♥ My Scotland adventure ♥ Purchases

Todays entry won´t be about anything I did on my trip, 

other than simply explaining the things I purchased/their background and such :)

I hadn´t really planned on buying much for this trip, as there was nothing in particuilar I was going to look for, so you might even find my entry to be less than expected. I don´t know....
Anyway, I had been saving my money for the last 3-4 months, so I could afford to buy whatever I felt like, if I happend to stumble upon it ^^ I have kind of explained some of the things I got earlier in my texts, without posting pictures, but now I am happy that I am able to show you guys everything. The physical results of my adventure in Scotland! ^0^

There was no way I could possibly take a picture and have it contain everything I bought, 

making everyhting clearly visible, so I split everything up in little groups. 

I will explain along as we go! ^0^ Please enjoy!

First of all, here is all the "toys" I got

 First, my wand that I got while I and Peachie visited Toys–R–us (isn´t it pretty???^0^), next to it is a  little "collecting" mirror (Peachie traded with me so I got the Fluttershy one ;A; <333) Underneath of it, the super cute Pinkie Pie figurine Peachie got me the first time we met, and the Fluttershy figurine I bought on the airport on my way home

 >v> ehm... I just had to get it ok!!! xD ... Pinke Pie would´ve got lonely,

 and I don´t want to handle a crying pony, nope nope nope.... 

Then there are some cute collecting cards with princesses on them, that I also got from Peachie, and lastly a super duper cute Keroppi figurine I picked up at the comic book store ^0^ <3 (really Keroppi is such an underrated character... I want to have loads of Keroppi themed things ;A; <3) This figurine is now standing on my nighttable x3 <3 

Seriously, after visiting Peachie, I have been obsessed with toys O.o I find myself wandering into toy stores when we are out shopping, just to look around the cute, pink girly section XD haha...

anyway... moving on to more stuff...

Here are the super cute, pink silk clothing hangers I bought at poundsavers while being out with Peachie! ^^ I love these so much, they give my closet a super cute touch <3 It is a small thing, but it makes a whole world of a difference! (I just wish I´d bought more, since I found out I´d bought far to few >.<"). Next to them, are the two mangabooks I bought on the trip! :) I feel so nostalgic buying manga, as I always used to do it a lot earlier. I still collect mangabooks, but I buy them far to rearly anymore... The first time I visisted the comic book store, I got "Ouran High School Host Club" vol. 1 (don´t you just love that series? >v<) because I´ve seen the anime, and I´ve always thought about starting to collect the manga series... finally got to doing that! ^^ 

Secondly, I got "Honey and clover" vol.1 on my last day in Edinburgh, for having something to read while traveling. I have heard about this series before, but never read or seen any of it, so I thought I´d just give it a go. I am happy to have found out that it is really great (L.O.V.E the artstyle!) so I will probably continue buying it until I have the whole set :D

And, while traveling, I went into the taxfree shops in the airports, offcourse. I know for a fact, that the only place to get kitkats in Norway, is (as far as I know) on airports, so I just went a bit nuts XD haha

.... on the bright side though, I have got Kitkats for quite a while onwards ^^" hohohoho....

All the kitkats in this picture are purchased from the norwegian taxfree store, and the Wonka bar in the middle is from the super cute, tiny candy shop with the huge fake candy windowdisplay that I wrote about earlier in another entry ;v; <333

Even if I said I hadn´t planned on getting anything in particuilar, I kinda had, as I wanted

 to buy some foreign candy and sweets ;v; haha... I got kitkats (yes!) 

so we can just as well move on with more of that stuff XD

I got one box of "strawberry sensation" poptarts ;v; <3 Right next to it, is a packet of crumpets (they were only 80p O.o craaaaazy...) Moving on, there is the "skittles" white chocolate that I bought at the place where they had all the fancy looking chocolates >v< The other chocolate (that I had allready tasted ; 3;) is a raspberry white chocolate that I got at the "the chocolate tree" booth in farmers market. Lastly I was able to dig out a place where they sold Reese´s peanut butter cups! :D yaaay! I´ve wanted to try those ever since I started that "trade package" thing back in October ;v;<3 Peachie said they don´t normally sell them around where she lives, but I was lucky and found a place 

where they did :) If you think I bought a lot, think about the fact 

that I won´t easily get back to buy more anytime soon xD"""

Candy should both taste sweet, and look sweet 

to give the maximum sweetness effect, in my opinon >v< thihi...

I got some super sweet marshmellow flavoured candy (it was sweeter than regular marshmellow I am sure. The flavour was richer at least...) that´s called "Flumps", from Peachie ^^. I allready ate one at her place, but I´ve saved the rest of the ones I got <3. While we were at the poundsavers shop, I bought those delicious looking pink/white nougats! I gave one to Peachie, and ate one myself over at hers so there are only two left ;v; (they are a bit much though ^^") Peachie got a packet of some super delicious cookies called "Milky", and she gave me a few, since I liked them so much ;v; Whaah, they are so delicious <333 The two boxes on top/ in the middle, is from the anime shop me and my sister visited on the day we spent in Princess street. I love the packaging!

... and to make it a gradual transition from candy to stuff (XD)...

 ... at the anime shop I also got two interesting pocky flavours I´d never seen/heard of before. Banana and blueberry ^^ Ruth is the kindest person ever, and acctually gave me those two sets of earrings ;A; She had got them as gifts when she ordered things from Lila (CuteCanKill)

 but since she haven´t got pierced ears, I got them from her ;A; <333

The "mutiple cross" necklace, is from "Pie in the Sky", and the same is the musical note one ^^ The pink, lipgloss necklace is from "Accessories", and the pearly cross necklace is from "New look". After buying all of these necklaces, I realized something really funny! I have successfully bought an individual necklace for all kinds of different styles I am interested in! XD The "mutiple cross" necklace is for pastel goth/those kinds of darker looks, the musical note one is for "amoeji kei" or just random "Harajuku" looks, the pink lipgloss one is for cute lolita or fairy-kei styles, and the pearly cross one is for a more classical lolita, mori girl or cult–party kei look! Imagine that! And it was totally unconcious! XD hahaha

Now, I am finally gonna show you the best thing I got on my trip *v*

My "lucky–find" trift store bought vintage 70´s totally cute and loli–able pink blouse! ^0^

I loved this so much, I just had to buy it <3 You might be able to tell that the lace is a bit iffy, 

but I don´t really mind. How often do you find a blouse this suited for lolita when it´s not made for it?

I wore this blouse on my first meetup with Peachie (on ♥ My Scotland adventure ♥ Part 4) so if you wanna know how it looks like worn, please take a peek there! ^v^ <333 

The fabric is really light, and kinda see–through, and it has a high neckline, so it fits very nicely with a more elegant kind of sweet lolita or hime lolita.

Lastly I wanted to show you guys something I didn´t buy, but that I got as a gift.

 It was indeed something new I brought home with me. 

 My sister bought me a beautiful artbook featuring the art of "The secret world of Arrietty" ;A; 

And she painted me a lovely birthday card also, with her watercolours ;v; <333 She has gotten really into painting lately, and she has become so good at it! ^^ Isn´t that a lovely giraffe? <3 :)
I love this so much (I am currently reading it) ,it is such a beautiful book <3  

Thank you, thank you, thank you sis <3 ;v; 

 Another lovely artbook to put in my collection <3

I realized I didn´t take a picture of the super cute silk–bow I got from Ruth (it´s dark pink) and a simple pearl bracelet I got from "Armstrongs", but as I took pictures of everything else, and since it was only those two things I missed, I didn´t bother to do it ^^" You will just have to believe me when I say they are both lovely <3 

Now, it seems like the final drop of info aboutmy adventure has fallen, so there is really nothing more to post about. I could surely go on and on forever about my feelings towards it, every single little detail of everything that happend and such (as far as I can remember) but I won´t bother you guys any more >V> thihi... It was fun writing about everything, and I am glad I did. Now I have everything "memorized"/"stored" somewhere to look back upon whenever I want. Once again, I hope you enjoyed this series, and please let me know what you think ^^ 

Onwards, you might expect loads of things. I have many more things that´s been going on after coming home, while writing this series, that I want to tell you all about. 

From documentary filming, cute tips, outfit posts, artposts and loads more! ^v^ 

So don´t worry about the blog going quiet just yet ;-3 hehe

Do you like buying foreign sweets and candies when you travel?

bye bye for now <3

Kurebayashi - get the look! Part 1

Yay! :D Finally, I am able to present to you all, after many, many hours of hard work in photoshop and searching around to collect info and pictures, 

 my first ever "get the look" update! ^^

(I will make this one in two parts, since the update will be far to big for only one update.) 

I hope you enjoy it, and please remember that I am not an expert, I just want to give ideas and inspiration, and most of these tips are only that, TIPS! You don´t have to follow every step along the way! Look around, explore and experiment with your own style in between it all :D 

Just remeber to have fun ^^

This tutorial will include:

Part 1

• Hairstyle and makeup
• Accesories and creativity

Part 2

• Clothing
• Experimenting

Hairstyles and makeup

Kurebayashi has had most any colour under the sun, in her hair, and very often at the same time! 

Mixtures of pink hues and purple, bright blue and even different shades of green! 

(all pictures are from her personal blog)

To get a similar hairstyle to hers, don´t be afraid to experiment with all the colours of the rainbow! ^^

She is a perfect example of how cute you can make your hair, even having a short hairdo!

Achieve the style!

1. get an undercut, dye it in crazy colours and shapes! (make sure to get help from a professional, since this a complicated process!)
2. Tie up your hair in high ponytails, and crimp it to get a sweet retro style
3. Add tons of cute hair clips with bright colours, but make sure they don´t have a lot of crazy patterns, as this might end up looking messy
4. dye your hair in a bright colour, extra points if you have two or three different ones.
5. Wear your hair in twin-buns! Kurebayashi almost always puts her hair up! It is a great way to show off your neck :)

When it comes to makeup, she is very particuilar about having BIG dolly eyes!^^
Circle lenses is a must to get that look! It is also very important to remeber false lashes, especially on your lower lash line, as that is a signature look to her makeup style. 

 (magazine scan found on google images link to orignal page)


 Achieve the style!

1. Kurebayashis makeup is all about colour, colour, colour!
   Make sure to get a big eyeshadow pallete ^^
2. Since she focuses mainly on her eyes, it is ok to just add a simple pink lip gloss for your lips.
3. If you want to experiment with lip makeup, you can make polkadots on top of your lipstick, by using a shade of eyeshadow in a darker colour, with a secure blank layer of lipgloss on top
   (it can be a good idea to use a creambased type of eyeshadow! Make dots with a qtip.)
4. If you feel particularily brave, you can pluck your eyebrows off and draw one star where the natural eyebrows would have ended, a bit over the inner corner of your eyes
   (a good idea is to make it a dark colour!)
5. put tiny diamonds on your eyelashes, or around your eyes by using eyelash-glue! This really makes your eyes sparkle :D

 Accesories and creativity


Kurebayashi is not only known for having a super cute and unique style, but also for being an artist!
She designs her own accesories, and makes a lot of the clothes she wears on her own!

(picture found on tumblr tags, source unknown)

She often attends the POP´n´Cute events, where artists are allowed to work their art live, in the company of many other artists and kawaii pop culture enthusiasts! ^^

Not only does she create awsome things for herself, but recently,
she has made her own collection of homemade goods that goes under the name "90884".
Sadly, I don´t know where to get those things,
 except for attending events in harajuku that includes art and artists stands.

However, I was able to find some sweet deals for you, if you still want things inspired by the look!^^

Gumball machine necklace    *   pink and green bracelet   *   rainbow gameboy keychains   *   kawaii bleach necklace

All of these things can be found on etsy! and a simple search for perler beads can give you tons more results :D Also, the best thing you can do, is offcourse to get creative and make your own things! Get crazy and use all the colours you can think off! Don´t be afraid to make weird creatures and original patterns, Kurebayashi makes the strangest animals in her creations ;-)

If you are more the kind of person to buy things, over making them on your own, here is a great selection of things that all can be found in the same store!

Mint kawaii bow hairclip   *   gumball bracelets   *   Star pearly necklace    *   Red bow ring    *   Puffy ball hairties

these are all cheap, and super cute! You can easily get a lovely kawaii look with only one of these add - ons ;-)


Achieve the style!

1. When you choose accesories, go for the less used colours! If you can choose between pink and mint, go with mint! Kurebayashi often uses the colourselections that is less popular.
2.  Stack up on neautral kawaii bracelets with cute colours, they are very easy to add to your outfits, and they often make your outfits get that little extra touch. Get a childish and cute look with bracelets that feature things like crayons or legos ;-)
3. Necklaces with unique features and crazy colours is a must.
   Skeleton Trex? a tooth printed piece of plastic, or a bright yellow latex bow?
   You don´t even have to ask twice!
4. cute hairties to add to your hairbuns or crimped ponytails can make an amazing difference! Puffy balls with details, or simple gumball look-alikes gives a very childish and playfull look.
5. If you make you wanna make your own things, but don´t care for beads or loads of work, buying cute keychains and simply changing the chain for a necklace chain or hairclip is really great!

Now, I hope you enjoyed this first half of my "Kurebayashi - get the look!" two - parts series! ^-^

 I would really like to know what you think about it,
because I would love to do other tutorials like this! :D

just a little reminder about what comes next:

Part 2

• Clothing
• Experimenting

It might come up later today, or tomorrow! ^^ I am just to excited to wait longer XD I just don´t wanna make one reeeeally long entry >.<

Thank you for reading!

STAY TUNED FOR MORE KUREBAYASHIII ^0^