[Cover] SCawaii March 2013

[primavera♥]

It definitely looks like her to me and it's pretty too. I can't wait to see the full cover and scans.

[Not~Yet]

Aww man, this is one of the 4 mags which will have the same shoot isn't it? Making these shoots of "natural Ayu" is pointless when they photoshop the hell out of her It's like most of her current shoots they photoshop her skin area so bright to get the "flawless" doll look she just blends in with the white backgrounds. and her expression is so blank slash dumb it's plain annoying. It's not her fault alone, I think the editors and directors of her photoshoots should really step up their game. Or I guess the magazines' audiences (gyaru etc) like these shoots then.. I really hope the scans are better, and it's just the angle and poor light that make her look like that. /mood swing

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by Not~Yet

Aww man, this is one of the 4 mags which will have the same shoot isn't it? Making these shoots of "natural Ayu" is pointless when they photoshop the hell out of her It's like most of her current shoots they photoshop her skin area so bright to get the "flawless" doll look she just blends in with the white backgrounds. and her expression is so blank slash dumb it's plain annoying. It's not her fault alone, I think the editors and directors of her photoshoots should really step up their game. Or I guess the magazines' audiences (gyaru etc) like these shoots then.. I really hope the scans are better, and it's just the angle and poor light that make her look like that. /mood swing

I agree!

[Yoake]

It's totally her & she looks lovely. This pic reminds me the ones she shooted in 2000. She had the same hairstyle & a rose in her hair.
I know that the 4 magazines are linked with the T-shirt thing but I hope we won't have another white background for the two others.

[ExodusUK]

what kind of 80s photoshop

[YuriChan]

Ok... I'll be blunt. I love it! She looks serene.

[Zeke.]

Reminds me of the style of those memes.

"NATURAL AYU"


HAS PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR.


I just have to LOL.

[panda♥]

i like it. :/

[AyuGAME]

i wondered why people talk about photoshop again and again...

do you know how the lighting on studio and the rendering on camera can make this without photoshop? maybe photoshop just made her skin looks more smooth, but other than that...i think it's her...it's just head position that makes her looks like that...

[Sunrise]

I like it, can't wait for a scan tbh

[truehappiness]

It looks fine to me. The angle is a bit strange though since she's kind of pale here and it looks like she's tilting her head back which results in people thinking it's photoshopped or something.

The inner shots will probably be less offensive to people, lol.

[kimmeh]

I realised what I find wrong with it.
Her chin. It's so square-shaped here! Plus the wig is AWFUL.

[ayu_ready?]

eh NO

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Reminds me of the style of those memes.

"NATURAL AYU"


HAS PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR.


I just have to LOL.

i hink the "natural" is for the make-up not for her hair...;p

Originally Posted by kimmeh

I realised what I find wrong with it.
Her chin. It's so square-shaped here! Plus the wig is AWFUL.

i doubt it's a wig, i mean she has the same hair, and we know she has extentions but that's deffinitelly not a wig.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by artcika

i hink the "natural" is for the make-up not for her hair...;p

I know but it's still funny.

Here's "natural" Ayu:



Would've been nice if she went back to dark hair for this "natural" promotion.

[kimmeh]

It seems like her hair starts about 10cm above her actual head, which is usually how it looks with a not-so-fitting-wig. Wig or not, still looks horrible. Hair style in ViVi was x999 times better.

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by kimmeh

It seems like her hair starts about 10cm above her actual head, which is usually how it looks with a not-so-fitting-wig. Wig or not, still looks horrible. Hair style in ViVi was x999 times better.

um i think it's the angle of the picture of the mag cover plus Japan has a hystory of having this kind of styling going on:

Spoiler:

[Jawdarna]

For me it's those blue contacts.
I don't think they flatter her at all. :/

Saying that though, I think it's just the angle plus the puffy wig that make her face look a bit different. xD

[YuriChan]

^Her contacts are more grayish than blue. O.o;

[Jawdarna]

Originally Posted by YuriChan

^Her contacts are more grayish than blue. O.o;

I think they are very blue-grayish.

@artcika:
Oh! I see. So they must cut the fringe not just from the hairline, but also a bit more closer to the top of the head (if that makes sense). I always assumed it was a wig thing. xD

I think this is an Ayu wig though still. Unless she's gotten a fringe recently? (I assumed the LOVE cover was a wig too; I could be wrong though).