For Halloween, I have decided to go... Yamanba.

That's right.

Yamanba.
Not Ganguro, but the ultimate of them all.

Yamanba

Yamanba feature darker tans and add white lipstick, pastel eye makeup, tiny metallic or glittery adhesives below the eyes, brightly-colored contact lenses, plastic dayglo-colored clothing, and incongruous accessories to the ganguro look. Some yamanba wear stuffed animals as decorations.

Oooooh yeah. I am SO doing that : D

I know what you're probably thinking:
"She's going to be dressed as what? What exactly do Yamanba look like?"
Here are some photos:
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Now that you've seen those, you're probably thinking:
"WOW, those are some BRIGHT clothes. She really wants to do that for Halloween?

Wait.

:-:HALLOWEEN???:-:

That's 7 months away! Why is she thinking about that now?"

Simple.
I love Halloween *shrugs*

I've already started on the accessories. I have some big, bright pink pom-pom hair bands, glittery hair clips in all sorts of colours, glittery body tattoos, glittery hair tattoos, glitter nail art, body stickers, white eyeliner, feather thingies for my hair, a couple of glitter piggy key chains to hang from my belt, pink wig (I might buy another one), black eye shadow, dayglo bracelets, and I still have my virtual pets from when I was kid that I can stick on a chain and wear around my neck. All I need is... bronzer, white lipstick, aqua blue eyeliner and eyeshadow, fake eyelashes, white eyeshadow (I'll probably get some tomorrow), and some BRIGHT as all hell clothing. Actually, I think I may have a shirt or two that would work ^_^

The male equivalent is called a "center guy" (Sentaagai), a pun on the name of a pedestrian shopping street near Shibuya Station in Tokyo where yamanba and center guys are often seen.

Hmmm... I wonder if I can get Joey to dress up with me...

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