Japan: Day 6 - Nishiki Market

Back to posts about my trip to Japan!
On day 6, Emma took us around Nishiki Market, a well known marketplace in downtown Kyoto which is famous for selling many of Kyoto's famous produce and goods, and many shops allow you to taste test their products before buying which is great as you will know what they taste like before you buy it; loved the pickled products like pickled umes and pickled radishes and these chewy sweet black beans, mum bought quite a lot from this market as they were all so delicious and fresh!

Next we went around Teramachi, which is a famous arcade located adjacent to Nishiki Market (sorry, forgot to take photos).  But we had and amazing lunch at Pomme's where I ordered this delicious half something and half carbonara I think omurice (omlete rice).

Around the corner they were rebuilding the fences, and I found their temporary fencing adorable!! Love the Japanese and their cute designs on anything possible.

Bunny fence

Here's what I got from that day:

from left to right:

fox tail - Marui O1O1

top and collar - Be Radiance

Craftholic sloth keyring - Teramachi

wallet - Samantha Thavasa

blouse - As Known As Pinky

jeans - Uniqlo

gloves -Teramachi

pacer -  Loft

Holidays will be starting next week, so jealous of those private schools who finished last week.  Anyways I hope I will have the time to update during my two week worth of holidays which are crammed with practice exams and lectures, if not, I might take a hiatus for a few weeks due to exams.

Toodles~

Perseverance

Rest in peace to the year 12 guy who suicided at East Camberwell station on Friday (which was witnessed by some people from my school)

No matter how hard your life is, remember to perservere and tell yourself that all will be good one day.
Think of all your family, friends and loved ones who have supported you throughout your life.
Although you may wonder why your life is so miserable, remember that there will always be ones less fortunate than you in this fortunate world.
In life there's always situations that make us wonder why they happen, I believe it's fate.  Even if you're having a hard time just remember to think optimistically and tell yourself the common English idiom:

Every cloud has a silver lining

You are the one and only one in the world, you are unique, you are special, you are you.
Think everything through no matter how hard they are, just look on the brighter side :))

xx

Walking Giant

Currently a walking giant with my new shoes - platform sneakers; not the type of sneakers with a heel, but converse-like shoes with a platform sole.  Standing at 170cm with these on I feel super tall, hence the reason why mum called me a 豆芽菜 (soybean shoot) aka skinny stick...
Back to the topic, I was inspired by Juria a famous Harajuku girl who's famous for her lavender-coloured hair and use of tattoo tights in her stylish outfits, below is the picture of her with platform sneakers that caught my eye.

Juria

Another Harajuku girl ft. platform sneakers

I ordered my pair from Ebay for around $35, and they came in around two weeks from China.  The quality of these platform sneakers is quite good, from comfort to the materials used I'm very pleased, however I will have to somehow overcome the fact of walking in these sneakers which are slightly harder to walk in than normal shoes due to their height.  I give these a rating of 4/5, only if the sole had the density and rubbery texture like the original Converse chucks then I would've given it an extra mark, but I'm still very happy with these awesome shoes..now I think I have around 20 pairs of shoes, should stop buying shoes (but that's not possible haha)

actual product

Had quite a lot of fun walking around the house in these yesterday, can't wait to pull off a new look with these babies featuring my tattoo tights.  I think my fashion sense is becoming more mature now, so I should get rid of the florals in my wardrobe but but, they're so pretty on the other hand argh I hate dilemmas like this, 'to be or not to be'..
Only around 20 days of high school left until I graduate!  Just thinking about university sounds scary, but I've also heard that it's heaps better than school as there's more freedom, well I have to wait and see.

Bye,
Lissy

photo credits to tokyofashion

Dollywink new lashes

Tsubasa-chan just released 3 more lashes to add to her second collection, no. 15-17.  Can't wait for these to be around in stores as I would love to purchase the Pure Girl (No. 15) one as it looks more natural than the no. 4 ones.

 

 Image credits to Tsu-chan's blog post

Just short post, I'll get back to blogging once sacs are over, toodles!~

七夕情人节

昨天是'七夕情人节' 是中国的浪漫传统节日,   也是牛郎织女的爱情传说。

大河之东，有美女丽人，乃天帝之子，机杼女工，年年劳役，织成云雾绢缣之衣，辛苦殊无欢悦，容貌不暇整理，天帝怜其独处，嫁与河西牵牛为妻，自此即废织纴之功，贪欢不归。帝怒，责归河东，一年一度相会。

希望昨天大家都跟家人,爱人或朋友们过的很愉快哦!

Yesterday was the Chinese Valentine's Day, and I hope you all had a lovely time with your loved ones and family :)


Love,
Lissy

Cherry Blossoms

Just a few snapshots I took today of the cherry blossoms in our front garden as Melbourne finally showed the coming of Spring with a beautiful sunshiny day.  Also have a poem below to accompany the photos.

Cherry Blossoms Adrift

Pink petals passing
Scents above so high
Painted porcelain perfection
Blossoms caress the sky

Swaying silent shroud
Suitors strolling by
Pink petals passing
Lover's gentle sigh

Pastel hues falling
Slow fluttering grace
Pink petals passing
Lining streams in lace

Pink petals passing
Smoothest transit by
Soft essence floating
In most subtle lullaby

Inducing springtime slumber
Upon a satin shore
Sailing with the current
Pink petals pass before

Next time,

Lissy

Review: Romwe Single Pocket Light Green Shirt

Received my first purchase from Romwe the other day, Romwe is a China-based online store that sells clothings, shoes and accessories, and I quite well known among fashionista's for their:
- large range of styles
- cheap price
- range of sizing
- free shipping with no minimum purchase
- 20% off coupon for your first purchase!

Now onto what I got from Romwe.  I'd had my eyes on this shirt for quite a while, but they only had size large left, so I browsed other online stores like Sheinside and Asos for a similar shirt, but was unsuccessful.  Luckly, when I was browsing Romwe a few days later they had it back in stock! So I chose my size, clicked 'add to bag' and paid right away!

Single Pocket Light Green Shirt $34.99USD here
Stock photos:

credits to Romwe

Actual item:

Came nicely in a zip lock bag with information about returns

 

 

love the details - mother of pearl-like buttons and white edging

I'm really pleased with the quality and price of this shirt (bought it for only $27.99 after my 20% off coupon), so I'll continue to order from them in the future.  I also received it earlier than expected because they stated that delivering to Australia would take 5-15 days, yet it only took a week to arrive, great service.

Haven't worn this shirt out yet, but I will once spring's around the corner.  If you have time, I do recommend you check out Romwe, and you'll probably spend a few hours on it like I first did, and don't forget your 20% off coupon :)

Toodles,
Lissy

I'm back and giveaway winner!!

Back from my short hiatus due to assessment overload, and I think I did quite well in all 4 subjects.  Now it'll be a quiet weekend for me since I just have to read this context novel for English, other than that I'll be visiting the RMIT open day on Sunday to grab a pre-selection kit for the design courses I'm interested in, any Melbournians going to be there?

Anyways back to announcing my one year giveaway winner!
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 a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations LUCY!!~

I'll be emailing you shortly for your contact details, however if you do not reply within 48 hours I shall be picking a new winner!

Thank you to those who entered, and good luck for the next giveaway :)
Next giveaway will be makeup related, and I'll keep you updated on that

Be Right Back

Going to take a hiatus from blogging for around a week due to an overload with sacs: geography, business management, english, and health all in one week kill me now, but I'm only going to study for business management and english so I'll be alright, because I'll be bullshitting my way through the geography sac on population and health sac on global health #modelstudent

Now I bet you're thinking that I must be either really dumb to do such subjects or just want a relaxing last year in high school with bludge subjects, and the answer is B.  Since I was forced by my wanna-be-private-school to do five subjects this year when I already did two year 12 subjects in year 11 last year, I have a total of 7 subjects when the normal number of subjects is 5-6 ( ☌ω☌)

Anyways, just came back from a geography lecture which I nearly fell asleep in, but I survived with some milk tea I bought earlier and here's my ootd, got quite a few stares from old grannies at the train station maybe it's because of the tiger or the 'japanese girl 1984' part, who knows..

jumper: WC

jeans: Uniqlo

bag: Portmans

scarf: made by me

oxfords (not shown): Urban soul

don't forget my giveaway which ends soon~

That's it for now, I'll be back soon with a review on a shirt I bought from Romwe!

Byee

Daily Skincare Routine

Looking beautiful is something we all want to be and in order to look beautiful we not only need good makeup and makeup skills, but also nice skin underneath all the makeup to compliment it.  So today, I'll be sharing my daily skincare routine.

Just some background information, my skin is oily around the T-zone area especially my forehead which I tend to break out in probably because of my full fringe, but normal in other places, so you could say that I have slight combination skin, my eyelids are sometimes 'puffy' since I have monolids (eyelids without the crease).  Other than that I dont have any major problems like wrinkles or anything age related since I'm still under 20 years old.

These are the products that I've been using for a good year or so, and you'll notice that I'm loyal to my Asian products.  Why?  Because I think I'm more suited to Asian skincare products because they work on me by leaving my skin nice and supple, without the strong scent which I dislike that many western brands have like Lush and The Body Shop.

My everyday products:
- Hadalabo foaming cleanser
- Hadalabo toner
- Hadalabo lotion
- Anessa sunscreen cleanser (summer use)
- Anessa SPF50+ sunscreen (summer use)
- Shiseido Deluxe night cream (night use)
- Shiseido Acteaheart eye cream (night use)
- Kobayashi medicated acne cream (night use)

Every morning I cleanse my face with a pump of the Hadalabo foaming cleanser, splash my face around 10 times with cold water which doubles as a natural toner and closes up my pores, I pat my face dry, then I use pea size amounts of the Hadalabo toner and lotion which is amazing because of the hyaluronic acid inside and keeps the moisture in your skin for a long time.

Hadalabo toner commercial:


At night, I cleanse my face with the Hadalabo cleanser once again, however this time I use the Shiseido night cream which has a thicker consistancy, and every now and then I use the Shiseido eye cream around my eyes, I love this eye cream however it's quite expensive for the size of it (bought it for around 4000円 which is nearly $50AUD) but you only need the size of a grain of rice each time you use it.  Occasionally I'll end up with a few pimples here and there so I use the Kobayashi acne cream which dries up your pimple..I think, all you have to do just wash it off the next morning and it's heaps smaller, you can get it here on ebay.

My makeup removing products:
- Neutrogena eye makeup remove
- Biore gentle makeup removing wipes
- Japanese remake pencil

I hardly apply makeup on my face, so I mainly focus on my eyes when removing makeup.  The Neutrogena eye makeup remover is some amazing stuff, it removes everything and comes off really quick so there's no need to rub your eyelids to remove the eye makeup.  Sometimes when I need a quick cleaner alternative I go for the Biore makeup removing wipes which is quite gentle on the skin and leaves a subtle fresh scent.  This remake pencil is something that I cannot live without, it's a makeup correcting pen which easily removes mistakes without using any water, just a cotton wipe or tissue, pure amazing-ness.

before and after shots

That's my daily skincare routine, what products do you use?  What is a product that you'll always stick by?  For me, I'll be a loyal Hadalabo customer.

my naked face and my beloved products

Thanks for reading, treat your skin nicely 'because I'm you're worth it' ( ´◡`)

Btw, 19 days left til my giveaway ends!

Pastel rainbow & polka dots

I has new nails! Even though school has already started and I'm not supposed to wear nail polish, its my last year in high school so I should break at least some rules in the wanna-be-private nun girls school I go to.  But I'll probably have to hide my hands in my pocket for the next week or so from getting a detention from the cranky teachers who are constantly like 'Wear your blazer to and from school, girls!', 'Where's your uniform pass?', 'Where's your late pass?' blah blah I think you get the gist of what my school's like #rebelliousteenager

Since I bought the both the mint and yellow recently, I thought it was a great time to paint my nails into a rainbow and to jazz it up with a bit of fun I added polka dots :)

Here's what I used:
- Cutex base coat
- Cutex top coat
- Sally Hansen 'Made you blush'
- Essie 'Haute as Hello'
- The Face Shop 'YL701'
- Skinfood 'BL005'
- Missha 'BL001'
- Etude House nail art pen (white)
- Daiso nail drying spray

I don't think I need a thorough tutorial, basically just paint your nails to achieve the colour and transperancy you want, draw dots on your nails with either a dotting tool or the dotting pen I'm using, seal your nails with a good coat of top coat and you're done!  The base coat and nail drying spray are optional, however if you're impatient like me then I suggest you get one of these nail drying sprays from Daiso to help speed things up.

Hope you liked this short update of my current nails, don't forget to check out my blog giveaway! Bye

click on me to go to the giveaway

 

 

 

My One Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway!!!

Hello lovely readers!!~
It has been awhile since my blog turned one years old, and I'm greatful to have reached 70+ followers (which I thought I never would), so I would like to thank you all for your support with this giveaway which ends on August 10th at 12.00am (EST).
The winner will be annouced via email the following day, I'll be using Rafflecopter to run the entries and everything in the giveaway has been purchased with my own money so nothing is sponsored.

This giveaway is open internationally, and shipping costs (registered mail) will be covered by me :)

 One lucky winner will be scoring themselves the following:
- 1 DKNY 'show me something new york' tote bag
- 1 Heart-shaped speaker
- 1 New York zip purse
- 1 Cupcake-shaped Rilakkuma charm
- 1 Suzy's Zoo small goods case (suitable for false eyelashes)
- 1 Carmex lip balm
- 1 Pink and white pearl deco sheet
- 1 Pink rose dangle earrings
- 1 Pink bow charm
- 2 Animal-shaped clips
- 1 Disney Cuties pen (black)
- 1 Maybelline Baby Lips lip balm (anti-oxidant berry)

Detailed pictures of the giveaway prizes:

 Now on to the simple rules:
- You must be a public follower of my blog via GFC (Googgle Friend Connect)
- Use Rafflecopter below to enter yourself into the giveaway, otherwise you will not be counted

And don't bother cheating or taking credit for an entry you didn't do through Rafflecopter because I'll be checking them *evil laughter*

Good luck to you ll, and thank you once again ٩꒰｡•◡•｡꒱۶


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Recent gets + giveaway soon!!

How is everyone lately?  Just started term 3 on Monday and boy do I feel old in my year 12 hoodie.  Unlike some schools who got their hoodies/jumpers at the beginning of the year, we had to petition to get it on the last day of the second term ugh because the senior school office was going on about 'how we wouldn't contentrate in school' and other stupid excuses, but it was worth it because we won and now we're all in our warm comfy hoodies (´◡`)

Year 12 in 2012 :)

So here are a few pieces from my recent shopping trips at the end of my two week holiday

Jumper from Gap, shoulder bag from Portmans and quilt set from Ikea

Scored these new slipper flats from Wittners when they had a sales promotion of taking an extra 30%off the marked price, from the original $129.95 is scored these for less than half price!

 Also bought these three magazines on Monday after school because my teacher was away so I finished early, and had enough time to go to the city.  And came back with three magazines (Sweet Oct 2011, Popteen July and August 2012) and two nail polishes, the yellow one is from thefaceshop and the nice mint green which I had been searching for is from Skin Food.  Spent over $50 in just the 20 or so minutes I had in the city o.o

Oh and since I've had this blog for more that I year, I decided that I should do a little giveaway to thank you guys, my followers.  Here's a small preview:

Stay tuned for when the giveaway starts! Byee

Parcel madness

Finally received my 5 parcels a few days ago, so happy that they arrived on the same day.  Is it just me or do you guys like buying things online aswell because you get that sensation of receiving and opening a present (from yourself)? and to make things better, the parcels (presents) come wrapped in bubble wrap so you spend the next 20 or so minutes popping the bubble wrap just because you can never leave bubble wrap unpopped.

Now onto the presents I bought for myself #foreveralone

First up, my Hadalabo cleanser refill and mum's Softymo cleanser.  I ordered these from Cosme's rakuten shop, and they came came within a few days via EMS from Japan.  I wouldv'e bought the cleansers here, but you never know how long the stores have had them for and they are always heaps more expensive than reliable online shops like Cosme.

Then it was my order from this ebay seller, I swear they gave me a few extra pieces...oh wells, here are the links to the things I got here for the nose clip, here for the deco bits, here for the invisible clips, and here for the hair stick thing.

And my silicon samsung galaxy s2 case from Cellsafe which reduces radiation that's emitted from your phone, my mum is someone who's crazy about anti-radiation devices so she was like 'you must get this!!' but I'm glad they have pink which is my favourite colour :)

Also bought a pair of black ballet shoes and a LED light for my camera which I'll soon be using once I find some working batteries.

My holidays are ending soon, and I haven't done much but finish the mountainous amounts of holidays homework left be teachers, I've finished all of my homework except geography...because its my 'favourite' subject haha.

Toodles~

Hello Samsung Galaxy S2 (SII)

Got another new phone a few days ago, why?  Because my Galaxy R which dad got from China died, I couldn't turn it on or do anything due to some system problem, so please do not purchase the galaxy R you will just be wasting your time and money if you do
Since I still like Samsung's design and the Android system, I decided to go for the Galaxy S2 which is one of the best selling phones, also because I played around with a few of my friends phones who have the same one and fell in love ;w;

This post will be a very short review about what I like about the Samsung Galaxy S2.
Pros:
- lightweight
- available in a range of colours (black, white, pink)
- 4.3'' super amoled plus display
- slim design
- 8MP camera

Cons:
- memory card slot is under the battery (hard to access)
- small space bar

size comparison against my ipod (relative size of iphone)

love my anti-dust plug thing from here 

screenshot of my apps

my list of suggested applications:
- pudding camera
- 美人相机
- GO keyboard
- pink diary
- whatsapp
- pastel animal battery widget
- SBY camera
- 美图秀秀
- emoticon dictionary
- labelbox


Thanks for reading, byee

ideas please

My 18th birthday will be in less than 3 months time, I still feel like a 16 year old inside but whatever, I get told I look like one too...
So I was wondering if your guys could help me out with any possible party ideas or themes, I'm not the type of person to hold gigantic parties and invite 50+ people, any ideas for small manageable parties?  I would love to have a paintball party but most of my friends aren't over 18, so I was thinking of having one at a restaurant, but iunno

all ideas are appreciated, thank you :3

Japan: Day 6 Part 3 - Ginkakuji Temple

Last part of day 6, you can read about part 1 here and part 2 here.
Ginkakuji or Silver Pavilion is a Zen temple with other temple buildings and multiple gardens, also it is called the Silver Pavilion it was never covered in silver, but apparently it gives off a silvery appearance when reflected....who knows.

doesn't look that silver to me...

dry sand garden

view from the top of a mountain

Finally finished the post on day 6, I really recommend going to a few of these famous temples when you're in Kyoto because it's a city that still has historical buildings and symbolises the traditional side of Japan.

I'll be updating more posts these 2 weeks because it's holidays, and I've done most of my homework, so be prepared for more posts on my Japan trip :)

さようなら~