Day 04 - Gal inspirations

Hey there! (: I chose my own topic for Day 4 because I didn't really have much to write for the original challenge to be honest! xD. So without further ado I'm going to show what and who inspires me to do Gal!
I think its great to draw inspirations not only from people but places, objects and even cartoon characters and to save them into a large folder. Not only am I inspired by Japanese Gyaru's but also Gaijin gals to view different co-ordinates and people's different takes on it from a foreigner's perspective and the resources they have in their country.

Japanese fashion inspirations

RinaLee

March Gyaru meet!

Photo by Kacey

(L - R) Miki // Me // Lizzie // Kacey // Kitty // Marie // Shay // Charlotte

So this post is a little over due, I can't believe its been over a month since I last had a Gyaru meet! My life has been very busy since then - at first, I didn't really have the money to see people, but now with my new job I don't have the time! Plus its now the exam/dissertation month for a lot of my friends still in University, so my social life has died down a little since they have a lot of deadlines. 

But anyway! A huge Gyaru meet was arranged last month in China town (obviously) and to my surprise there were quite a lot of new faces which is always great to see other's getting into the style.

Here is a preview of all the outfits I have recently worn over this month. One of my favourite parts of Japanese fashion is mixing brands with offbrand, altering substyles and putting outfits together.
So without further ado here are my coordinates of this month.

Pastel Barbie
♡ Wig, Platform trainers, belt - eBay 

♡ Lingerie Dress - H&M 

♡ Skirt - DreamV 

♡ Blouse - Miss Selfridge 

♡ Knee high Socks - Bodyline 

♡ Cardigan - Warehouse 

♡ Bag - Floozie 

♡ Hair Accessories - Chocomint & offbrand 

Japanese fashion on a budget haul~

Here's another haul video, I'm getting slightly addicted to making these!

✩ Gyaru and highstreet stores haul ✩

I made this video a while ago - it was back in February I believe but I forgot to post it on here. There are some affordable Gyaru-able items and the others are pieces I purchased that also appealed to me :3. That's not to say you can't try putting any of those pieces into a Gal co-ordinate. Its all about experimenting and how you put it together and most importantly - MAKE UP. You can pretty much wear anything, bend the rules and be creative with Gyaru which is why I love it so much ♡

✩ PomPom earrings by Strawberry skies & extras! ✩

✩ ~ Hello everyone ~ ✩ I have been searching for some giant pompom earrings to create the perfect Swankiss look. Everywhere I searched they were either sold out, too small or handmade from string :(.
Eventually I saw a post on tumblr by Strawberry Skies and originally I went to check if her adorable ballerina skirt and crop top set were still available when I stumbled upon the pom pom earrings. I didn't even contemplate and bought them straight away - I purchased the white pair because they would go with more of my items.  

Random style post

As many of you know I am constantly trying out different styles and I have been documenting them mainly on Instagram. So that means these are not the best quality photos since they're from my phone. As I've only just started getting into blogging again I will take more images with my DSLR camera from now on ^^.
I mainly get a lot of my ideas and inspirations from random images on tumblr; at the moment a lot of Swankiss photos are popping up on my dashboard and I love the brands use of pastels, the silhouette of their clothes and the huge amount fluff *o* so much fluff!
Pastels are a staple in my wardrobe and although I do like certain aspects of Fairy Kei I find myself feeling a little frumpy in it ;-;. Has anyone else noticed how there's never any tight cropped fairy kei style tops?! I really dislike wearing loose fitted clothes (although it depends on the style) and if I do wear it, I make sure the other half of the outfit is nicely fitted. I think it gives a little bit of a mature edge to it and I like to feel very feminine ^^

My Jfashion journey *picture heavy*

So I had to title this as "Jfashion" because most people have a certain style they've developed over time such as forms of Lolita or Gyaru. However for me it was just...TRY EVERYTHING. TRY EVERY DAMN THING YOU POSSIBLY CAN!

It made coordinating quite difficult because I had to try fitting every kind of colour into my wardrobe for example, trying to match one top perfect for fairy kei when the rest of my items were shades too dark to make a well executed coord.

Like many of us who have developed a love for Japanese fashion I was into alternative fashion beforehand, adorning myself in studded belts, band t shirts, skinny jeans, neon hair accessories and converses. The obsession began around the age of fourteen when the little-emo-me discovered Death Note - a Manga and Anime series. Anyone else familiar with this should have come across the character Misa Amane (who is annoying as f btw) and is portrayed wearing Harajuku fashion. To be honest I'm not sure what you'd title her style as? A hybrid of punk and goth with a Japanese edge to it? I remember distinctly in the final episode of Death Note she is shown wearing a Lolita dress which was my first encounter with the fashion.

☆Hime and Bodyline☆ Haul video!

Spreepicky Honey Brown 70cm Curly Wig review!

Hello! How are you all? I wanted to review this wig I purchased from spreepicky on storenvy as I was looking for a light coloured wig with twin tails, also the store has free shipping on everything and a girl messaged me her 10% discount code so I thought why not! 

Gyaru Meet 22/2/2014

On 22/2/2014 we had a Valentines Gyaru meet in Leicester square and for once we had nice weather! It was a surprise and I definitely didn't need the huge coat that I wore ;A; 

When I arrived I managed to get some outfit shots of everyone that was already waiting. Here are some shameless selfies from the morning of my make-up ^^. I'm really proud of what I achieved with this look and I wish it stayed this way all day long.

Shopping spree ( ノ ︶∀︶) ノ ´¯`•• .¸¸.•´

So, I always complain about being broke and this is the reason why...

I can't stay away from sales pages on facebook! T____T But anyway here is what I bought~

My Rilakkuma Kigu arrived!

Hooraaaay!!
After a 6 weeks wait it finally arrived when I got home from work, it was a pleasant surprise 

I purchased this kigu from ebay:  Rilakkuma Kigu
There are many selections for you to chose from, and other than the super long wait it really is worth the money. (It took longer to get here because: one, it was shipped from China and two, the Olympics delayed the delivery as well.)
This was the cheapest Kigu I could find and the quality is great!
It feels like a full-body dressing gown and its adorable :3
It also has pockets but they are too low on me to reach naturally, I have to stretch my arms XD

Also, unlike the adult baby-grows in Primark it does not have extra material for the feet so it means I can fit into it even if it is still slightly long for my short ass-ness :3

 So yeah... I'm slightly obsessed with Rilakkuma right now 

-I REGRET NOTHING-

xoxo

Wearing my Fantastic dolly dress! :D

 See the little bow in the middle? It was from my lovely Korean penpal - Hyun. She sent a pair of adorable hair clips to me :)).
 The dress Fits me much better now! Also I got a new wig from ebay for like £17!! I originally bought it to do a CL cosplay in October from 2NE1's 'follow me' video :) but yeah...I wanted to wear it today xD.

I felt like trying a sort of...lolita-gyaru look today :D and my lenses match my dress~

Seriously I can't believe how much make-up I had to put on today. My skin has gone mad and had a sudden outbreak of horrid spots (feel like I'm 14 again D;). I decided to research some decent skin products (tried everything when I was younger and only the pill cleared it up - now the pill is failing) and I used my facial mask by  'Kiss Me Heroine make' and there wasn't much difference, some of the redness went down - but it felt so good on my face! 

Since the brand is so expensive for a large pack I was looking on my friend Jayde's blogspot: Sarangseoulcity.blogspot.co.uk 

And she recommended: 

 Etude House: 'Daily mask skin Yeast + Vitamin C
There are three scents in total but I didn't really know what the other two scents were, and the yeast part made me laugh...don't you think yeast is a funny word? No? Just me...bahaha yeast.
I ordered it from 'cosmetic loves' on ebay: Cosmetic Loves originally I was looking for some more BB cream and I came across 'cosmetic loves' and remembered Jayde's post and decided to sort my skin out! x)

They also have free shipping and free samples! I can't wait until it arrives :3
And I hope that the face masks work ;A;

GEO Angel Violet CM-831 review

Well, this is half a review, since this is my first time purchasing & wearing circle lenses; therefore, I have nothing to compare to ..

I purchased these from iwantcute.com, here is a link to the actual lenses I bought if anyone is interested: http://www.iwantcute.com/GEO-Angel-Violet-CM-831.html

Okay first, here is a photo of how the lenses were sent to me~

They came with a standard free contact lens case too :3. I think the lenses took about a week and a half to get to me in the UK, but I'm not sure where they were sent from. I checked the website again (I probably haven't looked hard enough) and it does not say which country the lenses are shipped from, so delivery may differ depending on where you live.
Anyway! Trying them on for the first time did scare me a little as I didn't know how to get them out at all, but putting in the lenses was quite easy.
 Once the lenses were in my vision was blurry around the edges for a while, I couldn't look up without my eyes watering but I guess my eyes needed time to adjust.
There was a thickness to them as well, where I would blink and be able to feel the rim of the lens, however, I have no idea if that's normal since I've never worn any contacts before! Haha. Here is an example of how they look in natural light:

A lot of brown still shows in the centre but I knew circle lenses were designed with a large space along the middle anyway so that does not bother me. I wore the lenses for about two hours and I experienced a lot of watery eye syndrome!
Again, I think this is due to my eyes not being used to contact lenses.

Here is an example of how the lenses appear further away. I love the size of these lenses as they're not too overwhelming, some lens sizes make people look high! xD
Also, the colour is not as vibrant as I'd like it, however it does look very natural considering it is a violet coloured lens. The colour obviously differs in certain lights such as using flash: 

Pretend flames on candles ftw!!
Excuse my extremely derpish face...I was getting near to a slightly drunk stage. (Click to enlarge the image) Here you can see they are much more vibrant with flash. 

Here are some more images for y'all :))

Overall, they took a little while for me to get used to but they are lovely lenses~! I love the look of them although I would mark them down for comfort as they still blur my vision slightly around the edges :c