Soul Sister scans v11 part 1~!

Hey sweeties!

So in an earlier post I mentioned about scanning my soul sister in as for me it can be a bit tricky to find scans for this magazine. Been thinking about how I wanted to do it and decided to do it in parts to split it up and not make it too picture heavy!

Luckily this magazine is at the time when it's going into spring, so I hope you'll find this helpful ^^

I will eventually put a tab on the blog where you can see just the magazine scans! Shall get that sorted soon. Now on to the scans. (I'll only be putting a max of around 10 in each posts as I don't want it to be too image heavy)

Pure sass and bad ass

Anyone feeling a Juicy Couture feel? Just me?

These were two of my favourite pages, they all look amazing and each model has their own feel. Love how their all in a different brand too!

Awesome outfits for when it's just going to spring! I love how this magazine has people in crazy tights, gothy boots, leggings and more. Soul sister shows you can wear different things and still have a mature look and be gyaru =)

Like industrial sites have always been the best place to hang out.

That's it for this post, it's kind of a feeler for me to see if people like it, how many images I should do and more. It the next posts I include the previous part links as well. Also the magazine has this filter printed on all of the pages, it wasn't my scanner's fault D:

Blog soon cuties

Clairey

xoxo

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Bear Bows and Floral Hearts

Hi guys~!

It's been so long since I've last blogged or even done gal! University turns me into a hermit I swear, but at least I'm fashionable hermit. I've been working very hard on my swimwear but I will go into that more in a different post. 

I've bought a lot of new items and really expanded my Hime and Himekaji wardrobe (but of course forgot to blog about any and left half at home and half at uni..) But fair to say I've found a new favorite brand, Tralala! Tralala is very versatile going from playful cute to over the top hime (Some quite nice rokku tartan pieces too and plenty of playful t shirts), which I've filled my wardrobe with both. Tralala is also quite easy on the wallet as well alongside Liz Lisa, which is great for me since I'm building my wardrobe again. Also Tralala has amazing room wear I already have two pieces coming my way and one comes with a little towel set too, it really makes me want to have more Gyaru sleepovers.

I also tried out a new eye make up shape today. I looked at a tutorial in Ageha by Himena but then made it a little more smokey and softer. I'm really happy with the result! It's a completely new style so I felt a bit nervous but I think it turned out okay. I think I'll do this eye style in the future ^^ .  I borrowed Clairey's bodyline wig and I really like the colour on me, which is a surprise! I didn't think I'd suit blonde ^^. 

Outfit Rundown ^^

Dress: Tralala
Skirt: Miss Selfridge
Necklace: Jesus Diamante 

Bracelet: Topshop

Hair Pieces: La Pafait and Magical Harts (coming soon!)

Wig: Bodyline.

I Really love my new tralala dress and used a fluffy skirt to make it more poofy ^^ I got to wear my necklace Clairey bought for me for our birthday too, were 22 now! Me and Clairey are going out tomorrow to meet up with Rachel tomorrow for a shopping lunch date~!

What's your favourite Gyaru Brand?
Blog soon xx  

Enter the Kawaii World of Brogan Coral | Art Prints Review

When I was searching on storenvy to find some cute prints to put on my boring walls I wasn't having much luck until I managed to find Brogan Coral's shop. Brogan is an illustrator based in the UK. Her shop offers mini prints, large prints, books, pins, sparkly prints and more.

Immediately I fell in love with her artwork. Its an over the top kawaii overdose, and that is good thing. The women in her art look like they've just came out of  mahou shoujo anime and everything just looks so dreamy. Her artwork features different Japanese fashion styles and some well known figures too. I've actually ordered from her twice now and this isn't a sponsored review. But let's get into it.

Quality & Pricing

Above are the pictures of what I ordered. One large print and two small prints. With the Large print costing $9.00 (As storenvy only sells in dollars) and the small prints being $3.00. 

The picture quality of these prints are amazing, everything is very clear, vibrant and there's no grittiness or pixelation. This go for both size prints. All of it seems to flow pretty nicely and it doesn't look like it's been stretched out to fit. There is a difference of the type of papers though. For the smaller prints they're more glossy with rounded edges whilst the larger prints have a more smooth matte finish with normal edges. None of which affect the quality.

The pricing seems pretty fair to me, infact I feel the pricing is very affordable. If we take in dollars and turn them into pounds which as of today's post a large print is £6.49. Which seems good to me considering I'm buying this off an indie illustrator and the quality being as good as it is. 

Post and Packaging.

With the cost of shipping to the UK being $8 which converts into £5.77 which again seems fair to me considering the costs of posting itself, the envelope is was posted in and also the packaging costs. Each of my orders were all sent the next day too first class postage and arrived the next day as well! 

It all arrived in wonderful condition with stickers featuring her work being on the envelope which let me know which post to open first and get all excited about! When I opened it, all of her works were packaged nicely in plastic wrapping which made sure all of the prints arrived clean and undamaged. Each piece was wrapped individually too.

Customer Experience

Ok so I've kind of purposely been not telling you something in this post. With every order you get a free gift. Which is a crazy nice thing for the owner to do. I was just expecting some candy or a badge or something small like that but nope she included free artwork! And no not just small art prints, holographic art prints (which my photo really doesn't show off well) and also large prints too which I totally can't find where my photos of them are! Grr!

She seem to also guess which other pieces I would of liked also! 

All of my communications with the owner were lovely too, she quickly messaged me every time my order updated and answered my questions quickly too.

So taking everything in consideration I'd give this store 5 out of 5 stars!

So if you would like to give her store a visit click here!

Clairey xx

Shoe Strap or Belt Hole Tutorial

Oh no the shoes strap (or belt) doesn’t fit right! it’s too tight or loose and you need more holes, but put that needle or nail away. Today I thought I’d do a mini tutorial about how to put more holes in the way I learnt in footwear classes in college. Unfortunately we measured incorrectly for the ankle strap and its too big, but thanks to my lessons I know an easy way to get a more professional look then using a needle.

What you will need

1. a heavy duty hollow punch tool for leather (I measured the ankle strap holes and chose 1.5mm which worked great, but you should measure the holes on your shoe/belt) as pictured I purchased mine on ebay very cheaply here
2. A ruler! for measuring the holes and the distance between them
3. A pen or pencil marking tool
4. mallet or hammer
5.work surface or scrap wood you do not mind getting dents on.

And here’s how to do it~!

1. Try on the shoe/belt and mark on the reverse/wrong side where you need the extra holes for it to fit. Then take off the shoe/belt.
2. Using the ruler measure how far the holes are apart and note this down so you can make your new holes spaced apart the same (Mine was 5mm).

3.  Remembering that measurement mark on the wrong side of your shoe/belt with your pen or pencil in middle (like the already existing holes) spacing them out until you reach your mark you put on earlier to show where it fits (if like mine the fit mark is in the middle just do another hole after it )

4. Go to your work surface or get your scrap wood. As you can see the punch leaves dents even if you are light and careful!

5. Place your shoe/belt down on the surface/ scrap wood so you can easily see the markings you made. (sorry for the shadow, I needed the light on so I could see the markings) you can push down with the hole punch tool so that it leaves a little impression which will let you check that its in the right position. Don’t worry too much about making it perfect and equal~!

6. Hammer time! But don’t worry its very easy. Hold the hole punch further down and steady it, hammer the tip of the tool with some force. Don’t worry you can remove it and check if you’ve gone all the way through if your nervous but I found it needed some force. Once you punched the hole remove the leather cut out from your tool and move on to the next one until finished.

 

And walla! all complete~ don’t worry about any bumps around the holes you just put in they will go away with wear. It might be intimidating to do but in my opinion it gives a much better looking result~! I thought this would be helpful for cosplay as well as general things. Ask away if I wasn’t clear in anything in the comments, I hope this helps

Blog Soon x
Amy

An Tai Na shoes review

Hi cuties, hope you are all enjoying the summer, we just got back from a holiday so sorry for not posting for a while >< . Now some of you might of noticed we ordered some lolita shoes that fit with Hime very well. These were one of the first things I ordered when building my wardrobe as it became very clear I had no shoes suitable at all~!
We both chose An Tai Na for it’s custom sizing, but when our lolita friend came in wearing them at a photo shoot we were convinced to order since they looked so lovely! Ordering from An Tai Na may look a little confusing with all the customizing and it being a Taoboa shop, but don’t worry, we’ll do a mini guide at the end of the review ^^
Now onto the shoes!

This is how the shoes were packaged once I got of all the plastic wrapping all over the box (forget to photograph it haha!) The box is a little worn and bent but that doesn’t matter! The lid had my details on it so I didn’t take a photograph but it was reassuring to see all the details. I love that each shoe has its own little bag to keep it safe! I chose EMS by the way ^^ it took 3 weeks for my shoes to be made and shipped over which I think is good. They forgot to email me that my shoes were on the way but it made it a nice surprise!

The first shoes we ordered are the white bunny heels~! they jumped right out at us when we were looking at all the different shoes and we just had to get them! Of course like all the shoes they are colour customizable so you can choose whatever you like ^^. We chose white to get a more magical look.
Our shoes are customised: White, 4.5cm heel height and are for a shoe size of  27cm ( uk 8 maybe 8 1/2)

The shoes are very detailed and look even cuter in person! The shoe has had a lot of work into such as the mock lace trim around the shoe which is scalloped and even has little hearts dotted about. The ankle strap matches too and has a large heart buckle on it <3 The fluff ball and the bunny bow are detachable on shoe clips so you can dress down the shoe (and not worry about damaging anything!) over all the shoe is comfortable to wear and feels very secure, I don’t feel like anything will break on them. I love the little heel and the heel height was actually recommended to me as better for my shoe size, which I appreciate their consideration.

One warning about these shoes is that they turned out to be real fur, so please take this into mind when ordering them.

Over all Review

Design: 5/5
Comfort: 5/5
Quality 4/5 (a few threads but brilliant for the price)
Price: 5/5 $38 US dollars!

The second shoes we got were the Pink Crown heels ~! These are my staple Hime shoes now. I picked these to be pink but once again there is many different colour options which you can see on the product page as well!
Our shoes are customised: Light Pink, 4.5cm heel height and are for the same shoe size ^^

When you see the shoe unpacked the crown looks floppy but no fear, when worn  it looks a lot nicer. the crown has cute studs to represent jewels on it too. I chose this shoe as it’s slightly more wearable then the bunny ones and goes with a lot more ^^. I chose the crown shoes as crowns are a frequent symbol in Hime fashion. Unlike the other shoes these have a more round front which gives a different feel.

Once again the quality of the shoes are great and very comfy, I think I might wear these more than my bunny shoes since I can see them going with more of my wardrobe ^^

Over all Review

Design: 5/5
Comfort: 5/5
Quality 4/5 (not as many threads on this one though)
Price: 5/5 $38 US dollars again~!

So there the shoes I bought ^^ I just bought another pair of a lolita sales comm which I can’t wait to arrive. Their flats and black, had to be sensible this time~! I would definitely recommend buying An Tai Na as they are great quality, very customizable, do a big size range ( even foot sizes bigger than a uk 8) and Have great customer service.

buying guide

For my buying experience I went on their TaoBao store and searched for the shoes I wanted. You can search by heel height which is easy to spot without translating it. You could also translate it for more specific results, but for me I just went through them all as you can change heel height on the shoes.

Once you have found the shoes you want, you can then email their English speaking customer service person, she has very good English and was great at answering my questions. I pasted the urls of the shoes into the email and specified any customising I wanted such as heel height etc.

She’ll then email back asking for your foot size and country. Measuring your foot size is quite easy and if your worried you can ask questions to the customer service.

After this it is just confirming your order details and choosing your shipping, they confirmed the price very early on as well and have multiple shipping options. I chose EMS which for two shoes to England cost around £50, they didn’t email me my shipping code but my order was in the stated time so I have no complaints there ^^.

I hope you found this review useful ^^ An Tai Na shoes for other j fashions as well so check them out! they have some pretty cool platforms and lolita boots which I might look at next

Blog soon
Amy and Clairey xx

Gyaru Haul: La Pafait, Dia and more!

What’s up Guys and Gals?
Sorry for the radio silence!!! We both kind of got sucked into life a little and trying to focus on other things but here’s a haul that has been waiting to be shown for a long while. We actually have been building it since the start of 2015! Most of it was for our birthday which was in February but some was after. But anyway let’s get on to the goodies! Oh and this haul contains brands and off brands and make sure to read our tips at the bottom of the post for the perfect Gyaru haul.

Yay La Pafait gemmed up accessories! Because you can’t have just a cute little bear on its own right? No, you need tonnes of rhinestones! When we first opened up our package including these we actually first panicked a little. The seller we bought this off kindly included an extra necklace and two hair accessories! How sweet was that c:

Even though it is getting warmer these furry knit items are still great for spring, especially for colder countries. The black knit pom pom headband is from Glad News and the furry snood is offbrand.



Now these beauties are perfect for spring and summer. The top two vests are off brand and the bottom is Dream V. I love all the lace detailing on the Dream V piece.

Ahh Gold’s Infinity we do love you! This is a cold shoulder cardigan with a hood. Great for finishing an outfit off or when there’s a cool breeze.

And finishing off our haul and possibly our favourite pieces are our DIA belts and bag. The bag was the bag used for the Lucky packs this year. It is super useful! So big and roomy. Then we have our two belts. We thought that the belts would be pretty heavy with all the metal work and chains they have but they’re surprisingly light! These were our dream buys too.

Gyaru Haul Pro Tips!

1. First of all research want you want first! This will help you keep the price down and stop you from buying too many similar things.
2. You can find perfectly gal items on the high-street. This is where your research comes to play. It may take a little bit more work but it’s worth it if your a gal on a budget!
3. Two words. Colour coordination, make sure the items you buy go with your wardrobe. Or you’ll find yourself having to buy more items to go with it or selling it on.
4. Facebook groups! There are loads of gals wanting to sell off pieces of there wardrobes to other gyaru’s. These groups can be great for finding that rare item, getting the latest buys or rather getting some old school pieces and all at a great price too!
5. DIY, sometimes it really is best just to do it yourself. It may be that you dream item is way to expensive, you just can’t find what you’ve envisioned or that you really just can’t find the item… ANYWHERE!

So these are our five top tips for the perfect gyaru haul and our gyaru haul! We really hope you have enjoyed this post! The last tip was our special tip. We will be touching on DIY in our future posts as it is a great way to make something truly unique and yours!

So what was your recent favourite buy?

Blog soon
Clairey and Amy xx

Getting back into the swing of it.

Hi Gals!
First off thank you so much Sofia from the blog Sophkittycat for doing our blog banner for us, it fit’s us perfectly~!
After the last post I’m diving right into it. This outfit has a lot of inspirations behind it and is totally perfect for me. I like to wear fun outfits that kind of fit summer more than winter but this mix does it for me.


Most of what I’m wearing was gifts from Christmas from my twin. I just loved the armwarmers the little fur accent is just the cutest and she gave me matching boot covers which she found me, thanks twinny! I was really inspired by Black Diamond for the hair, so this wig from Lockshop was a no brainer. I really like the cute low pigtails I put in and can’t wait to style it more, the bigger the better!

Outfit Rundown

Wig – Lockshop
Necklace – handmade
Top – Gift  River Island
Armwarmers – Gift
Shorts – Primark
Boot Covers – Gift
Shoes – New Look boots altered into a ankle boot.

I really love this style and wanna play more with unusual hair colours and this cute fun style with a rokku vibe.
Hope you like it gals! ♥
Clairey xx