☆ may favorites ☆

hello! i've finally gotten around to this post, i wanted to do it earlier but of course life gets in the way. here are my favorites for the month of may! (woah that rhymed.) i've got some beauty favorites and then some random favorite as well. :)

1. killing me zombie bb cream -- this is the first korean bb cream i've bought (i have tried samples, but none of them wowed me really...) and i love it! i'm a very fair skinned girl so i wanted something that would suit me, in fact i wanted something that people thought was "too white" because then i knew it would probably suit me. it lasts all day, it covers my pimples and redness pretty well, and it matches my skintone better than a lot of my other foundations!

2. tony moly cats wink clear pact in clear -- this is a translucent compact powder. it's so adorable, it comes with a cute puff and a kitty paw embossed in the powder. the shade i got was "clear" but to be honest, it is a really white powder - at least if you use the puff provided, which i do because i like the extra coverage it gets. you have to be careful to be very moisturized or you will look cakey, but i *love* this powder! it's my hg so far, and i've already hit pan in one month!!!

3.  mac cremesheen in creme cup -- i don't have that many mac lipsticks, because they are a little out of my price range (though i don't find them *that* expensive*) but i wanted to get this color because it looked so pretty.  it is much prettier than the picture i provided. it really is creamy, and it flatters my skintone and hair so much! i wear this basically every day.

4. l'oreal telescopic shocking extensions mascara -- i picked this up on a whim because it was on sale for $1.99 at a local grocery store. i love trying new mascara so why not! i'm so glad i did because this has become one of my favorite mascaras! it gives you major length and you can build up the volume too. it hasn't smudged much for me and it doesn't dry out like other mascaras (*coughcoughfalsiescoughistillloveuthough*)

if you want a full review on any of these products, let me know! moving on to my other favorites of the month!

1. daredevil -- this is a show made by netflix. it's about the superhero daredevil, and it's a part of the marvel universe. i'm up for anything super hero and i thought it was really cool that netflix took part in this series. omg, it's soooo good. like honestly one of the most enjoyable shows i've watched in a while. it's dark, well written, charlie cox is so good in his role (and he's a cutie) and it's just overall addicting. i can't wait for season 2!!

2. sailor moon necklace -- my boyfriend got me this necklace. :3 it's so cute and perfect. i love having anything sailor moon, and it gives my outfit a little pop when i wear it. also i like being reminded of my boyfriend too haha. it was really affordable and they come in different styles too, so if you're a fan of sailor moon i definitely reccomend getting a necklace

3. fujifilm insax mini 8 -- this is a polaroid camera made by fujifilm. it's adorable! i love it so much. i've used up so much film since i've gotten it- it's addicting and so fun haha. i might make a post showing off some of my favorite pictures i've taken. i can't wait to take more <3

4. game of thrones -- okay so, i know i'm late to the party but i never had hbo and i was too lazy to stream or torrent (if it isn't on netflix, i'm not watching it is usually my motto lmfao) but i made an exception for this and oh my god how could i have missed out on this glorious show for so long!?? it's so good! it's so awful! it keeps you on the edge of your seat. i swear i've finished seasons in one day lmfao.

5. feelin myself by nicki minaj ft. beyonce -- okay so i love nicki and i love beyonce so anytime they collab it is perfection 10/10. this video is bomb. they look bomb. this song is bomb and it's been on repeat all month and i keep saying 'i'm feelin myself ok??' to people and it's annoying but i love it. *bows down* the video is just perfect. two queens being perfect and fierce as usual.

☆ cute forever 21 finds ☆

hey guys! sorry it's been a while. i've been pretty busy and distracted with preparing for my move! i move on the 9th to go live in oklahoma with my brother! when i'm settled there i hope to be making more posts. i'm so happy i've been getting more readers and followers. it means so much, thank you! <3

i was on forever 21's website and saw sooooo much cute shit i wanted to buy. i thought i'd share them with you! everything should be under $10 and links are included. (*‿*✿)

1. vanilla bliss body mist [$4.90] 

2. glam false eyelashes [$5.80] 

3. strawberry hand cream [$4.90]

4. brilliant lip gloss [$3.90] 

5. heart blush highlight [$5.90]

6. sugar plum polish [$2.90] 

1. donut coin purse [$4.90] 

2. ice cream earbuds [$7.90]

3. fruit salad stud earrings [$4.80]

4. bunny necklace [$3.90]

5. ice cream socks [$1.90]

weirdly enough i like the 'junk' section of forever21 more than i like the clothes LOL, but i will probably make a forever 21 clothes wishlist/finds post soon~ but that's all for now! did you see anything you liked? let me know~ bai bai (ノ^∇^) 

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☆ ebay review: lolita red & black wig ☆

(.=^・ェ・^=) i'm here today reviewing a wig i bought a couple months ago. i bought it from the ebay seller workforcustomer. i got the wig for $10.99 and it took about 3 weeks to get to me. it was my very first wig so i didn't want to go too expensive. i wanted to try it out for fun!

as you can see it is a very long wig. it goes down to my boobs. first thing i could tell was that it matched the stock photo pretty well - the FIRST stock photo, with the asian model. not the mannequin. i don't know why the fuck the mannequin's pictures are doing in this wig listing because it's obviously not even close?? ლಠ益ಠ)ლ

the colors are vibrant, i really really like the split with the black portion because it is really unique. my problem with this wig is that it being cheap and also so long it tangles very easily. it takes lots of brushing and patience with this wig... which i don't always have lol.（ಠิ౪ಠิ*）you can probably tell in my photos that i didn't brush it out all the way today. if you brush too much and too strong, the hairs come out which is frustrating af.

the seller includes a wig cap with your purchase which is always nice. i like the wig cap they gave in particular because it really is stretchy! i have actually A LOT of very thick hair so getting it to fit in a wig cap and to look okay under a wig is a struggle sometimes. because the top of this wig is so bouncy and wide it fits my head well. they made the 'scalp' of the wig white so it blends in. 

i stuck some bunny ears on so my pictures wouldn't be all the same lol ⌒(=･ x ･=)⌒

i will say that there is SO MUCH hair when it comes to the bangs! it's almost too wide so it makes my head look a little... idk, like a mushroom i guess? but it's okay, i still like the overall look.

so how do i rate this wig today? (*ﾉωヾ*)

 price: 5/5 

 quality 3.5/5  

 shipping: 4/5 

 look: 4/5 

so, i do like this wig. it met my expectations for the price that i paid. i think it looks super cute in photos, and to make it more wearable i might cut it. i do think there are better wigs out there, and i plan on venturing into better quality, more well known wigs from reputable brands, but as for as ebay wigs go, i recommend it! if you wish to purchase this wig you can go here. that's all for this post, bai bai (ી(΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵)ʃ)♥

  

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japanese snacks haul & review ~

i'm going to sound pretty fat as i say this, but lately i've been on a quest to eat some japanese snacks. i don't know why, i just got a craving! maybe it's because i won't be living in california anymore, and moving out to the midwest where it's much harder to get these unique goods... so whenever i've gone out i've made it a mission to stop by some japanese markets. well a few days ago my family and i went out shopping, and the first place we stopped was at a big mitsuwa! here are some of the delicious snacks i grabbed!

i saw this adorable doraemin dorayaki pancake because it was on a manager's sale for $1.90!  dorayaki is, obviously, a type of pancake and it usually has a sweet red bean paste in it.

so cute! i didn't want to ruin it haha. i wish there was more than just 3 in the package because it is so yummy! it was soft, fluffy, and melted in your mouth. the red bean paste was just right- not too bitter and not too sweet. i think this would pair well with milk~ 

rating: 4/5

next up are these adorable kitty paw gummies!! i've seen these floating around on tumblr so i had to have them when i saw it. it's so cute :3 it's squishy and juicy, i think it this particular packet is peach flavor. i could eat like 30 of these bags! they're so addicting! i'll definitely repurchase, i just wish there was more in the bag as it is a very small bag. 

rating: 4/5

i guess japan just has crazy flavors for every chip brand now. i saw this bag of cheetos and went bought it on impulse. i'm guessing it is bbq corn flavor? to me i didn't really taste the bbq, it was kind of a weird flavor, like i couldn't quite put my finger on it, but it tastes okay. it's pretty salty... i wouldn't repurchase. 

rating 3/5

these are some other corn flavored chips, though im not sure what the brand is. it's not cheetos... to be honest, i liked these better than the cheeto brand! it's not as odd, it's more like corn and it has a better taste, i think because it's a little bit more understated.  to be honest, i didn't like either of the corn ones very much, so i wouldn't buy this one again either lol.

rating: 3.5/5

i thought this flavor looked pretty unique. it was recommended by the staff of mitsuwa. "japanese meets mexico flavor!!" it said.  it has the traditional ume plum and "ahji" cheese...? i really like eating tortilla chips by themselves so i thought this would be good...oh god, the flavor is STRONG! i love plum flavored stuff, i even liked the (next) plum chips a lot, but this one was just...weird. not particularly bad, but odd. i couldn't "snack" on this, becuase it has a very strong tang when you first bite into it and then as you keep eating it, the cheese flavor comes out more, and i don't know, it's very, very weird, bordering on unpleasant. i definitely don't think i'd purchase this one again. 

rating: 2/5  

so this is my favorite chip of the lot! soooo good! (lol, sorry i opened the bag OTL i was eating it and it occurred to me that i forgot to take a close up pic) these are, i believe, umeboshi potato chips. umeboshi are pickled plums! i noticed a lot of japanese snacks and food has the plum flavor and while it is different, i find that it usually tastes amazing! these chips are soooo good. i ate the whole thing in one sitting. they're crunchy, salty, tangy, sweet, yet not too sour. if you want to dip your toe into the world of plum flavored japanese snacks, i highly reccomend this chip to start with! 

rating: 5/5

so i think that'll be it for a while in terms of my japanese snack bingeing haha. i'm all snacked out. do you have any favorite japanese snacks or treats? let me know in the comments! see you next post~

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☆ little tokyo day: junk food, h&m, & purikura ☆

yesterday i went with my family to los angeles~ mainly little tokyo! i hadn't been to little tokyo in a long long time even though it's so close. i wanted to see if anything had changed, and though i know there would be cute stuff to buy (there always is!), i gave myself a restriction LOL (‾⌣‾) but of course i ended up with some stuff. i want to apologize first off for not taking pictures of little tokyo and the shops! my phone was so close to dying!! 

my family and i first walked around a bit and then we got ice cream~ it's not the huge towering ice creams you usually see floating around in pics from tokyo but it was still delicious (っ˘ڡ˘ς)  i got a french vanilla in a sugar cone!

after that we went into a very small super market - nijiya market. though it was small it had quite a nice selection of stuff! not as great as mitsuwa but still pretty good and their items weren't very expensive either. they had a really tasty looking section of ready-to-eat japanese food like sushi, curries, etc, but i didn't get any. i wanted to! if i go back, i hope to try some. 

i ended up only buying some junk food lol i can't help it, they were all so cute ヽ(；▽；)ノ

aha that kit kat bag is opened because my family couldn't resist and we had to try it!

what catapulted me into buying snacks is when i saw this package! soft oreo cookies with matcha filling. it was on sale for $1.99!!!! that is so cheap!

they come in adorable little packets like this, making it easy to just take some and put in your bag to give to your friends or something~!!

after i took a bite haha. well upon eating it i realized that matcha flavor is not that strong o(╥﹏╥)o you mostly just taste the chocolate part really.. it's quite overwhelming. it's still good, but disappointing because i love matcha flavored anything! i don't think i would repurchase this on taste alone. i rate this cookie a 3/5.

so my aunt saw this and was very perplexed and we bought it. (it was about $4.99) cheescake flavor? okay! but what is up with the baking tray thing?? apparently you can eat this kit kat flavor by itself but kit kat reccomends that you bake it for the true flavor and experience! well, we haven't done that yet. we will! but we couldn't resist trying it because CHEESECAKE IS THE BEST CAKE ヽ(´∇｀)ﾉ

OTL this flaky kit kat makes for an ugly picture lol. well it just looks normal but the taste!! they really managed the cheesecake taste! 〣( ºΔº )〣 i don't know how, but it has the same sort of tangy, sweet taste that a cheesecake has...some how i can taste the crust too. it's a little rich so i can't see myself 'snacking' on it but it's good for a dessert candy. 4.5/5!! i can't wait to bake this ◝(○ ヮ ○)◜

when i saw this it made me laugh. crunky? i think they were going for crunchy but maybe they were trying to avoid copyright infringement because it's incredibly similar to nestle's crunch lol. any way it's matcha flavored and was only $1.49 so i had to get it. OMG it's incredibly good!

it's so pretty! there is a very satisfying crunch to it~ it's pretty simliar to the regular old chocolate crunch bar most of us know, but with a very distinct and strong matcha flavor. it's so addicting! i ate the whole thing in like 5 minutes. this is my favorite of the candy i bought. 5/5!!

(lolwoops i opened the bag before the pic ಥ_ಥ) i only got this because i see this character everywhere and she is so cute. but apparently this candy is pretty popular in japan and kind of an old fashioned favorite. it was really cheap too! $1.99 for this bag.

the packaging is so cute awwww. you don't want to unwrap it. well, it does have true milky flavor, kind of like sweet condensed milk. i like it a lot. it's very chewy and a little hard at first, so don't try and bite it unless you want it stuck to your teeth! it melts in your mouth pretty fast though. 4/5!

i didn't take a pic of the ice cream candy or taste it because i was full at this point LOL. but i've tried the caplico ice cream cone candy before and it's delicious! it somehow really does taste like ice cream, but like in a creamy biscuit way. i'd rate it 5/5. ANYWAYS MOVING ON

i went into a cosplay store that was filled with plushies, wigs, costumes, and best of all: purikura booths!!!! i did purikura with my friends a couple years ago at the only place near me and when i went back a while ago, they were closed down (´;︵;`) why are they so hard to find? so when i saw a ton of booths i lost my mind. i had to try one haha. it was so expensive though. it's ok because i had so much fun! here are the pictures!

ahahhh i look so funny. some of them i think i look cute, some of them are weird/ugly like the cross hands lol. i was just following the poses they recommended because i didn't know how to pose. my family rushed me when i was doing the stickers at the end so i didn't get to decorate as much as i wanted ੨( ･᷄ ︵･᷅ )ｼ

close up of my two favorite pictures ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ahhh i love purikura. it's cute and enjoyable, idk why!

after little tokyo we went to glendale galleria, which is a large mall. i only really went there because i wanted to see the h&m because when i was in little tokyo, i was wearing these huge platform shoes...and on one of the shoes, the platform fell off!!! so i didn't want to look like a hobbling weirdo, i tore the platform off the other shoe.

i couldn't find any shoe in little tokyo and i knew h&m would have some cute shoes for cheap lol. and i told myself i wouldn't buy any more shoes ughhhhhh lol. but i ended up getting a superduper cute pair of flats and this adorable egg coin pouch. because i love eggs. egg shaped accessories and clothing has seemed to really pop up lately and i am really enjoying that fact, but everything is usually expensive lol *cough cough lookingatyouinuinushop*

so that's why i love h&m so much (ノ﹏ヽ) they always have such cute stuff at great prices

close up on the shoes - it says "#shelfie" lmfao. it's kinda lame but cute too. they're SO comfortable!

ITS SO CUTE OMG AHH

and, after that i went and eat chinese for dinner with my family, and came home and passed out. so that's it for my haul! if you're ever in los angeles i highly recommend you go to tokyo village, they have so much cool stuff nowadays!! that's it for this post~ bai bai ⊂((・▽・))⊃

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