while on my shopping adventures

 my oldest sister's favourite brand of makeup, mac, was having a cute little promotion for their new series: archie's girls. it's inspired by the comic books - which i've never even heard of. in fact, i wasn't even that interested in the new cosmetics, until this charismatic archie asked for a photo~!! even if he was paid to be, he was really friendly and happy for a chat~

 while shopping, i managed to take some outfit photos in the changerooms~ i wore the new dress i bought, which has a nice built in pannier for a cute shape! paired with my secret shop teaparties, i received some lovely comments from shopkeepers and bank tellers! (ps, look how long my hair has grown)

 

after a short bout of rain, the weather cooled down considerable, allowing me to wear over the knee socks and a thin cardigan! in summer?? i really welcomed the change though. on the topic of change, i recently got a haircut~ it was only a few inches off, but for me, it feels like my hair is much much shorter!! i also decided to cut my fringe - again! i'm just never comfortable with it swept to the side.

outfit post:
wine cardigan: korea
black sleeveless shirt: offbrand
green star necktie: offbrand
teacup skirt: emily temple cute
polka dot over the knee socks: japan
black leather brogues: offbrand
brown satchel bag: korea

oh! i almost forgot~ i made a new instagram account, and i'm trying to use it too this time. are you on instagram? if you are, please follow me here: http://instagram.com/angiiichan (yup, with 3 'i's) i'm super new to it, and have only been posting photos from my trip. hopefully i'll fill it more with outfits and lolita sweet times as i go~!

 i'm off to uni next week - a busy busy fifth year but not even close to graduating!! (well, i've got two more years of studyi but i'll get three certificates at the end...)

mes nouveaux achats

 i've been on a little internet shopping spree~ i hope you're all ready for a super long post. i've also written a little on my personal thoughts on my new goodies.

firstly, i received my new lancôme hypnôse doll eyes mascara and a dollywink liquid eyeliner pen. it's not a coincident that the names are doll orientated. when i first heard the name of lancôme new mascara, i really wanted to try it out and with my current mascara drying up, it was the perfect replacement. it works really well too, catching each lash with the cone-shaped brush. i've always been afraid to use liquid eyeliner after several bad experiences, but the dollywink pen is so easy to control and draws fine lines. it's much quicker than the gel eyeliner i currently use.

the next parcel i received contained the new makeup goodies from various korean brands. i've been eyeing these goodies for a long time, but i recently found a good ebay seller (amazing deals, free gifts and free standard shipping!) so i finally made the order. so what did the box contain?

i bought these adorably cute bunny lip bars by tony moly. the flavours are: cherry, orange and peach, and yes, i was mainly drawn in by the adorable packaging! i quickly swatched these on my hand, i think i like the orange colour best, but peach smells the best! the scents aren't super strong, which is nice too~

i also got a red apple tony tint from the same brand. isn't the packaging cute too? it's a little black cat~ it comes in red cherry too, but i prefer the orange-red of apple more than the pink-red of cherry. i really like lip tints more than lipstick or gloss because they give my lips a bit more colour without feeling too heavy. 

next up, are the two bb creams i decided to try. the first is called diamond prestige by skin79 (it came with a free bubble cleanser too) and the second is skinfood's good afternoon peach green tea bb cream in light beige. i only brought a liquid foundation with me which i wear quite regularly, and i thought it'd be good to try bb cream instead. i tried the skin79 bb cream which is lightly scented and thicker than i imagined it to be but it doesn't feel heavy on the skin once blended. the colour was similar to the foundation i wear so overall i was very happy! i even tried the bubble cleanser too which is very fun! it comes out as a semi-transparent gel but once on the face it starts to foam and you can feel the little bubbles tingle and tickle the face!!

here's this list of goodies i tried out for this simply look:
skin79 diamond prestige bb cream
dollywink liquid eyeliner in black
lancôme hypnôse doll eyes mascara in so black
tonymoly tony tint in red apple 
tonymoly petite bunny in peach

enough with the makeup, onto my lolita wardrobe~ i managed to find two wishlist items during the months of july and august. these items were sent to my home in australia along with several items for my sister. royal chocolate in brown (yay for more chocolate) i can't wait to wear this~

and l'oiseau bleu in brown. this was the colour i originally fell in love with. i found the mint first and was quite happy with that until i realised i needed the brown more.

i also found emily temple cute's umbrella print skirt in yellow (for a good price!). after i sold the sax onepiece, and i'm glad to have that print back in my wardrobe. i love skirts much more than onepieces so i'm happy~

lastly, this is the matching headbow to my melty chocolate skirt (first angelic pretty dream dress) which i bought off a local friend (who's as big a melty chocolate fan as i) now i have the complete set~ skirt, socks (thanks to my beautiful french penpal) and headbow (thanks to a fellow melty chocolate fan) and the melty chocolate bag! now i just have to wait until february next year before i get to see all these wardrobe additions in real life and start coordinating with them~ (thanks to my sister for the photos)

the night continues, deer me!

i had another event i'd been planning an outfit for a long time~ my friend had secretly told me the theme of his 21st birthday party, and ever since i had been preparing my outfit. it was an animal theme, and i decided to go as a deer. because they are so cute and forest-like and i've always wanted to make a set of antlers. perfect reasons, right?

i decided on a mori style outfit with some handmade hair accessories. although i did attempt to look for fawn fur patterns everywhere i didn't manage to get anything on time. and once again i had to take the photos when i got home. late into the night. my older sister who was just reading in bed, helped me take some photos while experiementing and learning how to use our dslr camera. it seems only one person knows how to use it so far...

outfit post #75: doe, a deer
- gold antlers handmade
- flower wreath handmade
- faux fur collar with yellow ribbon
- light brown chiffon peterpan collar blouse
- brown apron onepiece from mbok
- beige tulle underskirt
- light brown tights
- brown teaparties from secret shop

aand, here's the best macro shot we managed of the eye makeup. please excuse the lashes that are falling off, they were stuck on for the entire day. here's the rundown of what i used for the eyes...

makup shot #1
- blacktrack gel eyeliner from mac
- top eyelashes from dollywink and offbrand
- bottom eyelashes from dollywink
- dark brown shadow from lancome
- another dark brown from love to love palette from mac
- tan brown from love to love palette from mac
- beige from love to love palette from mac
- white eyeliner
 

the smell of nail polish

 is making my head spin....

yes, i've been experimenting again, with a lovely

deep purple (with blue glitter) from my sister's

mac collection, and her most recent buy.

it's a lovely colourful glitter polish from opi.

what do you think? looks a little like the sweet

chocolate freckles i used to love...

this is a cute christmas touch in one of my
favourite cafes, chocolate bean. you would be
correct in thinking that they sell chocolate
(and nothing but chocolate, i might add)
i must admit that even i cannot handle their
death by chocolate cake. shock.

a little too excited

 for christmas, i think...

it's okay to celebrate early, right?
last night, we celebrated a happy christmas,
with happy snaps, bubble tea and dinner together!

unfortunately i was too excited about having korean barbeque
that i completely forgot to take photos of food.
but, it was a really fun experience, and the sudden cool
change almost made up for the lack of snow this winter~

i even decided to paint my nails to match the festive theme~
my older sister is very fond of experimenting with colours
and brands, so i borrowed her polishes. the red is an opi,
green is a butter london and the gold is mac. it's so helpful
that she has such a range of colours, and perfect ones
for christmas~

outfit snap #57: all i want for christmas
- red military jumper
- mustard yellow scarf
- green mini skirt
- black tights from offbrand
- melty chocolate bag from angelic pretty

what happened to my santa hats?!

signed sealed delivered

a little something arrived for me recently! hello there~

in a cute little box filled with foam... wrapped in sparkly 

purple paper... ta da~!

even though this is an old mac collection (a tartan tale)
includes: the tartan zip pocket, gel eyeliner, brush, mascara,
and a super glitter pigment.

i couldn't resist the terrible low price! not to mention, i'd seen my
sister fork out almost twice as much for the same thing
(only she did obtain it when it was first released)
i can't complain though! i really just wanted the gel eyeliner~
after borrowing my sister's for only too long, i realised
it was time to get my own.

now, just waiting on a couple more parcels...