Hatsune Miku ~ Cosplay Tutorial

So, Being in Britain when you have an obsession with Japan culture and cosplay can be hard. I'm here to teach you all how to look like your favourite Japanese pop stars, idols, anime characters, vocaloids etc. But not look over the top and get made fun of for it. I swear, British people can be mean when it comes to dying your hair blue or wearing huge contact lenses because it seems weird or psycho to dress and/or look that way (personal experience there...)
Okay, This tutorial will be on how to look like the one vocaloid I'm obsessed with at the moment, Hatsune Miku. ~

Firstly, The clothes. No need to buy expensive cosplay or anything, just dress similar. Observe her usual clothing. Notice Miku doesn't over dress too much but still looks as though an effort has been made to look kawaii. She has a tenancy to stick with the flow y / skater skirts and knee length socks. Now, if you don't have much confidence (like myself),you can easily wear a pretty looking skirt and a pair of leggings or tights, the tops have a range usually. She tends to stick with casual yet effective tops, both long sleeves and short usually suffice, but she tends to sway more to the short sleeved shirts, but long sleeves can be acceptable as she still wears them every now and then. ~
Secondly, the hair. Bangs or a full fringe is pretty much necessary. Long hair isn't a necessity but it does help a lot with the Miku look. Now, you go to college or secondary school in Britain or somewhere where similar. Now anywhere you go with pigtails you'd probably get made fun of in some way. Now this is not what you needs, not to mention Miku doesn't always wear pigtails. Now it's usually her thing, but being from somewhere where that would be considered strange could cause you hassle and again, not something you need. It'll destroy your confidence. So don't dye your hair blue, unless you actually want to be seen as strange...but it's not really recommended by me, not to mention it's hard to keep in. So if you have dark hair, keep it dark, have light hair? Keep it that way. Miku's happy with the way she looks, you should be too. Now the hair can be however you like, I mean her hair isn't always in pigtails, sometimes it's down and sometimes not even blue, sometimes it's even as far as black. Again, just have it how you like it or maybe experiment with making a bow out of your hair, changing its usual style from straight to curly or vice versa. Go wild. ~
Thirdly, The skin. Now, Miku has a porcelain completion.
You have poor skin? Well, if you want that to end within a short amount of time, then follow this coffee mask tutorial to be rid in almost no time.
~ http://crazycreativecupcake.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/porcelain-skin-mask.html
Oh? You're in a rush? Is it a school/college morning and you have about 10 minutes to make yourself look human? Well Grab some foundation either the same shade or a shade lighter than your own skin, being pale my complexion fits Ivory (not sure if there's a lighter one than that) but I've heard even on tanned skin Ivory can make you look naturally pale. Find the shade that fits you. Next add some concealer on your blemishes and under your eyes to give the eyes a brighter and more large anime like look. Blend, blend, blend! Blending is the key to natural looking skin. ~
Lastly, the make-up. The eyes are key! Now if you really want to go all Miku style, you can wear big blue contact lenses, or even better if your eyes are naturally blue. If you're not that lucky to have it natural and not willing to wear contacts (like myself) then leave them. Again, she's not always got blue eyes, sometimes she wears red contacts, black ones, I've even seen them brown in the odd video. No need to go so far as contacts or anything unless you really want to or aren't afraid of poking your eyes out (like I succeed in every time I try). So, you've either put in or not put in the lenses, the make up is a key feature. Now, if you've got the whole skin thing and everything else done, this is the last step, never do make up first, I learnt that the hard way...
So grab your black (liquid preferably) eye liner, brown eye shadow and white eye shadow. Apply a thin layer of white eye shadow above the eyelids, just under the eyebrows to give an even more bright look and feel to your eyes. Once you've done that apply a fairly thin layer of brown on the actual eye lid, make sure to not go over the eyelid and into the white, it can give it a more 'superficial'/fake look to your eyes and....well....your whole face. (again, I learnt that the hard way...) Now once you've applied both eye shadows, apply the black liquid eye liner on the top eye lid, as close to the eye as you can get without poking your eye. Make sure to have a fairly big flick in the corner of your eye to give the illusion of anime like lashes but not so big you look like a Cleopatra 'wanna-be'.
And there you have it, your Hatsune Miku look complete.