♡ Birmingham Day Trip ♡

みなさん、こんにちは! 

♪♫ Say la la la la la ha ha ha ha ha ♪♫

It is one of those days where I am having very extreme crazy moments from tiredness and drinking too much sugary drinks /d'oh/ and I somehow have this song stuck in my head... oh well! On with what I am actually meant to be writing about:

I have never ever, in my whole life, ever visited the lovely city of Birmingham and yesterday I was finally able to go with Sapphire and Jade! At first I was having slight panic attacks because I had not been paid by work, like I was supposed to be, but luckily my mother was kind enough to loan me some money - which I have paid back already huzzah （＾ω＾）I decided to wear a pair of my monster nails that I had purchased from ebay a while ago and it kind of failed after an hour because I had used tabs instead of glue... never using tabs for false nails again (｀Д´ )

We made it to Birmingham around 11:30am and instantly went to find this small bubble tea shop that Jade was banging on about and with the help of a lovely mall guard, we found the stand (not a shop) across from Selfridges. It was Jade's and Sapphire's first time trying bubble tea and they asked me for recommendations and so after scanning the menu... I wasn't very helpful and said that any one was a good choice (゜▽゜;) I decided to have vanilla milk tea with orange popping bubbles and it was really delicious! If you find yourself in Birmingham Bullring shopping centre, go and find the moo-cha stand opposite Selfridges!

The weather was really gorgeous for the day, but it got slightly too hot after lots of walking and so I had to take off my scarf and jumper (；▽；) we mooched off into Waterstones where Sapphire and Jade proceeded to look at the manga whilst I oogled the Hellboy and Thor graphic novels - there were so many to choose from and many that I don't have ｡･ﾟﾟ･(>д<;)･ﾟﾟ･｡ After that, we walked to another small shopping centre part called The Oasis where it has more alternative fashion/music etc and there were some bit that interested the others but it just came across as a naff Camden. After this we decided to find the restaurant I had booked online for us to go eat at, which was over near the ICC and canal area of Birmingham. It took us over an hour and half to find this place and the area it was suppose to be in... well it just didn't seem to exist and as it was close to around to 2:30 at this point so we hopped into a Yo!Sushi that was conveniently there:

Lots and lots of delicious food (´･ω･`)

We didn't really eat a lot as Sapphire and I had ordered some takeaway sushi from another Yo!Sushi store... sometimes you can just have too much sushi  (*´_ゝ｀)

After lunch, we walked back through New Street and stopped off in another Waterstones which was in a building that resembled an old council building(?) It was a pretty building and had those two way stairs that you see in historical films where the girl comes down the stairs at a ball and the guy is oogling her as she walks down. Do you know what I mean? /gah/ ヽ(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ

I managed to buy a couple of manga books, as it has actually been over a year since I last bought some for my collection, and it certainly looked interesting to me! Then when we went back to the original Waterstones we had visited earlier, I brought some more of the same series:

Books 1 through to 6 huzzah (*ﾉ▽ﾉ)

Very! Very! Sweet! by Ji Sang Shin and Geo 

A spoiled brat from a wealthy Japanese family, Tsuyoshi is unceremoniously shipped off to Korea by his strict grandfather who tells him the family secret — they’re Korean! Sparks fly when the resentful high schooler arrives at the airport and shares an impromptu cab ride with Kang Be-Ri, a plucky girl who happens to be his new neighbor. Will the two ever get past their differences? And will Tsuyoshi learn to accept his new destiny?

I am not sure if this series is a manga or a manhwa... I need to ask my friend who likes manhwa. Also, I technically got one of these books for 79p... because I had paid under £20 after using my points from my club card and I didn't realise until we had returned home and I finally went to look at the receipt! What a bargain of the day and I had such a grin on my face （　´∀｀）
We went back to the bullring at this point and down into the food court area of Selfridges, where Sapphire and I picked up our takeaway sushi, and there were so many tasty treats tempting us... Jade and I couldn't resist buying something:

The macaroons are actually for my parents, they say they should hold out for 5-6 days and I go back home on Monday so fingers cross they will survive (ノдヽ) And my excuse for the pop tarts? Yeah I don't actually have one...
As we weren't allowed to catch a train home during peaks times (even though I swear we all asked for a ticket during peak hours) we had about an hour to kill so we mooched around in Starbucks drinking a whole load of drinks and talking. It was nice to relax and not be on our feet at this point

They spelled my name wrong (/ﾟДﾟ)/

Walking back through the bullring - it literally huge and split into two sections with more shops in the middle... mother of god - Jade bought some more bubble tea for the train journey home and we made a quick detour into Forever21 and it was the best decision ever. I love Forever21 but sometimes their ranges can be a hit or miss with me and instead of looking at the clothes, I headed straight upstairs to the accessories section! There was so many goodies to choose from, I don't quite know how I refrained myself from buying EVERYTHING!

*bling bling*

Ummm... that was basically our day! The weather was gorgeous, the company was lovely, the food was delicious and the shopping was amazing. Overall, Birmingham was a great experience for me and I know that my mam would probably like it also because of the kind of shops that were around, so I'm going to suggest to her coming up to Birmingham for a girly weekend ヽ(´ー`)ﾉ

I think I've written about everything now so have my favourite picture of myself from that day, because you cannot see my face o(｀ω´*)o

Peace Out

xoxo

♡ I'm On Holiday! ♡

みなさん、こんにちは! 

I am /technically/ on my holiday up in the lovely north of England in Telford visiting my best friend Sapphire - you can check her blog out here if you so desire. Granted yes I am not sunbathing somewhere hot and exotic like Bali or wrapping up warm in a much colder - and more preferred climate in my eyes as I die in heat - country like Greenland or Sweden! But honestly, I barely get to see my friend enough so it's nice to be able to kick back, not worry about work and chill out with her for a whole 10 days d=(´▽｀)=b

I travelled up last Friday by train - which after previous times where I took a coach from Stansted Airport that is down my end, going by train is certainly a much quicker, cheaper and an easier mode of transport... silly me being so slow in realising it! Anyway, I managed to get to Euston station an hour early before I was meant to depart towards Birmingham New Street Station where my changeover to Telford would happen, so I took this opportunity to start reading my book and eat my food I managed to grab from Wasabi located in Liverpool Street Station:

Chicken katsu with a sweet chilli sauce, edamame and seaweed rice balls (*´∇`)

The train left Euston at 11.20am and after my changeover, I arrived safely in Wellington train station at 2.59pm! I did fall asleep on the train from Birmingham New Street Station and managed to wake myself up the stop before I was meant to get off *phew* I quite enjoyed my journey up as the nicely air conditioned train from Euston was practically empty so I was able to drink, do some reading and listen to my music in peace without being disturbed:

Since arriving, we haven't really done much in excitement wise... I mean on the Friday I arrived, we managed to buy some things from the local Chinese supermarket and meet up quickly with Jade before heading back and devouring our food goodies and over the weekend we have been watching some dramas - especially Ikemen desu ne which I have been eyeing up for a while now as I am completely head over heels in love with the Korean version 'You're Beautiful' - Jang Geun Suk is just dreamy beyond words /dies from euphoria/ 

We also went into Telford town centre today and drank strawberry lemonade from Costa - our tradition is drinking peach iced tea but we decided to get something different for once! I think I've hooked Sapphire on too many things in a short space of time... d'oh!

Oh! We managed to buy some nice ramyun from the Chinese supermarket and put some little extras we bought on top. I put spring onions, tofu, nori and a boiled egg on mine and it was just delicious! I wish I bought more the same day... oh well knowing us we'll be making another trip back there again ψ(｀∇´)ψ

Errrm... yes! On Thursday we are going into Birmingham for the day with Jade and I'm really excited about that as I have never actually been to Birmingham before and so it's a whole new experience for me! Also we are having a major sushi day as we found an all you can eat sushi buffet not far from the bullring AS WELL as finding out that Yo!Sushi does a service where you can place your order online and pick it up from the restaurant at a certain time... score!

Anyway... that's about all for this particular blog post so have a picture of me and Sapphire:

And I'll finish off with this video as it has been stuck in my head all day long! Damn you EXO and your catchy songs /gah/ ヾ(-_-;)

'Aye yooooooo wassup!'

Thanks for reading!

xoxo

♡ So I Went On Ebay Again... ♡

みなさん、こんにちは!

It has been a nice run with having some money to spend on things I have been pining after for a few months  - I also need to write another blog post about what I ordered from Kairai (my shopping service guy) because I was finally able to pay him off the final part of what I owed him at the beginning of the month! 

It was amazing at how little money I actually had spent altogether, but I swear down this ebay splurge was (and will be) my last haul for a very long time as I now have put my frame of mind into saving my money for my move to Japan - I also need to write another blog post about that and some other things... I don't understand how I have suddenly had this surge of writing (T A T) but I quite like it and it's keeping me busy when I'm not at work.

Oh right, back to the actual subject of this post...

3D False Nails

OK yes I do love designing my own nails but lately I have been a bit stuck with ideas on what to do exactly - a.k.a lazy - and upon searching ebay I found all these gems from the same seller from £2 - £4! What a bargain right? My favourite definitely has to be the neon monster faces in the top left corner because they suit me down to the ground and will be able to go with any of my clothing.

Long Wine Red Natral Straight Kanekalon Wig

I am unfortunately one of those people who gets bored of her hair colour every week or so and instead of destroying my hair with dye, I decided to buy a wig and give it a test run before I went ahead and bought more. The reason I bought this particular wig was because I do love dying my hair red the most and I've always wanted long hair with the full fringe so here we are to be honest. The wig suits me and even though the fringe is just a tad too long, it can be pushed to the side and makes just a nice side fringe as well as a full fringe. I cannot wait to buy more wigs now but first... I think I might need some wig stands!

Diamond Sweet Eye and Cat Eye False Lashes

These items were my final purchases from ebay and I don't regret buying them one little bit. Because these particular Diamond lashes have a clear band on them instead of a thick black one, they're easier to put on and are flexible to put into shape without having to re-do the glue a few times over. I've worn the sweet eye (one on the left in the pink box) for a day look when I had decided to wear make-up to work one day and the cat eye (purple box on the right) I have used for a more glamour night time look. I must admit that I am now oogling a few pairs of Diamond's lower lashes... when will I learn huh?!

Thanks for reading!
xoxo

♡ Fashion Inspiration: Colour Pop ♡

みなさん、こんにちは!

This is my last blog post about fashion inspiration and it has been a big gap since the last one but I have finally finished editing pictures together on the sort of co-ordination looks I am /hopefully/ aiming for one day. The most popular brand for this inspiration is definitely Super Lovers but there is also Peace Now, Putumayo, Hyper Core, Toxic Star and even some Ghost of Harlem pieces.

Now, when I say 'colour pop' I don't instantly mean that one primary / bright colour that stands out against the rest of your clothing and accessories, I do mean this but at the same time I don't - if that makes sense at all, I hope I can make this make sense! Basically, from the co-ordination pictures above and below, you can tell that there isn't just one colourful item, that there can be two and possibly three items that make you stand out and that is what I want to achieve. Yes there will be the obvious monochrome 'background' pieces but I am aiming for that pop of colour that will make people turn their heads even just slightly.

Oh and on one final note, all images from this post and the past fashion inspiration posts (here and here) are from KERA magazines, January - June issue.

Thanks for reading!
xoxo

♡ Lime Crime Haul ♡

みなさん、こんにちは! 

I was lucky enough to have some spare money left over for a slight Lime Crime splurge! I've never bought anything from this site before but I have read lots of reviews (good and bad mind you...) and articles about the brand and the products itself. I managed to purchase five items without making my bank account cry too much, especially when the products I purchased were actually on sale due to discontinuation, which is a shame but I feel lucky / happy to get something from Lime Crime! Oh and it came with a little Aquataenia postcard... how adorable!

A little information about the magic dazzle dust eyeshadow on the Lime Crime website:

Collection of high-shimmer loose eyeshadows, inspired by your favorite fairytales. Designed for dreamy effects on your eyes, lips and cheeks, these loose powders combine intense pearlescence with just a touch of underlying color. Each Magic Dust comes in a no-spill container.

TIPS & TRICKS: Remove plastic seal from the sifter. With lid tightly closed, tap bottom of jar lightly upside down. Use product from the sifter with a brush, sponge applicator or fingers. For all-day wear & crease-proof finish, prime your lids with our acclaimed Eyeshadow Helper.

DIVA: warm bronze colour with a hint of sparkle gold

TWILIGHT: soft lavender-purple with twinkles of violet. Subtle yet fanciful!

CUPCAKE THIEF: soft pink with beautiful glow. Excellent cheek-bone highlighter!

TOP HATTIE: pure shimmery white

EYESHADOW HELPER: "Lasts till dawn... comes off when you want it to."

Despite the fact the primer came a bit cracked around the edges, I am thrilled with my items and the cute little purple packaging it came it! I am such a sucker for the colour purple - and red but shhh! Oh and it was delivered within a week of payment so that is super quick compared to some online stores where packages arrive a week after shipment, but with Lime Crime it arrived a week after payment and not shipment! So 10/10 for delivery there ★

I simply cannot wait to go out wearing these fantastic Lime Crime shadows and I cannot wait to order more items from Lime Crime in the future as I do have my eye on the Chinchilla opaque lipstick, the Palette D'Antoinette fantasy eyeshadow palette and the entire nail polish collection! *Whew* I hope my bank account can handle my little indulgences!

Thanks for reading!
xoxo