tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32759939984467452742024-03-06T04:18:57.039+08:00Jaroukasama"don't rain on my parade and I'll do my best not to ruin yours"jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-81971776702706811602016-11-15T21:44:00.002+08:002019-04-24T23:08:04.632+08:00My COSPLAY MAKE UP KIT (updated)
^What is inside my cosplay make up kit?
Loads. I actually have two make up kits; one is for lazy everyday/"because I need to", and the other one is my cosplay make up kit which has loads more in it and has the more expensive make up hahahahahha
This is an updated post to the one I made years ago on the same topic.
After seven years of cosplay, I have finally begun to invest on better jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-58787466053552128322016-10-18T12:01:00.001+08:002019-04-24T23:11:53.163+08:00 Edward Scissorhands Belt Buckle : WORKING WITH PAPER CLAY^Commissioned piece write up.
First off, I apologize...
I have been feeling unmotivated in keeping up this blog because it feels so cluttered...
My dear readers and followers, DO NOT FRET! I am already working on reorganizing and giving my blog a new look that will hopefully make it easier for you guys and make me more enthusiastic in writing again! ;D
YOSHAAAAA!
Today let's talk jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-18775398867178119962016-07-05T16:47:00.000+08:002017-04-06T23:53:38.661+08:00ELI AYASE Cosplay : 7 Lucky Gods ^Get me out of this Love Live helllllll!
Every time I say "Yay! Finally! I'm over Love Live!", they come out with new outfits that make me eat my words again and again... :(
Anyway, slowly but surely I am getting to finish Love Live costumes and shooting them.
Eli Ayase was a spur of the moment cosplay, I saw her costume for sale in Mandarake-Nagoya.
Jess saw a Nozomi Tojo version in the jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-31666205688205222016-06-21T10:06:00.001+08:002017-04-07T00:07:15.600+08:00Dynasty Warriors Xing Cai Heavenly Sword : WORKING WITH INSULATION FOAM^I LOVE RUBBER SHEET a.k.a. EVA FOAM.
But in Japan and most other places out of southeast Asia, this material is not as easily attained...
I decided to try using insulation foam as it was easy to get from my location and was cheap by Japanese standards.
THIS IS NOT A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO MAKE XING CAI'S SWORD.
THIS IS NOT A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO MAKE SWORDS FROM INSULATION FOAM.
THIS IS A POST jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-4285806355421369262015-09-27T15:13:00.000+08:002019-04-24T23:20:47.356+08:00World Cosplay Summit 2015 Day 2^Day 2!
hahahahaha Oh no, Day 1 was so crazy that I had forgotten to mention that Lunaru arrived late evening and we went out to dinner with her and some new friends.
For World Cosplay Summit 2015 Day one, click here.
For last year's event log, click the links below!
pre-WCS Adventure with Atom | Day 1 of WCS 2014 | Day 2 of WCS 2014
Or if you want to see the jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-14615729805663584422015-09-03T22:21:00.001+08:002019-04-24T23:21:00.415+08:00World Cosplay Summit 2015 Day 1^World Cosplay Summit event log!
I know I know, it is already September but I was *cough* busy.
Anyway, it looks like WCS is shaping up to be my only yearly cosplay-related event.
But hey, WCS is one of the biggest and major events in Japan and it so happens to be in Nagoya so I ain't passing up on that.
For last year's event log, click the links below!
pre-WCS Adventure with Atom |  jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-36620761864651128042015-08-17T22:33:00.001+08:002019-04-24T23:16:27.867+08:00How to Improve Your Cosplay^To make it up for my previous mean post entitled "Why Your Cosplay Sucks", as promised, I am here now to share some tips on how to improve your cosplays.
First off, these are simple tips for the general improvement of one's cosplays and not for one particular character.
It is already a given that proper application of make up and techniques, posing, costume making, material and fabric knowledgejaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-17893045089726517632015-06-09T16:36:00.001+08:002017-04-07T01:00:16.949+08:00BELLDANDY Cosplay^Ah! My Goddess or Ah! Megami-sama is one of the series that left a mark on me.
I don't remember everything about it, but I remember how I felt about the series.
I remember thinking how wonderful Belldandy was.
Admittedly, Belldandy is not the typical strong sassy onechan type I love cosing.
She is much more docile but still strong in her own way.
Belldandy is a Goddess from Heaven, like for jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-30728404350361333912015-05-16T23:17:00.000+08:002017-04-07T01:08:46.746+08:00Inspirational Cosplayers^... a very biased list of inspirational cosplayers.
One of the best way to improve on your cosplay is to simply improve your cosplay attitude.
Of course, that starts with yourself but you also need someone to inspire you and lead you down the right path.
Here are some cosplayers I admire because of how awesomely passionate they are with their cosplays and craft, and their beautiful outlooks injaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-90641630968560126652015-04-21T00:40:00.002+08:002019-05-25T18:32:57.838+08:00Why Your Cosplay Sucks
sucks or to suck- is an expression of disappointment, meaning something is bad or rubbish and can also be referred to something unsatisfactory. to be not good at something.
i.e. Your cosplay sucks = Your cosplay is rubbish = Your cosplay is not good at all.
^Hello, dear reader!
First of all, give yourself a good pat on the shoulder. I highly believe that the first step to improvement is havingjaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-67014671808223841612015-04-04T15:00:00.000+08:002017-04-07T01:31:45.191+08:00Bucket list check + more cosplay ambitions^I made a cosplay bucket list in 2011.
I realize that I have mostly done what I wanted in my run as a cosplayer.
Some were unexpected but I am very thankfully that about half of the list has been ticked off.
Now, to add more ambitions to that list hehehehe
Related: 2011 Cosplay Bucket List
Yes, very ambitious. XDD
So far, I have only one cartoon cosplay, and that is Fionna from Adventure jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-81185184415848617662015-03-30T15:53:00.000+08:002017-04-07T01:37:03.711+08:006 Years of Cosplay^6! S-I-X! Six years of cosplay later, here I am.
With my sister, I started cosplaying in April of 2009, so that makes 2015 our 6th year of cosplay.
Wow.
(Technically, it is still March and our Anniversary isn't a few more days from now but I am just really happy that I've been cosplaying for so long and that I am still enjoying it XD)
Let's see, my last entry was... November 2014.
As I feared,jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-86010851973981594242014-11-10T14:39:00.002+08:002017-04-07T01:44:25.458+08:00Zipangu Wig Review^This is my first Japan bought wig and as such a review is highly necessary.
;)
Ok, here is the wig review for the wig brand ZIPANGU.
This wig was bought in person from a physical shop called Maple Wig Shop.
The wig shop is glorious, way faster than browsing through albums and albums of photos from different online wig shops.
Maple had catalogues on hand but what was amazing is their display jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-62332075487784573262014-10-25T16:28:00.000+08:002017-04-07T01:52:14.910+08:00ISABELLA YAMAMOTO Cosplay^Paradise Kiss cosplay!
And with a mathematical group to boot!
This cosplay came together because of Sese and Ian.
One night, at our usual post-con dinner, they set me aside and told me their plan of organizing a Paradide Kiss cosplay group.
They both thought I'd make an awesome Isabella.
XD I like Paradise Kiss, the story was nice but no one particularly stood out to me.
I was hesitant to jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-45610860618068311732014-10-21T21:16:00.000+08:002019-04-24T23:21:25.523+08:00World Cosplay Summit 2014 Day 2
^Day 2 of the World Cosplay Summit 2014 adventure!
After dinner, well, we did some catching up.
Nah, I think it was more than some as we were up so late talking about what ever hahahaha
Oh! How I missed sleep overs and friends /sniff
For Day 1 of WCS 2014 and pre-WCS Adventure with Atom check out the links.
Anyway, Day 2!
3rd August, 2014
Sunday
Day 2 of the World Cosplay jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-40909303933338710492014-10-16T00:58:00.003+08:002017-04-07T02:04:10.511+08:00Heroine Make Eyeliner^Is this a review?
Maybe more of a recommendation hahahahah
Product: Heroine Make "Kiss Me" Liquid Eyeliner in Black
Heroine Make
Kiss Me Liquid Eyeliner in Black
brush tip is 0.1mm
This is honestly the best liquid eyeliner I have ever used. I SWEAR.
Let's talk about the price first, here in Japan it is about 1,000 JPY so that's about 10 USD or around 400 PHP.
The price is just jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-4297805994941159962014-09-25T19:34:00.000+08:002017-04-07T16:04:04.564+08:00Group Cosplays^Nothing beats an awesome cosplay...
... Unless it's an awesome GROUP COSPLAY!!! Oh Yeah!
Seeing a character we like excites us but seeing a character with their gang just gets us all jumpy and even more giggly, right?
So today, let's talk about group cosplays: How to plan and maybe make it better so everyone has a good time and eve more awesome cosplay.
It's always easier to go solo. I jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-34665932397155958322014-09-15T15:39:00.001+08:002019-04-24T23:21:40.363+08:00World Cosplay Summit 2014 Day 1^Now to the day of excitement itself!
hahahahahah
For my pre-WCS adventure with Atom, click here
2nd August, 2014
Saturday
Day 1 of the World Cosplay Summit 2014
I had been sleeping all by my lonesome in our hotel when at around 6am-ish, I was awaken by a knock on the door.
Lunaru had arrived from Tokyo! She rode a 7-hour bus to go to Nagoya. heheheheh
After opening the door, some hugs then jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-9937246766236691952014-09-09T12:06:00.000+08:002019-04-24T23:27:17.366+08:00Adventure with Atom^Since the World Cosplay Summit was coming up, friends of mine decided to drop by Nagoya.
Yay!
Atom came all the way from the Philippines and Lunaru was coming from Tokyo.
I was psyched to take them around my city before we get busy for WCS.
1st August, 2014
Friday
A day before WCS
Me and Atom met up.
We lovingly call Atom the Lakwatsero Database because there is nothing Atom doesn't know when jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-79098310738058578292014-07-08T18:20:00.001+08:002017-04-07T17:06:52.852+08:00The PLAY in COSPLAY^The "play" (or role play) part of cosplay is what makes the difference between costuming and cosplaying.
But how exactly does one "play" for cosplay?
This question is especially hard for beginners but there are also cosplayers who tend to forget or all together not know...
Remember, from the word itself, cosplay is only cosplay if there is an accurate costume based on a character and there isjaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-91570693075205255272014-07-01T19:48:00.000+08:002017-04-07T17:14:56.739+08:00Types of EYELINER^Accentuating the eyes is one of the key points in cosplay make up.
To do so, your number one tool would be the eyeliner.
Rakshasa Miku Hatsune cosplay by jaRoukaSama
heavy on eye liner cosplay
Eyeliner is one of the basics for any make up kit, but for newbies it can be difficult to use, especially now that it comes in so many forms.
Which type to get? What brand? Decisions, decisions, jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-4856686064186895352014-03-05T07:30:00.000+08:002017-04-07T17:18:58.344+08:00KONATA IZUMI Cosplay^I love Lucky Star!
hahhahahaha
Izumi Konata has been known as the leader and goddess of all otakus.
I loved that about her and wanted to portray that side of her.
One lazy day, z3LL came to visit me and we just had the shoot at my place, we were bored.
An hour of make up and clothes pulled from my closet, some rummaging through my stuff and rearranging of the furniture and we were all set!
jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-88071320315063285202013-11-24T23:31:00.000+08:002017-04-07T17:24:47.474+08:00Lip Coloring Tutorial^Colored lipsticks that aren't the usual red, pink or natural tones are very hard to find, not to mention expensive.
Edit: As of 2015 bold, colored lipsticks aren't as rare anymore but if you will only be using it once or a very limited number of times, seems a shame to waste money on it. XDD
Here's a tutorial to get colored lips with out doling massive cash out!
Quick and easy!
Perfect for jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-68292708058887024982013-10-28T14:00:00.000+08:002017-04-07T17:31:04.718+08:00WHITE BUNNY SHERYL NOME Cosplay^watashi anata no usagi no white
hanete tobikomu mujaki na guraido
uchuu ni koboshita miru kii wei
nee ano kyandi sutaa tabetai na
atashi anata no usagi no back
abarenbou no sexy flag
hippu na rain chiramise denjaa
winku aizu de mune no tanima ni daibu... /ho
Sheryl Nome! May'n! /faints
Yes, one of my most beloved waifus. <3 <3 <3
Cosplayed Universal Bunny Sheryl Nome in her White jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275993998446745274.post-38508388692778772032013-10-14T16:15:00.000+08:002017-04-07T17:37:17.811+08:00Fabric Painting Tips^We all know details, details and details are essential for cosplay.
Having details sewn on or embroidered on to your costume is one heck of a luxury, beautiful and elegant when magnificently executed but a pain on both the wallet and heart when improperly done.
Embroidered details are the best for me, but I do not have a lot of costumes with embroidery for the following reasons:
- embroidery jaRoukaSamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738789083054185606noreply@blogger.com13