GYARU HAIRSTYLE! TOKYO HOSTESS & HIME GAL HAIR SALON, KABUKICHO. MORTICIA ADDAMS DRESS, MAKEUP, COSTUME.
I know many of you miss my fire-engine red hair… so here are some photos from a modeling shoot last year, in Tokyo!
There’s only one place where you can get styled like this: a gyaru / hostess hair salon in Kabukicho.
You can flip through gyaru magazines like Ageha, and pick out the style you want. Not everyone can make an appointment at these salons, since they primarily serve hostesses. However, if a friend has a connection, you can squeeze in.
For only 2000 yen, you can have a stylized do like mine. It’s incredible how fast the hairdressers work, and the amount of hairspray used.
I did extreme makeup to match the hair, and have it stand out in the photos.
The ring and jewelry are gifted by Strange Freak, a Japanese brand closely associated with J-rock artists (they collaborated with Seba). The design is a tribute to Hide, the deceased guitarist of seminal Visual Kei band, X Japan.
Long, trailing vampire dress: gifted by Lip Service
Lace top: Moi-meme-Moitie, from Closet Child. (Designed by Mana-sama of Malice Mizer)
We took over an alleyway in Shinjuku’s Golden Gai.
Photos by the talented Joey Wong and Jim Ollett, who did my Bust Magazine shoot.
Prepping and goofing around with Sebastiano, between the shots.
He changed into a Hypercore t-shirt, and we mugged in front of the punk bar, Hair of the Dog.
Seba dropped my long Morticia Addams skirt in the puddle! He got yelled at for his bad behavior.
Seba’s a model for the Japanese menswear brand, Umbilical.
Do you like his distinctively Japanese hairstyle?
The red Hide Strange Freak pendant stands out.
We’re fast at photoshoots. About an hour later, it was time to pack up and head home.
La Carmina with hostess gyaru hair — yay or nay? Aren’t Japanese hairstyles fascinating?
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37 Comments
cute!
メガネ早く発売してほしいニャ
So cool:) Love your hair!!
thanks Nadia! :)
The good ole times of the crimson hair. I actually miss that look. :]
I’d hate to be Seba after that puddle ordeal. 0_0
Oh yes, he was given much punishment…
oh dear lord, I just heard that in the most evil of voices and got a chill. *shiver*
muahahahh :)
holy moly Dr. Jones! You’re smokin hot there lady. =}~
I ♥ this
that dress makes you look 12 feet tall! gorgeous.
tall and vampiric is always good :)
Gorgeous… Cave of Evil mode, ala Megatokyo. Now where’s my monocle and steampunk top hat?
muahahah
Looks great, thanks!
You’re amazing! I love this style and the haircut.
Your make-up is wonderful too!!!
love ya
xoxo
In Moda Veritas
p.s. at Pink Carpet Party you’re amazing!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much dear!! Please send me photos if you took some at the party. I’ll post coverage from Luisa very soon, check back my blog!
love your style!!! You are amazing!
Tha Original Gata
Power to you!! :)
Love your dress and little jacket and slip on sandals. Simple, but very goth/chic. :)
Thanks love!
cool sist!!! ♥
Amazing! Thanks to some of your guides, I had a good time when I was in Tokyo.
Nice!
looks hott!
Cute Goth!!! Its AmAzInG for me.
Love it !
Hair is fab, pics are good.
xoxoxoxo
♥ your hair
beautiful!
Great
Blog!! That was amazing. Your thought processing is wonderful. The way you tell
the thing is awesome. You are really a master.
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nice, i love your pics *_*
Yay !!! I luv those hair if her.
Thanks!! My hair is now blue-green :) Latest pics at http://lacarmina.com