Lolita-themed Room in anime convention "Yukai Fest" - report and photos

On Saturday we had an Information event + tea party at a local anime convention. It was a fun chance to spread the word about lolita and thankfully a lot of people that were just visiting the convention also came to visit our little lolita-themed room.

So, I come bringing the pictures! c:

El sábado tuvimos un evento de difusión + tea party en una convención de anime local. Fue una buena chance de difundir la palabra acerca del lolita, y por suerte muchos de los que fueron a la convención también pasaron por el salón donde estábamos las lolis.

Así que vine a mostrarles las fotos! c:

Headband: Angelic Pretty

Tippet: Swimmer

Cutsew: Hollister

Cardigan: Zara

Skirt: Angelic Pretty Triple Tart in Pink

Bag: Liz Lisa

Accessories: Aira Atelier, Tokyo Disney Resort and vintage

Shoes: An tai na

Here is my sweet, casual-ish coord. I think it called for red or brown shoes but unfortunately I don't own any! OTL

Arriba ven mi coordinado sweet medio casual. Creo que iría mejor con zapatos rojos o marrones pero desafortunadamente no tengo! OTL

I auto-nail arted. I think I need Penny Nail's help again hahahahahah

Me hice un auto-nail art. Creo que no puedo sin la ayuda de Penny Nail JAJAJA

#selfie #blessed

Another full coordinate shot! Y otra fotito al coordinado completo!

#moreselfies #cheese

The lolitas from my community were all so pretty! I could only remember to take two pics, I'm so lame. The next time, I'll photograph all of you xD!

Las lolitas de mi comunidad estaban hermosas! Solamente me acordé de sacarle foto a dos, soy un desastre. La próxima, les saco a todas! xD

Pretty Aye <3 La bonita de Aye <3

Beautiful Lessie from Intravenous Sugar

La bella Lessie de Intravenous Sugar

The convention was set at a school. Here's the Lolita-themed classroom the girls from Lolita Snaps and Hotel Lolita wonderfully decorated! It looked so darling.

La convención era en una escuela. Aquí pueden ver el salón lolita (que en realidad era un aula) que las chicas de Lolita Snaps y Hotel Lolita decoraron maravillosamente. Se veía precioso!

We were supposed to have a Best Coordinate award, but someone stole the tiara that was to be given to the winner... that was a real bummer. Ugh, but I guess those kind of things happen at cons, don't they?

Ibamos a tener un premio al Mejor Coord, pero alguno de la convención se robó la tiara... eso fue un bajón. Pero bueno, supongo que esas cosas pasan en una convención que va mucha gente...

Moving on to happier stuff, the tea party service! Led by Five o' Clock, a catering company. Everything was so yummy!

Pero hablando de cosas más alegres, aquí están las fotos del servicio de comida! Dado por Five o' Clock, una empresa de catering. Todo estaba muy rico!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures! Until next time. Espero que hayan disfrutado las fotos! Hasta la próxima.

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Kawaii Lifestyle

Lolita Meetup - Victorian Picnic! Country Sweets Style

I'm dropping some overdue photos today!

In the beginning of March, a local community celebrated their one-year anniversary with a picnic ^^ and so, we went to a local park called "Parque Micaela Bastidas".

Everyone brought cake and juice to share and we sat down to chat!

Let me show you my coordinate.

Voy a subir algunas fotitos ya viejas hoy!

A principios de Marzo, una comunidad local celebró su primer aniversario con un picnic ^^ y por eso fuimos a un parque local llamado "Micaela Bastidas".

Todas llevaron torta y jugo para compartir, y nos sentamos a charlar!

Dejenme mostrarles mi coordinado.

This picture has already been all over the internet, lol. Esta foto ya surcó toda la internet, seguro la vieron, lol.

☆Hat☆ Target + Handmade details

☆Blouse☆ Target

☆Skirt☆ Angelic Pretty Triple Tart in Pink

☆Socks☆ Taobao and Swimmer

☆Shoes☆ an-tai-na

☆Accessories☆ Forever21, Aira Atelier, Juicy Couture

And some group shots! Unas fotitos grupales!

The roses were so pretty that day! Los rosedales estaban hermosos ese día!

Of course, no meet-up is complete without selfies! Por supuesto, a ninguna Tea Party le faltan las selfies!

Including a pretentious-hipster-with-an-instant-camera-selfie. Que no falte la selfie de hipster pretenciosa con cámara instantánea.

Thank you for viewing this post while I prepare my other ones <3! Gracias por ver este post mientras voy preparando los otros <3!

Thank you Violet from Tertulia Lolita and Aye for some of the pictures!

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Kawaii Lifestyle

Lolita & Coords with Themes

What makes a good lolita coord?

Surely it's a combination of a lot of things. Matching colors, high-quality fabrics and originality, among others, make coordinates pop out of the crowd.

One of my personal favorites is themes!

Usually called テーマ by Japanese fashionistas, themes of course refer to a general repeating subject that appears everywhere in the outfit, be it a certain animal, symbol or food.

While my lolita wardrobe is still small, I could come up with a few thematic coordinations!

Sheep Garden T-shirt and sheep transparent socks! I'm a bit infatuated with see-through socks this season. I don't even know if they're actually IN for the season, but I just love them.

Fruits tart theme! This time, it also helps that the colors of the socks and the skirt are really similar <3

Kittens everywhere! Although animal ears are usually discouraged in lolita, if they are really simple and elegant, there's no reason why you shouldn't wear them. As with any fashion, following your heart is allowed!

Hope you enjoyed today's very short post <3

Little Tokyo, L.A. Haul & Fairytale Boutique - Kawaii and Lolita haul, LIZ LISA Special Collection 2013 Mook

Hi everyone! Long time no see!　お久しぶり！

I promised I wouldn't start a blog post like that ever again. But this time, I kinda have to.

Hope you've been fine. Me? Busy with college, mostly, but also took a time-out from boring routine to have a little vacation!

May have missed a class or two but eh, it's all good. God, I really want this semester to be over...

I went to Orlando, FL, Los Angeles, CA and Disneyland. Yayyyy! So happy!

So today I'm blogging about Little Tokyo in LA. Which, of course, was my favorite part <3 So I'll be going over what I bought there!

To be this far into a post and still no picture is an outrage. So let's get started.

 A sneak-preview of my haul!

Overall, I found Little Tokyo to be a paradise. I only wanted to go because I knew about Fairytale Boutique, but didn't quite imagine what I was going to find there.

Much to my surprise, it was Japan heaven, full of Daiso-like goodies, origami paper, traditional cutlery, Japanese food, kawaii galore, make-up and clothes.

I wish I could live nearer places like this!

First part of the haul: make-up!! From various Japanese make-up shops. I was so in shock I forgot to even take pictures. I was teary-eyed like "OMG I never thought I'd see all of this again mommmyyyyy ;____;"

They sold everything, from eyelashes, blush, Dolly Wink, some Canmake, Palty hair dyes... pinch me.

(So cheap, but look so cute!)

(Diamond Dolly 17. I thought these were a good deal. On sale and including Lash Fix! Yay!)

(Dolly Wink Eyebrow Mascara 1 Milk Tea, exactly the one I wanted! *insert success kid*)

And this was just serendipity! I totally never expected Japanese import stores to appear everywhere while searching for Fairytale Boutique. I know this is kind of what one should expect of a Japan Town. But I'm a hillbilly OK.

Then!!! I finally found Fairytale Boutique. And I bought everything ;_; *happy tears*

I have to really congratulate the shopkeepers! They were really nice and also threw in a lot of gifts in my bag! Including those amazing Automatic Honey Halloween pins you see above, as well as a postcard, a bookmark, candy, Automatic Honey stickers, and Fairytale Boutique pins.

Now I get to show off my shopping! <3

The new LIZ LISA & My Melody Special Collection 2013 Mook. When I saw this, I remembered why LL is one of my favorite brands. And it came with the cutest reversible tote bag, too!

Yes! It has a My Mero side and a LIZ LISA side.

Inside, the mook featured the LL girls (LIZ LISA staff from shops across Japan), and Reina Triendl, who had her own section, of course. I really like Reina as the face of LL - she's so perfect!

But hat's off to all the LL shop staff that work so hard and are so fashionable!! 

A big trend in nails was "Maerchen" (メルへン), which means fairytale in German. 

I have to admit, I loved the little gifts just as much as I love what I bought, lol. They really outdid themselves!

Automatic Honey's Orion's Spell cat stickers. In love with these illustrations!

But of course, the best for the last!! There is a tiny little thing that I also bought @ the Fairytale Boutique.

Angelic Pretty's Triple Tart! GET!!!

This was a print that I fell in love with the instant I looked at it. It just looks so yummy and delectable in real life! What with all the whipped cream, burnt merengue and berries!

AP's custom lace makes me cry happy pink tears. That's how badly smitten this has got me.

Some print close-ups, and that's it! I hope you enjoyed my haul! <3

Almost forgot! Just outside Fairytale Boutique there's a cosplay and costume store with some purikura machines in it! Here's the purikura I took, featuring the future kawaii girls, my two little sisters!

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Thank you for reading and commenting, kiwis! Just to have to visiting this blog makes me infinitely happy! Please stay tuned for my next update!