Hey everybody!
I'm very busy with school, so can't blog a lot. But today I received something and I was so excited about that, that I had to tell you immediately. Since a year I watch anime and cosplay too. I like to make costumes myself, but sometimes I just have to buy.
I love those fringes!
For the costume I'm going to wear at Tsunacon, I bought three things. A jacket, a wig and this scarf. Normally I only wear cosplay-items at a convention, but this scarf is something I like to wear everyday! It looks real pretty, and keeps me warm!
Combined with my new coat!
The title already gave a big hint, but guess who I'm cosplaying February 16th? haha.
It's getting colder and darker these days. Only a few days left and the nights will get shorter! Winter is coming, and I needed a new coat real bad. So let me introduce you, to my warm, army green parka coat. It took me two months to receive, so I've been waiting real long. At least, I guess that's long?
Fluffiness!
Frontside
Backside
Yayy!
I always wore black coats, with a belt. Those are my favourites. But the bad thing is: They don't have a hood attached. This one has! And it isn't black! I liked to try something different this year. That's when this coat came by. I found it on a website, and fell in love instantly.
Even nowadays I still like it. It's really warm,fluffy and comfortable. And the best of all: It has a hood! Finally, after all these years, I've found a coat that I like, with a hood. I can't be more happy now, so let it snow! :)
As some of you already know, I collect Kimmi Dolls. They are really cute mini geisha's, and there are so many of them! Yesterday I found out that there are also Kimmi fragrances. And since I never bought a Kimmi fragrance, I desperately wanted this.
There weren't many left, only Billie and Lily. I found out that all of the names ends with an 'I'. I chose for Lily, since it looks like my own name (Lilian). This is a mini I think, since I saw bigger ones you can spray on your body, and this one only has an opening. The smell is really fruity and sweet. It smells so good. It smells like fruit and flowers, my favourites!
The packaging
Lily!
I'm really happy to have my first Kimmi fragrance. This is a fragrance I want to wear every single day. And it's easy to bring it with you, since it's so small. The only problem I found was the packaging: It just wouldn't open. But after that frustration, the sence of raspberry and roses made my day!
The Tony Moly Petite Bunny Glossbars were the products I found a lot when purchasing make-up. As a person that loves cute things, I couldn't resist these. But there was a problem. Which one was I going to buy? There are nine petite bunnies, I couldn't afford all of them. And it would be such a waste if I didn't like them.
In the end, I chose for my favorite fruit: Cherry. I find it interesting that every different glossbar has it's own bunnycap. That's so cute! That's one of the reasons I want them all. But in the end, I'm glad I didn't. I searched through the web and find out that most of the colours look pretty much the same. There's only a difference between a lighter and a darker shade
Bunny! <3
I'm watching you, grr!
What I like about this glossbar is that it's smells so fruity! It smells like the candy cherries. And as I said before the packaging is real cute! Tony Moly says that this is a mixture between a gloss and a lipstick, but I prefer to call it lipbalm. I don't think it feels like lipstick nor a lipgloss, but more like a lipbalm. It's also moisturizing, which is really nice during these cold days here. These glossbars won't give your lips a popping colour, but more like a soft, shiny sheer tint.
The concent
The colour on my wrist
What I noticed during the day is that the pigment fades away easily. You have to apply it several times a day, if you want to hold that colour. The positive side here is: You have to take it everywhere, so you can show everyone how cute your bunny glossbar is. Yay! The colour appears stronger on my wrist than on my lips, but I guess that's because lips are more colourful themselves.
Overall I think this isn't a waste, but I shouldn't buy it if I want a nice colour on my lips. This gives your lips a more natural look, . For a special event or a night out, and you want something that stands out, this isn't the glossbar you should buy.
Before (L) and after(R)
What I like:
- The packaging
- It's not expensive
- a lot of cute bunnies!
- Gives the lips a natural, a bit glossy look
What I dislike:
- It fades away quickly
(- overall the colours look the same)
Stay tuned!
Bweyo,
Li Hao
Product information: Name: Tony Moly Petite Bunny Glossbar #4 Cherry Volume: 2gr Description: The glossbars have their own descriptions. For the #4 Cherry: Whitening and anti-aging Hao to use: Rotate the bar to extend the content just a little, and apply gently on your lips. When extended too much, the content may break.
I love mascara's. They can easily brighten up your whole make-up look. I'm not the type to wear a lot of make-up at all times, so only bb cream and mascara will do for me! This time I bought the 4D mascara by Missha.
the mascara!
This mascara comes in two different types: 3D and 4D. 3D has a long-lasting function and the 4D mascara is to give your eyes volume. Now I've had several mascara's already which gave my lashes a volume-boost, but didn't seem natural to me. This mascara is different. Only when you're up close, you see I'm wearing mascara. Or else, it just looks like I have beautiful long lashes myself!
Both pieces
The square brush
That's something I really like: a natural look. It brightens my eyes and make them appear bigger and cuter, since this mascara also lift your lashes up. Sometimes I use an eyelash curler for that extra pop-out look, but it's not necesarry.
The brush is square-shaped. They did it so this would prevent excessive liquid coats, and it helps to push up the eyelashes. I sure did notice that it pushes up my lashes. I also believe that this mascara has a light formula. It doesn't weight down my lashes. It's also waterproof, which is a nice extra, if you're living in a rainy area. :)
I applied the formula several times. As you can see, it's not thick,
which gives you more natural lashes
Before(L) and after (R)
What I like:
- The consistency. It doesn't weight down my lashes
- It's waterproof
- It gives you a natural look
- It's long lasting
- It's cheap!
What I dislike:
- Don't buy this when you love dramatic eyelashes. This mascara only gives you a natural look.
Hope you liked it and stay tuned!
Bweyo,
Li Hao
Product information: Name: The Style 4D Mascara by Missha Volume: 7 gr Description: This mascara completes your make-up clearly with the square brush. It makes your eyelashes deep and luxury. Ingredients: Botanial Wax Hao to use: Take an appropriate amount onto brush, smooth down your eyelashes lightly. Apply it rolling up your lashes.
When I was at the Nishi convention, I found these cute Hello Kitty mask sheets, and couldn't do anything else but buy it. So I bought it. And today, I tried it. Before I try something I search over the internet for some information, but I couldn't find much. And since the back is all written in Chinese, I can't understand anything from it. I just figured out myself and it turned out good!
How the packaging looks, including funny instructions
There are more versions of this mask sheet, and I bought the purple one. This is called the Sexy Look Hello Kitty Amethyst Polyphenols Hydrating Double Lifting 3D Mask sheet, as described in the title. Pretty long isn't it? But I didn't buy it because of the name (like I even knew the name). I bought it because I have a weakness for cuteness, and Hello Kitty itself. I just couldn't leave it in the deallerroom. I was sold once I saw the packaging.
The mask, it looks spooky!
I don't do masks that often, but sometimes it's so relaxing! And today, I needed some relaxation, so I gave it a try. My skin felt dry and it needed some moist! I openend the package, picked out the mask and applied it on my face. Firstly, my face got really wet. It felt so...juicy I guess? After that, I noticed there are some extra things that go with the mask, which I've never seen before. It has ear-hooks!. Isn't that funny? That's what meant with the 'double lifting' and '3D'. Now my jawbones are getting moist too!
Everyone looks sexy with a mask sheet on right?
At the right photo you see how it's done with the ear-hooks.
After 30 minutes, I took it off. My face felt tight and tinkly. After throwing the mask away I gently pad off with a towel and applied a facial creme. I don't know if the photo's show it, but my skin isn't as red as before. It feels more moist and soft. For me this is something I would purchase again if I see it.
Before (L) and after (R)
What I like: -I can feel and see the changes of my skin immediately -It feels soft on my skin -The packaging is supercute! -The way of putting the mask on (with the ear-hooks)
What I dislike: -The amount of the 'good stuff'. It's too much and it get's everywhere.
This was it for today, hope you liked it and stay tuned!
Bweyo,
Li Hao
Product information: Name: Hello Kitty Amethyst Polyphenols Hydrating Double Lifting 3D Mask by Sexy Look Description: The 3D mask with ear-hooks lift and tightens your skin. Your skin transforms it into fair and glowing skin. It increases your skin's ability to protect itself from the environment. The Collagen and hyaluronic acid moisturis the skin from within. Ingredients: Red wine polyphenols, grape seed, Brazilian berry, Vitamin B3, Amethyst, ice fountain, collagen, hyaluronic acid Hao to use: After cleansing, remove pearl paper and place the mask over your face. Press it lightly onto your face. Leave it about 20 minutes. When mask is removed, pat and leave for essence absorption.
Already one week ago, the convention Nishicon took place in Zoetermeer. I blogged about this convention already, so click here to see it. Of course, I couldn't leave without buying something. And this time I bought a lot!
I brought more money than I usually would, but I love so much when I'm in a deallerroom, so I took some extra money to be sure I can buy all the stuff I want to have. The first thing that catched my eye was a little manga book about sisters. It was so cute to see, that it was a must have for me. I'm not a big fan of reading manga, but this book didn't come with a story. On every page there is a little note about a sisters love what comes with a drawing, and that's what I liked so much about it! I like to draw manga and this is incredibly cute.
My first Manga book!
Second thing I bought was a pillow. Not 'just a pillow', no, a sushi pillow! When I went to Animecon 2013 I already saw one, but wasn't able to buy. When I saw it this time, I couldn't resist it! And it was te only one left! It felt like this was meant to be, haha. But I'm really happy with this pillow, especially since it looks like sushi!
Omo, I love sushi!
I also bought a cuddly toy. I see cats like these often at an animeconvention, but I don't know from what they're from. I always wanted one since they are so cute, but only saw big ones before. This little one is so adorable. It lays on a little pillow and it smiles! I couldn't resist this cute little kittycat. And since I had money with me, I just bought it!
prrr, miauw?
I didn't want to go home with just some cuddly toys and a manga book, so I bought two masksheets from Hello Kitty. I didn't know they actually excisted. They were not really expensive according to normal mask sheets, so I bought them. They look cute with all the pink, so why not try them out? I'm wondering if this makes my skin more moist. The instruction drawings are really funny, so I can't wait to try the sheets out.
Aren't the drawinstructions funny?
And last but not least, my boyfriend suprised me with a big Totoro plush! After watching the movie 'My Neighbor Totoro', I wanted to have a Totoro myself. But I didn't expect it to be this huge! Now my room is completely filled with cute, big plush toys. There isn't much space left for myself anymore. Hmmm.... But I'm happy with this Totoro, except it laughs so creepy to me.
Look at the evil laugh! I can't sleep while he's watching me.
Click here for part 1! Click here for part 2! This is the final part of my costume, and even the biggest part. Now I have to make the whole dress in one day. Believe me, it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. It also didn't turn out the way I wanted, but I can't complain since the amount of time was so little. As I mentioned before I lost my fabric, so the day before the convention I was able to buy new fabric. Immediately I started sewing, but it wasn't that easy.
the fabric
First of all the fabric was a bit see-through, so I had to put on the yellow fabric twice on the dress. I started of with the cape, since that was the easy part. I put two pieces of fabric together and sewed it. That's basically it. Yeah really, that was the easy part! Now comes the hard one.
The cape
I started drawing the lightning, which was more difficult than I thought. Every time I drew, it didn't seem to look like it. Of course, it looked like a lightning, but not the way Park Bom is wearing it. So after a couple of hours drawing this lightning, I was able to sew the two pieces together. Then I was thinking how I would get this on my dress. Sewing it would be hard, since I have to make sure I do not sew the backside of the dress together with this. I decided to stick it, with some special paper. Thanks to my mom for that easy idea. Just lay that paper beneath the dress and the lightning, and stick it together with an iron. That's it!
End in the end I place the cape at the dress, with the collar. But that failed a bit, in the end I had an other way of doing it than it was done with the original dress. But, I'm glad I finished just in time, so I shouldn't complain. Click here for the result! Click here for the convention!
Last weekend was Nishicon, another cosplayconvention. It's getting normal for me to go to conventions and film them. So you must check the video I made out! Nishicon was a lot of fun, and also behind this convention, lays a story.
To begin with, I would go to Nishicon with 5 other guys, but only three showed up. The other two were apparently still sleeping while we sitting in the train. One came in the afternoon, and the other showed up at 9 pm, when the Miku concert took place. Also the way back was an adventure itself: we couldn't seem to find a bus stop, and in the end my friends were running like crazy to get the bus in time once one of the guys and I discovered a bus stop. That was so much fun!
Just like the convention. I also went last year, but this was totally different. Not only was it held at another place, for me there was more to do. There were several workshops, and I did the sushi bead workshop! That was so much fun! Wow, I really need to do workshops at conventions more often! Of course, the sushi bead looks very amateur-ish, but I enjoyed it!
my self-made sushi bead!
I even was a photagrapher at a shoot! There were some cosplayers of Sword Art Online who wanted to do a photoshoot, and I was one of the persons to help them. Not that I'm a professional, but a professional camera is a good start right? I enjoyed that, and really like to do that more often!
One of the SAO photo's
furthermore there was a deallerroom and a gameroom as usual. But also two places in the building where you could eat, a main stage with different amusements, and many more rooms to enjoy! There also was a DDR competition. Since the first time I went to a cosplayconvention (and that is more than one year ago!) I wanted to DDR. But also this time, it was to busy for me to go in that small room.
And last but not least, the Hatsune Miku concert. That was the event I was waiting for the whole day! Unfortunately, it didn't turned out the way I hoped for. I guess many hoped for something else. After waiting for 45 minutes (It would began at 9pm but in the end it started at 9.45pm) I got exhausted and once I saw how Miku looked, I got a bit dissapointed. Sure, the band was good and I couldn't do that myself, but because I was exhausted and everyone waited for so long, it was a bit dissapointing.
Anyway, I loved Nishicon! I also bought a couple of things, so stay tuned! And tomorrow I'll post part 3 of my Park Bom costume. I can't wait for Tsunacon. I already have an idea as whom I'm going.
When this is posted, it should actually be called: Yesterday's outfit. But nevermind that! As I had blogged before, I was making this costume worn by Park Bom in one of her musicvideo's. I thought it was going to be easy, but I couldn't be more wrong. First of all the lightning in the front of the dress. It freaked me out! And in the end this dress didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be. But that doesnt matter, I'm already happy it's finished.
The part of this costume I like the most are, without a doubt, the shoes. I love them so much! That's one of the main reasons why I wanted to make this dress. On the convention, a lot of people complimented my shoes! That is a nice feeling.
The accesoires were also a big part of this costume. And I'm not only talking about the earrings, but I'm also talking about the fringe. Yes, that fringe is fake. But since Park Bom always had a fringe, I need to have that too. What was easy about her hair, is that she had her hair dyed in almost every colour! So I didn't need a wig for that.
The photo might be a little dark, but that was because the place was a bit dark. I couldn't get a better pic, but I hope this is enough to show you how I looked like. Anyway, it was fun to do, eventhough nobody noticed me. But I guess an animeconvention is not meant for kpop-lookalikes? I just need to wait for a kpop-convention then haha.
Part 3 of my costume is coming up, so is the Nishicon convention + my purchases + the film I made too!
Stay tuned :)
Bweyo,
Li Hao
Me with Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan
Shoes - Adidas, Jeremy Scott
fisnet stockings - ?? I have them for a long time already
Earrings - Selfmade fringe - Ebay Dress - Selfmade (Black shirt from HEMA)
