☆♪KONEKO journal

Root

2012-02-02T10:42:00.001Z

Hello everyone, apologies for not writing anything in a really long time!

I haven't been feeling very well since last posting, so please excuse me. I just feel run down a lot of the time recently and I'm not really sure why. Blood tests come back negative and I don't have anything physically wrong! Worst of all is that as well as my body just generally being retarded, my tooth has started to play up.

I went for an emergency appointment yesterday with Adam as my tooth has been getting progressively worse each day since last week, and I'm in excruciating pain at least 3 times a day, all at the SAME times each day which is even weirder - 1-2pm, 7:30-8pm, and then 9-11pm is the worst. I can't eat, so for the past few days I've only been able to eat lunch, and then when I get home, I have to sit down and not talk or open my mouth and then just go to bed and have to ride it out :(

Anyway, I went to the dentist and it turns out a nerve in one of back teeth is fucked. I have a filling in the same tooth which I got done when I was about 14/15 and it's always been super sensitive, despite the fact that it's covered up and no longer an exposed cavity. I've never been able to have anything cold, even mildly cold, on that side of my mouth, and I haven't ever really been able to eat on that side either, only soft food (haha like a baby or something). And my options? Root Canal or Extraction. fml. I went to a Dentist that offers regular dentistry as well as cosmetic procedures such as Invisalign and whitening, and they quoted me over £1,000 for the RC and £140+ for the extraction....wtf! I don't have this kind of money! I don't have any savings, and I'm certainly not asking my parents to bail me out!

I told the dentist I wanted the extraction and she said "oh, but you're too young to have a tooth out!" and I felt like saying "Well, if YOU want to pay for the RC for me, then be my guest, but there's no way I can afford that." And she was like "oh...well, okay" and then gave me an estimate with the cost of my "new patient consultation" (£30), extraction (£140), and then a hygienist visit (£45) (which was news to me, and something I didn't ask for). All added up to £215, which again, is something I can only just about afford after all my rent and bills have left my account. As I was leaving, the receptionist was kind enough to stop me and say "er, we usually take £100 deposit? But you can leave £130 if you like :)" I'm wearing NO make-up, some cheap jeans and shoes and my hair is just, ugh. Do I LOOK like I just happen to be carrying £130 casually in my purse? lolllllll.

And then Adam did something, and I wish he hadn't, but he gave me £130 to give to her; and I felt like slapping him and saying "WTF LETS JUST RUN AWAY LOL" but I didn't, I gave him a big hug and a huge thank you! And then we left lol. I spoke to my Dad afterwards and he advised me to make an appointment with my current Dentist that I'm still registered with. Total cost for RC? £80-£200 depending on the tooth. SORTED! :D And now to just get my £100 deposit back!

I have to say though, the Amoxicillin that the dentist gave me has worked wonders. Paracetemol and Ibuprofen and Nurofen were like lost causes! Anyway, sorry the essay on the trip yesterday! But it's put me at ease knowing what's wrong with my tooth and that I can have something done about it!

We went to Brent Cross (it's a big shopping mall for those who aren't sure) afterwards and I actually felt the happiest I've felt in a long time...either the drugs were kicking in, or I genuinely felt happy..I don't know, but it was nice to feel, well, nice! I have to share my new socks with you:

AWESOME. They're from the kids section at H&M but so whaaaaat.

I also finally bought some NYX palettes after dying over them for so long! I bought:

Paradise

Royal Violets

Sweet Chocolate Browns

And I trialed the SCB out last night, and they're gorgeous! Adam took me out for dinner, and I was defeated by Ravioli!

I brought it back home, lol, so I might try to finish it later...

A few more photos and a song for you to end the post~

My new Lancome Sparkling Cherubin blush!

My favourite place to eat in Camden, ever!

Janvier

2012-01-04T21:17:00.002Z

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a great start to the New Year!

Both were fairly quiet and family orientated for me, although it was nice :) We also had a Christmas meal at our flat which was fun and cute!

On Christmas Eve, it was really nice not to have to worry about setting an alarm for the next morning! Me and Adam slept like babies, ahh it was so nice. We went to a family friend's house on Xmas Eve for drinks and some food and stuff and it was really fun! It's an old friend of my dad, whose daughters used to babysit me and my sister, and one whom I used to work with! We had this really yummy mini jello shots, and I really want to make some of my own now, as the recipe seems really easy, and it's fun to try them out with your friends~

I don't have any photos of my Xmas gets, but I got a Benefit gift card, some perfume, sweets, and just cute things :)! It was really nice to be around my family too; I kinda miss them now that i'm away all the time :(

New Years weekend was relaxing again, and I got to play with a pug for a good part of it! I almost didn't make it to midnight either as I was extremely tired >.< We played lots of boardgames and Wii too to pass the time, and then when it came to the countdown, we put the TV on to see the fireworks, which were pretty awesome! Here's a video if you didn't get to see them!

And here is Adam's sister's pug; his name is Bert ;D

I went to H&M in the city centre on NYE with Adam to see if there was anything in the sales and just to have a browse, and I ended up spending the rest of my gift card leftover from my birthday on these:

anyone who knows me, knows I <3 the H&M Hello Kitty socks that they randomly bring out. Not only are they super cute but there is a double entendre in me 1)loving Hello Kitty and 2)loving Japan ;D Awesome!

I also went to the Body Shop and saw that they were having a sale! Select FULL SIZE Body Butters reduced to £5 (although the Coconut one wasn't included which sucks as it's my favourite) as well as some scrubs and other bits too! I got these:

The perfume wasn't part of any sales, I just bought it to replace my old Vanilla perfume as the bottle started to leak really randomly (even though I never knew when) and I lost lots of the perfume! I bought it in February last year when I was visiting Monica and Ingvild in Norway, so for a tiny bottle it lasted ages! But I guess it would have lasted a lot longer had the bottle not gone weird :s

But that's mainly it! I've been working since, and trying to think of things to do for this year! Next month will be me and Adam's one year anniversary; weird huh? But really nice of course :D

See you soon!

earth, jupiter & mars

2011-12-21T19:53:00.001Z

Hello everyone!

How have you been? At the moment I'm multitasking by blogging, taking photos and cooking dinner whilst listening to Studio Ghibli soundtracks~ I just have to make sure I keep an eye on the food...

Anyway, it's been a little while since my last blog as I've been at work and when I get home I just want to pass out in bed! Thank goodness for days off! (Although I actually do nothing on these days >.<) I can't believe it's Christmas week already!!!!. Have you all done early shopping or are you now part of the huge rush trying to find last minute gifts? I don't really have much of a chance to do proper shopping on the hight street, mainly because of work, and also because I really don't like shopping in Central London!

I'm so used to just shopping in my home town, because this is the first time I've been living away from my family. Me and Adam are going to my parents for Christmas and to his parents for New Year. I'd find it weird if I didn't spend Christmas with my family, regardless as to whether I live with them or not!

Last week I upgraded my phone, and I now have a shiny iPhone 4!

I went for white as it looks cleaner and more fresh than the black. Also, because my previous phone was black and it shows up all the dirt and scratches more easily lol! I can't wait to have some kind of protective "shell" on it though, as I'll have to wait for the New Year before I can really afford to do a custom case for it.

My service provider fucked up my upgrade however, and sent me the phone with a brand new number instead of keeping my old one, so for a week I had 2 numbers! And my bill just came through...£77! It's a joke... Either way, yesterday I spent just over an hour in the phone store and the guy managed to sort it all out for me, so now I'm happy! I decided to sell my old phone online and I should be getting a cheque for just over £100 pretty soon! Not too shabby at all :D

Today I met up with an old friend, who I also dated when I was about 15. He is so lovely, and it was really nice to see him after such a long time! We went for lunch, and then afterwards, I went to buy a last gift for my Mom from LUSH, and I also went to H&M to use up some more of my gift card money. I went to the H&M in Covent Garden as the one in Camden is shit, and the staff there are really rude. It was no surprise that the staff in the Covent Garden branch were also really rude. Fuck them and their £7.99 tops! (What's the point in the .99 anyway?)

Regardless, here is what I bought in H&M:

Acid Wash skinny jeans

Thin top with glittery-ish material

Plain top

I bought the jeans as I wanted some acid wash for ages and didn't bother getting any. The top is cute because I love big tops that are floaty and can be worn on one shoulder :) The plain top? Just something I can wear around the house on a lazy day/casual day out/even bedtime. I bought the black and grey one after having to return the blue and white one I bought the other week as the sales assistant on the till ripped a huge hole in the side whilst trying to remove the security tag....retard. I also bought some track pants the other week, which are SUPER COSY and I love wearing them to chill and sleep in... :p BUT there are holes in the legs too. Seriously, sort it out.

Max Factor Creme Puff in "Gay Whisper"....not my hand btw.

Tomorrow evening, we're having a mini Christmas meal at our flat which should be cute! I need to take a photo of our rainbow tree that Rosie decorated... In fact, here you are:

Cute right?? It looks really good in real life as opposed to photos.

So what are you all doing for Christmas? I hope whatever you do, you have a great Xmas and a fabulous New Year!

snap

2011-12-07T20:52:00.001Z

Hello!

The next part in my updates is about my birthday (ahh) and the latest shoot I did!

So, yeah! I'm officially 21 and it's weird! Although not as weird as when I turned 20, which was kinda shit. I can legally drink in the US now, and...go to Casinos! Haha, totally awesome things that I can do now... :p

I was planning on going out with some work friends to a 90s club night thing, but didn't in the end, as my birthday happened to fall 2 days before payday; ouch. Instead, Adam took me out for dinner. We went to Wagamama's, and although I don't frequent it very often, it was really yummy!

A couple of weeks before this, I did a photoshoot at work with some other work friends. The pictures are probably going to be used for adverts and posters or something, not quite sure, but either way, here are the photos!

l-r; me, Nathaniel, Anastasija, Koji

Anastasija

Koji & me

Koji

Nathaniel

What do you think? Anastasija did her make-up, Koji's and Nathaniels! Although I started his off ;D Her make-up is super fucking AWESOME and she should be doing make-up as a career or something! Really envious of her skills!

It was really fun to do, as we stayed quite late into the night, and we also shot in XXX (hence the pole photo) which is always fun ;) Hopefully, there will be another thing like this as it was good to shoot with everyone and have a good time in the process! My next shooting, or should I say, filming, is happening tomorrow with Marc. It's based on a long script he wrote for me a while back and it's certainly going to be interesting to film! Again, can't share with you as it will be nude! But i'll try and find some stuff once it's available and see if I can make it SFW for you all!

Oh, and one more thing before I go; do you like my new layout? I spent a little bit of time on it today, but needless to say, i'm unfortunately not the brains behind the whole thing, but I have done a fair amount of tweaking etc myself to make it, well, me! And you may need to update your bookmarks, as my blog is now registered under www.hibkoko.com !

See you guys soon!

31/10/11: Halloween

2011-12-02T21:25:00.001Z

Hi hi!

Apologies for the unmentioned hiatus back there! Just after Halloween I got sick and then super busy for work, and just generally too tired to do anything that required any kind of patience >.<. I still love you guys! Just sorry to keep you waiting for my next post! As i'm behind, i'll write the entries I was going to write all that time ago to keep you updated into my life :)

My phone went on a big fuck up too, and is only just working again, so I can actually transfer photos from my phone again!

Anyway, in my Halloween related blog post, I mentioned my outfits that I was going to wear, and photos shall be here! First up though is the Pumpkin I carved; and step-by-step, here's how I did it!

Pumpkin; plain, obviously

I drew the design I wanted with a board marker, as it came off easily if I wanted to change something

Next, I cut a hole in his head!

Seedy hat

Seedy insides!

Seedy bag. Unfortunately I didn't keep the seeds for bread or muffins as I wouldn't have had the chance, so I threw them away >.<

Next it was time to cut out the design

Complete..or?

NOW finished! He lost a tooth and some other bits in the carving process >.<

He proudly sat in our hallway for a week or so until he practically fell in and went moudly haha. I hope everyone else's Pumpkins went okay!

Now for the outfitsss. Friday the 28th I went with the JK outfit, no pics unfortunately! But safe to say it wasn't amazing, quite a quick outfit. Sat 29th, was my mega slutty Genie/Jasmine costume! Completed with obnoxiously shiny d.i.a. shell bra :D

because i'm totally a dj.

It's safe to say my outfit shocked and pleased all! A very skimpy little number - possibly to be worn again on future occasions....

Sunday 30th, I wore my Alice costume, with creepy make-up and contacts;

make-up wise, I went for a version of Tanja's Alice make-up, not the same! i fail

And for Monday 31st? I was boring and just did make-up:

we mixed up sooo many fake blood capsules underneath my till that week...

Ahh, purple hair. I may as well mention that i'm blonde again! I needed to do my roots anyway and kind of just went along and bleached it all. I also bought some silver hair dye which didn't exactly work, but my hair is fairly white at the moment :)

I also had my nails done; (and i added to them)

And that's all for now! I shall bring the next installment shortly!

o-b-a-k-e

2011-10-24T23:21:00.003+01:00

Hello, hello, hello!

It's nearly 11pm here in crappy old London, and I thought I would bring a blog to you all! Since I last posted, I've been super busy at work! Halloween is essentially our Christmas, as it gets mad busy! The last few weekends have been great, and people have seriously been thinking ahead for Halloween this year! We had some DJ's in the store on the 15th doing a pre-party for an event called Sinistry. It was like a VS I think? But I couldn't really tell, I was mainly trying to serve all the tonnes of customers in my tiny Accessories space!

I can't believe how quickly each month goes by..like, I swear it was only Summer not so long ago! Then again, our Summer was rubbish and was late and then lasted a few weeks (if that). I can't wait to be back in Japan again at some point either. It's been playing on my mind recently and it's kind of depressing knowing i'm not there this year! So, back to Halloween stuff! I wasn't really sure what to do this year, as I've never really done a whole lot for it. When I was in High School, I just stayed in and would have the kids knocking on our door and stuff (really hoping they'll leave us alone over here in N.LDN!) and that's it really!

Here's a cute photo of me and my sister dressing up as kids; and it wasn't even Halloween!

What's odd is that I can recall this moment really well. Odd? Mainly because I can't really remember too many things about the past very well. I remember being in Ireland one year around Halloween time and me and my friend went to some of the houses in the village (the tiny, tiny village..if you can even call it a village! A hamlet maybe??) and there's a photo around somewhere of us, and I'm wearing all black and have a cape and a devil stick. I remember that cape really well actually! It was really plastic and obviously a bit rubbish but I liked it!

Do you want to see a funny photo? This was taken just before I turned 16:

Ohh, those were the days! This was when I was just going out with my first proper boyfriend. Haha, I looked so lame!

Tomorrow I'm thinking about doing some mad make-up for work as opposed to dressing up in a costume. I kind of want to do that more over the weekend. (Halloween is on a Monday...:s) I have a few outfits in my wardrobe;
1)Alice in Wonderland:

2) Sailor Fuku:

3) Genie/totally slutty Princess Jasmine:

I bought the last outfit last week and it arrived like, within a few days! It's really see-through though..haha. I bought it as I wanted to dress like Mimi, the girl who pretends to be Jasmine from Bunny Girl Gal Circle:

Okay, so it's not entirely the same outfit, but hey, I just wanted something similar :) Hmm...now which day to wear?!

invasion!

2011-10-12T17:44:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone!

Today I moved in properly with Adam! All my stuff is here now, including all my Hello Kitty plushies.. ;D I also brought round my N64 (yes, I'm a geek), Gamecube...actually, I had so much more stuff than I realised, and it was mainly clothing! I had a mini clear out, which I will finish at another time, for clothes I'm going to throw away and clothes I'm going to give to a charity store.

I realised just now while typing - Not all of my stuff is here; Adam wouldn't let me take my egg magazines or any of my big books! Meanie :( I have to go back and get my bed at some point, so I'll take them with me then. But anyway, for now, all the stuff I need and want all the time, is here! Adam was like, so happy I swear! My Dad drove us up and after he left, Adam gave me such a huge hug and carried me into the house haha. It really doesn't feel very different now that I'm technically an official house mate, as I've been going back and forth so much!

Off the topic of moving in, tomorrow I'm doing a photo shoot with the guy that did me and Georgie's photos back in April, which will be great as obviously I look a little different, and I love shooting, I haven't done in so long! I'll probably be working with Marc.B again soon on another short film and photos? He always has such mad ideas, it's awesome!

The other night, our friend Ryo came over and stayed the night, and we found a new friend in Tesco!

I can't wait for Halloween to be here already! I'm allowed to have a Pumpkin in the make-up section and i'm definitely putting eyelashes and lots of make-up on it!

What are you all doing for Halloween? Do you have any special plans or outfit themes?

combined

2011-10-01T22:44:00.000+01:00

Hello everyone!

How are you doing? Well, I must say that the weather over here in crappy UK has been really great the last 2 days! And tomorrow it's set to be really good too! Don't know if this will continue into the weekend and cross over into next week (highly doubtable) so I've been enjoying it while I can :)

On Tuesday I went to sign the contract, and I'm now officially moving in with Adam! It's really exciting that it's finally done! I've been slowly moving my stuff over when I make trips back and forth to my house; it will be weird because I'm still going to call where my parents live "my" house; and then my Dad is going to help me with bigger stuff such as my bed and other bigger items. Luckily, I don't have to bring any storage-type stuff with me as we have built in wardrobes, not huge ones, but it means we don't have to worry about where to put a wardrobe!

Wednesday we went shopping to Ikea with Perry. It was fun, but difficult at first to figure out which one to go to! Back home, we would just go to the Croydon Ikea, as it's a short drive and my parents can obviously drive, but here in North London there are two Ikea's and none of us can drive, and they're both just over an hour away by public transport! We decided to go to the one in Edmonton/Tottenham as it seemed closer, and the one in Wembley proved a little bit confusing to get to from where we are. Also, the Edmonton/Tottenham one is supposedly bigger? But I can't compare as I don't know! Either way, it was fun! And was so addictive, especially the big baskets and sections at the end bit just before you get to the "self-service" where they have random household stuff and you like, just want to buy it, but you shouldn't because it's random and you don't really need it! Ohh, I love Ikea :D

Meatballs @Ikea. I'm fussy and can't have the gravy touching the meatballs or chips..haha freak

Me and Perry with matching pillow cases @Ikea

We ended up buying a desk, a coffee table and two small chests of drawers - one each! Also bought some other homey stuff too such as wardrobe organisers and organiser tray things for cupboards that I can put underwear/socks in ;D So basically, we're nearly there in making the room more, roomy and ours!

In the evening, me and Adam went for dinner at The Old White Lion in East Finchley. As you can see from the website, it's gorgeous! It's a kind of, modern pub? Lol, I don't really know how to describe it! All the furniture is odd, plus the tables, so nothing is the same, and it's really cool! The food is really good too, which is obviously another reason for going! We had Calamari with Lime Mayo for starter and handmade Beef Burgers (with like, an INCH or more thick of meat!) with thin flat chips. They do the magical sought after chips I adore....Sweet Potato Chips!!!!! but only on selected dishes :( Ahh, I love those kind of chips, ever since having them in Finland! (As some of you may remember me talking about here)

I did take pics of our dinner, but the flash makes the food look disgusting haha so im not going to post them, sorry!

Speak soon!

How will I know

2011-09-24T20:28:00.001+01:00

Hello!

How are you all? Im fine, if you were wondering :) My week has been pretty good, and i'd like to report that i've been feeling really great! You guys are really nice, and it brings a positive impact~ 8D

Today I had a nice surprise when Miaka came into the store! I've never been approached by a blog reader before, and Miaka is the nicest person ever! Plus, she has fabulous hair ;D Please check out her blog!

Im working on getting a better commenting system too, because my current one sucks! Here are a few pics for you, mainly my Violent Lips from this week :) Enjoy!

News

2011-09-15T13:26:00.001+01:00

Hi guys!

As the title of the post suggests, I have some things to tell!

Well, it's only one thing for the moment, I don't have much else happening (that I know of!) right now~ So the news?

I'm moving out of my parents house and in with my boyfriend! Okay, so im not having a baby or getting married, but for me, it's, pretty substantial!

I'm really excited because it feels so right with Adam. We've been together for 7months, which isn't a long time, but we're both really serious about wanting to build a future together and moving in with a partner is the first step!

I'll be moving into the flat Adam is living in at the moment, where i've been staying every so often for the time we've been together. It's great because the location is nice, we're equally close to two tube stations, the landlady is lovely, the people living downstairs are lovely, and the community seems great! I've had the odd occasion where people have said weird stuff to me or shouted insults, but unfortunately, that kind of thing happens way too often now, no matter where you are.

I sent my references form off today and that's step one complete! Only one more step to go, and then it's official! Obviously I have to wait for the references to come back, but as i'm not a paedo or bankrupt, im confident things will be just fine 8D

Me and Adam can't wait to scour the the Ikea catalogue and buy random crap for our room! P.s. Random photo is of a HUGE potato I found in Tesco last night!

Fáilte

2011-09-08T11:54:00.001+01:00

Hello everyone!

I'm going to slowly be returning to the blogging world, and I have some updates and news I want to share with you all too :D First of all, I want to thank you guys for your kind comments on my last blog entry. I've just had this void in my life most recently and I can't really figure out why. Hopefully I'm going to be getting back on track and making the most of everyday :)

This weekend, I'm going to Ireland for my cousin's wedding! I already mentioned it here, which was a little while ago! The time has really flown by since then. I rushed to buy a dress last week and found a long maxi dress - which I've always said I wouldn't wear; 1) I'm SHORT! 2) They're usually gross 3) They're a summer item. We haven't had a summer here in UK, nor in Ireland, where it shall be between 16 and 18 degrees with lots of rain when we go. Fabulous.

So, yes, a maxi dress. My mom wasn't keen on my dress from Bik Bok, which I love, and was like "no, it;s too revealing" which it't not lol, if anything, the dress I have now is the same! My parents were so worried about the way I was going to look at the wedding and tried to convince me into not wearing extensions, or make-up, or anything that would make people think "wtf". But I REALLY DON'T CARE. Obviously i'm not going to upstage the bride or anything, but it just gets annoying that they have all these pre-conceptions >.<

And in my life recently? Not so many mad things unfortunately to tell, but last week I went to have Mexican food with Perry, Maddie and Koji from work, and then we went for Purikura and Karaoke with Adam, Rosie and Maya afterwards! Here was my outift - I made an effort and felt good for doing so.

Top: New Look

Shorts: d.i.a.

Belt: d.i.a.

Tail: Store in Osaka

Shoes: Online store

My faaaaaaace! Not loving this pic, but nvm~

And our purikura:

Koji is a new staff at Cyberdog and he was so shocked when I first spoke to him in Japanese! I think my Japanese is getting better, especially when we talk a lot, as it gives me the chance to practise, which is what I've really missed since last being there! He said he was "too old" to do puri...lol! But he said that he would keep his sunglasses on!

Actually, now that I think about it, last week was actually quite busy for me! Thursday was all of the above, Friday night there was a BBQ at Adam's place, and Saturday night, we went to Torture Garden! We also had a "leaving drinks" event for a girl called Cintia who is from Spain and worked at Cyberdog for 1 month! She was there only for a short time but was so lovely! And she wrote me a special letter and gave me some photos too :D. I love her, she is seriously like my Spanish sister! Here's some photos from the combination of everything, except Torture Garden, as no photos of me have surfaced, but that's okay :p

Waaah! Massive photo spam! I hope that's okay for you guys >.

Have a good weekend!

you're watching the return of the machine

2011-08-22T22:00:00.000+01:00

HELLO! HELLO!

Oh god, I was away for soo long..eek! Sorry guys! :(

I think lately i've been feeling really uninspired each day, and it's taking me a great deal of energy to find the time to do anything any more, and I feel almost useless. While i'm happy with my life, I constantly feel that something is missing but I struggle to find what that is.

Fashion-wise, I don't even know what i'm doing any more. I don't wear any make-up (apart from eyebrows, eye liner and mascara) during the weekdays and only pile on the slap for weekends. 1) This makes me (and is definitely) feel very lazy 2) It makes me feel extremely boring 3) It makes me feel hideous. The spark and enthusiasm I had just seems to have evaporated and I can't muster the strength to get it back.. Even Adam said to me recently "what happened to you being sexy all the time?" - in response to me just being lazy and lounging about in pjs and massive hoodies instead of the pj shorts and sheer tops I wore before and making weird facial expressions and body movements instead of me being very "i'm not like that" and rather...ladylike..ish? - and this kind of fell on me like a tonne of bricks or some other horrible building appliance/architectural structure.

Why? I don't know. I can't give anyone any answers, not even myself. I went out clubbing with Monica, Ingvild and Kei a few weeks ago, and what a hot mess I was. I felt so insecure the whole night (mainly because my dress was pushing my chest up a bit too much) and because I felt the odd one out - purple hair, hair in ponytail, rushed make-up - not the done up self I used to pride myself on being.

My health seems to be in a better state now, although i'm still feeling way too tired. I've said it so many times (and not done anything) but this month I SHALL get some vitamins sorted out. Did I mention how big I feel too? My boobs are the biggest they've been, uh, ever and my stomach doesn't settle, ever. I have my good days and my off days but I guess this is all a back line that I hate having to think about...

Sorry to write something so random and thought provoking/slightly morbidly dramatic (almost) after my absence :( For those of you who are still interested, here is some shots taken over the past few weeks to prove I am still a human:

what i'm starting to live off of

we now stock these at work! after all my hard work of keeping it all a secret and contacting and arranging things with everyone under the sun, they are a best seller within the first week..buy yoursss!

d.i.a. gilet. I like it very much : )

aaaaand

an old shoot pic I found :s

Ashamed

2011-08-09T18:34:00.002+01:00

That's right.

I'm sure you've all heard of the unnecessary and stupid events taking place in London at the moment. And what for? nothing.

Apparently, looting, starting fires and generally destroying not only buildings and landmarks, but people's lives and livelihoods is the right thing to do. And like many others have said, where are the authorities in all of this madness? who is keeping the UK safe?

YES it's not up to the Police etc alone to take charge and defend uprisings and antisocial behaviour, but at the same time, there are so many eye-witness reports of Police being the by-standers and overlooking the situations at hand. Wrong? Of course it is. While the relentless attacks in the Home Counties continue, there are still not enough people to help protect the innocent citizens that have to stand and watch as their homes are burnt down or areas destroyed.

The only people that actually seem to be taking matters into their own hands are the hundreds of Turkish shopkeepers, who defended themselves (and others) from the mobs of fucking idiotic youths descending and causing the utmost violence. Why can't more members of the public follow suit and actually try to defend and help stop the situations? Of course; the majority of youths ARE violent and will do whatever they can to fight against this - trying to save the situation should be done at one's own risk - but it still begs the question of the whereabouts of so-called "hard men" that continually make headlines for sending the bad guys down.

But let's not let the other bad guys get away unnamed - MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN (some as young as 8) ARE ALSO PART OF THE RIOTING.

WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM?!

Some internet gems:

Besides my ranting, i'd like to let you all know that i'm safe and at home with my family. My work was closed early today due to Police advice, so hopefully nothing bad will happen! I think i'm pretty lucky (for now) that nothing bad has happened in my area, although problems seem to be heading even more south pretty quickly (and for some reason, up in the north?? totally unrelated!!) and i'm really hoping that where I am, thing =s will be okay....

eep!

2011-07-19T22:57:00.000+01:00

Sorry i've been away!!!

Blog post tomorrow.....
I'm still alive.....somewhere!

is this the real life

2011-07-09T12:18:00.001+01:00

hellllllllllllllllo!

How are you? Not much of a post today but I wanted to let you know that i'm still alive somewhere out there. I also wanted to share this photo with you that I just took~ i'm off now to go and pay a tube man £5, meet Adam for lunch and then to come back and show you my (in the process) outfit for going to an 80s bar tonight....

:D!
Have a good afternoon!

Legoland Trip + X JAPAN

2011-07-05T21:39:00.000+01:00

Hi guys!
How are you all doing?

I'm here to post a little about my trip to Legoland and about seeing X JAPAN with Adam, and share my photos (there's tonnes!). We went in the daytime last Tuesday, and it was really fun!

We left quite early to get to the park for opening time so we could leave early (NOTHING would stop me missing X in the evening!) in the afternoon. The weather the previous day was really gorgeous; sunny, very hot and not a cloud in sight! The next day was different... :z it wasn't freezing cold but it wasn't very warm either! It also rained on and off throughout the day which was a bit lame but even so, the park was still quite empty which was great as we didn't have to queue for anything, and we got to have some rides to ourselves (maybe +2 other people or 1 other family!)

When we got to Windsor we were shocked. It's so quiet!!!!!!!! No wonder the Queen loves it so. It was really really nice to be in the little village, and reminded me of where my Mom is from in Ireland (tiny village, everyone knows everyone etc) and it was really nice :) Onto the photos!!

A lot of the stuff in LL is quite old, and these bricks were a little faded and the style just felt really 90s or something lol! The "family" would talk too, about getting ready to take a photo lol!

Dashing men!

But a plastic man is all I need! lolwtf

MINILAND!

SO MUCH DETAIL!!!

Need to clean their rooms!

LITTLE PEOPLE ON THE TUBE!!!

I have waaay too many photos of Miniland to share >.<

Whilst we were waiting for the rain to stop!

Mysterious.....

My new keyring!

OH BABY

We ended up leaving Legoland later than expected so we got to the gig at 7:30 and BOY were the queues massive! I really didn't think that it would be completely sold out! And there were people trying to buy tickets while everyone was waiting too! Madness. My Japanese is getting better I think, as there was a few girls behind us who were talking a lot about X and the lineup and Adam was jokingly saying "oh, translate" amd I ended up being able to?? It was cool! There were lots of Japanese people there - lots of small businesswomen! - and lots of people you really wouldn't expect to see! But at the end of the day, we were all there for one thing, X!!

We probably should have gotten seating tickets because by the time we got in, we were right at the back >.< Yoshiki's drum kit, cymbal and crystal piano took up the whole stage (it's not very big, and usually, ALL of Faithless can fit on there will ALL their instruments so you can imagine how big Yoshiki's stuff is!) and so they ended up cutting away half of the normal standing area and putting metal stairs there so Toshi could walk up and down. Because this was cut away, the half of people that would have been standing there were obviously pushed further back which is why people were standing right at the very back! You could still see though, and they were still so close, even though you weren't right underneath them! It's one of those situations where you can see really well or really close with your eyes but the camera just won't pick it up properly, so my videos look really far away!

I'm going to steal them from Adam as he recorded some good stuff for me :) Thank youuuu Adam^^. But really it was just so perfect and amazing to be able to hear those songs live, and to even see Yoshiki playing (even if it wasn't perfect viewing) ...it's really been one of the best experiences of my life! And even Adam is converted! He says their stuff is really good, and upon hearing it properly LIVE (not a live recording) it definitely sounds better than their studio stuff sounds! Definitely Stadium Rock, but definitely amazing!!!!! ahhh I could go on for hours.

I'll bring you a Brighton post either tomorrow or the day after, but for now, enjoy!

Oh, and p.s.....

bedtime

2011-06-30T23:37:00.001+01:00

niiiight y'all!

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside...

2011-06-27T21:24:00.000+01:00

Hello! Happy Monday to everyone!

How was your day? The weather here is SO HOT! I've been partially melting all day. If I were an ice lolly...i'd be fucked :p Today I met with Jess, as it's been forever since I last met with her. We went into town and got our nails done!

The last time I officially got my nails done was in Japan last October when I got these done:

But I did do a set by myself at the beginning of the year^^! I've also worn stick-ons, but I love real nails much better as (obviously) they stay longer!

I went to a regular, low-key salon where crazy nail art is not really common, so I decided to get plain nails that I could customise at home! I have a whole nail set - tips, UV lamp, powders, liquids etc but I wanted to get the base done by a salon this time (mainly because it always takes aaages if I do it lol)

Process!

Finished..part one! Plain, pinky nails

I was originally going to have a graduated glitter but the salon were like WTF (none of them spoke perfect English so it was hard) and were even surprised and kind of looked offended when I asked for my tips to be really long! T_T but anyway, I chose the pink (it's by O.P.I. but don't know the name) and decided to leave them just pink. When I got home I was really undecided about how to actually do my nails so I looked around in my kit and decided upon....

A sea theme!!

I've always wanted a sea themed nail set but never got round to doing so until now! I hope you like them as much as I do :D! I have Legoland and dundundun X JAPAN (!!!!!!) tomorrow so i'm going to try and get an early night!

Ciaaaaaao!

busybusy

2011-06-23T20:03:00.003+01:00

Hi everyone! How are you?
I've had such a busy busy few days! I have so many things to write about and tell you all!

For the past couple of months, i've been working on the Ladieswear section as a 2nd to the Specialist, Maya, and i'm really REALLY pleased to announce that i've been promoted! I'm now a Specialist myself, of Accessories Down, which is make-up, jewellery, hair and bags! I'm super excited and really happy to have been given the opportunity for this role! A Specialist role is demanding, but i'm going to try my hardest to keep on impressing everyone (hopefully!) and to make the section work! Rosie is my 2nd, which is really cool as we both get on really well in and outside of work!

Next week is going to be sooo busy for me! I have a few days off of work and have so much planned! Tuesday is X JAPAN! But in the daytime before the gig, me and Adam are going to Legoland! I'm so excited, I can't wait! I haven't been since I was a kid, and i've always wanted to go back, and now's the time~ We have one of those vouchers with a 2-for-1 offer so it will be cheap to get in! Ohh, I am SO excited for X JAPAN in the evening! I have no idea what i'll wear either...that sounds so weird I know! On Wednesday, me and Adam are going to Brighton with our cheap 90p return tickets and we're going to visit the Brighton branch of Cyberdog, so girls, be prepared!

This weekend we're having "Booty Short Day" at work, so all the girls will be wearing Booty Shorts (we're trying to convince the guys too) and showing off our arses! Seriously! The Booty Shorts are shooort!

I have these Fluo Tartan pair, but i'm buying some Lilac ones too, after lusting over them for ages and waiting for them to be restocked.

Perfect!! If anyone is around in London this weekend, come into Cyberdog and see the Booty Short parade! We also just got in loads of new fake eyelashes which are gorgeous so you MUST check them out for sure!

And just before I go, if you haven't yet entered UK Kawaii Star of the Year, do so now! The closing date is Sunday 26th June (this Sunday) and there are some amazing prizes up for grabs, including being featured in a Japanese fashion magazine and a trip to Japan!

Ciao!

Blog Awards!

2011-06-20T11:18:00.000+01:00

Hi guys! Happy Monday, and welcome to the start of another week!
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend, and spent time with your Dad, Step-dad, Granddad, or even remembered them if they aren't here any more. Either way, they'll always know what great Dad's they are to us!

I'm writing a post about some Blog Awards that I was given a few weeks ago, and wanted to make it's own post about it rather than slot it in at the end/beginning of another entry.

The first award is from Charlotte, and is the Kreativ Blogger Award! Thank you Charlotte for giving me this! You're very kind, and i'm glad you like my blog! Along with receiving the award, I also need to tell you 10 things about myself, so here goes!

1. I'm turning 21 at the end of the year and i'm kinda nervous but excited at the same time as it means I can do more things! (In more countries *hinthint*!)

2. I used to be a die hard scene kid when I was 15/16! Funny times >.<

3. I never went to University because I didn't want to get into debt

4. I used to speak French really fluently but can't any more! I hate forgetting languages :(

5. Hello Kitty is my favourite character ever!

6. Speaking of Hello Kitty, I LOVE cats, but I really want to get a pug!

7. I'm a gaming nerd and always play the same games over and over again instead of buying exciting new ones :p

8. I really love the L.A.M.B. fragrances and have Love and Music already (but obviously must buy, or PERSUADE someone to buy me more..)

9. I can only do French braids going to the left side of my head

10. I once met Sepultura and got my photo taken with bandmate Derrick...haha

I give this award to the following four people:
1) Rox, Woxje@Blogspot
Rox's posts are always really interesting and she writes a lot about make-up and hair and clothing co-ordinates which I think is awesome as she's great at all three! I've been lucky to meet her too and she's a really great person!

2) Rii, Utsukushii Gal
I have been following Rii's blog for a little bit now and her posts are always really great and usually filled about d.i.a. which I adore! She has made me jealous of her NYX Glitter Creme Pallets!

3) Georgie, Latte Bunny
Georgie's blog is always really cute and peppy and she has great style! I know Georgie in real life and she's a really awesome character, as is her fiancé!

4) Fifi, Ayari's Asylum
Fifi is really getting into Gal at the moment, and she is trying her best to perfect her look! Her layout and blog posts are always very neat and awesome looking which makes me jealous of my standard writing and picture sharing tecnique!

My next awards come from Mira, and are Best Blog, Inspiration Award and Blogger Luxury! Thank you Mira for giving me these awards! There are 3 so i'm really surprised and happy at the same time! Thanks for reading and liking my blog!

For the Inspiration Award, I must share these with you:

I also need to share 7 random facts about myself with the Blogger Luxury award, but i've already done 10 above, so they can be shared between the two awards!

Name your favourite color: Pastel and glitter colours!
Name your favourite song: Difficult! Hurry Go Round by hide is probably one of my faves
Name your fav dessert: Lemon Meringue pie for sure!
What is pissing you off? Currently, not anything really, but generally, it's people who talk crap 24/7
When you're upset, you... Frown a lot and go really quiet
Your favourite pet: I'm not sure! Can't answer this one >.<
Black or White? Black! I wear so much black haha
Your biggest fear is...: Spiders T_T
Your best feature is...: Eyes
Everyday attitude: Be Fabulous!
What is perfection? Nothing can always really be perfect, but some nice food and a nice place to eat it with a nice person is always nice :)
Guilty pleasure: Playing Zelda!

And for these 3 blogs, I must award 15 people, and these are the people I have picked!

1) Monica, MonicaTang.com

2) Viivi, Cupcake Couture

3) Becci, Kira Kira Dreams

4) Jou, Shushulia

5) Sami, Macaron Dreaming

6) Emmie, Candy Cutie

7) Michi, Kila Kila Glam

8) Lisha, Windy City Gal

9) Kiara, Kay Woww

10) Tomasa, Tomo Jewel

11) Kyra, OG Kaizo

12) Ingvild, Zoraland

13) Cristina, Instant Mint

14) Pai, Simple Gal Life

15) Hiki, Gaijin Gyaru Life & Stuff

Congrats to those i've awarded! Talk soon!

Princess

2011-06-18T07:53:00.001+01:00

Im going to go to work now, at just before 8am! I finish at 3 today though so I don't mind 8D We have some hard house DJs today for an event called RIOT! so if you're in London you should swing by and check it out! Starts at 3 and CDs will be given out!

On another note, I just finished my royal breakfast...it was yuuuummy and fit for a kid like me! Needed more ketchup imo though... And my eye? I left my lash glue at mine and I have none here at Adam's ;z lame!

Have a great Saturday!

FUTUR FUSION

2011-06-17T13:49:00.000+01:00

Hello!

Sorry for my absence, but I have some cool things to share with you! Mainly this short blog about an exhibition I went to on Tuesday called FUTUR FUSION.

FUTUR FUSION is an exhibition featuring the work of sculptor Dominic Elvin, photographer Stephane Grand and illustrator Sebastian Clark. Dominic and Sebastian both do things for Cyberdog, with Dominic making many of the mannequins, robots and futuristic looking people, and Sebastian (or Seb) designs things that get printed onto TShirts.

Here is some of their Cyberdog related work (all photos copyright to the respective owner/designer):

Dominic Elvin

Sebastian Clark

Pretty neat huh?

So anyway, the event (as you've probably guessed) was a collaboration of creative minds to show people the future of design! Here are the photos I took, not the best quality, sorry! I was due to go back to the event today to retake the photos but didn't go in the end >.<

Please feel free to see this exhibition if you're in London! It finishes tomorrow, but it's open from 9am til 7pm so there's plenty of time in the day to go!

Where: I.N.C. Space, 9-13 Grape St, Covent Garden, London WC2H 8ED
When: Mon 13th June to Sat 18th June
Opening hours: 9am to 7pm every day
Entrance: Free

ORGASM

2011-06-09T11:05:00.001+01:00

P.S. IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR A TICKET TO THIS SHOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

Review and How-To: Torokeru Curry Mix

2011-06-07T21:14:00.001+01:00

Hi guys! I have a tasty thing here for you...I hope you enjoy it!

This is a review and "how-to" of とろけるカレー(Torokeru Curry). It's a sauce mix that you can make Japanese Curry with! Torokeru is made by S&B, the same company that makes ゴールデンカレー(Golden Curry), which I know many people have already tried, including me, and it's really delicious! You can buy both of these kinds (as well as many more) of curry mix in a "small" size; serves 5 people and contains one block of curry mix; and a "jumbo" size; pack of 2 blocks of curry mix, which would technically serve 10 people, or make your 5 person curry very thick! A mistake I made the first time I tried Golden curry >.<. The curry mixes also have different "spice ratings" going from mild to hot.

I bought the "small" mild mix, as I was only feeding myself, my boyfriend and Rosie and my boyrfiend doesn't really like spicy food. We also set a little aside for Perry, but I think he only dipped his finger in to taste instead of actually eating the leftover lol! Now, onto the rest!

Front and back of the box; the instructions are in English and Japanese.

Step one: Cut up your vegetables and meat of choice, and throw them into a pan with some oil.

Carrot and Potato

Chicken

Let's cooking!

Step two: The instructions say to add onions and cook until they have turned brown, but I HATE onions (lol) so I cooked everything until the chicken was cooked all the way through.

Step three: Add water and bring it to the boil. Reduce the heat and and leave to cook until the vegetables are completely done; basically, until they're soft and not very hard! The potato should go soft pretty quickly but the carrot may take a little longer until it's soft and not so al-dente!

When everything had finished cooking in the water

Step four: Remove the pan from the heat and break the curry mix into 5 cubes. Add this into the pot and str until everything has completely melted. Simmer for 5 minutes and you're done!

Curry finished!

You're now ready to serve your curry! Like any curry, you serve it with rice, so at some point while your curry is still in the making, you can start to cook your rice, or if you don't fancy cooking rice from scratch, you can always get the microwaveable stuff and stick it on just before you plate up. I personally prefer cooking from scratch as it tastes better! I used short grain rice for my curry, as it's sticky and kind of glutinous, which I love!

The rice I used; "Koshi hikari". This cost me £1.20 from Japan Centre on a promotion they were having

Done!

The finished product!

OVERALL RESULT; Torokeru Mild Curry Mix, Small size (Serves 5)
PRICE/VALUE FOR MONEY: ★★★★★
This cost me £1.66 at the Japan Centre and for a small box that feeds up to 5 people, i'm very impressed. The jumbo box costs £2.92 and works out cheaper than buying 2 small boxes

EASE OF USE: ★★★★★The curry mix is super easy to use, and I can't fault it's simple instructions at all! This is definitely great for cooks of all levels, especially beginners, and does what it says on the box, so there's no stress or worry about possibly getting things wrong

TASTE: ★★★★★
DELICIOUS! This curry tastes so good! I can't totally remember the taste of Golden Curry, but this one definitely tastes fabulous. It really tastes like it could be a homemade curry by a little Japanese woman somewhere! Hands down, really tasty!

I hope this was somewhat enjoyable for you guys to read, and hopefully informative too for all the chefs out there! You must give this stuff a try, you will definitely be happily satisfied!

26 days

2011-06-02T23:17:00.000+01:00

Hi guys! I have an entry in my drafts at the moment! I started it last night but I was so tired, and ended up going to bed at way past 1am, and tonight i'm really tired again, and don't have the energy to post a lot (it's a lot!) so i'm making a quick post for you!

Just some quick updates of stuff happening recently;
-My Mom has decided to get a cat after all the years of saying "no" even though she loves them and after we've had 2 dogs
-I'm going to Ireland in September for a wedding, which will be my first time to Ireland since I was about 16! A LOT has changed since then! My family will think i'm damn weird haha!
-I got my blood test results - all clear! But i'm still feeling crappy..ugh!!
-X JAPAN is at the end of the month! I now have a countdown clock on the right hand side of my blog!
-I bought some shiny clothes (FINALLY) at work so now i'll have shiny boobs and a shiny arse, woohoo!
-I finally managed to get my hands on a black bed set...haha

Have a few videos of some of my current listenings :D

I'm also pretty much addicted to "Getaway? Search Me" by Zeppet Store but there's no video online anywhere with the track! I wanna share it but I caaaaan't!

Talk sooooon!

when you wish upon a star

2011-05-26T21:43:00.001+01:00

Hi guys! How are you all doing?

The weather is crazy here! Yesterday was kinda hot and dry and today was full on heavy rain! But at least it wasn't freezing cold at the same time. I should probably buy some rain-friendly shoes to wear..considering I live in rainy Britain, you'd think i'd have done this by now, right? Nope :D I wear the most impractical shoes ever!

Anyway, here's what's on my mind at the moment! I kind of have a mini wishlist going on inside my head, and wanted to share it with you, as they're fun, and seeing what people want can be interesting~

Lilac playsuit, Cyberdog. £55

Okay, so it's something from my work, BUT, it's damn cute!! I kind of need to justify being able to spend the money and actually wearing the item too, as I feel if I wear it just at work then it kind of defeats the point! I have this in Black and I love it, and I tried on the Lilac version today and thought it was cute! But it's still something I need to think wisely about >.

d.i.a.!!! It's my favourite JP brand, but I definitely don't have enough! I want some damaged jeans so badly, and of course, some of their spring/summer tops! Wish I could still afford to order lots of clothes overseas!

Classy nails! At least I can have them for my job, which is no problem. I want a set done this month but I wonder if I can afford it...hmmmm! I can always do them myself, but there's always the satisfaction when someone does them for you lol!

Wedges! They're really on-trend right now and I want in on the action!

#Paradise

#Ocean Breeze

#Royal Violets

#One Night In Luxy

#Ice Queen

NYX Glitter Cream Palettes! They're very very popular with Gals, Japanese and Western, and I want them!! They retail at about £8 over here in Urban Outfitters (grr) but I could justify one at the beginning and end of the month I guess...;D!

6%dokidoki Persian Pink Punky Kitty legwarmers/boot covers! I've had my eye on these for a little while but they're always sold out! Boo!

6%dokidoki Shooting Star clips! So cute, pretty and AHH need one! We used to sell them in Cyberdog, but there's none left now! Booooooo!

And something non-clothing related; A LEMONed clock! Purely because I actually need a proper clock in my room, and also because it's a hide object! It's rather cute ;D!

This is my mini wishlist for now! I've been dressing too casually as of late, and I hate it! I can use any excuse "weather too cold" "can't be bothered" etc etc blah blah, but I need to slap myself round the face and man up to the fact that I look boring all the time lol! Fair enough, I put in all the effort at work, but as I don't really wear any CD outside of work, my wardrobe certainly looks like old news. I need to get back into the swing of being slightly fashionable lol! Speaking of fashionable, is it possible that chavs are catching onto the foxtail trend?! There was one wearing one in my local pub today...it was very scary :'(

Do you guys have any wishlists or wants in particular?

And for some non wishlist stuff, here's the purikura that I did with Rosie, Adam and Perry last week..enjoy!

Red Leicester

2011-05-23T20:44:00.000+01:00

Hi guys! How are you all doing?
I'm back from Leicester! And i'm here to bring you a post about it. It's more like a photo spam really, as there's not too much to write about i'm afraid! My trip was mainly about meeting my boyfriend's family (and parents!) for the first time, but there was also a series of birthdays and anniversaries that also occured over the weekend.

So, on Friday, me and Adam laid around in bed and I made my serial-photo-spam blog for you all, and then realised we had only half an hour to get ready and leave before our train left..eek! That morning, I also did something funny, but something I had been planning on for a while! You wanna see?

Yeah, I shaved the sides of my head lol! But there's a reason behind it...my hair is really really not loving me right now and at the sides of my head, the hair was like, fried and crispy and no amount of hair repair serum or masques were going to save it, so I shaved it off! Well, Adam did, and I touched it up ;D It was something I was going to do for a while..and hey! There's a chick in egg magazine with her WHOLE head shaved and patterns in it! But i'm not about to rid myself of it all mind you!

Anyways, off this slightly off-track topic and back to what I was supposed to be talking about... We got to Leicester in the afternoon after watching Buffy on the train and after dropping our stuff off at Adam's parents house, Adam took me to meet his Mom..SCARY TIMES!!!! But it wasn't scary at all :D! Yaaay! Meeting the parents wasn't bad at all, after I was worrying they wouldn't like me and things like that, so i'm glad it went smoothly! On Friday we just stayed in and played Buzz!, which i've never played before but it was highly addictive....

Wendy & Mandy!

Saturday, me and Adam went swimming early in the morning, and then went to town during the day. In the evening we had a meal out at an all-you-can-eat World buffet (i've blogged about this kind of restaurant before) which was GREAT! and then afterwards, we went to Redeemer, which is an alternatve music club. It was "Cheesecake" night, and on the main floor they were playing 90s dance anthems and on the upstairs floor was metal, rock etc. They had Thundercats playing on TV's in the background!

And Sunday, there was a family BBQ, where I met more of Adam's family :) Overall, the whole weekend was really nice and relaxing! I'm back to work tomorrow, which is always weird after you've had a few days off! Here's the rest of our photos!

I had a food baby..lol!

My glow in the dark hair tinsel! I've been wearing this as well as silver glitter tinsel for the past few months and it's great! The UV lights in the club were much stronger than the ones we have at work so they showed up straight away! I had to take some photos... :D!

I hope you enjoyed the photos! With the above photos of my hair tinsel, i'm going to do a blog about them for you guys! They're really cool and ahh I love them :D

Oh! I got another photo from the Gal shoot I did! But i'm still waiting on the full CD :(

I hope you like it^^. It kinda looks like I have no brows, but I still love the photo! I should be going back to work with the photographer again soon, so i'm really excited! On Friday I have another Doctor's appointment as my other one was fail, so hopefully I can find out what's wrong :( In the evening i'm going for dinner with the company who created Hyper Japan and then on Saturday i'm going to a fashion event with model scouts! I want the weekend to be nooooow!

For those of you interested in going to Hyper Japan this year, they have a new competition! It's called UK Kawaii Star of the Year, and it looks to be promising! The details should be available soon, but here is where you can check out all the cool things going on!

See you soon guys!

good morning, good morning!

2011-05-20T09:39:00.002+01:00

Hello everyone! How are you all?
Sorry for my short absence! I'm still working on things to write for you! My SD card decided to be retarded and again deleted all my photos after it already did so! I think I had like 30 new ones i'd taken and the other day it just deleted them all, and refused to let me take any new ones :( Bad news is that I can't even send the card back to where I bought it from as it's passed the 30 day return mark >.<

Anyways, besides that not so interesting stuff, I do have something I can show you! Remember when I mentioned that I was going to Center Parcs? Well, here are some of the photos from when I was there, back in March :D!

We went to the Elveden Forest CP

Me and Jess; look at my funny eyebrows! :D!

Alex and Clare on the bikes!

Me and Jess getting ready to go out for an evening!

Yaaay, pale flash face! This restaurant was reeeeeally really good! It served American style food and we ended up paying like £13 for the bill because our food was really late and stuff, and we got about £60 off our bill as well as free drinks and desserts! :D!

Me and Jess have the same jeans haha~

The damn expensive candy store!

What I look like from the side? lol

These ducks came to visit us each morning! We tried to get them to come into our little thing we stayed in and they very nearly did but didn't in the end haha~

Where we stayed~

And now some photos from everyday life - that I managed to get from my mobile uploads - to share with you!

This is literally the BEST Chicken Katsu Curry i've ever had in London to date! It's from one of the stalls in Camden called Teriyaki House, and it's a Japanese run, Japanese food stall. The lady that works there is really nice and recognises me now and we have a little chat in Japanese^^

This is the only picture i've seen of me from the Gal photoshoot I did with Georgie ages ago! I really want my pictures ;'( This shot isn't exactly Gal inspired, the photographer wanted to play around with this kind of setting, and I chose this outfit as it was cute!

My FAVE ever N64 game, Zelda :)

Do you love my cakes?! 8D!

My outfit for work yesterday, inc. my new Henry Holland tights!

Webcam shot from last night~

Less make-up!

Me as i'm writing this entry!

And a video of me and Adam at the moment! I hope you enjoyed this pic spam of mainly myself (lol) and i'll be bringing you the purikura that I took the other day with Rosie, Adam and Perry! Today i'm going to Leicester with Adam...it's time to meet the parents and the rest of the family! I'm fine now, but when it comes to it, i'm going to be really nervous >.

Oh! Before I go, this is the movie I watched last night. It's called Mary & Max and it's actually quite good!

Have a fabulous weekend!

turn up the bass

2011-05-11T20:21:00.001+01:00

Hello! Lazy video post again! Sorry about that, you'll have to bear with me until I can update you with some lifey type stuff and photos! >.<

On the bright side, here are some songs that i'm listening to at the moment..you should too!

argh

2011-05-09T14:41:00.000+01:00

Hi guys...

I'm kind of pissed off right now. I drafted a new entry yesterday for a product review, and my phone's SD card has decided to delete all of the photos that were stored on it - including the photos I took for the review. What annoys me even more is that when I plugged my phone into my computer just now, all the photos were there, and then the phone decided to not transfer the photos for some reason, and when I unplugged the phone/plugged it back in/turned it on and off and plugged it back in for the last time, they were gone....GR!

I've had so many problems with the SD card I have in there at the moment though...I might send it back as the photos I take don't save properly if they save to the SD card and magically "break" so it looks like the photo was never taken? gr.... So now that my content (and all of the photos I had to share with you besides my review photos) has gone, you'll have to give me a chance to write up something, as I now have nothing to show what i've been up to for the past few weeks! Faaaabulous T_T

bideo

2011-05-05T20:10:00.000+01:00

Hi guys! On my way to a proper written entry for you, possibly tonight, but here's another video for you! lol~

And as mentioned in the video, today's purikura and the link to some of the things i'm selling:

Everyone loves a good fruit hat, grass skirt and coconut bra combo!

Birthday wishes for our friend Gen at Fuji TV!

http://community.livejournal.com/gyaru_com_sales/333922.html < I'll be adding another GLAD NEWS item soon as well as some more Alba Rosa things. I also have some non-brand things that will possibly go up too~

Vloggy!

2011-05-01T20:01:00.001+01:00

Hey guys! How are you all doing?

Here's an update video and some photos to tide you over until I next write a chunk of stuff for you to read!

And a song I can't stop listening to...

I don't care if it's old! It's FAB and her make-up and look is to die for!

Make-up

2011-04-26T21:43:00.001+01:00

Hello! I thought I would share this video with you, it's how I do my make-up; all squeezed down into a short little video for you!

Steps:

1) Concealer - around eyes and on nose
2) Foundation - applied with a brush, evened out with a sponge and set with face powder
3) Eyeshadow application:
    a) iridescent powder all over eyes
    b) brown powder on sockets
    c) black powder on lids
    d) black powder at corners and underneath eyes

4) Kohl eyeliner
5) Curl eyelashes
6) Eyelash application:
    a) Top eyelashes - 3 kinds of lashes stuck together...
    b) Bottom eyelashes - Diamond Lash or Value pack..

7) Liquid eyeliner
8) Glitter eyeliner application:
    a) Gold over eyelash band/over portion of lid
    b) Silver/iridescent at inner corners on top and bottom
9) Mascara
10) Drawing in eyebrows
11) Glitter (iridescent) application to underneath of brow
12) Nose highlight/shadowing
13) Blusher

(I have nude lips so I don't add any colour! Usually top up with Candy Doll lip concealer during the day if needed....)

Enjoy!

GGA's..thank you!

2011-04-23T20:41:00.000+01:00

Hi guys! Just a short post to mention the GGA's!

I got a message from Lhouraii saying that I had been nominated for Best Hair Style in the upcoming "Gaijin Gyaru Awards" or "GGA's".

There's the video, so you can check out all the other nominees and see where to vote! To be honest, i'm rather surprised, as I tend to keep myself out of the Gal communities now (not saying that i'm quitting Gal, I just don't like to post in them anymore) so i'm surprised that people would think of me!

You're all really sweet, thank you! Vote for me if you wish! And good luck to everyone who's in the runnings!

sweet time

2011-04-22T00:43:00.000+01:00

Hi guys! How are you all?

I'm so tired right now, but I decided to blog as I wanted to write stuff! There will probably be spelling errors and what not here and there due to that, so i'm sorry if there are! (A few usually crop up on here anyway lol)

I've been really excited the last couple of days. One BIG factor is seeing X Japan in June; my tickets are now officially confirmed!; which i'm like, jumping up and down to! Ever since first getting into their music, it's been a dream of mine to see them live, and I would happily travel to do so! I was going to go to France to see them play and didn't unfortunately, but since announcing this London date (which is something I never thought they would do) i've finally realised that my dream is coming true! I could seriously gush about them for ages, but i'm not going to...much ;D

Another thing making me excited and happy at the moment is the weather! It's been DAMN HOT over here, and it was 26oC (I don't know this in Farenheit i'm afraid!) the other day! The good weather is going to continue into the weekend and I *think* the beginning of next week, which is fab, as i'm off today (Friday) and Saturday 8D. This weekend, work is having two dress-up days, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Saturday's theme is "VS" or "pokemon-ninja-battle" as some people have now coined it. Sunday's theme is "Easter", which is very appropriate~ I'm working on Sunday, so i'll be going as a Bunny! A, ahem, classy Bunny...lol!

Personalised chocolate that Adam's Mom got for us!

yum....

Adam's sister stayed at his flat last weekend, and she's the first of his siblings that I get to meet! She's really sweet, and her friend Jess is so funny! They like watching "The Only Way Is Essex", but it's way too staged and obviously fake so I couldn't watch it! Adam's Mom sent down some chocolate for us which was so nice of her! It was very tasty 8D!

On Tuesday, me and Adam had the day off together, and the weather was GORGEOUS so we headed out on a mini picnic and day out in Central London. We went to Camden (we always end up going to or near work on our days off lol) to pick up some food and then we walked to Regents Park from there. Even though it's the Easter School Holidays right now, the park was actually pretty quiet, despite the fact that there were lots of people about, which was nice! No screaming children or dogs being crazy...lovely :D

feeeeeeeeeet!

Adam has pretty eyes 8D

'8D

The park has some really nice scenery in it, and the gardeners were actually out tending to the plants and shrubs and things. Here are some photos for you pretty picture lovers!

I'm pretty proud of the snaps I took with my camera to be honest! It works really well in natural light, so I guess the fact that it was a nice sunny day really helped :p When I take a photo and it's HQ, the display on the camera makes some aspects of the photo look glittery! It's awesome!

We went on the peddleboats in the park, which was fun, even if a little overpriced; £5.50 per adult for 30 mins, £7.50 per adult for 1hr, and a £5 deposit per boat on top of that! You get it back, but only if you follow "the rules" and bring the boat back on time lol..How many people are going to run away or "get lost" with a HUGE blue peddleboat in Regents Park without anyone wondering what they're doing lol?

No make-up! It was way too hot to be thinking about slapping on a full face of, well, slap! There were a couple of little islands with so many birds on them! It was cool! Adam decided it would be "fun" to go under one of the trees (actually the big green one in the above photo) with the boat, but it wasn't so fun when all the bugs from the tree fell into the boat! T_T Boys.... lol!

It was hot enough! Fruit Pastille lollies are sooo good...it's been ages since I had them!

A short video of the boat adventure....what'w up with my voice? lol!

Tuesday was such an awesome day, I really enjoyed being able to be out and about in the sun with my man! 8D! For the rest of the week i've been working~ Wednesday was an awesome day on Ladieswear as we tripled our target! I was immensly happy! And Thursday (it's now Friday technically lol) was good, as I got casted for another Music Video! I really hope I get it... They casted some other staff members too, so it would be cool if a few of us got it! 8D! Of course i'll update you on this front when more information comes to light!

Here are a few photos and some songs to end the post! I've been listening to DOUBLE non stop for the past two months!

How weird do I look without 'brows? haha

My new toothpaste! The box was so glittery! and the tube...not :z Yeah, i'm cheap!

X

2011-04-17T19:40:00.000+01:00

X JAPAN ARE PLAYING IN LONDON IN JUNE.
OH MY FUCKING GOD. THIS IS MY DREAM COME TRUE! AN EXPENSIVE BLOODY DREAM COME TRUE, BUT STILL! I AM SO HAPPY!

I really hope they don't cancel the show after all the other Worldwide cancellations from before :(

moving pictures

2011-04-14T11:35:00.002+01:00

I thought I would humour you with a short video, just to say hello, and to thank you all for reading/following/looking at my blog!

collection.

2011-04-11T14:13:00.000+01:00

This entry is picspammed to the brim!

Hello! Hello! Hello!
I'm FINALLY back at my laptop and able to bring you all the stuff that I haven't been writing about! I'm going to try and revamp my blog at some point, maybe today, as I think it's time for a new layout! The blog header will stay the same for a little while until I get back the photos from the shoot that I did with Georgie on Friday!
So what have I been up to?

I've mainly been working, which is great for my purse, and i've also been out and about in the "great" outdoors! Adam is trying to get me to be more proactive, which is a good idea really. I don't really exercise at all, and I eat lots of sweets and junk food, which is really unhealthy! Now that the weather is starting to become sunny and slightly warmer, i'm trying to seize the opportunity to be healthy and active.

My active start began when I wrote about us going for a walk to Hampstead Heath, and it continued last Sunday, the day after we went to RAW. Here are a few photos from the event!

oh loller, my tired, tired face haha

Ohhh, I was so tired that night... So not quite the best photos in the world, but whatever. I didn't get a proper photo of my outfit unfortunately! I think Rosie may have one, so I need to find out! Here is a quick shot of me and Adam just before, with a slight peek at what I wore!

The next day, me and Adam, and Andy and his boyfriend David (Andy is Adam's flatmate) went to Hampstead Heath (we actually went there this time haha) with a couple of drinks and some sweets and just chilled out! We walked up and down a bit and then we sat down on the heath and the boys did some poi. I'm really shit at poi, but I can do this thing called the Butterfly! Haha, i'm so lame.

(almost) perfect egg! Breakfast before Hampstead Heath~

The toilets at HH..so quaint!

The next day, I met up with Dec to bleach his hair! We also went for a bit of a meander around our usual spot of Piccadilly Circus/Leicester Square.

no makeup apart from eyebrows and mascara :p

I'm still wanting to dye my hair purple, so we went to Sallys to see what they had on offer, and to my excitement, I managed to find a colour, well, two colours that i'll mix to make (what appears to be) the perfect colour combination! Check it out:

Yeah..probably shouldn't have "tested" the dyes on my skin, but it washed away instantly which was good. This is Crazy Color dye, which even though I might have blasted before when my hair was first pink, it seems to have worked quite well on my friends and everyone keeps telling me to not use Manic Panic dyes anymore, so i'll give it another shot! Anyway, I bleached Dec's hair all out and now he's a blondie (well, white hair lol) again!

photo (c)Dec!

The weather this week was pretty good, and me and Adam really wanted to go out and do something (especially as the weather was great on his days off) but unfortunately I still had to go to work :( I had a few late starts last week (2pm and 3pm) so we weren't really able to do much before I had to go! I have to set aside a couple hours to get my hair and make-up done lol... Luckily we have a day off together next week, so we're praying that the weather will be great!

Tuesday AM!

The rest of the week was pretty much just work and not too much play lol! But I did have a photoshoot with Georgie on Friday (as mentioned right at the beginning!) which was sooo awesome! We wanted to do a Gal X Lolita style shoot, but in the end, we didn't actually get any shots together! Either way, both of our photos turned out so beautifully! I was annoyed though, as I wanted to be tanned and classy for the pictures but my fake tan reacted against my skin so I was pale :( My skin was really pretty against the background in the studio and the photographer kept saying it looked great (I look like milk haha) but I still wanted to have bronzed skin! :'( Nevermind...

Eating on the train to the shoot! Pret's Chicken and Pesto bloomer is AMAZING

Georgie being photographed!

The next day, we all went out to Chessington World of Adventures! It was different as this time we didn't have lots of people with us like we did last year when the Gal Circle went! I'll share my photos from this in another entry as this one is pretty much spammed up! Here are some photos to see the end of this entry, and i'll see you guys soon!

My new mirror, free with egg May!

I love mail!

My new arrivals! Yaaaaay, sexy Spike ;D

New phone memory card...

I'm very disappointed now! lol...

And as a small "surprise" for you, I took some photos of the current egg issue, featuring the models as Manba!

These are also on the Manba page on Facebook, and hopefully there will be scans soon, so please hold tight!

ticktock

2011-04-10T19:02:00.002+01:00

Hello everyone!
I know I didn't update on Monday but i've been waylaid by so much stuff~ This week has been pretty busy for me, so please wait a little longer for me to post a proper, chunk of an entry!
I want to share so many photos with you too! I hope you haven't run away because I may have been slightly awol! Loooots to share ans blog about and bore you with, I promise ;)

pinch punch

2011-04-01T23:42:00.000+01:00

Hello all! Happy start-of-the-weekend to you! I hope you'll all be getting up to something fun and fabulous over the next couple of days~

Tomorrow I start work at 10, which means a 6am start for me! But I finish at 3pm which is good. In the evening i'm going to RAW (as I mentioned in the previous entry) so I have that to look forward to, and then on Sunday, i'm off, as is Adam, so it's a day we get to spend together, even if it's just lying around the house all day recovering from the night before!

A little update on the week for you! Monday 'til today I stayed at Adam's house, and this time I brought my Wii with me, so we were all playing Just Dance and various other games throughout the week! On Monday we went out for work drinks with some other people from Cyberdog. Even though we didn't stay long (we actually guarded a place for everyone to sit for almost 2 hours before everyone got there!) after everyone showed up, it was still a nice time! There's a great Wetherspoons pub (cheap pub in UK) around the corner from Cyberdog which is massive and is actually really nice inside for a Wetherspoons! Most of the branches are kind of scummy, but this one, the Ice Wharf, is nice! (it even sounds classy for a WS!)

Maya, Ladieswear Specialist, outside WS

The next day, I actually had the day off which is rare for a Tuesday, as I usually work. Adam has Tuesday's and Wednesday's off all the time, and when I first started and before I became a 2nd, I used to have these days off too, but now I don't, so we don't actually get to spend the day together very often. Of course we see each other in the evening/morning and at work, but never a real day together! The weather was "supposed" to be nice, but it ended up being quite odd; cold with a grey sky and rain, and then sun and a slight warm air. Our original plan was to go to Hampstead Heath and take a walk, but we ended up going to Muswell Hill for lunch in an O'Neills (another cheap pub in UK) which has been converted from a Church! After we ate, we planned on going to Tottenham Court Road, but the weather had improved slightly so we went on a bit of a walk...Unfortunately we didn't quite make it to the Heath because 1)i'm kind of lazy and 2)Adam hadn't been in a while so we ended up walking around in, as opposed to IN it haha.

Spying...

A random Naval helicopter that landed in a school playing field whilst we were walking..?

We decided to go home via Golders Green and because he made me walk (:p) I made him go into a small Japanese store with me. There is quite a large Japanese and Asian community around North London! There's a few stores and restaurants and there's also a Japanese hair salon within 2 minutes walking distance from where Adam lives which is cool! I bought this AMAZING drink which has become a favourite of mine. It's so refreshing, and even better, it's not carbonated so I don't feel crappy after drinking it!

It's a Peach/Aloe drink with real peach bits in it! Super yummy :D!

When we got home, we just chilled out and then we made our way to Hache, a gourmet burger restaurant in Camden. It was GORGEOUS. The food was just...ahh, delicious :D I highly recommend the Mexican Steak burger!!! The next day I was back at work, and it was the same evening that Rei and Laura came over for dinner. We ended up being 3 couples, me and Adam, Rei and Laura and Rosie and her boyfriend Jason (who lives with Adam) playing on Just Dance, getting a few drinks in and having really nice food! ADAM cooked in the end haha! We had steaks and veggies and stuff, and it was aweeesome :p Thank youuuuuuuuu chef Adam! The last 2 days haven't been as great though..i've been at work but not had very good days to be honest. I was kind of hoping today would be an okay day and end to the week, but it wasn't, so I haven't really been feeling very upbeat :(

I found out that i'm no longer going to be used as a model for the website which kind of sucks as I thought that the reason I was still being asked to model the clothes was because I was doing a good job but now I guess not...nevermind. It's not like it's going to be the end of me modelling though, so while i'm slightly down about it, there are way more opportunities for me! I've also been worrying about my job as now is the time that they review us all after we were promoted...I just hope i've done a good job and that I haven't fucked up!

Before work on Thursday..loose waves for the day! And my new leggings!

I shall try to update again for you on Monday! See you!

haunting

2011-03-28T11:39:00.003+01:00

Hi guys! How are you all doing?

Thanks for the response I had to my last post! I'm still really unsure what do to with my hair, but you guys gave some really good ideas so i'll definitely be thinking hard! I might wait a couple of weeks just so that my hair can kind of go "nice" again, lol. I have been taking some hair/skin/nail formula pills which actually worked pretty well I think, as my nails definitely feel stronger, but i'm not sure it had a lasting effect on my hair, so I might go back to the health store and see what else I can find!

I think i've skipped out on my personal life a little bit (and also that 30 day meme thing (or whatever) I posted a while ago..lol!) so i'll bring you up to date! Last week I had another photoshoot with Marc. I'd love to be able to share the photos with you guys but I can't as they're nudes! This time around we were working on one of his short films. He does photographs, films and moving images, and they're mainly quite eerie and out of norm and usually in black and white! It's all a bit different but working with him has given me so much confidence! Apart from shooting with Marc, i've also been shooting a lot for Cyberdog. People keep joking that i'll have my own fan club soon because of all the positive response after my photos are posted haha!

Last week I reshot all of the women's tshirts for the new website and also started working on some tops too. I have to help Laura, Miss Virtual Store, reshoot ALL the women's tops, tshirts and some shorts too! That's a LOT of clothing! Tshirts wise, there was about 125 that we did in the end? There are roughly 25 designs and around 4-5 colours for each one...lol! I had a good time with Laura though, she's really lovely. Here she is looking fabulous!

She's coming for dinner at Adam's place with her boyfriend Rei on Wednesday night...and I guess i'm going to be the one cooking? '8D Adam reads my blog so no doubt he'll make some sort of funny face and be like "oh, so you're cooking then?" and i'll be like "wtf" and he'll say "your blog"..lol! Oh well, I like cooking so it's no problem really. Rei is Italian and cooks quite a lot so I must impress him! He was in my group interview for Cyberdog actually, which was cool. He's really into hardstyle and does hardstlye shuffling.We're all going to an event called RAW this coming Sunday so i'm going to make him do it!

As well as being a chef and a model, i've also been doing hair! As I mentioned, I did Rosie's new hair, and here's a photo:

Cupcake Pink to Atomic Turquoise!

This week i'm doing Kirsten's hair, and the week after i'm doing Dec's hair too! I should really open my own salon lol...Although I really like doing hair and such, I think I want to do a nail course. On my day off on Saturday, I looked online for nail courses in different London colleges and schools and they're really really expensive! Supposedly you're supposed to be able to get some osrt of discount/for free if it's your first nail course but I couldn't find anywhere offering that! Everything I saw was from £600-£1600!!!! It really sucks :( We really need a specialist school like BLEA over here in the UK! So many girls are only interested in hair, make-up and nails that it would be perfect as opposed to them going on a Beauty Therapy course or something. I'll speak to Jess, as she's actually qualified to do people's make-up, and I don't know if she paid a lot or not... hmm...watch this space I guess!

Apart from this, i've got a busy few weeks coming up. I'm so glad that Summer is on the way! Everything looks much nicer because it's so much brighter and yeah.. :D Although the clocks went forward on Sunday morning and I ended up waking up at 5am by accident haha.. I have 2 photoshoots next week as well as a Chessington World of Adventures trip next Saturday! I'll get to see Dec, Floz, Caryn, Georgie and hopefully Kei, which will be faaab as I haven't seen them in forever :'( Here are some photos and a really nice summery song to see the end of the post!

UV lights in Fitting Room at work :D

Me and Laura's lunch last week..!

hair adventure; part 2

2011-03-21T22:21:00.000Z

Hello everyone, i'm really sorry for posting a whole week later to what I originally promised, but i've had a bit of a funny week! I got a comment on my last blog from an anon reader, which really hit home and made me feel really bad for not updating so much :(

"Anonymous said...

I was a big fan of ur blog, but you've become so bad at updating them I don't feel the need to check what your up to anymore.
:( i feel like you've let me down greatly, my friends also feel this :("

To Anon, and to all of my followers, i'm really sorry I don't update as much as I should! Sometimes my weeks don't turn out as planned and I find it difficult to fit in the time to write a really good blog for you guys. But anyway, without sounding really lame, i'm going to work harder to bring you more frequent and interesting posts! I'm also planning a giveaway for hitting the 250 folower mark, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

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Carrying on from my last entry; about my hair adventure; I have some bad news :( Unfortunately i've had to go back to blonde for the time being, but, there is change in the works! I'll carry on from where I left off :) Step 3 was dying my hair purple and sorting out my extensions...but I also had a really busy week with work and a photoshoot with Marc.B again! Here's me in between the nice, yet tricky process of going purple:

Before a photoshoot I had with Marc.B!

And now for the fun time,the purple!

purple!

However... The dye kind of, refused to take to all of my hair, so what you see here is actually a good picture that doesn't really show how weird my hair looked in real life! For some reason, my roots were still white, as was a large section at the back of my hair, just underneath my top layers! To be honest, my hair was much darker than the results i've seen from others who have tried Mystic Heather, but the next problem I had was going to work with this colour. My work has copious amounts of UV lighting inside, and my although it "evened" out my hair colour under said lights, it also changed the colour quite a bit, and made it look grey, which, considering as i'm at work pretty much all the time, wasn't the thing I was going for.

Due to this, I decided to wash the purple out as much as I could over a few days and I managed to get it down to a very light rosey pink colour, but I just hated the way it looked :( I gave in and rebleached my hair the other evening and now i'm blonde (very very white actually lol...) again for the time being! I'm really disappointed because now I don't know what to do with my hair! In a way i'm very glad I didn't dye my hair extensions as then I would have been really upset, but i'm also glad that I kind of, "messed up" my hair with this shade of dye, because if I hadn't at least tried it, I would never have known what the end result would have been! Now, the question comes into mind..what can I do with my hair?

I am virtually the master/creator behind Rosie's new hair, which is pink going into turquoise and all pretty and yummy! I just feel really weird not having a bright colour in my hair after having the pink for so long, and I feel like I should do something! I'd really love it if you guys could send your thoughts as to what I should think about doing! I'm going to try and think of something....I mean, dip dye is now fast becoming a trend, and I even saw a girl that has come into work before sporting my same hair colour; pink into blonde; on Camden High Street! Should I go back to it, but with different colours? Help me decide!

hair adventure, part 1

2011-03-12T21:29:00.001Z

Hello there! How are you doing?

Before I get onto my main topic, I want to write a quick note about the current devastation of the Tsunami in Japan. Myself, like many others, know friends and/or family living there and knowing that they are okay is the main thing. I am wishing and praying for the safety of not only my friends, but everyone in Japan, more so, the Northeastern part, which has currently been the place most affected. I haven't heard from all of my friends yet so I am just hoping that they are okay. To everyone in Japan now, foreign or Japanese, please keep safe, whichever part you may be in!

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My last post filled you in a little about my weekend away to Center Parcs and also talked about my hair...well! I'm obviously back from Center Parcs now, and one of the reasons I didn't write a blog during the weekend was because the signal was so awful! Jess was constantly asking "Have you guys got signal?!" (lol) and the wireless was terrible...come on Center Parcs... I haven't even had a chance to upload my photos from my camera just yet, and i've only just seen the girls' photos which are really nice! I shall steal them when it comes to writing about the weekend!

I'm here to bring you a post about my hair adventure! Well, it won't just be my hair adventure, it will be mine and Rosie's! (The girl with blue hair I posted!) As I wrote about in my last blog, we shall be having a "Fabulous night"! Although we did start the celebrations off a little early by bleaching out Rosie's hair the other night, and I bleached my own this evening - that's right! Pink hair is officially gone! - but there still leaves lots to be done! Anyway. When I returned from CP, my hair had gone a light pink colour so I decided that instead of dying it again, I would just wash it out until my new extentions had arrived. However, the mailman being the mailman decided to take my hair extensions with him instead of putting them through the mail slot, so I had to redye my hair pink on Thursday evening >.< slightly annoying but it meant I could wear my pink/blonde ext. one last time!

Part one of my hair adventure was getting my hair cut! FINALLY, after 6 months! I went to Pepi's in Camden (like a minute's walk from Cyberdog) and got my hair trimmed, as well as a new fringe cut in! Pepi's sepcialises in crazy hair and extensions (take a look at their galleries) but they have normal customers too!

yes, im very aware this top is very see through!

stupid rain made my hair go funny :( Me and Laura, aka Miss Virtual Store!

Step 2 of my hair adventure (well actually, more like a mini detour) was dying my hair pink again...for the last time!

Friday morning before work~

And then today, I made the necessary trip to buy bleach! And also to post something to Rui and pick up my new extensions :D

no make-up...and bye bye pink!

It's funny walking around my town with pink hair...obviously because i'm the only one who has this hair colour, and people act as if it's the first time they've ever seen something like that! An old lady actually said to me today "How long did it take you to get hair like that? It's just a spray isn't it?" And when I said it was my real hair....lol! It's actually weird being IN my home town actually because i've been staying with Adam, my man, for the past week! I came home early from CP on Monday and was supposed to be meeting him outside work on Tuesday evening after I finished my shift, but I decided to go and surprise him by meeting him at his flat instead, and he was really happy^^!

Step 2 was removing the pink, and I finished bleaching/washing/toning my hair about an hour ago and this is currently the result:

verrrrry white blonde! actually, white! lol

And tomorrow I will commence with step 3! Dying my hair purple...and my extensions..and also something else, but I shall keep that a secret until it's finished! That's it for now, and i'll post again on Monday to show you the end result!

pure dance

2011-03-03T20:51:00.000Z

Hi guys! Sorry to keep you hanging around for a post but I haven't really been at home this week, as i've been staying with my guy as his flat is much closer to work! We've been having super fun food shopping and cooking times! 8D

I'm changing my hair colour! I think I may have briefly mentioned it on here a little while ago, but I can't remember...either way, it's changed from that now too! Before, I was going to get this:

Sakochi's hair ages ago!

I saw this come up on my Facebook feed all the way back in October when I was still away in the land of the rising sun; i.e. Japan; and was like OMG YES and when I returned, my laptop broke! So I no longer had the photo! I desperately messaged people (thanks to Sami and Janis!!) and finally found the photo! And by this time I was desperate to have this done! After a short while though, I changed my mind and settled on this:

ignore bad 'shopping!

Basically, I wanted my hair to be purple all over instead of the half blonde/half purple combo. BUT THEN I changed my mind again. The only fault I had with this hair colour was the black underneath, and this served a problem if I wanted to bleach my hair again (a definite possibility) if I got bored with the colour, and as we all know, dark hair can be a nightmare to bleach! Especially considering it was at the bottom, where my hair is most damaged right now, so I decided to leave this hair colour and start afresh. Purple has always been a fave colour of mine (hence the HIB logo/forum colours!) and while I enjoy pink, I'm quite happy to move onto something new! More specifically, light purple, or should I say, Manic Panic Mystic Heather :D

And this should give me this kind of colour (sorry, it's the only decent photo I could find....lol):

EXCEPT I'll leave the dye on for a little longer/not wash out as much as I want it to be a bit more vibrant :D The end result should *hopefully* look like this!

Yep, purple going into white. Not blonde, like I currently have, but mega white white. I couldn't really care less if the dip dye/two tone trend is "out" or if it looks really similar to the hair I have now...I just really like the colours and the way it looks! 8D! I'm going to have a Fabulous day with Rosie and another girl from work, Kirsten, soon! We're all going to style each other out and look amazing, I can't wait! I haven't had a really girly day/night in ages so this will be really fun!
My dye came today, and now I just have to order my extentions! I can't wait to have new hair! I should also probably get my hair cut too...considering I haven't had it done since Oct 1 2010 lol! My hairdresser probably thinks i've run away somewhere else >.< I got a text from my hairdresser with an offer of 50% any one service but it expires on the 6th March and i'm going away this weekend!! Sucks! I'm off to Center Parcs with my girls from school and I can't wait! We went food shopping this evening and stocked up on stuff. Expect lots of photos and stuff! Oh, and a few more photos for you guys, and then that's me signing off!

A funny advert I saw in the Japan Centre!

My new shoes! I bought them to wear for work, and they were brand new from eBay! I managed to fall down one step though...a very old and not straight step! It suuucked, but I looked awesome 8D

Me and Jason's cracked nails!

COOKIES WITH A SMILE! (song below)

Me before work the other day :D

We've just started playing this song at work...it's great haha~
Update at the weekend!

look at me

2011-02-24T09:39:00.002Z

Hi everyone! Just a small entry to share this link with you~
I shot for the Cyberdog website last week (and yesterday actually too!) and am now in the "Looks" section!
http://shop.cyberdog.net/page/99/looks?theFolder=womens
8D

cameo

2011-02-19T16:31:00.041Z

Hi guys! How are you this weekend? What are your plans? I hope you are all getting up to something great!

I want to say Happy (Belated) Valentines Day to everyone! Sorry I didn't make a post ON Valentines Day~

Here is a photo of me in my very appropriate top for VD :D

It says "Looking for my Ken"!

Last weekend, Sascha came over to London for a short trip, and I went along with a few other UK Gals to meet him! It was my first time meeting Amelie (always reminds me of the movie!) as well as Jada! I also saw Emmie for the first time since Hib split, and it was nice as there is nothing bad between us (like I originally thought) which made me feel better! I also saw Kei and there were a couple of other UK Gals there too! It's weird being out of the Gal circuit...so many new faces! Amelie wrote a blog on the weekend just here, and Emmie also wrote one here, so please read all about it!

My week has been busy with work as usual, but im really enjoying working and interacting with so many people each day, as well as getting on with other staff members (most of them anyway). I have some news for you guys...it's kind of half bad and half good I guess? I am no longer with Tom after nearly 2 years of being together. It sucks when things like this happen because the world looks so different and everything feels really strange, new and awkward. I'm still going to keep in touch with Tom because i'm not going to forget him. Obviously he can't kick me out of his life anyway because I won't allow him to :D so there! On a more positive note, I am with a guy that I met at work. It sounds like I went to work to find someone else, but it's not the case. He's a good guy and while there were lots of things being said at work (laaaaame), I am very much happy at this time so I hope that you guys don't think i'm a meanie!

Grr, this blog deleted itself as I disconnected my internet by accident so it only posted half of what i'd written....*facepalm*

Anyway, there wasn't much more to add, just a small picture spam of what's been happening in the past week or so!

My hair on Saturday morning~

Me in Adam's Swears!

My new ring! It says "Cyber" and was specially produced for Cyberdog by 6%dokidoki :D

Me and Rosie, a really awesome girl I work with! She loves Japan tooo!

My eye again! This was yesterday before I went to work. I looove the glitter!

camwhoring before work!

On Wednesday, Rob Zombie played in London - first time in like 13 years! - and Adam brought me back a TOTAL SKULL scarf!!!!! I've wanted one since I was like 14, so i'm really happy!!!!! Thank you so much^^

Today I met with Tom for coffee and also with a photographer to discuss a shooting. Tomorrow, Ingvild is coming to London! It's a random visit (as far as I can tell) and it will be great to see her so soon after seeing her in Norway! I really wish Monica would stow away in her suitcase so all of us can have great times again! 8D

In other news, i've started to play Chaos Bleeds (the Buffy game) and I won some tall shoes on eBay for work! I also saw this on Polly's tumblr, and i'm going to give it a go, it might be fun, and maybe interesting for you guys? So let me start now!

DAY ONE: Introduce yourself

My name is Eilish, or Koneko, and i'm 20 years old! I live in South East London, UK and I work at Cyberdog in Camden, London.