Happy New Year!

I wish everyone a great 2013!

Solstice

It's finally winter!

Now we can enjoy ice skating, the holidays, and (for me) Kentucky Fried Chicken w w

I fancy chicken on Christmas Eve for a very strange reason...

Also,

I received an expensive ceramic flat iron as an early Christmas present from my father!

Thank you so much! (> <) I owe you a lot!!

I took a picture on Friday that I forgot to post ||orz

I got some cute Hello Kitty gauges (8mm, I think) from my Secret Santa

I love them; I missed wearing ear pieces so much

Tomorrow, I will be departing to Los Angeles and staying there for ten days!

I'll post my trip soon!!

What are you doing for the holidays?

Photo Shoot

On Friday,

I went to a photo shoot

I am advertising a hair straightener (*^_^*)

The hair straightener uses steam to smooth your hair and straighten it! I really love how smooth my hair feels right now

The smoothness lasts for 2 days as well~

I really hope that this will be one of the pictures chosen to be used in the winter edition

This is the unofficial, unedited photo w w

I want to advertise hair dye one day!

Gel Nail and Update

Yesterday was 12.12.12!

So, at 12:12PM, my friends and I picked up our textbooks and dropped them onto the ground! w w

We heard other people screaming in the other room

I guess 12.12.12 is a very special day! We're going to have to wait until 22.2.22 for the next celebration

So, I got my nails done

They are faux gel nails

We used CANMAKE's beauty nail products

It looks really nice

And I added sparkles and gems to it as well

I notice that I am getting a lot older than last year w w ||orz

But I think it depends how I act and put my hair up (or something to that extent)

This is when I try to act like a kid! (I want to try wearing bigger circle lens for a childish look..?)

Did I mention that I really love Shiina Hikari's look?

She is adorable! Also, she produced her first song!

Please check it out:

I want to choreograph to this~

Ai no Kusabi Fan Blog Launched!!

Today

Our Ai no Kusabi fan blog has launched!!

Daryl will be writing all the archives

Addressed to Riki, Iason, Katze, Raoul and more!

Please check it out, follow us, and support!!

Click HERE!! to visit

Tanagura Archive

THANK YOU!!

OOTD and Outing

I tried on my new wig I got back in September

It's super gold w w

Awkward the way my clothes hang on me

I don't really understand the loose top and tight bottom of my sweater shirt though...

I also wore my Hyper Black no.2 lenses

It reminds me of a men's wig for cosplay w w w

I don't think I'm very fitting to become a man

I'd be a very emasculated(?) one if I was.. /laughs

After that,

I went with my father to eat at a restaurant

We had fresh Hamachi! It was delicious, but I didn't get to take a picture ||orz

We look too young here...

Clara A Green Circle Lens Review

Today,

I'm finally doing my review for

CLARA A GREEN LENS!

One lens

Both lens

Information:

Color: Green

Water content: 38%

Diameter: 14.2mm

Manufacturer: iContact Lens Korea

Base curve: 8.6 (also can be available in 8.4)

Duration: 1 year/12 months

Disposable soft lens

Color and Design: 3/5

I really love how the design looks! In fact, it reminds me of a copy of either the Bitter Sugar lens from Loyal Lens (in Japan), or a subtle version of the NEO Vision Dali Extra Green. They make my eyes really dolly with a halo effect to them. Thankfully, they don't slide in my eye! I really love the chocolate outer edge of the coloring dye because it doesn't look too harsh like a black outline. The green really doesn't show up in certain lights and angles, so I'm kind of sad about that though.

Enlargement: 3/5

These are a 14.2mm lens diameter, so I really like how it looks! It isn't too large in my eye, so it's very natural, actually. I ordered these in PLANO prescription, so I wear them with my glasses now; they give me a cute look, but they don't make me look bug-eyed, which is a good thing! I definitely recommend 14.2mm and 14.5mm lenses because the enlargement is just enough for smaller eyes.

Comfort: 5/5

During the time I've been wearing these lens, I haven't felt any discomfort from the lens at all. They are very thin and they feel moisturized in my eye. I believe that the only time I've felt any discomfort was when my eyes were very dry and the lens would not un-suction from my eye! ww It was kind of a challenge, but I got it out without damaging my eye by running my eye with the saline solution while taking it out.

Overall: 3.5/5

These are really nice lens! I can't believe how comfortable they feel and how the halo effect doesn't make the lens majorly slide in my eyes. These are very hard to find, so I recommend you looking for them with a range of $30 to even $50 or $60 because of the Japanese market pricing for circle lens. They're very natural and subtle, but great for wearing if you don't want a huge eye color change. If I was still a student, I would wear them to school. www

Thanks for reading my review!

Oi! Selling Stuff!

Second post of the day, but...

I'm selling my old merchandise starting today!

What I have right now is...

No. 1! "Kiss of Fire" Art book (from the BL series "Haru Wo Daiteita" or "Embracing Love") by Youka Nitta

This art book comes with four love letters that the characters wrote to each other. It is concealed in a nice textured paper envelope!

This is a translated copy of the art book, so there is English available to read in the book. I advise that you should be 18 or older to purchase this book because of the Parental Advisory on the cover, but this is completely up to you. There isn't any majorly inappropriate scenes in this art book. (*^_^*)

I'm going to price this at $15.00 USD!

Shipping will be calculated when you contact me.

No. 2! Necklaces and bracelets!

These are some jewelry I've never worn before, so it still had the original tag on it. I made sure there isn't any rust or blemishes on the material, so they are in good condition!

Here are the designs:

1) Dolly figurine charm (Necklace)

2) Bambi deer with flower charms (Necklace)

3) Gemstone multi-color hearts (Bracelet)

This is an open offer! You can bargain for a price~

The lowest limit is $1.00 USD!

Shipping will be calculated when you contact me.

I only accept Paypal transaction and local meet ups in the Bay Area

So please make sure you are 101% confident that you will buy the item.

Thank you very much!

Recorded and Exhausted

On Friday,

I went to record a dance piece with my friend, Mimi!

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned...

So I'll be recording again sometime ||orz

It was the holidays on Thursday,

But I didn't go out anywhere to celebrate.

It's was a little lonely for me this year

But that's OK! There's always next year~

Tomorrow is another day of work, so

I'll have to update later!

I have a new review for you, though!!

So please stay tuned for that (^_^)

Recently, I've been going to a lot of restaurants alone

It's interesting to dine by myself...

Anyway, dancing is really fun!

But it also wears me down at times

ww You can see how exhausted I am in this photo!

And I tried out my camera angle from 2010-2011 again in this

I miss looking young~

Thank you for continuing to supporting me!

It's almost 2013!!

Beware of FAKE CIRCLE LENSES

A few weeks ago,

I decided to do some experiments on circle lenses

I heard about the Rubbing Alcohol Dye Safety test, so I decided to try it on my already expired

Barbie Eye Princess Lace Blue lenses

So the test goes like this: 

1) Fill a small dish with rubbing alcohol liquid

2) Place a contact lens into the solution

3) Wait for a minute to two minutes

4) Take it out of the solution and place it on a piece of tissue or absorbing paper

5) With a cotton q-tip, rub the colored parts of the contact lens in circle-like patterns for about 30 seconds

6) Observe the q-tip. If the q-tip has any coloring on it, that indicates that the contact lens' dye is not printed inside the lens, but rather printed on top of the lens.

Color lens should never have dye touching your eye! It is very dangerous and will damage your eyes as time progresses and you wear them often.

The blue dye rubbed off onto the q-tip! (> <||)

After a few more rubs, the entire dye and design came off!! (; ^ ;)

This is really saddening for me to see.

Please be aware that you cannot wear the lens that you have soaked in rubbing alcohol...

||orz I'm really sad that there are fake lens

So please,

Be careful when you buy circle lens! You should always make sure they are safe!

Marukai and Potsticker King Restaurant

On Saturday,

I went out to Marukai to buy my household and cosmetic products!

Besides the shampoo and conditioner (food too), I bought these:

A bottom lash curler and nudy-colored double eyelid fiber

I really love this type of fiber because there are two techniques to apply it on your eyelids

The nudy color really makes it look natural, so I'm happy!

After that

I went to Potsticker King Restaurant

It is a Chinese restaurant, so I had my friend order in Mandarin for me w w

We ordered three types; so much food!

Sweet and sour soup was very good!

Of course, we had to order potstickers! They were so big; it was really delicious!

And there was also Kung Pao Chicken!!

Everything was so yummy,

I ate so much more than I had in the entire week! w w w

Because I usually don't eat much,

It really surprised me that I could eat a lot!

Maybe if you are in California, you can check this place out too!

It is really good; the customer service is also amazing... so kind~ (^o^)

Performance Makeup

Today,

I am doing a performance with my dance-mates!!

I train in Traditional Japanese dance and Modern Pop dance

So we are performing in traditional clothes w

Before I get my hair done

I had to pin it up.

The back is very difficult to pin!! (> <);;

w w I look so serious here

But no,

Please support me! I promise to do my best!!

Tomorrow is another recording for Lyrical Jazz type choreography to the song

"If I Die Young"!

I won Anna's (Fenua Beaute) Giveaway! Twist Tornado Green Circle Lens Review

It's been months late, but I finally got around to do this!

First, and most importantly, I want to thank Anna for hosting the great giveaway on her blog

She's a fantastic blogger and her layout is spectacular! If you don't already follow her on GFC, go and do it. I'm sure you'll enjoy all of her posts as much as I do. She writes in both English and German, which I find is very unique and dandy!!

I won:

Twist Tornado Green (from Speciallens.com)!

One lens

Both lens (with eyeliner w)

Information:

Color: Green

Water content: 38%

Diameter: 14.5mm

Manufacturer: Dueba

Base curve: 8.6

Duration: 1 year/12 months

Disposable soft lens

Design and Color: 4/5

When I first saw these lenses online, I thought they didn't look spectacular but I decided to try it anyway. I said to myself, "Hey, maybe they'll be nice on my eyes and I might actually like them." And I was right! I really love the design of these lens on my eyes. They are swirls, and remind me a bit of the Barbie Eye lens... Color-wise, the green really shows nicely and changes my eye color. It really was a good pick.

Enlargement: 3.5/5

Since it is a 14.5mm diameter lens, it enlarges just enough to make my eyes look bigger! I'm glad that they are only 14.5mm, though, because I don't prefer to look like a bug w w w I think 14.5mm is a good match for me as of right now. It still gives me a cute and dolly look that I want.

Comfort: 4/5

I didn't have to use eye drops for the first 5 hours! I'm pretty satisfied that it didn't dry out during the day since, in my town, the sun is getting pretty bright even though it's supposed to be wintertime w w I think it was a miracle that these lens can withstand the glaring sunlight, so 5 hours without eye drops is totally amazing in this aspect. I think, when it is less sunny, these lens won't dry out at all the entire day.

Overall: 4/5

Really in love with these lens right now! I suggest getting these for a nice eye color change, and if you still want a black rim around the edge of the circle lens. I imagine it would be great for cosplay and even modeling pictures. w w w w OK, all modeling pictures that I have seen look good with circle lens, but that is just my opinion (I think I may have read too much Ageha and Popteen years back). Thanks, Anna and Speciallens.com!

Thanks for reading this review!

Daily Make

Yesterday, I went to a meet up with my clients!

I did my makeup differently and I look really, really Chinese w w

My friends all told me to put it up on my Weibo, so I did:

I also received Prodigurls' 148 Pearl Grey lenses in the mail

Kindly sponsored by Apple of Your Eyes shop!

I'll be reviewing them on my Tumblr account!

So, more about my day yesterday~

I was kidding around! (*^_^*)

I went to a French bakery and bought a baguette, two mini red velvet cupcakes, and an orange scone pastry! They were all very delicious, but I shared the orange scone and gave one of the red velvet cupcakes to my friends w w w

I didn't feel very serious after meeting with clients, so I had a fun time afterward!

 And that concludes what I did on Saturday

Dolly Wink Cornetto Pink Lens Review

Hello, everybody!!

Today, I'm doing a review on

Dolly Wink Cornetto Pink

Both lenses

One lens

Information:

Color: Pink

Water content: 48%

Diameter: 19.8mm

Manufacturer: EOS

Base curve: 8.6

Duration: 1 year/12 months

Disposable soft lens

Design and Color: 2.5/5

I thought these lenses would be a decent pink color near the middle, but it turns out they look very green and yellow instead! Figures, though, because these lenses are 4 tone. It was kind of disappointing, but the design totally made up for the lack of pink color. I totally love how pretty the design is!! It looks like flare patterns or flower petals to me.

Enlargement: 4/5

I'd say that Dolly Wink lenses are not truly 19.8mm; I compared them to my MX-21 lenses and they look about 14.5mm. It still enlarges pretty well and there is definitely a size difference from my natural eye compared to when I wear the lens.

Comfort: 5/5

These are absolutely amazing at keeping my eye hydrated the entire day! I don't need to use eye drops for these lens. The lens don't seem to shift in my eye, which is a good sign since my base curve is 0.3mm below the lens' base curve. My vision is very clear when looking through these lens! I'm very happy about the vision being clear because I have had problems with circle lens' prescription power before.

Overall: 3.5/5

The Cornetto lens are very cool in design! It does not have the color of pink, but the design does make it unique. I think, next time, I would recommend getting a different color other than pink because you will not get a pink color from Cornetto lens series. If you like green colors, I would definitely recommend you to get this! It looks very pretty in photos as well.

You can find these lenses for sale HERE!

These lenses come with a super-duper cute case as well!

Thanks for reading!

Look forward to:

-Clara Green lens Review

-Hyper no.2 lens Review

-Prodigurls Pearl Grey lens Review

More Update

Hi everyone!

I just wanna let you know that my review for Clara Green circle lens is going to be postponed~

Sorry! (>A<);;

But!

Today I received two lenses!!

Dolly Wink Cornetto Pink

Hyper no. 2 Black

I'm going to review them at separate times

Also...

I forgot that it was Daylight Savings here on Saturday night

So, when I woke up

My phone said it was 5 AM and my wall clock said it was 6 AM!

I was really confused and started panicking w w

I had to go to my neighbor's house to ask them what time it was and why w w w w w

I hope I didn't cause you trouble, Mr. and Mrs. neighbors! \(^o^)/

Lynneth is having a giveaway!

Why don't you join in?

Click Here!

Happy Halloween!

I participated in a "Thriller" flash mob today!!

Anatomy is so fun to draw on my face

I had lots of amazing events today

I want to thank my fellow dancers for cooperating so well

There was a mishap in the beginning of the song (it glitched), but I'm glad we didn't freak out and all that jazz w w w

I also want to thank Instructor for helping us keep the beat

We were lively!

I'm so glad (>//<)

Thank you all who came to participate in this! It was fun!

G&G Blossom Brown Lens Review

Before I start

I apologize for the messy quality of the pictures!!

It's been a really busy week for me and I look so tired ||orz

So now...

I'm reviewing

G&G Blossom Brown

One lens comparison

Both lens

Information: 

Color: Brown

Water content: 38%

Diameter: 14.5mm

Manufacturer: G&G

Base curve: 8.6

Duration: 1 year/ 12 months

Disposable soft lens

Design and Color: 4/5

The brown really looks very golden-yellow to me, but I guess it is considered as a brown..? I'm not very fond of yellow tints, but I think it looks OK on my eyes. I believe that the yellow would look super beautiful on a lighter eye color, but that is just my opinion. The blossom design is really pretty and it reminds me of slightly curved tidal waves.

Enlargement: 3.5/5

14.5mm are really a nice match for my liking right now. It gives me incentive to wear some makeup... just the minimal necessities. The black ring makes it look a bit smaller than it really is, but nevertheless, it is still pleasing and I definitely notice a change in enlargement.

Comfort: 3/5

I'd say that these aren't the greatest lens to wear for a whole 8 to 10 hours. They start to sting after having them in for 4 hours. I tried eye drops, but it really wasn't helpful. I would love to wear these out longer, but I guess it will only be for photos and short trips outside.

Overall: 3.5/5

I like these lenses, but I'm not sure if I can appreciate them to its fullest because of the uncomfortable dryness in my eyes. Perhaps, my opinion will change later on. Not a bad purchase, though! It was a nice price, so I am very happy I got them. They look mystic in their own way. (*^_^*)

Halloween is almost here!! What are you dressing up as?

I want to cosplay as Iruka Umino (from Naruto), but we'll see how everything goes!!

See you later!!

G&G Blossom Brown (SG1) Preview

I'm really excited to try on these lens!!

I've been searching for these in prescription for about a year

And my hard work of searching paid off w w w w w

Well,

This review is coming soon!