✿ spring time ✿

It's finally starting to feel like spring over here.

✩ kitacon??

I accidentally ended up at kitacon last minute.

✪ 21/03/2014 ✪

Guess who had a rad time at Fall Out Boy.

valentines and birthday post ♥

I just got back from a really busy week.

autumn looks and stuff

Aaah it's been nearly a month since my last update...

ootd☆07/11/13

Hello everybody~

This is mostly just a sharing make-up and ootd post. I wish I had a cute Halloween outfit to show you guys, I did have one planned but I was feeling really run down and sick after expo, so it didnt happen (boo).

I've been trying to get more creative with my hair. I have this volumising mousse by Umberto Giannini that is awesomeee but I've been neglecting it. I thought I would try something with a baby amount of volume the other night though. (I'd been reading Ageha and got inspired to try something different, haha.)

make up was also from a tutorial in Ageha

I thought it was pretty cute even though I'm not really used to styling my hair like this. I really love big volumous curls the most but I wasn't super fond of the last curling iron I had so UmU It's something to add to the Christmas list though.

What I wore out yesterday! I wasn't doing anything big but it had been so long since I'd gotten dressed up... Originally I had this more mature, onee styled outfit in my head but somehow I ended up dressing in something totally sweet and cutesy instead. (I think I look like a little ballerina, haha.) The dress is so short though, I really want a pair of cute lacey shorts or some bloomers to wear underneath, just in case. The cardigan is a new addition to my wardrobe! It was actually my girlfriend's Mom's originally but she passed it on to me coz she thought it'd look cute in a gyaru code. My make-up came out hella cute too. I based it on a couple of Shizuka Takeda looks that I love.

Well, that's it for today. A friend of mine really wants to see a make-up tutorial from me but I'm not sure it'd be any good since a lot of my looks are really just re-hashed from Ranzuki or Happie Nuts, haha. But I said I'd think about doing a general make-up video (like just filming me doing my default daily make sorta thing) so that might be upcoming. I'm also still thinking about doing a proper review of my Lush haul from the other day. Right now my skin is like, totally gross and full of PMS breakout though, so I'm not overly keen on taking make-up less photos.

I hope I can update again soon but I'm probably giving a lot of my online stuff a backseat at the moment because I'm so stressed out about personal stuff. I feel like I'm drowning in adult responsibilities, it's the worst.............. Time for me to reluctantly roll back to the real world.

Review: Vassen Lenses in Jewel Pink

Ah yes, the review I said I'd do forever ago, it's finally here. I bought a pair of Vassen's jewel pink lenses for my Nanami cosplay and I have to say I'm really happy with them. Apologies in advance for my make-up free skin and tired eyes in these photos, blech.

The cute case that came free courtesy of pinkyparadise.

And the lenses themselves! I really like the shade of pink, I needed something that was light and pretty vibrant and these were one of the best matches I could find. The design isn't something that I would usually go for but once they're on they look really cute in my opinion.

Before:

After:

And a side by side comparison to show enlargement:

Haha, looks ridiculous >u> The colour is strong enough to show up nicely over my natural colour (I was a little worried that pink might blend to look a little more purple over my blue eyes). These lenses are 14.5mm so the enlargement is noticable but not too over the top. As far as comfort goes, these are probably the comfiest pair of circle lenses I've owned to date. (I realise that my eyes might look a little red in these photos but rest assured that's lack of sleep and not irritated eyes!). They feel very soft and thin, so I barely notice them at all. I like my lenses to have a solid and thick limbal ring and this one is quite odd but other than that I don't have many complaints.

The picture at the top is natural lighting, here's one under the light at the mirror by my sink which is pretty harsh:

The colour isn't really super in your face bright so if that's what you're going for then they might not be the lenses for you. But if you want something that looks a little more natural (or at least as natural as can be with pink eyes) then I think they're perfect.

Final rating:

Comfort: 5/5

Colour: 4/5

Design: 3/5

Enlargement: 4/5

As these lenses were primarily bought for cosplay, the comfort factor is a biiig bonus since I'll have them in at a con all day so it's nice to have as little issues as possible. I have used my favourite lenses (Princess Mimi Sesame Grey) for cosplay too and whilst they feel just fine when they're being good, when they're misbehaving it's the worst which definitely sucks when it happens in the middle of a convention.

So that brings me to the end of this little post. I have a lot to talk about since my life sort of all went up in the air today, but I'll make a post about that tomorrow maybe. For now I'm going to leave you with my ootd.

ps did you notice that I cut my hair?? when it's like this it reminds me of miwako from parakiss - i feel suuuuper cute!!

rambling life update

I'm back!! I am all moved in now. Technically I have been in and back at uni for just over a week now. But I spent some time at my girlfriend's so I guess I have been a little bit busy.

Code & make from moving day~ I don't think my face stayed so nice though since there were some tears butttt it was okay in the end. My flatmates seem really nice so that has made me feel a little better. I went to see Emma coz it'd been like a whooole month. But she was really sick so I haven't got any cute couple snaps or anything..... Maybe next time <3 I miss her a whole bunch already.

In other exciting news my lenses have arrived!! They actually arrived before I moved but I haven't had time to write up a review. I will say that I'm really happy with them for now, though. Here's a quick snap of me wearing them with my Nanami wig ^u^ (the lighting is horrible I'm sorry, it was taken in my Mom's bathroom at like 10pm)

I've been thinking a lot about my style lately... Last year I started venturing into gyaru and I started with onee-gyaru because it was easier to ease into it through that style imo. I still really like onee but I want to try some more things!! I think a lot of the pieces I've been picking up lately are more himekaji. But it's so hard for me to pick one style and stick with it..... But then I wonder if I should stick with onee because of my age. Is 21 too old for cute girly styles or what?? At least I'm short with a young looking face...

i'm moving soon

Aah, I've had a pretty stressful week. I am supposed to be moving into halls today but they gave me really short notice so I haven't been able to (my mom's boyfriend has to move my clothes and kitchen stuff and such). I tried to call up so I could get all of the details today but the office isn't open, typical (´ヘ｀;) I'm gonna have to leave it for now. I think I will have a downtempo night, run a bath and give myself the princess treatment (I don't want to meet my new flatmates looking all gross, I'm already so nervous.....).

But I had a really nice time on Thursday night~! I went to hang out with some good friends (including one I hadn't seen in a while which was rly nice (*~▽~) ) - we decided to watch a scary movie which was really dumb coz we're all huuuge babies. But afterwards we watched Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs which was really cute (^▽^) It was really nice to catch up and also I found out that my best friends sister will be in the same halls as me, which makes things a little less scary. Here's a little ootd snap because I think I was lookin p cute ( *◕‿-)

Also this week, my wig for my Nanami cosplay arrived! It's very pretty, and it's nice and thick too. I'm really excited for the rest of it to come together, she's my sweet speepy princess ♥

One side of it doesn't want to co-operate and won't go quite as flicky as the other! But I sneakily posed so you'd never know~~ I'm going to have to be more patient next time I sit down to style it..... I'll be cosplaying her at London Comic Con in October with my girlfriendo being a very cute Sonia~ (and then the next day we get to cosplay my otp (｡♥‿♥｡) it's exciting~) 

When my lenses come through, I'll be doing a little review on those! I ordered a pair of Vassen Jewel Pink lenses, which I think are some of the most popular pink lenses around. But for now they still haven't arrived in England (╯︵╰,)

Well, that's all I really have to report at the moment. It was nice to vent for a little bit (´ω｀) I hope my next entry can be a little bit more exciting.....