I just love onigiri (riceballs). We have this hello kitty onigiri shaper and I really recommend that people buy it because it is so much easier than shaping these things yourself.... that is, unless you're just making onigiri balls. o_O
My sister is the one who actually made the cake part of this with cake mix but I frosted and decorated it with the strawberries/sprinkles. ^^
I finally finished the game Lightning Returns recently and zomg, why does her face look so different? I mean, she looks like she got plastic surgery. Before I begin, I'd like to point out that I am not criticizing the game in its entirety. This is solely about the change in Lightning's hair and facial design. The game play of Lightning Returns has nothing to do with this. :) I didn't really notice her face change until I beat the game and watched the ending CG animation scene. (pic above is from the opening CG scene) I was a bit disappointed that the animators weren't consistent in her facial design, especially when it was so beautiful to begin with. Here's some compare/contrast pics I found. This one is of the CG animation for FFXIII, FFXIII-2, and FFXIII Lightning Returns. And here's the cutscene animation. It's a bit more difficult to tell the difference in the cutscene animation unless you look closely. The hair...
I've heard a lot of negative reviews on this hair dye. My experience with it wasn't exactly bad although I can't say it was perfect either. I'll tell you what I did to achieve the end result of my current hair color. With most lighter colors of Japanese hair dye, Asians have to bleach their hair first if they want anything close to the model's hair color. It's a necessary evil. I purchased all of the Palty hair dyes from Amazon.com and they all came with instructions that were in English. About a few weeks ago, I used this Palty Natural Blonde hair dye to color my virgin Asian hair. I wasn't thinking about dyeing my hair an Ash color at the time and just wanted something different. My hair color didn't change very much. But it did seem to lighten to the color indicated on the box. After this, I started to make a plan of what color I really wanted to dye my hair (this is what I should have done in the first place...). I decided ...
This topic came to me after my first time experiencing an onsen and sento (public bath). For anyone who's been to any of these, you'll know what I'm talking about. You're gonna see everything. I noticed that all the Japanese women (in the baths I visited) didn't shave their pubes. It seems like Japan is a hair-free kind of country where they shave armpits, arms, legs, etc. So why not pubic hair? After doing some research, it appears that generally porn stars in Japan shave their pubes. It's uncommon and not expected of the main public to do so. I guess that means that if a girl were to shave her pubey's, she's telling the world she's a whore. There's also the theory where pubic hair hides the lady parts so it's seen as more modest. My question is, for the first theory, how true is this belief? Does a girl really appear slutty if she shaves her pubic hair in Japan?
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