♡ Birmingham MCM 2015 Haul & Gogo Tomago Cosplay ♡

So on the 20th March me, Robyn and our friend Ethan attended Birmingham MCM!
It was our first MCM of this year and I was super excited for it! Like usual I'm going to show you some of our photos from the day and a small haul from the Convention. I've found that the more Coventions I go to, the less photos I take with people? Not because I don't like their Cosplay, but I just like talking to people more!

For this Convention, me and Robyn decided to jump on the bandwagon of Big Hero 6 Cosplays as we had recently seen it and fell in love! Robyn was definite on being Hiro Hamada, but I was unsure whether I wanted to be Gogo Tomago or Honey-Lemon! I went to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to get your guys opinion and it turned out that a lot of people wanted me to be Gogo! I'm still going to Cosplay Honey Lemon, but I decided to start on my Gogo Cosplay straight away as I didn't have much time!

It was quite an easy Cosplay to put together and didn't cost me more than £25.00! As the first Convention of the year I was happy that my first Cosplay was comfy but still recognisable and recent! I was really happy I chose Gogo, I was the only one I saw at the convention, so people
seemed happy to see me. 

The day itself was pretty straight forward, got up early (I had to rush a little but I did some make up on the train so it was fine), got two trains and got in the convention! I didn't enjoy it as much at first, but as I got more into the day, it was really good. It was also the first convention I had attended with Ethan, so it was super fun!I'm not going to upload the photos with the other Cosplayers, just incase some are uncomfortable with them being on here!


However, because our train after the Convention was quite late, we had time to get a few photos as Hiro and Gogo! We had some together:

♡ A Guide to Cosplay | Part 1: Introduction and Getting Started ♡

Two years ago I started to Cosplay properly and get more involved in the Cosplaying Community. Ever since, it's played a big role in my life. Quite often I get asks from others asking about different aspects of Cosplaying, whether it's advice or just general questions about the hobby. 

One of my New Year's resolutions, along with many others, was to bring more variety into my blog and to get more involved with it. To do more Fashion/ Beauty related and Advice/ Chatty posts instead of just reviews. So that's why I've decided to do this series, which focuses on various aspects of Cosplaying. I'm not entirely sure how many of these blog posts I'm going to have, I'm thinking of three minimum. Not only am I going to answer some of the questions which some of you have asked but take you through each step of Cosplaying; from Preparation to going to Conventions! 

So today I bring you the first instalment of this series, in which I'll mainly be introducing you to Cosplaying.

Before I start this though, in no way, shape or form do I think I'm some *fantastic* Cosplayer nor do I think I'm an expert. But as I'm approaching my third year in the community, I feel like I've gained knowledge and have had a good reception from others. Although, whilst giving you guys tips, I'm still learning as well so am open to your advice!

♡ SheInside Pink Lapel Coat | Sponsored Review ♡

Hello everyone!

So it seems I haven't blogged at all so far this year, but it's mainly because I've been busy with my Mock Exams and Coursework! But luckily my mocks are over now and even though Coursework is building up, I'm a little less busy! 

But before I go ahead and say anything, I hope that you had an amazing Christmas, or to those who don't celebrate it, had a happy holiday. I also wish you a Happy New Year (even though I'm 16 days late) and hope the new year brings you loads of great things!
So today I'm going to bring you the first review of this year and of course, this is from SheInside!

So for those who don't know about this store; SheInside is an online store which sells a huge variety of clothes, makeup and accessories. They also offer FREE Shipping and always have a good offer on!

♡ Pink Long Sleeve Notch Lapel Coat ♡

So this is on sale for $33.98 from $57.98 and comes in Small, Medium and Large. I've been wanting a more formal looking pink coat and this seemed to be perfect! So when I first got this coat I was overly impressed, I was expecting it to be a more 'Blazer-type' material, so was to surprised see that it was thick with lining. The shape to the coat is exactly as pictured in the stock photo, as for the colour I'd say in real life it's definitely a tad bit more vibrant than the stock photo (and mine, apologies for that). 

♡ Hyper Japan 2014 ( + Haul) ♡

Hello everyone! I hope you're well!

 Sorry it's been a while, once again I've been busy with school etc. and I've found myself so exhausted ; u ; 

Anyway, last week I went to the Hyper Japan Christmas Market for the first time and thought I'd do a post (mainly a haul though) on it! 

I was super excited to attend as I've never been to a Convention or anything like that in London. Instead of going on the Saturday like usual we planned to go just on the Sunday as it was quite a bit cheaper! Although I am planning going on all three days next Summer! I'll discuss that later on though on my Social Media! 

For Hyper Japan I originally planned to be Gloomy Bear Sonico, but instead had to go as Nurse Sonico as the Cosplay wouldn't be here on time! ( Not that I minded since either way I was Sonico).

My Costests turned out far better than I looked on the actual day ; v ; I still want to improve my Sonico loads since she's my favourite character...

The train to London was an easy journey and we didn't set off really early either which meant I wasn't too tired during the day! Unfortunately some of the tubes were off so it took us a while to get there! 

Once we got there we didn't have loads of time, but I still managed to get around every stall (which didn't take too long in all honesty), chat to some friends, take a few photos and even get interviewed for J-Melo! I probably sound and look like an idiot on the interview but I may just avoid watching it! The day was overall really good, apart from a few creeps who didn't ask my permission for photos ; v ; it makes me sad that people act like that at expo, I need to gain enough confidence to reject photos as well next time!  

♡ SheInside Love Potion Sweater & Blue Winter Coat | Sponsored Review ♡

Hello guys! Another review for you today for the lovely SheInside!

So for those who don't know about this store; SheInside is an online store which sells a huge variety of clothes, makeup and accessories. They also offer FREE Shipping and always have a good offer on!

Once again SheInside let me choose two products! 

♡  Blue Long Sleeve Zipper Pockets Coat ♡ 

I don't know what urged me to get this coat, it definitely isn't the typical style I go for, but I saw a similar one on one of my favourite Youtubers and couldn't resist! The coat is only $41.67 and comes in S, M and L. 

So here is my photo on! The colour in person was a little lighter than the stock photo but I prefer lighter colours so it's perfect! I was surprised by the material when I first picked it up, it's cotton-like but at the same time seems to have the tiniest bit of stretch in it? Something I really like about this coat is that it has lining so is super warm and is perfect for Autumn and Winter!

♡ Syndrome.storenvy Review ♡

Hello cuties! Today I'm going to be reviewing a store which I'm really excited about!
Today I will be introducing you to the store Syndrome; an storenvy located in China which sells clothes, accessories, jewellery, wigs & more! I'd be really surprised if you couldn't find anything that was to your style on there, there is so much variety & on top of the amazing products they also ship internationally. I was really glad when I found out I could work with Syndrome, I've ordered from them before so was already a big fan.
The owners at Syndrome let me pick out an item to review from there store, it was hard to choose but I finally settled on this:

✿ Choies Review ( Gingham Dress ) ✿

Hello dolls! 

It's been a while since I've done a Choies review but I'm back today to review to items I was sent! 

For those who don't know about Choies, they're an online store which sell clothes, accessories, makeup, jewellery & shoes! They have very good prices for their clothes & do worldwide FREE shipping! They always seem to have good offers on as well! 

So lets begin!

♡ Pink Gingham Cami Dress with Buttons Front ♡

I think it's obvious why I chose this! This is currently $24.99 & once again is one-size! It was also available in blue but it currently Sold Out! 

♡ Mini Update & Collective Haul (Photoheavy) & small update ♡

Hello everyone! Today's blogpost is going to be a collective haul as for the past few months I've been buying quite a lot of things. Also, a few weeks a go it was my 17th Birthday so I also would like to show you what I got for that! I would of done a blogpost like I did for my last Birthday but I didn't do much as my friends still have exams to do & I was at school! 

Anyway let's begin! Just a warning, there's a lot of photos!

♡ Really early this year, probably in January I bought a 'Sleek face Contour Kit' in Medium. I've wanted one of these for a while now & I'm so glad I bought one. I've used it everyday & it matches my skintone perfectly! I bought mine from the Superdrug website for just under £10 including postage! ♡

♡ SheInside Favourites June 2014 ♡

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to do a quick SheInside favourites for you all!

So for those who don't know about this store; SheInside is an online store which sells a huge variety of clothes, makeup and accessories. They also offer FREE Shipping and always have a good offer on!

♡ Dresses ♡

♡ 1 | 2 | 3 ♡

♡ Kimchi Bambi Brown Review Sponsored by Uniqso ♡

Hello everyone!
My exams are finally over, so now I'm back to doing reviews & other posts!
Today I'm going to be reviewing a pair of lenses sent to me by the lovely Uniqso. If you've been familiar with my blog since the very beginning then you'll know that I've worked with them a couple of times & have never been disappointed!
Now for those who are not entirely sure as to what Uniqso is, it is a store which provides a wide variety of lenses, makeup & now supplies wigs!
They do lenses in all colours, sizes & brands & offer FREE SHIPPING!
As well as that they also have libraries to help you out about everything circle lenses & coloured lenses related!





The people at Uniqso let me choose out some lenses, so which did I choose?

♡ Spreepicky Review April 2014 ♡

Hello everyone! I hope you're all well!

It's been quite busy this week with reviews (☉‿☉✿) but I'm hoping to have a haul up & some other content up soon! 

So today I'm reviewing a store you may of come across on here before called Spreepicky. 

For those who aren't particularly sure of what Spreepicky;

Spreepicky is a shop ran on Storenvy which offers a wide variety of clothes, wigs & accessories! The store is actually ran by the same people who run Taobaospree ( which is a Taobao agent ) & the items which are featured on the Storenvy are the ones which seem to be the most popular amongst Taobaospree Customers. Most items I would say are aimed to those who are into Lolita, Fairy Kei etc. What is great about  Spreepicky is that pretty much all items have FREE Shipping for them!

Now this time from SpreePicky, I actually purchased something for myself & SpreePicky gave me a few gifts!

♡ Stock Photo ♡

So the item I bought was this 'BoBon21 Floral Suspender Dress', I saw this on someone else & immediately fell in love! I love floral prints and thought this would be perfect for Summer & Spring. Unfortunately this is sold out, but hopefully this review will give you an insight on the quality of BoBon21's products & SpreePicky's services! 

Now the dress itself was around $40.00 & came in only one size. 

♡ Kittywood Designs Review ♡

Hello everyone!

So today I'm going to be reviewing an store named Kittywood Designs.

Now Kittywood Designs is a store ran on Etsy & is owned by the lovely Kattie! Her products are extremely versatile, she makes Hair Accessories, Necklaces, Rings, Broaches & more - aimed at many audiences from Creepy Cute to Fairy Kei. I'd be surprised if you didn't find something you liked.

It was a while back that Kattie was looking for some people to review some of her products & as I have bee a fan for a while I instantly decided to email about it - so you probably can tell that by looking at this, I was chosen! I'm very grateful to work with such a perfect store!

So before I ramble even further I will actually begin the review!

♡ My Photos ♡

♡ So my parcel came like this & can we just talk about how cute the packaging is?! I've never seen someone use pink packaging but I was definitely excited over this! ♡

♡ Update & Mini Haul ♡

Hello guys, so it's been a while since I've done a 'Lifestyle' post but I thought I would update you guys on what's been going on for the past few weeks ( more like months ) or so.

So first of all, the last time I did one of these was when I went to London to visit my Auntie. Well a few weeks after I went back ( for only a day though ) for the Harry Potter Studio tour. I had been wanting to for ages & finally I got the chance to go. If you didn't know my family are big fans of the Harry Potter films ( more me & my sister though ), so it's something we all enjoyed. I really loved seeing what went on behind the scenes, also, as I'm wanting to go on to do Special FX makeup it was nice seeing what I could end up doing!

♡ Sorry for the bad photo, but this is the stuff I got from there. Of course I had to go on the Broom Simulator, so I bought the picture from there & with our tickets we got a Souvenir Guide! The badge we got free at the end of the tour & the only thing I ended up buying from the shop ( since a lot of things were pricey ) was a Draco postcard, ehehehuhuhu ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) If you want to see any more pictures you can see them on my Facebook, just ask & I will link it! ♡ 

♡ SheInside Review September 2013 ( Barbie Sweater ) ♡

Hello everyone, I hope you're well!

So I'm back with my second SheInside review! ( Find my most recent one here ). Just in case you have never heard of SheInside, SheInside is an online store which provides a variety of clothing, accessories, jewellery & more for very affordable prices & to top that off shipping is FREE.

So this time, SheInside let me choose another one of their items, I had a really tough time choosing though since there was so many things to choose from! But I finally decided to choose the Barbie sweater as it's been on my wishlist for a while now & it's coming up to winter, so I need something which will keep me warm but still add cuteness!

♡ So here is the sweater itself. It came in the same packaging as my other parcel did, the SheInside bag with the tag. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of them from this time, I'd rather hang the sweater up instead of storing it in the bag so you can just look at the pictures from last time. Anyway, my first impression of the sweater was that it was extremely soft. It did come with a bit of fluff on, but it was easily removed. It also came packaged neatly & had no creases what so ever, but personally I think that's down to the material as well. It's very well made, not incredibly thick, but not too thin either which means that it will need some layering in the winter but could possibly also be worn on Summer Nights when it's cooler! The sweateris currently on sale & is $20.90. It also comes in two other colour combinations which you can see here  ♡

♡ Small Manchester Expo 2013 Haul & Cosplay Plans ♡

Hey everyone, how are you all doing?

So today I thought I would take a break from reviews & do a small haul from when I went to Manchester Expo on the 20th July! I would of loved to do a whole post on the day but in all honesty I don't have many photos. I personally felt that the expo was a little disappointing. First of all I wasn't Cosplaying because it was far too hot, not only that but me & my sister had to line up for about 20 minutes just to get in, despite us having early tickets. Once we got in it was a relief as it was cool, but then as more & more people got in the event became far too crowded. Honestly me & my sister had to push through crowds, my feet also ended up hurting & I felt very ill. There was also a lack of Cosplayers I feel, obviously because of the weather, I also never ended up seeing many people I wanted to meet! I know it sounds like I'm being a kill joy, but compared to Telford it was nothing! Although on the bright side I got some super cute things & got to see the masquerade. This was a big thing for me & my sister as we have never seen due to coming to the stage seating area too late & being very small - haha! Anyway onto what I got! 

♡ So of course I had to get more peach tea! Unfortunately you can't get this near me, I also wanted a bottle of it but they only had cans, either way - still delicious! ♡

♡ Giveaway 'Haul' & Mini Update ♡

So if you read my last blog post you would know that recently ( around the start of June ) I won a giveaway!  So today, I decided to show you some of the things I received, since I love it all! Also, if you want to see who ran the giveaway, then click here! Marie's blog is so cute & I can't express how grateful I am that she ran the giveaway! 

Also as a side not I would like to remind you that I'm not boasting in anyway, I am just really happy over all of this stuff & thought it makes quite a nice change to my blog, rather than  reviews! So lets start! 

♡ So all of the stuff together! Ahhh, she packaged is nicely in a box & left a really cute message for me! ♡

♡ Milk Chocolate Dream Review ♡

So once again I'm back with another review, been a pretty busy month huh? 

Milk Chocolate Dream is an 'kawaii' Etsy store run by the lovely Sarah Frain. The store offers things like adorable resin pieces, cute clay pieces & even custom phone/ iPod cases - all hand made of course! After first hearing about this store & having a look for myself, I instantly fell in love & decided to ask Sarah if it would be possible to be sponsored by her! Of course, as you can see, she said yes - I couldn't of been more happy! So after a week or so Sarah messaged me saying my pieces were done, it took a bit longer than a week because she had ran out of resin & hate to wait for it to arrive! Luckily she explained that to me & so was patient! She then  messaged me that she had shipped it off & the day after I received it! 

♡ So this is what the package looked like, I like how she made it colorful & as cute! ( of course I had to blur my address out, haha ) ♡