and above before going outdoors.

✿ If you're getting a sunburn, cool your skin down immediately. Soak cotton pad with water and place it on the hot areas. Once your skin gets back to normal, use whitening and moisturizing products.

✿ Whitening essence can be applied in the morning, afternoon and night time.

✿ As long as exposed to sunlight, which cause your pores looking darker, can re-apply foundation on the nose areas.

Haircare
Hair looses shine due to sweat, UV rays, swimming pool, air-conditioner.

Steps to washing hair:
1. Comb the hair ends first.
2. Comb hair from roots till the ends.
3. Use warm water to rinse the scalp.
4. Create bubbles with hair shampoo.
5. Massage the scalp while washing hair.
6. Wash off shampoo thoroughly and then apply conditioner.
7. Rinse off.

It's better to use a hair dryer rather than leaving wet hair to dry off itself as hair is weak when wet.

Cawaii Skincare 01

Read from the last issue of Cawaii [which is in '09]. They do have very good tips for skincare and even makeup! It's quite a good mag to read, so quite a pity that it's gone now although I don't really like the models. haha.

[Translated from a magazine]
✿ Proper steps to daily skincare after removing makeup: Cleanse → toner → essence → moisturizer
For those with acne or big pores, use warm water and pat face for 20 times and above.

✿ Having makeup still remaining on the skin [due to not removing them thoroughly enough] is the reason for causing skin to darken. Do not rub your skin too hard or remove facial hairs too often!

✿ The skin renew once every 7 days, therefore should exfoliate once a week, allowing the skin to breathe better. [same as for the body]

✿ The night before an important day out, do a special skincare! Put a hot towel on the face, then use cold water to contract the pores. This can improve the blood circulation and also allow the facial muscles and pores to tighten.

✿ Must remove makeup thoroughly especially the eye area where girls tend to put heavy makeup.

✿ The right way to apply essence and moisturizer: Put on fingers first to warm it and dot them onto the cheeks, forehead, nose and jaw area. Then apply them from top to bottom, inner to out.

✿ Apply perfume in areas where your skin is not exposed to UV rays, which is at the pulse areas.

Others: 
✿ You should apply body lotion everyday in the morning and night. The best time would be right after a bath as it will help increase absorption.

✿ To relief constipation: Drink 1.5 to 2L of water everyday and massage the tummy areas.

✿ On diet: Ratio of the 3 meals should be 3:2:1. Must have all 3 meals but change to vegetables as the main dish, eat lesser for dinner. If you had a big meal out, replace the other 2 meals with fruits.

Skincare steps and time saving tips

Had mood today to type a post but there isn't really much info in this Jan issue.  [Translated from a magazine]

Skincare steps before going for a party

1. Cleanse thoroughly by removing all the whiteheads/blackheads. 

2. Use a toner and let your skin absorb the moisture. 

3. Use a serum for even better nutrients for the skin and repair. 

4. Must use a mask!  

5. Use a moisturizer to prevent moisture loss from skin. Massage to aid blood circulation.

6. Keep your skin moisturized with a water spray while you are out. 

Time saving tips

1. KATE eyebrow powder can also be used as a bronzer or eyeshadow.

2. Can use some left-over blusher (that is on the brush) and dab on the lips. 

3. Use black eyeshadow as eyeliner and focus at the end of your eyes. 

4. Stuff your hair into a hat.

5. Put a towel on your head while blowdrying your hair. Your hair will dry faster. 

6. Pour toner into a spray bottle and spray it evenly on your face. 

7. Mix toner and moisturizer of the same series and apply on the face. 

Lower eyelids

Was so bored for the past few days. Trying to shop for stuffs too. haha. Did not buy any popteen mag besides the Jan issue earlier this year. I dun like Mizuki so seeing her appear on cover kinda turns me of buying the June issue. lol. I'm getting so picky nowadays. （￣□￣；）

Until now I still dun know the term for such a makeup in English, as u can see in the picture, the lower eyelid makeup. It's sort of starting to be fashionable lately to purposely create that illusion that as if u have eye bags, so that it makes ur eye look bigger. I never thought having that sort of 'eye bags' is a good thing. It makes u look like u really did not have enough sleep and makes u look horrible [to me]. Well, I never understand why something just becomes popular anyway. It just happens, does it ?

They make use of highlighter and so there's quite a lot of products they recommended. I always think that highlighter is only for creating that illusion of a high bridge nose. So now I know it has this other use too. But I definitely won't want to create that 'eye bags' look for myself. I do have them sometimes when I'm very tired. I dun see it as having bigger eyes so I'm already trying hard to get rid of it if I can! lol.

And why now then I realized that my light blue eyeshadow [in which I've kept aside for a long time cos I dun really like blue] does not appear as blue on my eyes?? Argh. I feel so upset all of a sudden, it's like a waste of money on that eyeshadow. It's cos of my dark circles in which can't let light colours appear. Sobs. I have them since young and I believe it's hereditary and it's definitely hard to get rid of!! I've bought myself another new concealer just to hide my dark circles. I guess I must have a lot of patience to do that every morning before I went out. I must do it! And also, I have to get strong bright shimmering eyeshadow that will really show its colour and last long!! Now starting to search for it. I'm not gonna use powder ones anymore since their kinda light and not long lasting. yeah, so more stuffs added to my shopping list? haha. xD

Kishidan Banpaku 2012 event on the 17 Sept!

I very happy to know of this news!! 3 of my favourite artistes are going to perform on the same event and on the same date!! ^_^

There are also many other artistes [rock bands especially since it's a rock and roll festival.] but I only know of this 3 whom I loved. Lol~!!! I've seen names like DJ Ozma, VAMPS and Momoiro Clover [from VOCE mag] but I've never heard of their music. Anyway, I dun intend to check them out. Usually most bands' music hardly amazes me. It's really hard for me to find a favourite band music and I dun wanna spend time searching for new ones and go crazy with since I've already found my love. I'll just stick to The GazettE and Golden Bomber~!!! hahaha.

I actually kinda excited to watch this show on video and hopefully we do get to see it! It's Ayu's first time performing and I'm so looking forward to it too. Wonder what songs will she choose to perform? I wanted Because of you cos it's the first rock song I loved so much from Ayu. Well, but Ayu dun really have a lot of rock songs so I really wonder wat songs can she sing. Preferably from RocknRoll Circus album like Microphone? I dun want any classic old songs like SURREAL which she perform most of the time in her concerts so I definitely wanna see Ayu perform those album/underrated songs on such a special festival. Anyway I really wanna see Ayu in the outfit she wore in her RnRC album on that stage~!!

Ok now shall sit and wait for the day to come. haha.

Cont' on Whitening and Sunblock

It took me quite some time to read and translate some of the info from another section of the VOCE mag. I think the format and the colour of the fonts are kinda hard to read. Anyway, there's really a lot info about whitening and stuff especially the part on 100 Q&A which is too many!! They even talk about laser in which I'm not that interested. haha. Well, but I'm not gonna present all the info, just some of the necessary ones!

Skincare [Translated from a magazine]
✿ If whitening products did not specifically state 'stay away in applying the eye and lip areas', you can apply at those areas if you want.

✿ Mixing SPF 20 and SPF 30 sunblock won't add up to SPF 50 protection!! The effect may also be weakened. And remember to reapply sunblock every few hours.

✿ Most products can last for about 3 years so even if you've opened it for over 6 months, the product's effectiveness/quality will not change.

✿ Using products of the same series would have a better effect than just using one alone out of the whole series. But most importantly is that it achieves whitening effect for you.

✿ Use whitening product that is suitable for your skin type.

✿ The quickest way to whitening for the next day: hydrating mask and massaging scalp → improve blood circulation and therefore skin will look brighter.

✿ Use exfoliating gel to remove dead skin as it will make your skin looks brighter and increase skin absorption power for whitening products.

✿ Whitening products will show its effectiveness after using for about 1 month later.

✿ On cloudy days, UV rays amount are lesser by 20-30% while on rainy days it's lesser by 50-80%.

✿ UV rays can penetrate in water, present at 95%. Therefore must apply sunblock when going for a swim.

✿ Australia UV rays amount is higher than Japan by 5 to 7 times. The beach reflects 25-30% UV rays, while the water reflects 10-20%.

✿ Improper diet may cause skin to darken.

✿ Drinking red tea or green tea is better than putting them on the face.

✿ There's a limit to how far your skin will be fair. It will never be as fair as a baby's. Fair skin attained is due to less black/dark spots.

✿ If you are often under the sun, black moles may form due to UV rays exposure.

✿ Computers and gel nail UV lamp give out very little UV rays so need not worry that it will affect your skin. If you're still worried about it, you can apply sunblock on both hands first before using the gel nail UV lamp .

✿ Eating black-coloured foods such as squid ink or blackberry won't turn your skin darker!

✿ Artificial tanning uses UV-A so it can still be harmful to the skin.

✿ There's no content in the swimming pool that can make your skin fairer.

✿ Do not rub the black spots appearing on the skin as constant rubbing can cause inflammation and may lead to darken of those spots.

✿ Consuming whitening pills will lead to overall whitening of the whole body. Therefore if you want fairer skin for certain areas of the body especially with black spots or dull skin, it is better to apply whitening products.

✿ UV rays is the main cause of skin cancer espeically UV-B. If under the hot sun for 1 hour, UV rays will cause 1 million times of damage on every skin cell. Usually will take 2 days to recover.

✿ As you aged, black spots will still occur even in the absence of UV rays, which is probably due to stress.

✿ Smoking is the greatest enemy to skin whitening!

✿ As under the sun can be the same as sunburn, use a cold towel on the skin to reduce inflammation.

I guess city life is for me afterall...

Went to quite a rural place overseas at a relatives' place in which the environment is so dirty!! I thought it would be a nice place to relax but I got bored very soon. There's nothing I can do there! I thought I can survive without internet, yeah I can but to be there doing nothing is the worst feeling ever! I just ended up keep staring at things as I'm the only youngest person there with no one to talk to. And the life there is just eat and sleep. Oh gosh...

I once thought of going to such rural areas and grow my own vegetable farm and lead a simple life since city life is so stressful. But my experience there made me feel such a decision is a no-no!! Maybe the retired old people would like to live there but as for me, I feel like a good-for nothing. I dun want this kind of life!! I'd rather have some good entertainment watching youtube videos, blogging or something like that in which I'm doing all along. Life can be simple there but it's just too simple!! It's just walking slowly, talking and eating and nothing else!! I feel like I didn't contribute anything significant to this earth at all. And there's simply no interesting life experience at all!! Everyday is the same old routine and so boring. I'd rather be at work, at least I can be doing something meaningful, meeting people and earning money. And I can do shopping!! There's really nothing to shop there and I can't walk around on my own. From there I do realized that I'm really really fond of shopping now. It makes me feel so satisfied and happy able to own things, in which I can never have there. I really can't do without shopping! Life will be so bored to the max. I'd rather be stressed with work [as I'm used to it since young] and can be able to do shopping. Otherwise it's just so not meaningful for me. Like there is nothing to look forward to. So no way!!

Okay, after all my complains. My wish now is to be able to travel around and see the world. I wouldn't wanna stay at the same place all the time. I want a sense of satisfaction and achievement in my life. I dun wanna sit there and do nothing. Anyway, just a little thing that I've done last week:

yes, bookmarks again. haha. I just love to cut and paste them since I dun like some of the old mags I bought [after discovering they have no interesting content somehow]. Might as well make use of it rather than throwing it away. I only did 2 since I feel like doing something for a short break. I'm bad at designing and creating things so probably they dun look very impressive or anything. But still, I think bookmarks like that is quite easy to make and so I prefer to do it. (^_-)- ☆

Last week's newspaper about Jay chou~!

I'm quite slow in realising that he's actually gonna come to sg for the F1 concert. haha but I'm not gonna buy the tickets just to see him. Guess this isn't worth like that. Wonder if there's any fans who bought the tickets cos of him? Think it would be better to get the tickets solely for his own concert. About 2 hours of all his songs is the best entertainment ever! hahaha.

Ayu: This August

Ayu's overall sales of A Summer Best in Oricon chart:
1st week → 2nd
2nd week → 4th
3rd week → 9th

Not bad for the first week! Can't expect a No.1 place anyway but still it's really good~! Her overall sales exceeded 100k already as of now. At first I wasn't being so positive about this compilation since there isn't much new stuffs about it. Oh well, I'm still glad anyway that Ayu can be able to achieve good sales results since she's the Jpop queen afterall. =)

And Ayu opened a Soundcloud account somewhere in August. I'm not really sure wats it really about. I could only hear You & Me Ayu's vocals only. I dun think she will be active there. lol. I dun think I should be bothered about it either. O_O

I had a nice time watching the Making of You & Me video~!!

I love the part where Ayu poses for the camera like this one ↑. I think Ayu is prettier in dresses. =) There isn't any special in the vid but we can see the scene of Ayu falls out of the car after a 'quarrel' with Maro. Seems to me she really falls. lol. And the car is overheated. And Ayu is complaining hot~! Anyway she really looked so tanned to me in this pv, in which I'm so not used to it.

oh great, and not forget to mention the Heart nail book~!!

Is really a book of Ayu's nail art designs in heart-shaped!! Pretty~~I love this one the most and also the black one in which she looks so elegant!! I love this so much now. I wonder does the book show how we can do the nail designs too??