Presents from Ice & Tenshi // Metamorphose 2014 A/W Fukubukuro

I am so so sorry this post got delayed so long!!

I received my presents from Icey and Tenshi when they came back from Japan and China. It's a mix of presents for my 21st birthday last year (which happened after they already left for overseas) and お土産(souvenirs) <3

The most exciting part is the Metamorphose temps de fille Lucky Pack they got me, I hope this will be a useful contribution to the online glossary of past lucky packs. I know I really wanted to see a good sample when I was trying to decide what brands to go for, so here- for the future LP buyers!

Blouse with collar thingy, OTK, 風呂敷 (furoshiki/lunchbox wrapping cloth), and yukata

Icey arrived back in NZ first, and brought items above and below. The furoshiki is so elegant and the fabric is so nice that I've only had the chance (and the courage) to use it for uni twice thus far. ><

I have yet to wear the yukata too because

1. I honestly don't think I can put it on myself the first time, even though I have an instruction manual

2. I don't have an obi, or the deco stuff for the obi, or geta. I want the full set before I wear it!

Hopefully I can wear it for Japan Day next year *^^* (I blogged about this year's Japan Day here)

I couldn't find the blouse in lolibrary, but another blog I had read over the summer said this was a bishop sleeve blouse... But what is that collar thing called!? lol. The OTK has crowns and uh idk what those spear-like things are called either LOL so much fail QAQ ANYWAY THEY'RE JUST PRETTY OK <3

Strawberry kitkat, and HK charm

Kit kat! Obligatory omiyage item, no? xD

The HK charm has 'onsen manjuu' printed on it. Hot spring steamed bun. I'm confused too don't worry X'D

Moustache mask!

Tenshi arrived the next month, with the rest of my presents ~

Although NZ is very clean and I don't get sick often, this moustache mask is too awesome to not wear. It's perfect for ora ora: kawaii style ~ hehe

Earphone winder. As the package says ;;;

The colors and design are so cute! Even though I'm too lazy to actually wind my earphones every time, I still keep it on my earphones because it's so darn cute. I'm using the purple one at the moment - it's not as dark as in this photo, and it doesn't get dirty at all! <3

Souvenir from Kyoto....

Yes, they are 'stars'!

Have you read ご近所物語(Gokinjo Monogatari/Neighbourhood Story) by Ai Yazawa? This was a special feature in the omake of that manga and I always remembered it! I am a huge Ai Yazawa fan, so these were super super thoughtful souvenirs from Tenshi :'3

Now, onto the review of my LP!

Necklace and hair bow clip

I was quite apprehensive at first - I didn't like the fact that this year's LP accessories had cameos. Especially since the one on my clip was green - not a color that fits well in my wardrobe! However, these turned out to be really really versatile, and works perfectly with mori outfits and probably classic lolita too!

Skirt

The skirt is very neat and clean. The color is super nice and the fabric is wonderful <3

I originally really hoped to get the rose print in the first image here, but I'm way happier with this one! There's also gold stitching on the crown and swans, really nice, neat details!

The full set!

Back of the OTK. I guess this would look really nice on someone with really thin calves </3

I really don't like my thick calves. REALLY. If I could, I would happily get some of the chunky mushy muscles taken out. Don't hate. (long story short, I used to play tennis competitively and developed a lot of muscles that now look like flab)

The skirt falls just above my knees, which I am perfectly happy with. I don't think long skirts would look good on me :(

I think the skirt looks better with 1 petticoat for normal use. 2 petticoats make it really hard to sit in uni ;;;
 Oh and here I was using my hair pieces and platforms from my last taobao haul!

Close ups!

I also wore this to take photos with some friends that graduated this semester.

The only photo that was not overexposed or awkward in some way.

I wore a puffy layered skirt as petticoat that day, so it was pretty comfortable. Didn't provide much poof, but I didn't get 100% stares at uni hahaha~

Ok well that's it! My first burando lolita lol. Ahh i haven't gotten photos with the salopette and blouse that Tenshi and Ice made for my 20th birthday yet... Well, not proper photos anyway. My arms are finally flabby thin enough to wear the blouse so I will hopefully get some snaps up soon!

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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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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:

filterfilterfilterfilterfilterfilter >:3

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!!!

A recent photoshoot [Confetti]

Late last year, I had the privilege of modelling for the portfolio of a professional photographer- Ken Bufton.

It was the first time I had modelled for an industry professional and veteran, so I was really excited for the experience!!



Truthfully, I was very worried beforehand about messing up, or being too slow, or doing something wrong. And in fact I did forget to bring a petticoat for my lolita inspired outfit on the day…

But somehow the photos of that outfit look better than they probably would have if I did have the petticoat, so I was very relieved ^^;

I also had no blouse that I could fit at the time. Tenshi-nee and wifey made me a blouse to go with the pink sakura skirt (both made from scratch!), but I’m now too fat to fit it LOL.

Tangent: there is, however, a blouse in the Metamorphose Lucky Bag they bought for my birthday in Dec though! Hopefully I can fit that one! ><



Back to the shoot-

For the photoshoot, I did my hair (lol, straightened it. Wish I used a wig instead), and makeup, and Ken was the photographer. It was easier than I thought to work without an assistant!

We took the photos at Auckland Domain. It was just the middle of spring, so all the flowers were blooming and the weather was wonderful!

As it is NZ though, we did have a couple minutes of rain. But it was over pretty quick ^^



These are my favourite snaps from the day (no photoshopping by me, since I’m mega chubby on Ken’s website anyway T_T)-

My #1 favourite ❤

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