It's Feeling Like Jumper Weather~ OOTD & Our Fave Jumpers ♥

 Hey cuties!

First of all we hope you had a really good Christmas or other holidays around this time~ 🎄 We had a really nice cosy Christmas and was able to see our older sister, but it's back to lockdown now. 

It's defiantly a lot colder now especially in the UK so it's perfect weather for jumpers and other knit wear! So inspired by this we wrapped up warm in our favourite jumpers!

Jumper: Cecil Mcbee
Necklace: Juicy Couture
Headband: New Look

Amy here! I was super happy to find this logo sweater as it is so old school which I love. I wore some denim shorts with this look and I'm really enjoying dressing in a more casual style as well as Hime sometimes. I heard the news a while back that Cecil Mcbee is now closing, which is so sad 😔, I will just have to look out for some of their older pieces online instead. I tried something new with my inner eye make up drawing it thinner but I think I prefer it thicker, I love experimenting it makes you realise what you love more 💖. 

  Necklace: Glavil
Jumper: Off brand
Skirt: Primark

Clairey here! So this look was a bit different for me makeup wise! I normally do quite a big thicker eye shape but wanted to try a more delicate thinner one. Personally I don't think it is for me 😅 I like it but it doesn't feel like me. Outfit wise, I've been wanting to inject more leopard into my looks. As someone who really loves rokku and ane gyaru, I can sometimes be a bit shy of leopard! Which I know sounds crazy 😂 So I wanted to do leopard but with a bit more of a glamourous flair.

As we do live in England, where it's jumper weather practically all the time we wanted to share some our fave gyaru jumper pieces too! Clairey going first.

L - R Glad News Poncho style and chunky WC jumper.

I really love these two pieces! My twin bought me the Glad News jumper a while back and she just bought me the different colour way this Christmas 😲. It's blue, red and white which adds to my Britannia coloured wardrobe 😂 The WC jumper is really warm and chunky, I bought it earlier this year and have worn it a few times already. 

L-R Disneyworld Balloon Spirt Jersey and JSG jumper Dress

Okay so technically the Walt Disney jumper isn't gyaru, but I think it fits right in! The colours really remind me of Amekaji. I wore this jumper in this post of our blog. Next this JSG jumper! JSG is one of my fave brands ever so I'm really happy to have this 💖 my twin struck gold again and managed to get me the other colourway of this jumper (more traditional British colours). She told me when she saw me pick those two as my fave jumpers she knew she did a good job 😂

L-R Cecil Mcbee Barbie jumper and Disneyworld Minnie jumper

Amy here, the photo doesn't do any justice to the Barbie jumper it's neon pink in real life 😒 I haven't been able to wear my Barbie jumper yet but I can't wait to! the run up to Christmas in retail is fun 😅 But it's going to be perfect for British weather as it's so fluffy and warm. I had to share my Disney jumper too, I think it can be styled in an Amekaji way too though this jumper is better for the warmer months not winter ⛄ 

L-R River Island pearl jumper and New Look pink pearl and diamante jumper.

Of course I had to include something perfect for sweet styles too! I bought both of these pink jumpers from western brands which is normally hard to find something so sweet 🎀 I think both of these pieces would look great with a cute skirt for a wintery Hime look ☃ I'm so glad I have these two completely different not the same pink jumpers with pearl and diamante embellishment 😂 

So there's our post cuties! We both have super gotten into Koda Kumi lately, we watched her live Universe Concert from the 2010's free on youtube and fell in love! Do you have a fave song from her?

Gyaru Ranzuki Scans~! 2010 Oct Part 1

 Hey cuties!

I wish I could of posted this sooner but my studies are really taking up my time 😩

In my last haul I picked up a Ranzuki magazine which is from Oct 2010 and the late 2000's is my fave gyaru era! It's actually when I first started getting into gyaru. The makeup, the hair, the ott cuteness it just makes my heart so happy and bright! 🌞

And this issue has tonnes of it! So I wanted to share with you some of my fave pages. Ranzuki is quite a thick magazine so this might go in a few parts. This part is going to be mostly fashion but the issue does have some really cute makeup tutorials I will share in the future!

If you want to check our Autumn gyaru haul we did with brands like La Pafait, Ma*rs, Cecil Mcbee, WC Japan and more you can check out this video.

So let's begin! What a cute cover, can you remember the usamimi's? They were so huge at the time! What do you think? Do you want them to come back or leave them in the past?

How cute is this model and her make 😍 I don't know her name because I was more of an Egg magazine fan so if you know please do tell me 😅

Such a cute red and blue edit! I love seeing the cute bobs with curls. Great for me with my shorter hair.

 

I seriously cannot get over this JSG playsuit. JSG truly is one of my favourite brands 💖 if I wasn't so tall I would of been all over this 😭

So I think you all know that I had to include this 😍 it's so nice to see JSG's more rocky side as well as the normal pop neon side. I just love the hair and the make! Very rocky Britannia style. 

I really love this Autumn Trend News edit! It all makes me feel so nostalgic, I remember the boho maxi dresses with different fabrics, florals and LOTS of tartan <3 

Who remembers hats? I remember the sailor hat and little sailor dresses were really stylish.

Okay so this is my sweet spot. I love love all this leopard with Glad News and Gilfy 💜 

So that's it for now! I'm definitely going to be continuing scanning in my fave pages from this Ranzuki but I might also scan in some more of my gyaru magazine collection too! Next time I'll be sharing some of the makeup and hair tutorials and some more fashion. 

What are some of your favourite 2000's gyaru trends?

Clairey xoxo

Twin Knit Project Start~!

Hello cuties!

Last year I started knitting to relax with, but also feel like I'm doing something productive, which knitting is perfect for. I stick to more mindless repetitive patterns so I don't have to focus as much 😅 I love seeing the progress that I make when knitting which makes it hard to stop too haha. After making a lot of basic bows I moved onto garments making Ripple Bralettes

I started off with some cheap cone wool to make my very first one, so if I messed up it isn't as harsh on the purse. But then discovered you can get hand dyed wool! I love seeing all of the colour combinations and different textures. I now have a super big stash of amazing hand dyed wool which I just keep adding too 😛 So, I picked out a yarn I thought my twin would love (which would be something neon) is when I made my twin the yellow bralette. I started to change up the length and got confident making them fit perfectly for our shape. After I made the bralette for Clairey she caught the bug too for knitting (sorry Clairey, you're going to buy loads of wool like me 😂) and now we knit together.

Once Clairey got the basics we joined the same designers secret knit-a-long to make the two pieces at the top. There like a very cute high neck crop which yes, you can wear knits in summer! Although I did have a little sneaky peak to see if it was something we'd both like. I also included my other pieces all using patterns from Jessie Maed. Her designs are great for beginners who are ready to try garments and there so fun to knit too. So after this knit, Clairey and I wanted to do a matching knit together and make matching jumpers together! I really suggest Jessie, she includes lots of tips in the tutorial and on her Instagram she has lil video clips on how to do certain stitches. I've also messaged her before to check something with her and she replied and was super helpful. Plus she's hella size inclusive and makes super cute hot patterns.

(Photo belonging to Jessie Maed) 

We chose this pattern which is new to me, but all of my knits are tank tops so we wanted something with sleeves. We are going to knit the length a little longer, around hip length, but you can customise and decide if you want it to be super crop or longer.

For yarn we chose Ernold Same in slub by Fleabubs by Lala which is absolutely gorgeous! It's so squishy and the colours look great on the slubby yarn. I've always wanted to knit with slubby yarn (slubby yarn is where the yarn has cute slubs *poof balls* which creates a fun texture) but wasn't able to find it in colours I liked until now. It's like a rainbow pastel watercolour which is great for me, who likes more lighter colours and Clairey, who likes everything bright!

And since it's our first twin project I bought some special stitch markers which were more seasonal when I bought them! I fell in love that they have little pumpkins to hold as well. I know our knit is more Christmas winter time but they were too cute to pass up. Come on, it's lil ghosts trick or treating!

Here is our start, on Clairey's beauty and the beast project bag she bought from Etsy. We had a bit of a rough start as we got used to the slubby yarn, turns out it's not super beginner friendly yarn but once we got used to it was lovely to knit up. At the start it was hard to read the stitches but after a couple of rows its all fine. The slubs and the texture look gorgeous and I'm so happy we bought this yarn. When doing a twin knit together not only would it mean we have a matching knit but it also means we are going to spend time together watching movies (Maybe some cheesy Christmas movies? I know Dolly Parton is coming out with one) 

Are you doing any crafting projects this autumn winter? What crafting do you do?

Small Business Saturday! - Let's Go Fairily plus Kawaii Disney Plushies

Hey cuties! 

Having a small business ourselves we know how important it is to support and share small businesses. We are all following our dream and making things that make us happy! We know ourselves just how happy we are to have a sale or review and with that being said, we wanted to share with you our review of a new small kawaii business we found. We hope to do this as often we can and recommend you our favourite businesses ♥

Through Instagram we saw someone buy these really cute earrings from Let's Go Fairily. They make really cute earrings and brooches and are based in the U.K. Being massive Disney fans we knew we had to pick some up, they even had some cute Halloween style earrings! We bought two pairs each (sorry the lighting wasn't the best it's been stormy these past days) and dressed up in our best Disney garb!

We decided to both take inspiration from when we see gyaru's visit Tokyo Disneyland but do the makeup more in a 2008-2010s gyaru style as it's our fave era and when we really got into gyaru 💖

Okay Clairey here! Of course I had to get a pair of the bat bow earrings! There so soft and fluffy 😍 my twin also got me the lilac pair too! There nice and light to wear. For this look I knew I wanted to wear my balloons spirit jersey I got from Walt Disney World from the before Covid times. As in right before in early March and when we came back we were shortly into lockdown 😞 Anyway, I wanted to keep my make a bit more neutral with the gold eyeshadow and doing makeup more inspired by 2010's gyaru, but I had to put a sprinkle of glitter on my cheeks just like we did at Disneyland.

And now Amy! I had to wear my Minnie jumper and Cinderella 'My Happy Place' hat, I bought a summer and a winter version of this hat so I can keep the Disney magic all year round. Luckily for me I saw a matching pair of blue earrings in the store to go with my hat perfectly. To keep the theme going I used blue eyeshadow which was fun to try. Just like Clairey I used the same glitter on my cheeks that we did at Disneyland, a young girl was amazed with our 'Pixie Dust' and it's such a cute memory to look back on. 

Now onto the review! The earrings were £7.00 and are available with different earring findings including non pierced ears. We were so happy to see how large and cute the earrings were when unpacked them and they all came wrapped up nicely. Although large they are super lightweight and very comfortable. Everything is crafted to a high quality and the earring themselves are surgical steel, the earrings are also backed with felt so they are not flimsy at all. Being U.K based as well our earrings arrived very quickly in a matter of days. I would 100% recommend Let's Go Fairily and I'm already wanting to buy more in different colours, they also have some super cute Christmas tree decorations too which is super tempting!

 

Now back to Clairey! It seems right to include this being Disney and all. But I sneakily got Amy and I these cute Daisy and Chip/Dale plushies on a Facebook selling group. I think she got them from Toreba or some other claw games which I'm not very good at 😅 I don't get the technique or what to grab so I'm happy to have found them! I don't know what line or collection there from but they remind me of magical girls, and both of them were £24 each which is pretty good I think 💕

Well we hoped you enjoyed this post! We are super excited to start doing small business Saturday's, we plan to share other kawaii shops we love but also maybe some knitting related ones too, who knows! We just also want to clarify that we bought everything in this post and it is not sponsored 💖 The small business Saturdays posts are going to be us sharing shops that we love and buy from. 

What is your favourite films/shows that you like from Disney?

Ojamajo Doremi + Pom Pom Purin Kuji

Hi cuties! 

Recently we both learnt about Ichiban Kuji's when we saw a live on Instagram and saw all the cool prizes. We missed out on that Kuji, (I think it was Sailor Moon) but we got hooked and found out more about them.

 Ichiban Kuji's are like a raffle with different prizes some big prizes like a large plushie or small like a keychain. You always win as each ticket has a prize and there are kuji of all different fandoms including cute Sanrio ones! We asked around and got recommended Otaku House by a lot of people, so we entered a couple on their website. Their website is really easy to use and they do livestreams on YouTube where they draw your ticket which is really fun. There's so much excitement and anticipation when you are waiting and we have always been happy with our gets so far, even if it's not one of the top prizes. We entered a couple of Kujis and we received 2 packages this week with our prizes.

The first kuji we entered was a test one so we picked out an Ojamajo Doremi cosmetic kuji which had flat shipping and I won the D prize which was a crème colour compact. 

I got a really nice turquoise colour that has gold glitter in it. It came bubble wrapped in a small package and arrived safely. It took around 8-9 days to get here which I'm happy with as the shipping price was really cheap.

It's really glittery but also colourful and will be perfect as an eyeshadow for Clairey not so much me but I was happy with it as I adore magical girl anime (especially the older ones) and now I know how it all works.

Then this package arrived! With Kuji you watch live to see the tickets drawn and Clairey entered a Pom Pom Purin Cook With Me Kuji and luckily won two bowls which match! So Otaku house emailed us with a shipping quote for the two bowls which was with DHL Express 2-3 days shipping which came to £15.80 plus a very small customs fee which Clairey didn't mind as DHL is usually good for us, it was super quick and tracked too. 

This is how they were packed inside, the boxes for the bowls are so cute and the bowls inside are kept safe with Styrofoam so they arrived in one piece.

These are the two bowls! They look super cute together. The design is really simple yet super adorable and they're a nice size for rice or other small dishes. They're really nice quality too, I was hoping that they wouldn't be plastic and when they arrived I was relieved to see they were ceramic. We are so happy we won both of these matching bowls as we can now have one each!

The bowls have a cute design on the inside as well. After this we entered a couple more Kujis. We pre-ordered some tickets for the upcoming Kirby Starlight Theatre kuji, I entered the Ojamajo Doremi cosmetic kuji again winning two eyeshadows! I don't know what colours they are yet as their like a blind box which is exciting, heres hoping for pink. Finally, Claire entered a Sumikkogurashi kuji which will make some perfect Xmas pressies👀  

Overall we're really over the moon with our prizes so far and do like how Otaku House does things and will be continuing to use them. I think it is a blessing and a curse that we found out about kuji's. My purse is already feeling the effects 😭 but I know this isn't going to be the end of entering kuji's. 

Blog soon
Amy 

Autumn Gyaru Haul WC, Cecil Mcbee, Ma*rs and more!

 Hey cuties! 

Now that we're back into blogging we wanted to share a gyaru autumn haul we did! We bought these in summer so it was a little weird looking at sweaters in 30c degrees. We also did this as a video as well so if you want to watch instead you can. 

Autumn and Winter are our favourite seasons so we were happy to be able to dress in knits again. Here are our co-ord details.

Headband: Glad news
Jumper: W♥C
Shorts: Primark

Clairey was trying out this new wig which was very blonde brown ashy tones. She knew she wanted mega cosy feels and when she put on the headband the look was complete. Clairey said she could stay in this forever.

Canotier: Angelic Pretty
Scarf: La Pafait
Necklace and Bracelet: our shop Magical Harts
Bolero: La Pafait
Jumper and socks: Primark
Skirt: Metamorphose Temps de Fille

With wearing hime gyaru, I sometimes can use some of my lolita fashion pieces. Since we're so tall I use the Metamorphose lucky pack skirts purely for hime gyaru outfits. You can find jewellery or 'royal' looking prints which match hime gyaru perfectly.

Now onto the haul ♥ we bought these on Fril using FromJapan shopping service.

Clairey bought these two W♥C jumpers, W♥C is her favourite brand but she mostly has summery or bright items by them. So for Autumn she definitely wanted some nice thick jumpers from them but more darker colours. She seems to jump from bright to dark colours for Autumn/Winter pretty quickly XD

I bought this Glamorous Jane jumper which isn't my usual style but I loved the design so much I had to get it. It was really far back on Fril so I wasn't even sure I would be able to buy it 😅 But I might style this in a DIA style which will be cool and new for me to do.

I bought these two Cecil Mcbee jumpers which I'm really happy with, the Barbie jumper has fluffy sleeves on it and I'm really happy I found the old school black logo sweater. I think I'm probably going to buy more from Cecil Mcbee as I really like their style. Maybe a new favourite brand for me 😊 

I found this Playboy kogal vest which I bought to replace one I had a while ago which I gave away sadly. My original was in pink as well but I wasn't able to find one in my size 😓 but I really like this one too, the button down is so cute.

So I guess we will start of with Clairey's dream item, the Kumatan bag! We both got into gyaru in the 2010's and she's always wanted it as soon as she saw it. Imagine wearing just a huge Kumatan face for a bag. The ANAP top is more of a crop off the shoulder batwing top with a a union jack which fits perfectly in her wardrobe with her other union jack tops 😂 she has a type for sure! She also picked up a Ranzuki magazine for cheap. We collect Ageha and Egg magazines as that is what we were most into but we never really checked out Ranzuki. The cover both pulled us in and after opening it we super love it! Very cute and we wish we checked it out sooner!

Onto jewellery, I wanted to get some pieces which could make more plain sweater look more gyaru. I instantly thought of Ma*rs as they are really girly with their jewellery and I was really happy to find two matching pieces from the same seller. Unfortunately, my Cecil Mcbee necklace turned out to be much much smaller than I thought however it was cheap so thats okay. I have my ma*rs and la pafait pieces which I can rely on instead of this tiny cross haha!

Finishing off with this cute La Pafait necklace and hair clip set that Clairey bought for me for Christmas. Okay, so she wanted to show it me cause she knows Hime is very coordinated and wanted to know if it will fit my wardrobe but omg look! It has such cute gems inside and if you shake it they will move all around. I don't have many mainly white hime items (mostly very pink or cream and pink etc) so it definitely helps 💖 now to wait until Christmas 😭 

So that is it cuties! That is our Autumn gyaru haul, we're both so happy to be back to blogging and making a video and hope you've enjoyed! Looking at this so makes me want to jump back onto Fril and look at more items but now we have Christmas to think about.

Amy (with Clairey too) xxxx