Seeing as this is my first “fashion” post, I figured I’d do something small and slightly amusing, just to get myself started.Thus, I bring you, メイクアップ ヘアコンタクト! Geeks and pretty-boys (I’m talking to you, Gackt) rejoice, for rugged now comes in a box.Basically, メイクアップ ヘアコンタクト are pieces of fake hair that you stick onto your face for instant cool. They come in little packages, perfectly groomed and sexy (see illustration).
See how sad Before Man is? See how weak and pale he looks? But slap on a little くちヒゲ, くち下ヒゲ, and あごヒゲ, and BOOM! After Man is born, tan, complex, and utterly hot. (Never mind that Before Man has stubble that exactly mirrors After Man’s メイクアップ ヘアコンタクト.)
Now, I know that some of you will not see the need for this product, but please understand this: most asian men are not capable of growing nice mustaches, beards, or little triangle-shaped patches of under-lip hair. I don’t know why this is, but trust me, asian facial hair is a generally uncontrollable, scraggly creature. Pai Mei’s silky white locks are the only exception to this that comes to mind.
Maybe not-so-surprisingly, メイクアップ ヘアコンタクト is manufactured by Propia, the same company that makes regular ヘアコンタクト, which are longer pieces of sticky hair sold in small bunches to bald men. They look fairly realistic, too, as you can see from this blogger’s horrifying illustration:
June 16th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
pai mei here i come
June 16th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
OKASHII!
June 16th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I know, right? Haha.
June 16th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
NO.
June 16th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Wow…just another product from Japan that makes me go…wow. I love Japan and it’s utter…amazingness…and somewhat stupidity (I mean that in…not that way…I’m not calling Japan stupid…lol).
My friend went on rotary exchange to Japan, and I have a magazine of his…and there are some VERY interesting products…I mean…some are not the kinda stuff to discuss here. I think the most popular were makeup stuffs and advertisements for eyelid surgery.
June 16th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
yes, unfortunately we all may not be able to have hair like pai mei and be a kung fu master, but at least now we can all have long flowing locks of hair on our umm… arms?
XD wow.
June 17th, 2007 at 1:00 am
I think there’s something wrong with that girl…
June 17th, 2007 at 3:58 am
Lol, that’s a pretty cute example from the girl. Kind of scary too.
June 17th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
So desu ne… lol
June 18th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Asianness never ceases to amaze me. No person would ever dream of making a fake goatee, and BAM!!!, Japanese people have already invented it. The only thing can hope for is to look half as cool as Mr. After-Man. I just hope that it isn’t extremely painful when he pulls it off. yikes!
June 18th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Well, while I agree that Japan/Asia has come up with some pretty interesting inventions, so has the rest of the world! I wouldn’t necessarily equate the weirdness/inovativeness of it with “Asianness”, hahaha.
You’re right, though, it must hurt when it comes off. If it didn’t hurt, that would mean the adhesives weren’t strong enough, which could turn out to be rather embarassing in some situations.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I have to also point out that it must be a hassle when the real facial hair starts to grow back around it and even under the adhesive. I would assume you’ll only be about to use it for a day, three tops.
June 19th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
o_O Err… wow…
I think I’ll just stick with the contacts that go in my eyes thank you ^^
…creepy.
June 28th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I saw the CM for this on TV in Japan….or rather, the one for balding men.
apparently it won’t come off in the water, so old bald men can go surfing with their new locks…fun~~
June 28th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Hello, Koichi-san.
Talking about something… somewhat related to this topic, I’m curious about the fact that Japanese girls shave their forearms. I do understand that, as any other culture, they have their ways as we have ours, but then again, I wonder… Is it because their arm hair is too dark or what?
Because here in America, you see all these girls with humongous amount of hair everywhere, which makes me think: Do Japanese find non-shavers ugly?
There, a very profound thought, you see.
それでは、また。
くノ一★
June 28th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Well, I’m Asian, but I don’t really feel the need to be hair-free on my arms. Maybe when I was younger I did, a little bit. I think the reason girls in Japan would shave their arm hair is because it is darker and more noticeable than a caucasian person’s would be. And, yeah, I think Japanese guys like it more. I mean, if it’s what they’re used to, then I’m sure they would find it a little odd to be snuggling with a hairy-armed girl (hahaha, what a weird thing to say).
June 28th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Also, I hope you don’t mind, but I’m Erin, not Koichi D:
June 28th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
i dunno - maybe to become less wind resistant? I’ve never heard of this, so I have no idea.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:06 am
Erin様へ
申し訳ありませんでした。気につかなかったんです。
Ｄ：
I see, all the hairy-armed girl thing must be awkward indeed. I’ll keep this in mind, who knows, maybe I’ll give it a try before going to Japan next year. Plus, that way I become less wind resistant… lol
Thanks for your answer, guys :) Keep up the good work
June 29th, 2007 at 1:04 am
いいよ、いいよ。
Koichi said he didn’t notice I have hair on my arms… but then again, I am a lot tanner than your average Japanese girl. And, I mean, I’m not like, a gorilla or anything, either! Haha. I have a normal amount of arm hair.
Anyway, thanks for the encouragement~!
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:56 pm
That’s kinda cool. At least they dont have hair for ‘down there’ stick ons…but then again I’ve been lead to beleive that hair below the neck in Japan/Asia is Taboo.
July 24th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
well then i guess that means im taboo cause i like a frikin gorrila below the neck……lol
August 7th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Before i start my comment hasn’t go to do anything with this thread^^ well okey 50% / 50% (fifty-fifty)
I have A LOT OF HAIR, on my head :baka and also other places…..
but yeah what i wanted to say was ‘hey this is a good thread’
now i got also something for you guys.
Since few years ago i live here in Yokohama, Kanagawa (JPN)
i have sawn a lot of guys with normal hairstyle, then they go to the mall buy a kind of gel and the day after they have hair like goku and like death note style etc….
now this isn’t a normal gel because we all know gel is ment to create styles but this is a moving rubber called GATSBY.
i bought all the different gels and i must say, i can’t live without them, in 10mins my hair is straight and its really nice.
here are links (source: YouTube JPN) :
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=vKPMz186Zrw&locale=ja_JP&persist_locale=1
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=nCi-qnhAXMI&mode=related&search=
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNy3kuPMeI&mode=related&search=
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=6HHFfmSscl0&mode=related&search=
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=nFBE69TGm8A&mode=related&search=
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=CoNg-ZN6PYo&mode=related&search=
November 11th, 2007 at 11:51 am
that’s pretty strong glue! and yeah, it’s gross looking
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 am
Quality modern office furniture….
Modern modular office furniture….
February 24th, 2008 at 7:19 am
It`s great idea for bald men! Brao! ^^
February 24th, 2008 at 7:19 am
It`s great idea for bald men! Bravo! ^^
March 7th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
wow thats wierd but kool i luv being asian
March 19th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
haha man thats pretty sick..
March 29th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
thats strange i think there’s a product similar to that called crew that works pretty much the same but im not telling my brother that he already thinks he’s a super sayin
March 29th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
thats ok Erin the rest of us knew it was you and not Koichi lol
April 9th, 2008 at 8:24 am
uahahhaha i’m naturally that hairy
October 5th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Nice product. I have been trying to obtain more information on the hair contact products for retail sale in in the United States do you have contact information in English?