Fukubukuro Wishlist 2015

Hiya!

This will be my full 2015 fukubukuro compilation wish list. As I see it becoming rather long, the details will be under the cut.

Currently on the list:
- Liz Lisa (LLxMM collab carry)
- Luxe Rose
- Ank Rouge
- Golds Infinity
- Sneep Dip
- Alice and the Pirates (also has info for BTSSB though I will not be purchasing it)

D.I.A Fukubukuro 2014 (福袋) Unboxing [Confetti]

OK so I’m posting this up ahead of the Farmers Autumn/Winter Launch and Japan Day because my friend サ-ラ who helped me purchase this fukubukuro is posting her unboxing soon too, and I have some of the stuff from her lucky bag xD

edit: サ-ラ's fukubukuro reveal is now on her blog here! She got a really good bag too ~ *happy happy*

I only look at fashion LPs, because Japanese brand clothes are ridiculously expensive and generally not worth their price when they’re not on sale. Yes I said it ok; brand lovers, don’t hate – you know it’s the truth.

Because D.I.A doesn’t have a web store, I haven’t really seen their items in detail before. As it is, many D.I.A items turn out to be average quality, and in general I would say that their more casual clothing are certainly not worth their regular price. However, when you get 15 items in a LP, the individual cost of each item makes it virtually impossible to get a ‘bad value’.

D.I.A also has one of the most ‘good value’ LPs of the gyaru brands. Year after year, Ank Rouge has disappointed me with their average-as-plain-icecream LPs (2014 suitcase here and 2014 carry here). I don’t know the owner of those two blogs btw, just linked the first two I found with photos for Ank Rouge 2014 LP on google lol.

SO my LP! The title of this post is a little misleading because it didn’t come in a box, BUT most LPs are sent by shipping services in boxes so for searchability, I wrote unboxing k

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Upcoming Posts

I have so many photos for posts I need to edit!!

Because i took most of them at night, the lighting is gross af. Hence the lack of update for like, close to a week ;w;

These posts will be going up soon (probably on Confetti):

- D.I.A fukubukuro opening (EEEEEEEEP!!!!!!)

- Lantern Festival, and presents from Malaysia (kawaii goodies && inspo a-plenty ;w;)

- Lens reviews - my large brown, and grey lenses for the year. If I can ever be bothered, I will review my casual brown lenses too but I just feel so meh about lenses < 14.5mm ~.~

Alright, just felt obligated to fill the blog with a little update since I haven't been on in a while haha.

Even my instagram has been really quiet! FML. Dead phone = all good quality photos but the long process to get it on instagram is just a b****. INSTAGRAM PLEASE JUST LET PEOPLE UPLOAD ON THE BROWSER TOO!!! QAQ

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Fukubukuro stalking on the net- day 1413487812

So I am currently googling (yet again) any fukubukuro opening posts that have been blogged since I last checked, perhaps 2 seconds ago.

Jokes, I've been staying off that for at least a week already.

Anywho, I don't usually click the LL posts because let's face it-why read the blog post when we already know what's in the fukubukuro? I really want to see the mystery items!

HOWEVER this one blog post on the LL x Melody collab fukubukuro caught my eye. I didn't realise there was a Melody collab bag!?

and oh.my.god. the contents of the bag are SO CUTE

I have renewed faith in Liz Lisa.

Also, I found the blue luggage carry while hunting for the LL x Melody collab AND IT IS SO CUTE TOO AFIOAWEFNAWFKLWAELWFKA

20,000!? SO WORTH IT. Ok plus shipping, it's probably around 30,000 but STILL. The items are so cute I can't even. T^T

Let me just sob my eyes out at these adorable sets I missed.

;w;

I had a photoshoot yesterday!

edit: the post for this shoot is now on Confetti! Read it here!

The day before yesterday I decided that in honor of the new year, I must have a photoshoot to change out my profile photos!

But come yesterday, I had no motivation after crawling out of bed at midday, and proceeded to spend the next 5 hours online looking for blog posts, images, videos, ANYTHING of people's lucky bags this year.

I really want to know all the prints that were available in this year's meta bag!! and I want to know what's in my D.I.A fukubukuro, but I must be patient for that ><


Anyway, so I finally started preparing for my shoot just before dinner, and a kind friend came by and lent me his tripod. My tripod is super noob, the head can't rotate so if I use it for my camera it's suuuper inconvenient. Plus I only have one tripod so it's like- how do I share it between my ring light and my camera? lol. The life of a blogger eh ^^;
Thanks to the second tripod, I had a pretty good setup last night:

cruddy phone meitu camera quality *sigh*

I've now started looking through the images from the shoot (yay!) so here is a preview for the meantime:

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Sorry about mini photo, need it resized and online for something ~.~


I looked for inspiration on pinterest two nights ago, but on the day I just didn't feel like going with any of them, so i sorta just started doing my makeup... then found this old dress from year 13 (senior) ball... and then chose my wig, and everything else followed from there xD

It was a lot of fun playing around with my makeup as I hadn't really touched them since...since my last photoshoot with Ken Bufton? That was back in early December! I really wanted to use the ready made bling stickers because it would save me so much trouble, but I have no idea where I've put them...
Hopefully I didn't lose them? lol that would be awkward.

Looking at the photos now, it seems a bit Luka (vocaloid) inspired? I sent one of the photos to Tenshi-nee as preview, and she said it reminds her of Just Be Friends haha. It would be fun to cos Luka someday!

Personally, for Luka I like the PV for Answer most~ Plus the "singing" is much better mixed and sounds more natural.

Okok, back to editing and stalking LPs!!

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Fukubukuro, and presents from Japan!

I'll start with the presents-

So for my birthday which was on Dec 5, my wifey and Tenshi-neechan decided to buy me presents from Japan. They understand me so well! :')

So I don't know the details of my presents yet, but I do know there is a Metamorphose Lucky Pack (either light or dark. They wouldn't tell me)!

This is what is released on Meta's site

My wifey has hinted that my set is very matching, which is a big phew, but I'm really curious what the skirt print is!? I really hope its the rose one on top! Love roses so much >w<
However she has also hinted that the prints are very different from the images....so it's very likely my  print is not on the website @_@ I'm happy that it will be a new print, but also anxious since I have no idea what it's like!! ><

But really, when it's Metamorphose, I bet all of them look great ❤


In preparation, I am ordering some lolita shoes (finally) from taobao. They're gonna be a horror to ship but I cannot taint a Meta outfit with non-lolita shoes! ><

Also, wifey has said that Tenshi-nee will come with the first half of my presents so I guess I get other stuff too!? I feel so spoilt!!! eep!!

Today, being the 2nd of Jan is the big fukubukuro grab!

I am super super thankful that セーラ (link to her instagram) of my gyarusa (Hana Emi Dolls) happens to be going for the notoriously difficult to obtain D.I.A fukubag this year and is grabbing me one too!

Success! I screamed when I saw this photo ><!!

This is the ad on d.i.a spec's facebook page

I kid you not, I spent the whole morning blogging, but actually I was stalking fb to see if セーラ succeeded ><;

I owe her big time! Esp since she had to drag herself out of bed at 3am for the fukubukuros! ><

Japanese gyarus are so crazy lol, I don't think NZ people would do stuff like that if we had fukubukuro.

Though granted, Black Friday in the states is pretty insane too...

Anyway, I will know if she manages to snag Ma*rs items and the D.I.A belt I wanted tonight, but she's still shopping right now. I was just too excited and had to post this first hahaha

This will be the year. I will stock up my wardrobe with brand gyaru and lolita, and next year I will travel to Japan and return all the favors!

SO DAMN EXCITED!!!