Recent Purchases

Someone help me, I've been on a huge spree lately and I'm not sure how to stop

But I bought some really cute items so its all okay ^^ first up though, I'm going to do an OOTD

Headband - Primark £3
Blouse - Camden £29.99
Floral skirt - Taobao BonBon21 (can't remember the price)
Knee high socks - Primark £2
Shoes - Christmas gift :)
Wig - ebay £17

Princess mimi Green Lenses - Iwantcute.com £16

 Annnnnyway, I visited Lakeside purely for Yo! Sushi ;) then headed straight to Primark and found this adorable headband for £3 :D I thought it'd be perfect for Gyaru style. The bow is a thick beige lace which I've now decorated :D
Then I found this Nautical themed bracelet for £2 which is perfect for my Mermaid Cosplay ^^  

...Okay don't laugh I found these beauties in the Kids section XD

They were too adorable not to buy!! Plus at £7 I couldn't go wrong ;D

Although kids sizes are weird, the waist is huge on me, yet tight on my thighs - Maybe I just got too much junk in the trunk. Ah well it still fits well plus I have an ice cream boob tube to match ^^

Next were these floral Lace corset tops, the item on the left is from Primark and the right image is from Miss Selfridge. I absolutely adore Miss Selfridge's Summer line, the chiffon maxi skirts and corset tops are beautifuulllll I tell ye!
Although there is an obvious difference in price, the Primark top I bought for £6, the Miss Selfridge top however, was £27 ...£25 with student discount.

Lastly from Primark was this studded collar chain and badges for £1.50 in the men's section.
Below are Some accessories from  Miss Selfridge (Headband and the bracelet) which were both on sale for £2 with have pink roses on. The cat bell choker underneath is from Taobao from a store called Unicorn shop...I think that's the name

Primark Sunglasses - £3 which  I then decorated myself

Last Monday I visited Camden limiting myself to spend just £40...lets say that went out the window the minute I entered the first shop

I got this for something likkkeee £25.99 from this little hidden shop near Cyberdog. The lady who run the shop was super sweet from Italy and we (Heba and I) spent an hour in her shop while she dressed us up like dolls XD. From the same shop I bought the skirt below which originally was £18 but was given to me for £15

I'm really obsessed with chiffon material in cream with cute embroidery. I've been inspired by Cult party Kei lately and really want to try the still out for this summer if it will ever arrive

 I bought these items in a store called "Vanilla" where the over dress cost £35 and the Maxi skirt was about £30.99. Hehe the maxi skirt is actually supposed to be three quarter length but I'm so short it reaches to the floor on me :3.

And here are images of me trying the clothes on

Maxi skirt (I am taking the underskirt up so its shorter and shows more of my leg through the embroidery)

Mini Embroidery skirt
(My Cats Bum in the background)

Chiffon over coat

Frilly jacket

Oh I also bought this skirt on ebay for £3 :P

Ice cream shorts, looking hot in my sunglasses.
I DON'T THINK YO' READY FO' THIS JELLY

Here's an image of my floaty corset top from Miss Selfridge which isn't shown very clearly :c but hey, I tried on perfect white buffalo towers!! Ffffff - 

Song of the Day: Freeeeze!! (Zoltank ver.) - Aural Vampire

Taobao & Sweet soul shop Review

Hola!
I haven't made a post for a while because I've been really busy lazy with uni and tings. But now I am back home for Easter and had a parcel waiting for me from Taobao :D
For those who don't know, Taobao is basically like a Chinese ebay with millions of stores but sells literally anything your perverted little imaginations can think of. But I mainly look for Japanese brands/replica's which are sold at a really cheap price! It really has tonnes of amazing products, however, apart from the website being all in Chinese (thanks Google chrome translator!), to order anything from Taobao you have to live in China.
Hm.This is where a handy dandy shipping service comes in.

Having never used Taobao in my life or a shipping service I had to ensure the company I chose were trustworthy. So I chose sweetsoulshop who I have been following on tumblr for a long while and who also have a Facebook page. When I found their store it was a long while ago when they only sold cosmetics but as the store grew bigger sweet soul shop added a Taobao shipping service.

My favourite Japanese brand is Candy Stripper, I love its blend of cute and creepy so here is what I ordered:

Candy stripper 'eyeball candy burst' denim jacket (In red)

Candy stripper graphic T-shirt with beaded Peter Pan collar (In beige)

Originally I wanted the black stripes on the jacket however it was sold out...so red will do (:.
Also, the jacket is an original Candy Stripper piece, the t shirt is a replica.

Jacket - (Chinese Yuan) ¥170 = £17.95
T shirt - ¥85 = £8.97

The prices are so amazing, in comparison to the Japanese prices:
(Roughly)
(Japanese Yen) ¥20,790 = £145
¥13,440 = £93

I love you Japan but you are the most expensive country, I swear.

Anywhoooooo, I ordered these items on 24th January which is the date I received my Paypal invoice. 
I was in contact with Jasmina Rosa from sweet soul shop who I have to say is excellent at communication with customers. She was fast at replying (the girl's who run Sweetsoulshop are from Australia so despite the time difference I always got an email very quickly) letting me know that Taobao services are usually longer since they are communicating with two different Chinese sellers who may not reply at the same time or have the items ready.
My items were shipped on 08/3/2013 which is quite a long wait, however, I do not blame sweetsoulshop for the time it took as they were not in possession of the clothes and had to wait until the parcel was received to Australia to then ship it to the UK. I was emailed the tracking number as well.

The parcel arrived on 14th March :3

 The badge was a gift from my Korean penpal, Hyun ^3^. It says Choi Seung-hyun 최승현 (T.O.P's real name) 

The quality of the jacket is excellent which is what I expected of brand, the t shirt however, is decent just a little baggy. I wanted to wear this with high waisted shorts but the material gathers since its quite wide on me

Please excuse the lack of ironing :P I wanted to put it on straight away.

Here is what the jacket looked like, the fit was perfect. The translation isn't clear but I think this comes in one size. 

Bare Mirror pics 2k13 

I had to really edit this photo because I looked like such a derp in this outfit. Can't nobody stop the derp!
The skirt is also by candy stripper from vivi-clothes.com (:. 

These two pieces are supposed to go together as it is modeled on the website, however, because the shirt lacks any shape all the material bunches up at the back. 

I like the design but it is uncomfortable to wear with high- waisted things which is basically all I wanted to wear it with :c

I'm sure I will find something in my wardrobe haha. Anyway, I also received a "little" gift with these items. It looked like a tiny bit of cloth with a drawstring at the top. As I pulled it out the parcel I thought it was a little blue bag, as I opened it I notice it had a huge hole in the bottom.
Wtf is this!?

It was so tiny I honestly thought it was a make-up-type-drawstring bag but on closer inspection I figured it was a bit of clothing...for the thigh perhaps? Because that's literally the only part of my body it would fit on.
So perhaps its a boob tube, but as I measured it to my chest it hardly covered anything. Yet I squeezed it on, my bra was way too padded (push up bra's ftw!!) so I changed into something a bit more flat...okay really flat and I got it on okay. It still hurt my boobs which is saying something because I have hardly anything. So here is the tiny bag/boob tube thing! 

It was super difficult to get off as well D;
I love these items and will be ordering from taobao again soon, but hopefully I can find something that doesn't take a month and a half to be shipped.