I can blog from my phone now!

So today I finally sniped a good deal on an iPhone (64gb 5s gold) and am back in the land of non-lag! This year I've been having such terrible luck with technology- 

- first, galaxy s3 dies

- then my brick phone has a line of dead pixels

- then my iPod touch lags sooooo bad (no exaggeration. Even Apple products lag if you use them for long enough)

- this week my netbook of three years died (something corrupted on c drive, will have to reinstall windows again)

- also this week, managed to burn the capacitor inside mom's desktop computer monitor.

So I'm reeeeally glad right now to have this new phone that DOESN'T LAG!! Pretty sure this is on the lower end of first world problems yeah???

Hopefully I will be blogging more now (and be more active on IG) since I can post on the commute to/from uni!

Also, now that I have secured a phone, I can buy kawaii My Melody cases for it! Seriously a huge part of why I wanted an IPhone. :)))))))

GFC is working again!

What were you doing Google? >:|

There were several gyaru bloggers I wanted to follow these past few weeks but haven't been able to due to some fault with GFC. I know I wasn't the only one to experience this problem, but yay it's been fixed now!

Please comment me your favourite gyaru bloggers/fashion bloggers, hoping to add some more bloggers to my newsfeed *v*~

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More shopping / wtf I'm going broke QAQ

I don't remember if I mentioned in my last post that I had also placed an order for clothing on taobao? I wanted to try the replica Ma*rs items before I consider buying the real product - after all, the replica price is far more acceptable and perhaps it's a little more un-asian-sized?

Here's a quick snap of the items I'm ordering

Some of the items are a different color to the displayed image

Didn't order too much, but this still came down to about 250NZD QAQ
OK tbh 250 isn't much for 11 items of clothing and 5 accessories, but I'm just so used to bargains on taobao that spending over 100CNY for an item of clothing is weird .-. #toostingy

There are a few other items I want, but aren't ordering yet. They're mori style clothes, and wig pieces for dark hair. Since I'm not ordering them yet till probably May or June, I'll post them up as a wishlist post later :)


Anyway today I went shopping again, because a few friends' birthdays are coming up and I needed presents. But while mom and I were in the mall, we found more clothes that were cute and on sale! These are my buys:

belt I spotted in Pagani!

Pagani again, size 14 lace blouse which I trimmed the sides off into a long top

Dress from Forever New. I finally have a black dress *v*

Seriously I have been searching for a simple-ish semi-formal black dress forever, so I was super happy to find this today! For 70NZD, this was a pretty good find *v*

Now I have 2 dresses from Forever new in the same style, except the other one is white and doesn't have this chiffon skirt outside... Well, it looks good so whatever ~

Oh and I appear to be sick with some kind of bug fml. Not so much runny nose / sore throat / hacking lungs out, but I'm half asleep all the time, super uncoordinated, tired but not sleepy and just overall feeling really meh. Did I mention a literature review is due in 2 days? yippeeeee.......

That's probably why I've been shopping like crazy this week. Retail therapy to make up for being sick and the work that's piling up hahahaha

OK time to sleep this bug away. night night~

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x-plain NZ designer brand buys && evening fun

At the university my mom works, there's this admin/PA who dresses in 100% designer clothes. TBH I didn't really know about this, but today my mom said that lady had recommended an outlet store on 7 Triton (Rosedale) that opened not too long ago.

I was pretty skeptical cause my taste in fashion is pretty....different from most NZers .-.

BUT the store was actually super nice!

The interior design was super minimalistic but bright and fresh and spacious~
For once, my mom didn't complain about waiting for me to try clothes. She usually hates the stores I go to and would never wait for me >>"

The clothes in the store weren't that cheap, they were all indie NZ designer brands. But the selection of items there were all really nice. The overall style concept of all the clothes in the store is probably retro/hipster/high fashion. It's an interesting mix, but I will definitely visit again!

I splurged quite a bit today. Not something I'm particularly proud of, but the quality of the clothing was so nice, and the design so unique that I had to buy them! Besides, the clothes my mom buys are about this price anyway >> << >>

So I bought one jacket - the Kibosh Jacket (link is to the brand's e-store), and one skirt - Boggie Skirt.

love the asymmetrics on this jacket and the mix of textiles!!

without chiffon attachment

long chiffon attach

base skirt

shorter chiffon attach

nice minimalistic packaging ~

the designer of the shop, which also sells other brands such as the one I bought o.O

I super loved that the jacket and skirt had detachable areas which completely change the look! The design is just so awesome, it was totally worth the $170 I paid! (Yes, in store price was even lower than the webstore 50% off price!!!)

So all in all, my wallet is bleeding, but I'm feeling pretty smug. These pieces definitely improve the style of my "normal" wardrobe~

KTV & Pool

Man it feels like forever since I last went ktv!! Actually I went several times before uni started. There was a period where I just wanted to sing so much hahaha

Anyway this evening, went KTV with some friends and met many new people *o* Funny story, some of the friends I did know were from online gaming years ago! It's so awesome to meet up again offline and have mutual friends from offline wtf haha

So we went ktv and played pool after, and it was so much fun! Pool was so competitive lol. We booked two tables and my table had the most serious game I've been in these few years! My team won 5-3 though *hi5 to my awesome teammate RC who totally ownd* >:D

Today was so much fun, I hope there will be more days like this! Hanging out with friends is so rare now wtflol!

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Short Gyaru hair inspo / First look at my shorter hair

I still haven't decided what I want to do with the final color :(

Since buying the champagne pink dye, I have taken a look around online and apparently it doesn't work. at all.

This afternoon I bumped into a friend and she got some red highlights recently. It looked really good, and she said it was by a trainee hair colorist for only 30$ wtf!!

I think I may go and get that trainee to do my pink, and use the champagne pink in the future to touch up / cover the roots when my hair grows out a bit...

Now, photo time! I thought I might as well dump all the photos I looked through when researching what hair style / color / length to get, in case anyone else wants to reference. It was really hard finding photos from all over the net! ;v;

First, my hair right now

After a day of uni it's super limp lol. Got a nice rokku feel yeah?

I'm pretty satissfied with the ombre. It didn't lift all too much, so I won't have to deal with disgusting regrowth in the future!

I ended up getting my haircut referencing this style

Rokku gyaru

Long fringe / pixie cut

Pink / purple half-half color

Onee gyaru

Neo / himekaji

Rokku gyaru

Neo / onee gyaru

More styling options - shoulder length

70/30 dye split

Rokku / Onee / Neo omg she looks so good with this hair just wtf.

Half half again, bob cut

More neo gyaru styling for shoulder length

Below shoulder length hair faked to look shorter. It's pretty cute actually!

Mid-neck length styling

I actually referenced my mom's hairstyle from this! Base of neck length

Base of neck length again, amekaji, kogal

Long sides and short back style?

Pixie!

Inspired me to do ombre style. Bob cut

Inspired me to do some streaks

I really really wanted this cut omfg so gorgeous.

 But then my hairdresser said my hair is too thin / don't have enough hair to make this style work == well, at least he warned me :')

Bob cut styling

If you end up referencing one of these styles for your cut, comment or link me a photo of your hairstyle! I would like to keep updating this post with new photos for future reference :)

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Retail Therapy, and I'm getting a new hairstyle!

So I know it's Wednesday, but I am sooo tired of the uni work that's piling up and I just really needed to take a break and clear it all from my mind for a bit.

I was actually supposed to buy some clothes for work and interviews and y'know, more formal occasions. However I made the mistake of checking out Tatty's first (it's a resale shop on High St, Auckland CBD) aaaaand of course I ended up buying *sorta* not work-able clothes.

Ok the blouse is kinda cute, it could work.

Very light pink, with a hint of peach. $30

The brand of the blouse is SOUP which apparently is big enough in KR to warrant a dedicated e-store. Pretty happy with this buy, knowing the brand LOL #BrandHoarInTraining

Tatty's prices are a little high, but resale in NZ doesn't seem to have the same idea as resale in US/Canada soooo This blouse for $30 was pretty ok. I gave in and bought it before they slashed the prices since it's cute ;v; zero self control there.

Then I found this adorable skort which I really did not actually want to shill out for, because let's be honest - I'll most likely never wear it out. It's too short. But that's ok, I still happily bought this for homewear :')

Who can say no to onespo *brand new condition* at $15?

I especially love onespo's Daisy items. Super wanted the apron-type dress and the matching wedges (or was it heels?) Anyway the series is super damn cute la!

Tatty's is the only store I've seen japanese brands in. I previously spotted Princess Melody and Sugar Gloss, and today I also saw a Bodyline skirt so I'm suuuuper addicted to this store atm. Gonna check it out again next week to see if there may be any new goodies >w<

I swear the store is run by an Asian person. How do they judge brands like these eh!? There's a surprisingly large amount of asian-style clothing!

Anyway, moving on.

I also bought some hair dyes and cut my hair today.
No photo of my hair yet, but I am super happy with my hairdresser right now. He cut it perfectly <3

Freshlight Passion Blonde | Champagne Pink

Passion Blonde & Champagne Pink color charts

The pink is quite subtle... TBH when I went dye hunting I wasn't too sure what I wanted. I actually wanted to cut one side of my hair super short and then dye the whole thing ash, with red streaks, but then I saw this pink and decided to try it since I haven't done so before.

Plus, I have been waiting for Ippondo to stock the Freshlight creme dyes for forever. The texture of these are gorgeous, and they are so so so much easier to work with than the freakin bubble dye >:|

Unfortunately I didn't end up cutting my hair super short, but I did dye the blonde today. I didn't go even close to blonde - not even close to orange! - but it did lift my hair a tiny bit....

I'm really rusty with hair dying now. I look at my hair and it's like "...I knew this was gonna happen, why was I so stupid with applying the dye eh" ==
So my hair isn't exactly what I had had hoped it would be, however I will be applying the pink on Friday *fingers crossed* and if the pink does what it should, then the overall effect should still be pretty good ><


We're finally halfway through the last week of uni urgh! Thank goodness holidays begin in 2 days - unis in the northern hemisphere should be in the midst of final exams now? So jealous of my friends in Toronto who are planning their summer vacay at the moment ;v;


Speaking of vacay, I may be visiting Europe in Late June / Early July! It's not very ironed out yet, but if I do go, I will be travelling around Prague and possibly surrounding cities/countries for about 15 days!!! ><
If there is anyone in the region, I would love to meet up!
Also, if anyone lives in that area and can recommend me good restaurants/eateries I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!!! :D



OK now to begin that literature review due next Tuesday...*flubber flubber die* Dx

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Ly's bgal giveaway entry!

Entering in yet another giveaway lol.

Most excited for the lashes! haven't tried Diamond Lash before. Also XIII!! Don't have any of their merch yet *o*

Find her original post here.

A weekend of getting back into the swing of life

The past few weeks have been a bit of a drag. I keep wanting to, and attending, events - but never get around to editing and uploading the photos for them. As one would expect, putting things off here and there, and one day you wake up and realise that everything seems to be behind schedule.

Well I finally decided to take a small break and breathe, so yesterday my mom and I went around for an afternoon of eating!

Even though I brought my camera, I didn't end up taking any photos of our food. Rare right? xD
We had a huuge gelato at a new gelato store in Browns Bay (it's beachside), with Coffee Walnut and Pistachio on a waffle cone. The coffee walnut was actually really good!
Then we swung by Mairangi Bay to get cookies and fish from a fish & chips store that mom has been craving for at least a month now. Can't nobody stop a craving woman! >:|

Browns Bay! It was such a gorgeous day. Behold my great panoramic photo-taking skills. :P

Daylight saving officially ended today. Even though I got an extra hour of sleep and feel really good now, I'm also a bit sad that summer is over :'(
Super envying those of you in the Northern Hemisphere who are entering summer, some going on summer vacay soon! Ahh a holiday would be so good right now...

Style

I've also been taking a break from my usual style. I really needed to ground myself for a while, and properly fix my frame of mind for studying/working and all that shebang. Midsemester is coming up; the pressure is on!

I cut my nails too! It's been a while since I had *short* nails, but they're going to stay like this until perhaps midsemester break starts...or when I'm ready to jump back into the gal life (completely) again ><

Makeup these past two days. Really toning it down ><

I really miss being flashy, but I'm so un-inspired with my wardrobe recently. I don't know if I should get more clothes or what.... actually who am I kidding, of course I need more clothes. But until then, I think I will coord my more mainstream clothes for a while and take a break from the kawaii life. I will definitely be returning though ;-; can't live without all that glitz and glamour and frills and lace!

I also bought some new stationery today - the japanese store downstairs in Albany Mall stocked up on a lot of sanrio merch, mostly hellokitty and little twin stars! Of course, much of it is entirely useless (in NZ for sure), but I did get a few anyway. The cardboard shelves are also gorgeous!

taking a break from the kawaii lyfe wuuuuuuuut? xD

I hope to start doing and posting more interesting stuff soon ;-; life seems so plain atm! ><

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Little Miss Dreamer's Giveaway

I love giveaways!

Still haven't decided what to put in my giveaway...eventually I will do one! ;-;

For now, you can enter Little Miss Dreamer's!

I'm really excited for the LimeCrime and TONYMOLY Cat Chu Wink Matte Lipsticks in No. 6 and 11! I still have my Missha BB cream from like a bajillion years ago, don't think it's a brand that works for me, but this giveaway is really cute - supporting!

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Update / Should I do wishlists?

Hiya everyone!

Seems I haven't posted in a while!
Actually, I know it's been a long time because I have this huge collection of photos on my USB (probably 2gb???) that are waiting to be resized and blogged, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet! QAQ

It's now the 5th week of uni- which means this week and next week are filled with tests, assignments, and presentations before our mid-semester break. two weeks of time to catch up on work - YES PLEASE

Yep, so that's the state of my life at the moment- lots of procrastination and putting off work till the last minute, resulting in a lack of blogging ;^; SORRYYYYYYY

On a tangent: does anyone watch Revenge? The new season just started airing in NZ not too long ago, and we're on like the 3rd ep or something and it is just as good as ever omg! In comparison, I'm rather disappointed with the current season of Scandal, which happens to air right after Revenge on Tuesdays. Thoughts? Opinions? :/


Through the past few months of blogging on Blogger and really connecting with other bloggers through bloglovin' and whatnot, I've come to realise that many people seem to post wishlists / favourites once in a while, if not monthly. Should I post my wishlists? I spend so much time looking through shops online, I could probably come up with a decent wishlist every month LOL. Would anyone be interested though?

I gotta get back to finishing my assignment (due Friday and I haven't even started eek), but please comment and tell me if you would like to see wishlists from me!! Also, if you do want wishlists - would you like it to be 1 style / month or just everything? For those that follow me on Instagram (@snowrii) you will know that I like many styles so... not sure how I should approach this whole wishlist posting thing @-@;;


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