Ganguro, literally “face-black,” is a fashion trend among Japanesegirls, an outgrowth of chapatsu hair dyeing. The basic look isbleached-blond hair perms that take half a day to set and cost about $400,and a deep tan, produced by tanning beds or makeup. Theintent is to produce the tanned, blond California beach girl look.Accessories include high platform shoes or boots, purikura photo stickers,and cellular phones. They go to tanning salons tomaintain a dark-brown tan year-round (or apply a dark-brown foundation).

The centerpiece of their street costume is 15-cm (6-inch) or higher platform shoes or sandals that makes them tower over the average Japanese. It lets them “look down” on the world or to have the world “look up” to them. One step beyond the ganguro is the yamanba, which roughly translates as “mountain hag or witch” from Japanese folklore. Besides being ganguro, these girls wear more outrageous makeup with white lipstick, white eye shadow around the eyes (a racoon or panda look), silvery hair, and some glitter or fake tear drops on the cheek. They also have a loud, gregarious way of talking and laughing.

They also dye their hair brown or gold and wear blue contact lenses. It’sthe California beach girl look without the bikini. And sometimes they evenwear fake flower leis or fake flowers in their hair. The Shibuya and Ikebukurodistricts of Tokyo are the center of ganguro fashion. It goes against the grain of the usual Japanese standard of female beauty, which calls for skin as white as possible. The roots of the trend are said to be in the mid-1990s, starting with a popular tanned Okinawansinger named Amuro Namie.

How to look like a Ganguro Girl:

1. First dye your hair: either blonde, orange, silver, gray, gold or white, the choice is yours. You may also like to add complimentary highlights or pink hair extensions. If you don’t want to dye your hair you could always buy a wig. Dyed hair in Japan is known as Chapatsu hair.
2. Apply a dark fake tan on your entire body, and then use a dark powder, foundation or bronzer to make your face look even darker. If you already have very dark skin, then you can skip this step.
3. Smooth on some glitter or sparking face powder, be careful not to use too much.
4. Next, add white eye shadow: either just on the top lids or around your entire eye.You should apply it very heavily, and you could also use white eyeliner over the top to make it show up even more. Some ganguro use white concealer instead of/as-well-as eyeshadow. The overall look you should aim for is raccoon or panda eyes.(optional)

5. Apply thick liquid black eyeliner to your top lids, making the line thicker towards the outer corner. Some ganguro use black ink for a very black look.
6. Add some large fake lashes.
7. Use either a black or white mascara, depending on the look you want.
8. Use brightly colored (particularly blue) flat color or starburst contact lens
9. Stick on some jewels, gems, heart or star shaped stickers and/or fake teardrops under one or both of your eyes. You can use lots or a select few depending on your preference.
10. Next, brush a soft line of white powder down the center of your nose.(optional)
11. Apply white or very light pink lipstick, it helps to put some concealer or foundation on your lips first, to make the color stick.
12. Get glamorous nails; the more nail art and jewels the better.
13. Wear lots of necklaces, bracelets and rings, try to choose girlie, cute or surfer chick items.
14. Stick one or more large fake hibiscus flowers in your hair, or alternatively wear a string of them as a necklace.
15. Wear bright colors(esp. pink).
16. Vinyl and plastic are popular fabric choices.
17. Miniskirts combined with incredibly large platform boots are a staple of the Ganguro style.
18. You may like to compliment your look with a tye-dye sarong.
19. Wear platform boots/shoes.

I think Ganguro is cute and scary^^;. Ganguro is not exist anymore. Ganguro was booming in 2000-2002.