Recent Gets, +1 Outfit, and Stuff

Posting has been slow going for me lately. Although I do have some pictures to catch up on, not a whole lot has been going on. Work has been scheduling me on days I'm not available. The weather has mostly been too rainy to let me wear all the outfit I've been thinking up to go with my new wedges. I haven't even been able to wear lashes or lenses much lately because my eyes have been tearing up so badly. I guess that's what spring is about - rain and allergies. ):

But I did buy some things recently, and I was able to squeeze in one decent outfit on Tuesday!

 I bought a dress from Target, salad dressing and chocolate from my favorite Japanese restaurant, and nailpolishes. My mother bought me a maxi length cardigan that I am so happy with! I can mark that off my "to buy" list. She really got a great deal too. When she looked at it around Christmas it had been $60, and she got it for $12!

 New nailpolishes. The silvery one is actually a very light sparkly lavender that I'm in love with.

 And my not-so-sweet Japanese chocolate. 

And here is the outfit I squeezed in Tuesday. I only wore it out to grab a quick bite of food and to go to Target, but I was so happy to get to wear my new wedges and dress! I have a really awkward character hair, and my "everyday make up", so lets just focus on the clothes. >.>; Oh I cut my hair too! Its been about a month lol, and you probably can't tell because my hair looks stupid in these pictures. It is quite a bit shorter now (doesn't touch my shoulders), and it is longer in the front than the back.

Outfit rundown:

Cardigan: Target

Necklace: Party City

Dress: Target

Bracelet: Party City

Tights: Party City

Shoes: Target

lol Half Party City and half Target. I did feel a smidge awkward wearing this into Target, haha.

SPEAKING OF TARGET.

I'm sure a lot of you have seen Target's new mini collection from Jason Wu. I overall don't care a bit about designers, since it is too expensive for me. Also, they usually run too small for me, so on the rare occasions when I have actually wanted a piece, it doesn't fit anyway. I usually don't pay much attention when Target gets new designer items, but when I saw Sara Mari post about the collection I fell in love with some of the items.

The cat mascot is absolutely darling, and I thought the blouse matched up well with some gal trends. But what I really wanted was this purse:

I love monotone, and I've wanting a satchel purse for a while, so I really fell hard for this purse.

I did go to Target on the Jason Wu premier day, but at 4 when I finally got off work. I could not find any of the accessories. I went again at 8am the next day before work and asked an employee about it since online it said that particular store still had some in stock. She checked and the system said there were 4 in stock, but after asking around we got several confirmations that all the Jason Wu accessories had sold out premier morning. Yet online still said they had some in stock for several days before finally saying sold out.

All I can say is,"DAMN YOU!" *shakes fist*

♪♫grimmy

Happy Halloween~!

Well, I actually didn't do anything festive today! I've been feeling sick since last night, so I just layed around and played Rune Factory 3. But I have been getting in the spirit practically every other day! I dressed up a lot for work, and I also got in costume the past two weekends while selling some hardcandy house jewelry at the Flying Monkey. I thought you might like to see some pictures!

The first two outfits are from Flying Monkey.

AWA Fashion Snap & Bonus Halloween!

I thought I'd share what I wore at AWA. There is only one gal outfit below, but if you like other J-fashion, you might like this post too. But be warned! These pictures are full of so many derpy faces! I'm gonna blame the fact that we were running on less than 4 hours of sleep per night. There are also red eyes galore in these pictures, but I don't have Photoshop, and I'm way too lazy to correct it with paint!

 These are the nails I made for the con! I don't like the polka dot nails, but I love everything else. Especially my hand painted plaid that matched Saturday's skirt!

This is the first time I have put dangle charms on my nails, and I'm not gonna lie - it got caught on stuff. But It wasn't as bad as I thought, I think I could get used to it.

Gal Makeovers: Americana

I finally am posting another installation for the Gyaru Makeover series! I wish I had more time to devote to blogging lately. I have a lot of posts planned, and things I want to talk about - but I've been too busy! Hardcandy house is leaving for Atlanta on Thursday - so excited! Will I be seeing any of you at AWA?

Our model for the Americana style is the beautiful Liz! I didn't know much about this style originally, but Rin loves it! She says its something she likes to look at but would never wear personally. I only did the hair and make up for these shots, and Rin put together most of the outfits. She even remade a lot of the pieces!

Before:

These pajama before shots really don't count, lol. But they do make for an impressive before and after!

Casual Style:

Gal Makeovers: Agejo

I got back from vacation Sunday, but I'm still so tired! And I'm sick too, with a cold. I think its the weather change from being in the Smokey Mountains to coming back home. And it doesn't help that we've been having severe thunder storm almost every day since I got back!

Well I have a TON of pictures of my trip to share (over 500 >.>;;;), but thats not what I'm posting this time! I will eventually, when I get done resizing - its such an undertaking! Tonight I bring you another edition of the Gal Makeover series: Agejo! I modeled for this one, and of course put together my own outfits, and did my own hair and make up.

Rin has way more bling than I do, I got to use a lot of her accessories.

My before picture. *cringe* With no make-up, and my natural hair.

Everyday Style:

I made the bow!

Gal Makeovers: Gyaruo

I'm back with more makeover pictures! This time I'll show you my boyfriend, Kevin!

Before :

>.>;;;;

Kevin is definitely not the most fashionable individual. Not gonna lie, he does that whole slip-on Adidas sandal thing that all Asians seem to do. T_T I hadn't originally planned on using Kevin, but it looked like some of my other male models may fall through, so he was a just in case. His outfits were kind of rushed, but overall I really liked how they turned out!

Casual Style:

Gal Makeovers: Oraora

Persacon is over, and I'm happy and sad about it! Its stressful every year, I'm always in a rush, and I never get any sleep. I had 9 hours total Friday through Sunday! But every year afterwards I think about how much fun I had and all the people I met. This was Persacon's last year, and I thought it fitting to retire my convention staff position as well. Maybe in the future I will still do panels for other conventions, but staff is preserved for Persacon~<3!

Speaking of panels, Rin and I presented 15 different panels this year! It was so much work, but I'm really pleased with how they turned out. I have a ton of pictures and info to share - primarily from the Gal Makeover Panel. There was over 800 pictures, so this will have to be a series of posts.

First Makeover I bring you is Stella, and we made her over in Oraora style!

Before shots:

 lol, we caught her in her pajamas since we started so early.

 I did Stella's hair and make up. I love her hair! Sometimes I wish my hair was still this long, and then I remember how much work it was and I change my mind, haha.

I love BARBIE!

Yes, I do! Although, maybe not the way you think. Yes, I used to love playing with dolls, but I've never been a collector or anything. What I mean is, I love Barbie - the clothing brand. Japan has a much more sophisticated and fashionable look at Barbie. American Barbie is not nearly as fashionable! (In fact, I don't know that we have a Barbie that caters to adults. Nicki Manaj does not count!) American Barbie usually is styled too young, or has her face all over it. While Japan Barbie concentrates on a more mature look, using mainly her signature and silhouette. *love*

I love these clothes. Go figure, my favorite coordinates are usually black, white, and pink, too.

FAVORITES!!

I of course also love Barbie's carefree use of bows and polka dots!!

Barbie seems pretty popular among gal too!

Does anyone know who the short haired gal is? I absolutely love her hair dangles!

I saw these fabrics at Hancock Fabrics the other day with Rin, and I've been thinking about them ever since!

I can't wait to go back and buy them. I already have some ideas of what to make with them. A fluffy skirt and hair bow are definitely in order!

I have been wanting to do something Barbie themed for a while now. I've been fiddling with the idea of a Barbie layout for this blog, and of some kind of Barbie photo shoot. At the very least, you can expect some Barbie themed coords!