Nothing Particularly Special Today, I just wanted to share this rare occurance with the babies, Mr. Bear and Mouse cuddling in the same chair together!!
Bear is such a grown up and very lovingly tried to give Mouse some grooming, but Mouse is such a weird fickle and prickly cat when it comes to physical touch (maybe it's the Aquarian in him?) and started to get very tensed to the point of wacking Bear, but I quickly toned the tension down and then Mouse preceeded to sit there and pout given the fact he was now having to share his favorite seat (where he can watch me work on my bed in the bg there) with Bear.
I love these babies sometimes so much i just can't stand it, I am so glad I was able to capture this on camera and document it!!
For now I'm leaving my blog to just simple things as this until I can work myself up to a better schedule to get back in the swing of things...
I was SO excited two years ago when the news was announced, I literally started CRYING!
Sailor Moon holds a very near and dear place in my heart, and has been a corner stone for much of who I have shaped my ideals about love, friendship, and righteousness around!
With the new anime coming however there have been SO MANY new and WONDERFULLY done merchandise, from bags, apparel, stationary, and even GASHAPONS!
The brooches and transformation items have long been COVETED by Moonies since the begining of the series! Especially in the past ten or so years with Sailor Moon having been completely off air, there has been NO new merchandise, and collectors like myself have scrambled to afford the ever rising prices of the retro lunar toys!
So, imagine how ECSTATIC those of us in the magical girl fandom were to learn about the introduction of brooch GASHAPONS!
And these are not just ANY gashapons, they are almost near PERFECT replicas of the original full sized toy compacts!
Take a look at these babys!
Can you understand how freaking amazing these are??
Comparatively to the other Sailor Moon replica merchandise being put out (so far) only through Premium Bandai through their "Proplica" line. That's a fancy way of labeling their revamped anime toy line for "adult collectors" basically....it's all mostly the exact same designed items from the 90's that they've just slapped on an exclusive "brand" title onto it with a "brand" price, oh AND they are limited EXCLUSIVELY to those who live in Japan ONLY.
(I could write a whole article about this, probably will in the near future but lets get back to the point...)
It is QUITE the understatement to say that these mere Gashapons are WORKS OF ART!
But what the hell is a gashapon you ask, and why are these pieces so special even if they are just cookie cutters of the original designs?
Well let me explain: Gashapons are usually cheap crappy toys you can buy for 100-500 yen (about 1-5$ USD) a piece and are despensed in little toy machines. You're probably used to seeing those crappy little toy machines in your local arcades or grocery stores, wher eyou can get stickers or a simple fall apart toy for just quarters.
Well these are the Japanese equivalents, however in recent years Gashapon toys have become nicer as companies have realised that collectors are willing to shell out more money, for better quality items at the fraction of the cost!
So here we have these beautiful compacts!
I had my doubts when I saw the original prototype photos since they were photoshopped sooo much that i just prayed i would get any thing close to a nice authentic looking compact instead of having to spend the 300+ on a retro or even proplica compact!
These gashapon come in a variety of five designs:
♥Transformation Brooch
♥Crystal Star Compact
♥Cosmic Heart Compact
♥Crisis Moon Compact
♥Chibi Moon Crisis Compact
The detail is SERIOUSLY breath taking especially a someone as in love with SM as myself!
At just 500 yen a pop, these pieces are SERIOUSLY a gift from GOD onto the Moonie universe!
And, thanks to them being GASHAPONS, that means that anime specialty stores were able to sell these guys as well! So i gathered my 25$ and placed my pre-order the DAY they went up on Bluefin Tamashii!
Sooooo Much SHINY
And to my DELIGHT these guys are almost near the same size as the fullsized compacts that would have been in the show!
Because they ARE gashapons, I had expected they would perhaps be smaller, some where like the size of a keychain, but nope, they are HUGE in comparison to my expectations!
Additionally, each gashapon opens up to reveal this quite fugly, but very detailed, embossed yellow plastic outlining what would be the insides of these toys!
Personally, I'd have loved to have payed more just to buy additional stickers that you could put on the insides but i mean, i think for the price the quality is still stinking amazing!
They even recycled the inside design of a retro toy of this very compact too ahaha'''
Additionally, each gashapon opens up further under the yellow to reveal a little storage compartment, which is a fairly good size, enough to store some earrings, candy, or pills!!
Such a good valued Gashapon, I'm still super impressed!
They all also come with a nice little mirror, this one still has the film attached but it suffices enough i think to be able to at least apply lipgloss with ahaah....
Finally, I made a short youtube video, just to get that extra little eye candy visual on how stunning the work that was put into these babies was:
I really hope this company makes more of these in the future, I would LOVE to see them do the other sailor items or even compacts and pens for around the same price, you better believe I'll be right on those to snatch them up!
Have these made you want some of your own?
Thanks for reading, please leave comments and questions down below!
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Hi Guys!
Valentines Day is right around the corner, and with all the expensive gifts and dinners, I thought I would post about a wonderful alternative, and heartfelt valentine DIY!
It's cheap and affordable for your wallet so you can actually put your money towards a special treat for yourself or your loved ones!
Alrighty So here are the supplies you'll need:
♥ Cardstock Paper: You can find all kinds of these papers in many styles at Micheals!
♥ Frosted Paper: Also can be found in the paper isle at Micheals!
♥ Ribbon: 1/3 Inch size is Best for this size Valentine, but you can go larger to fit your Valentine!
♥ Hole Punch: for this project I used a heart shaped hole punch, but you can use a regular one or make your own
♥ Paper Punch: For this i used a heart shaped one, but you can print a heart template and cut you preference!
♥ Envelopes: For obvious reasons ( >u0 )Y
Next, using your paper punch, or heart template, cut out or trace and cut your desired design from your chosen cardstock!
For this project, I chose a cute pin stripe in pink!
Look how cute it's already starting to look! ^^
Make sure if you have a specific patterned paper, that you cut along the way you want the pattern to be displayed on your card, or it can wind up looking funny!
(I actually as you can see in the previous picture cut the first heart horizontal instead of vertical sooo00 lmao'''')
Great!
Now that you've gotten your cardstock cut, now you need to cut your frosted paper!
For this project i chose a light rosy color to compliment the look of my cardstock, but you can choose any of the several other designs and colors available in store!
Once you have all of your desired cards cut out, it's time to pull out that hole punch!
For mine I had a heart shaped holepunch so that's what I will be using, but you can use a regular hole punch, or even cut out your own shapes using an exacto knife or scissors carefully!
♥And wah la!♥
♥HEARTS!♥
To help make sure they are lined up properly I would recommend you try to layer the two papers and cut them together, but you don't have to do this!
Next, place the frosted paper ontop of your cardstock paper and line them up!
At this time you'll want to pull out your ribbon, and cut up some strips!
I personally like to cut them a tad bit longer since I like to fiddle with the bow a bit until i get it perfect, and if you cut the ribbon too short, this will be pretty difficult!
Once you've cut your strips, it's time to lace the ribbon through each side of the holes!
This will secure the two papers together, as well as looking super cute!
Next tie the ribbon ONCE into a knot.
This secures the ribbon and will help to keep the bow secure and also even and not lopsided!
Once you've done that you can go ahead and tie your bow!
For best results, you'll want to use a bowtie technique for this but you can tie a regular shoelace bow, you just will have to fiddle with the bow a bit to get it to sit straight!
And you're done!
This is a very cheap, easy, alternative valentine that any one can love!
Also it leaves flexibility for you to customize it to any kind of possibility or design you'd want!
You can then write a note on the cardstock, frosted paper, or, if you prefer to print something, you can run the cardstock or frosted paper through your printer first before cutting out your cards!
For the sake of time (and the fact i do not own a printer lol) I left mine blank for now!
Finally you can package them up into a little envelope and hand them out to your loved ones!
All together this project costs under 5$ (excluding the paper punches)
All craft supplies can be purchased or found online and instores for your local Micheals craftstore!
Thanks for reading and hope you all have a lovely time!
Today I am here to review for you, Lime Crimes’ new: Velvetines!
Lime Crime has picked up a lot of popularity over the past three years thanks to Tumblr and other social media, and is most well known for their SUPER Opaque, and creamy lipsticks, that come in a variety of wacky and wonderfully fun colors!
And this time, they’ve brought us a product that has RESTORED my faith in their ability to deliver what they are promoting, and that is the VELVETINES!.
From their Website:
VELVETINES
"Put it on… and forget about it."
Long-lasting, waterproof liquid lipstick that goes on with the ease of gloss and dries completely matte.
As always, Lime Crime has the BEST, most well thought and designed packaging, I am such a ho for good packaging and they did not dissapoint.
Velvetines comes in Two color choices the First is Suede Berry:
This color is a very orangey florescent red, and is scented in Lime Crimes signature sugary sweet scent.
This color is ideal for people with a warm undertone, and really compliments every thing from pastel colors, to dark black and winter colors.
The secound colour it comes in is a cool, deep red: Red Velvet.
This colour is my all time favorite red lip color EVER.
I have ALWAYS wanted a red this color, but every time (and trust me i have tried MANY) I’ve bought a red lipstick, with the promise of a deep sultry red, and matte, always it either wound up this Fire Hydrant red, or super glossy, and just does NOT do my lips any service.
But here we have Lime Crime, and to be honest I was wary to purchase this lip product, since the LAST TIME I bought one ( their Carousel lip glosses ugh) i was HORRIBLY disappointed by how un-even and thick the application was, and it was just an all over unpleasant experience.
How I rejoiced when i swatched these!
(excuse the orange swatch of Coquette 8P) LOOK! A SEAMLESS MATTE FINISH!! AND TRUE TO COLOR, NO OXIDATION HERE!!!
FRHIUFU:KDJIORKJ
SERIOUSLY. I almost cried putting this on my lips!
The applicator is really interesting too, although I know most are felt tipped, this one actually FEELS like velvet quality, so not only when the product dries, does it FEEL like velvet but you get the sensation of applying velvet to your lips in the process!
Although application is VERY tricky. Because this product is quite LITERALLY liquid do not buy this product thinking it is the consistency of a lipgloss because it is NOT!
Rather, it reminds me a lot of super watery acrylic paint and dries in the same manner as well.
I would definitely recommend investing in lip liners for these colors (HEY Lime Crime lets get some lip liners too huhuhuhhh ~<3) since getting a crisp clean line with the felt applicator is VERY difficult.
Putting it on, i found it was BEST to use only one or two coats, thankfully the product is pigmented to the heavens (another signature feature of Lime Crime) so you don’t need more than that. AND trust me, you do NOT want to use more than TWO coats, because when the product DOES fully dry, you will have this very powdery mess that crackles and rolls into “makeup” balls *similar looking to lint balls*.
The best thing about this product I’d have to say is it’s long lasting wear. Seriously, I can lick, bite, kiss, just about any thing and this lip color wont budge. Without eating or drinking i can guarantee you will get at least a good 4-6 hours of full wear with out re-application.
Excuse me as I get emotional now writing this because if you are like me, and are OBSESSED with finding the perfect lip color in pink or red, you UNDERSTAND how HARD it is to find these things, and I really do mean it when I say that Lime Crime has done this. They have created THE perfect matte red lip product.
The only negative critique I could say is the fragrance. Personally I am VERY impartial to the signature scent of Lime Crime products. I do not like having my lip products scented to be honest, and quite frankly don’t like having the scent of a cupcake sugar bomb resting under my nose throughout the day.
I hope to one day see Lime Crime product a “scentless” option of their popular products, but i guess until then I will bear with it.
Ultimately this product has restored my faith in Lime Crimes’ ability to produce and put out EXACTLY what they are marketing, and i PRAY they never stop making this line because it is TRULY a Miracle Lipstick!
