So I Bought This Wig...

Let me just say that first of all, I've never worn a track or wig in my life. But as Winter hit and it started getting colder and with my hair being natural I started thinking of:

"OMG, split ends, brittle, dry and breakage city here I come."

Winter last year was really bad on my hair, really bad. People say "wear a hat!" But that's not always the fix to the problem. I have a hat, it doesn't completely fit all my hair so I hate wearing it but I do have one, also it's not best for retaining MOISTURE and keeping your hair from breaking when it's -10 out (Gotta love Chicago).

So this year I figure not only am I mixing my own Hair moisturizing products together for moisture and also for hair growth and health but why not just get into Wigs.
Wigs popped in my head for two Reason, 1 because of the weather and 2 because I like to dye my hair, and wear different styles. When I get bored the first thing I do is mess with my hair, especially since I have a lot of it so it's an excuse. I spend so much money on hair products alone you'd think I was in Cosmetology instead of Computer Science. I usually dye my hair between Black and a Red Brown/Brown Red/Burgundy. Though this time I wanted to go dare I say BOLDER. I love the color "Honey Blonde" but never knew how it would look on ME. I didn't want to Permanently dye my hair something I wouldn't like so I made a smart move and bought a Natural wig instead that mimic how I style my hair and in the color I wanted to dye it.

This is how it looks in the back, this was taken fresh out of the box so I did not brush it out to make it fluffy or anything, that's how it already was.

And this is how it looks in the front, along with my hair Briefly picked out, not blow dried so that's not as big as my Afro can get. Yes I am aware even from the front view it seems like a lot of hair on my head... because it is.

The Wig is called "Drew" it is from the Beshe Collection, it is a Lace Front Synthetic Wig. I Purchased it at Luxurious Hair Boutique website. It was on sale for $25.00, the color on the site is F27/30 which is Honey Blonde/Golden Blonde but it's more so Honey Blonde.

I trimmed the Lace in the front and plucked hairs out of it to Mimic my own hairline because the standard lace front hairline with just the "perfect" line from ear to ear looks beyond phony.

I did not add any "Baby hairs" to help make the look natural because that's not how I wear my hair anyway seeing as I am Natural for the most part (I am guilty of dyeing my hair). Instead I just used Foundation around the front of the lace to help blend in towards my skin tone and kept the hair down on the sides.
Will say that because of my hairline, my hair shows on the side of the wig if I were to pull the wig back into like a ponytail so I keep the sides down and put the top up to help with the look. Regardless of how I position the wig it's just my hairline.

Circle Lens Review: i.Fairy Hanabi Grey

I promised I would try to stay updated with the Reviews so that's what I'm trying to do : D!

And there is this Glare effect, I do not know where it came from.

This one is on the i.Fairy Hanabi Grey which I purchased from Geo-Lens House which is a Facebook store. They have many i.Fairy Lenses, Kimchi, Geo, Dolly+, Moe Moe and Keizen so check them out when you get a chance :3. They were about 16-17USD.

Now the Hanabi Grey's weren't my first pick, I wanted the Dolly+ in Grey but they did not have my Prescription in stock. I asked another Store and they were out of my Prescription as well. So I substituted with the Hanabi Grey's.

A close up of the Pattern of the lens and the lens itself. As you see it has a thick solid outer black ring which helps with the Enlarging effect of the Lenses. The Actual "Iris" part of the lens is a Heavy Grey with black strips going in a swirl motion outward. The Lens itself is 14.5/14.7mm in Diameter, the enlarging effect is 16.2mm.

Here's one with one lens in and one lens out.

As you see there is definitely a huge difference in the size of the contact on my Right eye in this picture verse my Left eye in the picture.

This is not a lens that is hard to notice, it is very noticeable even in not so low/poor lighting. Even if they can't tell the exact grey because sometimes in low lighting grey can come off as a Blue, you know you have some large eyes, haha.

Comparing Hanabi Grey to Geo Ash Grey:

The Geo Ash Grey isn't as vibrant of a Grey as the Hanabi's and it's also not as big in Diameter nor enlargement. I wear the Geo Ash Grey's often and I like how they look out in the Sunlight/in a Very well lit area but if you're somewhere where the Light isn't on you really then it's hard to even see what color they are. I've had many people go "Those are Grey???" Whenever they would ask if I even had on contacts while wearing them.

Now as far as the Reviewing goes

Comfort: 10/10
They are a very comfortable lens, I like how I don't feel them and that the pupil area is big so you never have to worry if you might have some color in your field of vision causing blurness.

Color & Design: 8/10
It's a nice lens but it's definitely a "Oh I KNOW you got something on" lens. Which can be okay if that is what you're going for like for Cosplay for example. But if you're like me who like the bigger lenses for the Shiny eyes and "Dolly eye" effect then this lens can be a hit or miss when it comes to it. It definitely depends on what you're wearing and the lighting to see if you get the desired Dolly eye effect that you want. As noted from above I really wanted the Dolly+ Grey's for the Dolly Eye effect but again these lenses are still nice :-).

Enlargement: 10/10
You can definitely tell the enlargement, it's a nice big enlargement. If you want something subtle this is definitely not something you want. a Subtle lens with a non-enlarging effect would be the Geo Ash Grey :-)

Overall: 9/10
I will say these lenses have me looking at the other colors in the Hanabi series. Based on the vibrant of the colors they are definitely a Cosplay type of lenses or for someone who wants the over the top lenses.

Circle Lens Review: Kimchi Mio Brown

Hi guys! I haven't made any actual post in a long time due to me having to Work full time and along with school I've been so busy but enough with excuses, here's a REVIEW!

No Lenses:

 With the Kimchi Mio Browns

Yes the Kimchi Mio Brown. Kimchi is a new brand which has many designs I like and I figured I'd be the one of the first to give a review for their lenses :-). I heard about them in Late July of this year, they might've been out a little bit sooner but that's when I found out.

To get the questions out of the way first...

Where did you get them? How much were they? I ordered these from Geo-Lens House which is a Facebook Store. They cost about 15USD. I used Paypal and they were sent out on the 24th of August, and I received them yesterday, 2nd of September :-). I paid for Registered Mail, so no fast delivery though I will say I did receive them sooner than I expected. It was my first time ordering from them. I was a bit hesitant and that's why I love Paypal for orders I am skeptical about but they have definitely gained my trust and I will gladly order from them again in the Future :-D.

Along with the lens you get a White and Pink transparent lens case.

The Kimchi Mio Brown are 14.5mm in Diameter, the enlargement effect is 16 - 16.2 mm; so that should tell you right away that they have a Solid black outer ring. The contact itself has Black, Brown, Light brown/tan and Orange color pattern. I've been on a search for a Brown lens I will really like and a new brand is out with the Swirl pattern like the Geo Hurricane Series, except they are EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE! The Geo Hurricane Browns which have been sitting on my Contact Drawer collecting dust can now be thrown away since I have a replacement for them. Extremely happy about that :-D

I will say that they give a huge Brown/Bambi eye effect if you're not in good lighting/poor lighting which is fine, but up close you can see the color and the swirl pattern of it.

For Comfort I give them a 10/10
Though I haven't had them that long I've become use to contacts now with the way they feel right away verse later on. They do get dry later on but you can't expect contacts to not get dry. Also you might not need drops because my eyes just get dry anyway, working at a place where there is fans literally being blown on you doesn't help either.

Color and Design: 9.5/10
I enjoy the brown, it is very nice, though I do kind of wish the color Popped more but that's just my personal preference. I will say I like the blending the color has with the lens and the iris color though.


Enlargement: 10/10
They are definitely enlarging, there is no hiding that and I did get them for the enlargement factor.

Overall: 10/10

Kimchi might become my favorite brand along with Dueba/G&G. I'm looking forward to possibly getting the collect Mio series :-).

Here's a Webcam picture with poor lighting except for a light in front of my face to help you see the color.

I will try to post better and more pictures of the lens using a different camera and with less makeup (I don't usually wear Makeup but it's what I do with a new lenses that's large in size and I'm not use to wearing yet :-)).

((and yes the picture at the top is recent my nose ring is just flipped up instead of down and visible))

Product Review: eBay False Eyelashes & Kiss Eyelash Glue

So about 3 weeks ago I had bought 2 packs of 10pair Eyelashes off eBay for 1 dollar each.

I've never worn eyelashes before so I didn't want to get anything expensive and if I didn't like them I didn't want to feel like it was a complete waste of money so I purchased these.
They came Standard Mail from China, arrived last week but hadn't tried them out yet until now.

I bought them mainly for the Circle Lenses I purchased, especially my Dueba Big DM23 Pink because they are indeed bigger and felt the lens was very Dolly.
Also for lenses I'll receive in the future just in case I happen to end up liking the falsies :-).

I tried these on first since the other pair as you see in the pictures is bigger. Mind you I didn't think these would be so big until I put them on lol. But I got use to it and the look.

As you see they are very Black.
You can see where the Eyelash Strip when you blink is but that doesn't bother me because I mean no one is going to be staring at your eyelids when you blink and because
1) I don't have nor wear Liquid eyeliner which might help actually with that. I use Kajal - Pakistan/India Multi-Use eyeliner. It's like a Pastel.

and 2) The volume of the lashes play a part of how dark they look as well. I liked the Blackness because felt it gave the Dolly/Eye Anime Eye look more effective.

Now I used the Kiss Eyelash Glue for the Eyelash Hold. It claims to have a 24-Hour Flexible Hold. Though that isn't why I bought it.
Purchased it because it is a newer product, also because it has a Wand!

The Wand sold me verse other glues like Duo and Lash Grip with the squeeze Bottle.
Also it was 4 Dollars at Walgreens.

I've had the Lashes on for about 4 - 6 hours now and counting. I was walking around outside and it's very Windy out where I am and I was concern a end might come undone but so far they seem to be fine :-).

I know the Eyelashes definitely look Falsie because I didn't put black eyeliner going in on my upper eye but that's okay because when I blink and stuff you can see where the black eyeliner is and what not.

(The longer I stare at the last picture the more my eyes look very out of place lol.)

Circle Lens Review: Dueba Big DM23 Pink

Hey guys!

So I'm back with another Review from the Pinkyparadise.com Purchase I made think it's been about 2 - 3 weeks now since I've received them. I know a good 2 weeks.
I didn't want to do all 4 of them in the same day so I waited a minute before doing this one. Also wanted to do a video. For some reason when I put it in Windows Movie Editor to add in pictures into the video itself and what not, a 1minute into the video on the Editor the Audio and Video somehow somewhere unsyncs so my lips aren't matching the audio which I can't figure out how that happens. Even without the pictures in the editor it unsyncs.

Anyway, onto the Review!

G&G/Dueba Big Dm23 Pink as you see are definitely larger than your average Iris size.
The lens is 14.5mm in diameter, with not just a black pixelated outer ring but the very rim of the contact there is a thin solid black ring that helps with making your eyes POP with this contact along with the color, towards inward as you see there is the Pink and yes you can see my Iris inside but it's not something that is noticeable when you are out and about with these on unless someone is in your face staring at your eye.

For Color & Design 8/10:
I do like this contact. I thought that they would make my eyes look crazy especially since I am not a Make-up person. I only had on Eyeliners in that picture but it felt like a lot still for me, haha. Though I do wish there was a bit more Pink but also, the Pink actually looks more Violet on my eye. I had sent a picture of me in the Lenses before telling my friends which ones they were and they thought it was a Violet lens because the Outer Black and the inner Pink, along with my eye color gives a Violet - very dark Violet look.

I do like though that I don't look Alien/Bug/Pug-Eyed with them. Actually give me an Black Anime Character look.

This is how they look with pretty much no eyeliner at all in flash.

This picture with eyeliner. Sorry for the horrible quality of these two pictures, I took it with my phone instead of my digital camera like the other ones.

Comfort 10/10:
They don't irritate my eyes at all and actually they are the easiest to put in despite their size. When I put them in at first I don't notice them at all. Though after about 3 - 4 hours I can feel them a second after I blink. They don't burn though, my eyes do dry out a little bit but it's nothing eye drops/contact solution can't fix. They don't move at all when I move my eye around, which is extra brownie points. I'm not sure if it's the size or what but they feel really secure on my eye. I love it.

Enlargement 10/10:
They definitely give an enlargement and yes it is noticeable, but it's not a "omg your eyes look HUGE" look, it's a "you look super Kawaii/Dolly" look.
Depending on the angle your looking they can actually look more 14.8mm - 15.0mm based on images I've been of others in those lens (I can't personally compare them to that because I don't own any at those size at the moment).

Overall 9/10:
These lenses are nice. They look great with a little bit of Make-up but it doesn't have to be a lot just some Eyeliner like I do :-).
The color isn't that opaque. So eye color definitely makes a difference on how the pink and black plays a part on how the contact itself will show. If you want a lens with Black/Dark ring and pink in the middle to show in an opaque manner, honestly this wouldn't be the lens for you.
If you want one that Enlarges your eye, adds color but it's not in your face and comes across pretty subtle, natural looking then you'll like this lens.

Circle Lens Review: G&G GBT Green

G&G GBT Green.
Purchased from Pinky Paradise.

Looking for the right color that doesn't completely blend into your eye color while looking somewhat real can be hard if you have dark eyes.
I saw someone my skin-tone post these on PinkyParadise facebook and I thought they looked great on her and decided "sure why not"... I was hesitant as all heck!

Color-Design 9/10:

This is with Natural Light, not flash. As you see the color is pretty bold yet has a natural appeal.
As far as the color of the lens, in the vial and in the contact lens container it doesn't look as though the color would show much. Once you put them on though, that thought is out of the window. They even show well in Low light, looking more of a dark/forest green but still can tell you have them on.
Only thing I didn't like was it didn't hit me how GREEN they truly were on the girl in the picture until I saw them on myself. This is definitely GREEN, not a Hazel Green, not a light green, straight GREEN but that's okay. I would've liked a little hazel in the same design to really make it look more natural but this like I said is still fine.

Comfort 10/10:
Once I have them on, they feel great, I actually don't feel them at all. When I put them in. They feel better than my Acuvue 2s, they don't irritate my eyes and I haven't noticed any dryness at all with them. Definitely my favorite pair. They don't move when I blink or over my eyes around which is another plus.
I've worn them for a good 6hours with no problem.

Enlargement 10/10:
These are another 14.0mm in diameter lens. They don't have a dark straight ring, it does have a kind of jagged greyish edge as a ring but that more so helps with it looking natural than like some Freshlooks in which I honestly feel they look like they just sit on your eye.

Overall 9.5/10:
This would be a perfect 10 if there was a bit of Hazel in the green to really give it a major Pop in look and color.

I'm currently looking at the rest of the G&G GBT Series. I'm totally loving this Green!

Circle Lens Review: Geo Hurricane Brown

Geo Hurricane Brown
Purchased from Pinky Paradise.

I had been looking at these for a good month but still didn't want to buy them. Then I read somewhere that the Hurricane Series were actually going to be discontinued so regardless if it's true or not, that's what swayed my decision.
I wanted a Brown lens that was natural with a twist, from the pictures that's what it looked like. Now onward to the review.

Color-Design: 10/10
The Geo Hurricane Browns are actually more Hazel and the Geo Hurricane Hazel's are actually more Brown. I thought that was kinda ironic. Nonetheless I love the color of these. They look great on my natural eye color, whether in direct light or natural light. I'm glad as far as a natural lens with flavor this looked exactly how I hoped. It does have a Dark ring but since the contact is brown it blends well and makes the eyes pop even more.

Comfort 3/10:
The Geo Ash Wings were fine on my eyes. These are the opposite which crushed me. When I first put them in it took literally 10mins for me to stop blinking every second because of discomfort. I made sure the lens wasn't inside out which it wasn't. They were very uncomfortable and even though the it did improve, my eyes didn't care for them. Tried them again today, it took 5mins this time for my eyes to be okay with them and stop blinking like crazy due to discomfort but I couldn't bare to keep them on. Really am bummed because I love how these look on my eyes. I can't get over how they feel in my eye though.

I can feel them move when I blink, I can see them move when I blink in the mirror. Sometimes it's a slight movement and other times it's not :-/

Enlargement 10/10:
They are 14.0mm in diameter though with the black outer ring they do appear more of a 14.5mm. Even so I like the look a lot.


Overall 5/10:
These lenses would be my number 1 if they were just comfortable! The comfort really brings it down a lot. You're putting something in your eye so it should be comfortable, not unpleasant :-).
I'll give these another try later but right now, very disappointed.

Circle Lens Review: Geo Ash Wing

Last week I received my Package of Circle Lenses that I Ordered from Pinky Paradise. I ordered 5, though only have 4 that are personally mine, one was for a friend. Here is the first review of that Package bundle :-).

Geo Ash Wing!
I wanted some greys that were subtle yet still noticeable, that were the the standard contact Diameter of 14.0mm and give a "WOW" effect in a sense. I felt these would be it and here's what I honestly thought after putting them in:

Here's just a comparison of my eye color and me with them on.

For Color-Design: 7/10

I loved how the color showed up in flash. It looks great in flash with the Grey really popped out so to speak in a thick ring around my eye.
Though, Flash and direct light was the best way for the color to show. If you had bad lighting in a room/low indoor lighting, then well it looked more like this:

The grey is very dark in low lighting/no direct light and if the room is really low light with let's say a blind partially open and that's it these can look like a Black Grey.
Aside from that, because of the design the "Pupil" area of the contact looks huge. If you have dark eyes then from far away your Eye pupil does indeed look big which increases the "Dolly/Anime" effect.

Comfort: 8/10
I know GEO's have a hit and miss when it comes to whether people like them or not. These GEO's actually weren't too bad actually. I could feel them in my eye but it wasn't an irritating thing, just a "oh my contact is in." I will say they have the same Comfort level as my Acuvue 2s :-).
I did have come drying, but it wasn't to a point where I needed drops. They didn't move when I blinked which was lovely to know because even my Acuvue's do that!

Enlargement: 10/10
These don't really enlarge, which is fine because it was exactly what I wanted. I knew they were 14.0mm in Diameter and that they didn't have a dark outer ring.

Overall: 8/10
Geo Ash Wings are a nice Grey lens if you want the a Lens in which effect is to be Halo and stand-out without looking like an Oddball so to speak.

Though if Oddball is what you want then go for it :-).
Was a nice lens to purchase though now I'm on the hunt for another Grey.

Circle Lenses Package Arrived!

As you see my Circle Lenses from Pinky Paradise arrived. Super anxious and excited at this current moment. I'm still waiting for one more package of my Lens Travel Cases that I purchased off eBay.com. Once I that I'll do blog and video reviews of the lenses :-).

The package arrived sooner than expected! I did order with FedEx 4 - 7 day shipping. It came in day no. 3. I honestly didn't expect it to get here until Saturday or Monday. Wow FedEx you do NOT play! Thank you for the speedy delivery. I don't know what the vials look like because they are still covered just like in the picture. I'm waiting until I get my cases before I start doing anything :-). Mainly because I have to give my friend hers that I ordered as her gift and one of the Travel Cases is for her and yeah.

Also, I will do a Comparison video of regular contact lens verse Circle Lenses with size, also speaking on comfort and addressing that there are companies like Acuvue who sell contacts in the U.S. that also make Circle Lenses that sell them in places like Singapore. Maybe that will help some people on the "it's bad for your eyes" willy nillyness that they are stuck on.

Introduction of Myself & My Blog!

So my name is Taryn.
Friends call me Haze and others call me Afro Buddha (parody of Afro Samurai). I'm 21 years old, I'm not really a typical girly girl I should say where I don't really wear Make-up, I am VERY into Natural Beauty and I don't mean "apply concealer and blush and eyeliner with eyeshadow that happens to go with my skin tone". I mean pretty much bare face. I do wear eyeliner from time to time but I mainly put it on my Waterlines on my eyes just to give my eyes and eye color more of a "pop" on their own. I like Lip Gloss. No problem with that lol.

Onto the Title "Afro Hair, Asian Lifestyle". Afro hair is obviously a given. I'm Black (just easier for me to say Black instead of breaking down into ethnicity backgrounds and what not), I've been natural pretty much my whole life. There have been a few sparely times where I have had a Relaxer in my hair but it never took, only to my ends because they were damaged anyway. It was good if I wanted to have my hair straighten for longer than 2 days. 2 weeks later my hair would be poofy again. My mother didn't know what to do with it even though she's Black, there's more Native American blood on her side verse my father side. So it was always just poofy and usually a mess lol.

As for Asian Lifestyle my family is Buddhist. I was born into the religion, I didn't convert. I could never relate to my fellow cousins or peers at school growing up because I grew up much differently than they did, even though my family is Black the customs and the people I were use to were Japanese, Korean and White. Growing up around Multi-Diversity I never saw the "color-line" that people talked so much about until I was around 14 - 15 years old, so basically High School.

So anyway, that's an introduction as far as myself. Now onward to what this blog is going to be about!