[MagScans] Bea's UP Jan 2010

[Yumi(e)]

Thanks <3

[gallowsCalibrator]

Wow!~ These are really pretty! Thanks for sharing!

[Chibi_Venus]

I love it! Thank you!

[Uemarasan]

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

Yes. And this is actually the problem, hah! Because Ayu, until the past year or so, has always looked like a cutesy early to mid-twenties girl. And now all of a sudden, she looks like a woman in her early thirties! :O And also, I dunno about any of you, but for some reason, it's kinda hard for me to start seeing Ayumi looking older... I mean, she's not "old-old" yet, but she IS almost middle-aged! :OOO I guess it's 'cause she started out looking so little and young, and she stayed that way for years...and now she's officially all grown up and fully matured, hah?

Dyeing your hair dark sometimes creates the illusion that you look older, especially since we're so used to seeing Ayu with lighter hair (compare Sunrise to You Were). So if you want to look younger, go light. Beauty tip for today

Anyway, I prefer the way women look when they're in their 30s. Physically speaking, they acquire a certain elegance and sophistication at this age that isn't possible during their 20s.

Ayu is obviously smirking in the last pic. That's why it looks so strange

[emi♡]

...man...i was excited for this shoot...

and she ruined it with her morphine expressions.

The best one is the one where she isn't looking at the camera.

Thanks for the scans

[JackieRos]

you guys are too funny lmao
30 is not even old

[Uemarasan]

^A lot of people here are too young (or clueless) to realize that they're going to turn 30 one day. Let's see if they like being called "too old" when they hit that age. Or if they remotely look anywhere near as good as Ayu does.

Biological age is meaningless, anyway. A person's true age lies in between their ears. You'd be surprised at the number of 30- and 40- year olds who still function as children.

[v3lun420]

thx.... she's still pretty and gorgeous like usual, even in her 30s

[Kikaru]

On one hand, her smile looks mildly like the type of smile you pull when your parents force you to take a photograph in front of the Christmas tree so that they can send it to their colleagues.

On the other hand...she looks pretty in the scans. Granted, the makeup artist should try a more subtle "making lips looking bigger" technique, and it's kinda over photoshopped. (and someone mentioned the Ralph Lauren ads above...yeah, that's horrible photoshop. This type of airbrushing....it's pretty universal in fashion magazines)

[Sweetpea]

Could somebody please PM me these full size or post them full size Please? I can't load the thumbnails Thankyou for posting.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Kikaru

On one hand, her smile looks mildly like the type of smile you pull when your parents force you to take a photograph in front of the Christmas tree so that they can send it to their colleagues.

On the other hand...she looks pretty in the scans. Granted, the makeup artist should try a more subtle "making lips looking bigger" technique, and it's kinda over photoshopped. (and someone mentioned the Ralph Lauren ads above...yeah, that's horrible photoshop. This type of airbrushing....it's pretty universal in fashion magazines)

You mean this?

Spoiler:

.......... They were joking, right?

[Crystal_Ageha]

^ OMG! That picture makes me sick!

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

30's is not middle aged... o_O. Not even 40's. We're not in medieval times anymore hon, people don't drop dead at 35 anymore

Hah, no, I said ALMOST. Yeah, that would be sad if Ayu dropped over at sixty!! D': But no, I was referring to about 40s as being "middle-aged," actually, because forty multiplied by two is eighty, which is about an average age of death.... At least from charts, hah.

Originally Posted by Uemarasan

Dyeing your hair dark sometimes creates the illusion that you look older, especially since we're so used to seeing Ayu with lighter hair (compare Sunrise to You Were). So if you want to look younger, go light. Beauty tip for today

Anyway, I prefer the way women look when they're in their 30s. Physically speaking, they acquire a certain elegance and sophistication at this age that isn't possible during their 20s.

Ayu is obviously smirking in the last pic. That's why it looks so strange

I agree with this. In general, women have this certain beauty in the early thirties that you can't see anywhere else...... Too bad it's all downhill for us from there, lol!

[JackieRos]

Originally Posted by Uemarasan

^A lot of people here are too young (or clueless) to realize that they're going to turn 30 one day. Let's see if they like being called "too old" when they hit that age. Or if they remotely look anywhere near as good as Ayu does.

Biological age is meaningless, anyway. A person's true age lies in between their ears. You'd be surprised at the number of 30- and 40- year olds who still function as children.

i'm betting on clueless

like they say age is nothing but a number
ayu looks amazing and she looks like shes always been.... beautiful

[rakeru]

In the first three her faces look the same and so blank. I'm glad the last two redeem them.

[chloeM]

the last pic was a little bit funny... but i love it all... i can say that this is not a Kazu's work~

[emi♡]

I don't really get the age discussion...because honestly...if Ayu was 20 and the most beautiful she's ever been (hypothetically speaking), it wouldnt save some of the photoshoots she's come out with this past year lol

[SunshineSlayer]

I like the last one best. They just really over did the lip stick though; I also noticed it in the live performances.

Originally Posted by JackieRos

you guys are too funny lmao
30 is not even old

Yeah, I agree. Unfortunately in Japan though, 30 is considered old for a woman. It's sick honestly, but thats how it is. I couple of years ago I even ran into a group of Japanese girls in Tokyo whose only comment about Ayu was how freaking ollllldddd she was even though she was only in her late 20s at the time.

[x-megumi-x]

Thanks for the scans! The last ones are nice <3 Don't really like the others though =/

[music_*]

I don't particularly dislike this, but anybody thinks that Ayu in that big dress kinda reminds you of that evil witch in Narnia the movie?(!!)

I know I do.

[yoshino]

thanks for sharing. but the last pict Ayu looks abit strange.
I like the message she wrote for us!! =)