Bodyline Review

Order Process

Order placed - February 9th [Late Night]
Paid - February 9th [Late Night]
Received Tracking Information - February 11th
Shipped - February 12th
Received - February 15th

Let me just say that DHL shipping is the most trackable shipping I've ever encountered. The trip from Tokyo, Japan to Walla Walla, WA was done in 18 steps, which was shown every step of the way~!

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My order was... in a trash bag? Ahaha, not really. The material it was wrapped in was definitely thicker than a trash bag, but I expected something like this, as I've seen previous reviews.

The bag was entirely intact but for this tiny bit of tearing, so I chose to cut it open right there!

All the items. Three pairs of shoes, two blouses, and two cardigans. The shoes were packed with hard cardboard and tissue paper, plus little plastic rods to keep everything in proper form and wrapped in tissue paper. The clothes all came in their own seperate Bodyline bags.

 My first purchase was Bodyline's Baby Buckle Replica shoes in Enamel Pink, size 22.5

Despite the fact that I ordered the smallest size, the shoes are still slightly big on me, this is the gap that is in the back of the shoes if I move my toes clear to the front but with the addition of insoles they'll fit just fine.

They're adorable!

The shoes had a bit of glue? On the side of them that I tried to get off with a fingernail but instead I slightly dented the shoe. Ahaha. I'm not worried though, I spent only 19$ on them and I'm horrible at keeping my shoes in good condition.

 Another pair of shoes! They're fabulous and fit a bit tighter than the Baby Buckle replicas, so they're definitely much better.

I love the look of them, my only worry is going to be running around in heels, which I'm less of a fan of than platforms or flats.

If they were miraculously flats, they'd be even cuter to the other shoes!

Pink cardigan!

Unfortunately the cardigans I ordered turned out to be too big on me! It's a huge disappointment, honestly.

 The red one is my favorite, but again. Still too big.

It's exactly the color I wanted, and they're beautiful cardigans but there's just no way to fix the size mistake. I ordered the only size they stock: medium, and while I was within the bottom half of the measurements, it WAS supposed to fit. It didn't.

Lindsey ordered two blouses, a white one.

And a blue one. They're cute, however the collars are just absolutely HUGE. We're going to go about altering them into something a little less...crazy.


So there's my review! 22.5 fits my foot well enough that I'll be buying from Bodyline again, unfortunately the cardigans are just too big, but the blouses fit Lindsey perfectly. I guess it's just hit and miss when it comes to WHAT you order from Bodyline, thankfully ordering from them is cheap and very easy!

Puff Wig + Whipple Review

Last year around this time I bought a wig from Cyperous. I absolutely loved it but the style of it originally was not very flattering on my face. This is the wig I *think* I started out with. After a lot of dancing back and forth between my decision, I finally chose to straighten the wig [heat styling wigs are absolutely amazing, I encourage you to buy heat styling whenever possible!] and tease it.

My first attempt turned out as follows:

Myself modeling for RidiKitty Designs during the Sakuracon '10 Lolita Fashion Show

The wig was... alright. I was pleased with it at the time, but looking back on pictures of it, I'm less convinced of it's beauty. I suppose that happens! ^-^ Once the reality of my wig fiasco hit me I decided to slowly remove the teasing and see what shape the wig was in after wards.

It turned out pretty decently, if I do say so myself! The fibers were a bit battered, exacerbated by the straight iron I used to fix it up, but the result was cute! But due to my supposed "watching my spending", I thought I might once more need to make use of my beautiful blond wig and turn it into a loli-able style. And I turned once more to the teasing.

This time I decided to be much more patient and methodical about my teasing and styling. This was the tutorial I used, third down. And my result was this:

The bangs are now side-swept instead of blunt, which I believe are a lot more flattering to my face.

And the two teased up buns are much tighter and secure. The wig isn't perfect by far just yet, but I'm definitely happier with this outcome than the previous version!

Whipple Review

Whenever I seen that someone had found a deco kit at ToysRUs I was extremely excited. I could not think of anything I wanted more, and as a gift for Valentine's Day Shane decided to buy me the largest kit at the local ToysRUs when we went out this past weekend.

The box itself is very misleading. It's rather huge, bigger than a shoe box, but the amount of pieces that come with [10 different creations!] barely need more than a CD case!

The pieces it come with are cute, but much larger than I expected, especially as I've dealt with *real* deco supplies and those things need tweezers to really do anything with!

The strawberries and cherry that the kit comes with are absolutely adorable, and I do love the macaron pieces! My first attempts with the "Whipple" whip cream was annoying, frustrating, and disappointing. It had seperated in the tube and needed a lot of kneading to mix the ingredients. Unfortunately because the kneading motion had warmed up the whip cream it came out in nearly just white puddles!

The pieces the kit comes with are also large, which means they're HEAVY. Putting whipped cream between the two "cake slices" only results in the whipped cream oozing out because of their weight. Unfortunately there were a lot of issues with this kit. I'm glad I bought only one instead of all three that they had to offer.

The Whipple itself MIGHT be a decent investment because they sell the tubes separately for about 7 dollars. I'm still experimenting with the Whipple and the pieces they come with, but that's my opinion on the matter, for now! Perhaps further attempts will turn out better.

Personal Reference

February 14th:

-Pink x Blond wig - shipped [Spokane, WA] [received February 17th]
-Clobba Order - shipped [Somewhere between Hong Kong and California] [received February 18th]
-Bodyline Order - shipped [Seattle, WA] [received February 15th]
-Pink x Mint headbow - received
-Jewelry Jelly Black Socks - shipped [Texas] [received February 16th]
-Miracle Candy JSK set - received
-Dreamy Dollhouse skirt - shipped
-Petticoat - shipped [received February 19th]
-Replica Candy Border socks - ordered
-Little Bear's Cafe Replica from DoL - ordered
-LBC socks - found

Casual Lolita & Fairy Kei

My best friend and I made a trip to the mall into something of an adventure because we decided to dress up! The nearest mall to us is about an hour and a half drive, so it's kind of a big deal to go in the first place!

This is what become of the backseat once Lindsey and I settled in <3

Our matching Cinnamoroll bags!

Lindsey's outfit:

Angelic Pretty Miracle Candy skirt
Angelic Pretty Ribbon Jabot cutsew
Chocomint & Claire's accessories
Offbrand tights and shoes

Pretty much a ton of offbrand!

Angelic Pretty's Jewelry Jelly print socks
Angelic Pretty's Miracle Candy bow
Chocomint, Claire's, and handmade accessories
Antaina shoes

Make-up shots!

We got a lot of pictures taken of us at the mall, it was pretty funny, having people shyly come up and ask for our pictures! It was like being a celebrity!

On to the ridiculously useless pictures.

It was a really fun time! We went to Toys-R-Us and I bought a Whipple deco kit that I plan on reviewing once I actually use it! I wish the lighting was better for a lot of these pictures, but oh well! You get the gist of it! ;D

New Wig + Contacts.

While I'm still extremely excited about my newest purchase [or rather, the newest package I got] I want to do a quick post to share with you all!

I started out as a cosplayer so I'm constantly ordering wigs for different characters and such, and while cosplaying for Sakuracon isn't going to work out like I planned for it to, I had ordered a wig around the end of December in preparation for what I THOUGHT I was doing at the time.

I got that wig today!

It was originally supposed to be for Ryou Bakura from Yuugiou, but I'm going to loli-fy it [teasing, curling, etc] to work it into my wardrobe instead.

This isn't how it's going to stay styled, but a quick way to clean up a rather long wig [that needs cut a bit] enough for pictures!

And a cheesy grin for you folks!

I also received in the mail my brown circle contact lenses from Pinky Paradise. I ordered a pair of blue contact lenses a while back for a cosplay and I just had to have a more realistic looking pair, while they're made for dark eyes [the colors are AMAZINGLY vibrant] the middle of the contact lense [for your pupil] has a habit of just shifting a little bit to allow your natural eye color to show through.

So I decided to try a pair closer to my natural color!

I think they're absolutely fantastic. I got the Barbie Big Size Circle Brown lenses because my other pair are also Barbie and they're the largest that I've seen on the site. I absolutely adore circle lenses!

That's all for my newest purchases. I'll be back soon as I've got a few more in the mail! <3

CosplayWigsUSA Review

Alright! I've been absolutely atrocious about updating this with useful information, so here's the review I promised!

I bought the mint wig from CosplayWigsUSA! I originally attempted to purchase it from the site but due to unforseen issues, I had to contact them through their Facebook page and ask to be invoiced via that. They were very kind and quickly responded [within the day] and as Facebook's more of an immediate response sort of site the wig was bought and paid for within the same hour that they responded to me.

January 22nd [Saturday]: Wig was paid for
January 24th [Monday]: Wig was shipped
January 27th [Thursday]: Wig received!

I don't have pictures of the wig in it's original packaging, but it was in a padded envelope that arrived in fine condition, it was wrapped in it's seperate packaging and was packed inside a cardboard ring.

The wig is absolutely adorable, it's thick and beautifully styled.

The bangs are a bit too long but they're very thick and easy to style.

The wig itself is brilliant, the clip-in extensions are lighter than others I've bought but still thick and nicely curled. I'm happy that the wig is styled the way it is because heavier extensions tend to give me a headache when I wear them all day.

I can only rave about this wig so much, so I'll stop here, with one last picture.

Comparison between the wig's color and my Milky Berry's mint waist tie. I bought this wig to see how well it matches to the colorways that Angelic Pretty releases and I'm happy to say it's almost spot on. The wig's a bit more green-tinged [not noticeable unless you're literally an inch away and under harsh light] than the mint of the waist tie, but it's almost a complete match!

That's about it for my wig review. Thanks~!

Drama & Dreams

So, the past few days have been full of ups and downs, but I received my mint wig from CosplayWigsUSA and it matches perfectly with my mint Milky Berry OP. I don't have pictures on hand of the wig itself or the comparison shots I want to do, but I do have updates!

Last week I bought my friends an altered Fruits Parlor skirt and a Meta Blouse from a seller who was in an emergency monetary situation. I received the items rather quickly, but unfortunately they arrived moldy.

This is the post describing everything, as I've told this story to... quite a few people and I just can't type it out again.

Other than that I paid off my Dreamy Dollhouse skirt.

I'm really excited to be getting this as now I can do a replica versus Brand comparison post for the same print!

And due to all the above mentioned drama, my buddy bought me the Miracle Candy jsk and headbow, eventually I'll be paying her back for it but she was a doll to lend me the money when it came up on the comm.

Whenever I received my Miracle Candy skirt in pink, I fell absolutely in love with the print. Before owning it I had thought it was super cute and all, but once it was in my hands I just couldn't help but WANT more of it! So I'm super excited, especially as this is my ~dream~ colorway!

Other than this I've discovered that all of my dresses coordinate with either mint or pink and that's what I'm going to purchase between now and Sakuracon as far as accessories and shoes go. I'm attempting to cut my spending a bit as to what I need to complete some of my outfits for convention, so I'm excited that it's going to be so simple!

In other news my Clobba order is being shipped as we speak, unfortunately Dream of Lolita missed one of the purses in the order, so the Clobba associate said they'll be sending it out separately from the rest of the package, but completely for free, which was very nice of them! Whenever I receive the package I'll be happy to share with you guys!