Melancholy~

Aaaaah, I feel like I'm getting old recently. lol
Looking at my past... I feel like I have so many things to look back to. Whyyyyy... when did life become so stuffed and complicated? xD"

I miss the carefree times, but it also somehow felt good to settle down recently. I'm starting to become a really good housewife and create a cozy little nest for me and my hubby. Nothing bad about it, right? =3

We finally got a dishwasher!!

FREEDOM.
I tell you. Best investment EVER! xD

Our kitchen is small, so we can only fit the chibi version of a dishwasher in there. xD"
I also sorted out lot's of kitchen machines that constantly got into my way, and got myself a ALL-IN-ONE kitchen machine...

NEW LOVE.

 It's called "Thermomix", and there's nothing it can't do. Smash, steam, boil, make ice cream...
If you talk nicely to it, it might even curl your hair and tell you compliments ♥ ...uhm yes. xD
(My sexist coworker called it "housewife playstation". ~.~)

Hello?
Did you fall asleep already? Haha, you probably did. xD
Enough of that boring stuff!

 

Even though I enjoy settling down, my love for fashion and make-up has never been stronger. =)
I can't believe that I'm into Gyaru for 6 years already, can you?! 

I'm recently looking back to where I came from, and to be honest - I had a good laugh about it!

Laugh with me! ;D

 Back then I thought my look was THE SHIT. xD
I remember how proud I was to wear my first pair of plain black 14,2mm circle lenses and that unstyled Cyperous wig from Japan. lol

But I'm very happy that I kept going on from that point. Practise makes perfect, right?
I didn't reach perfection yet, but that's okay - I'll be on my way. =)

I also came to remember my Western Gal Idols from my beginner Gal times... do some of you know the names Pin, Riv Riv, Monica Tang, Viivi and Zhi Zhi? Oh god, how I loved their style (though I'm sure they're all still gorgeous nowadays) - they've been a great inspo and motivation, so I guess I owe them a lot... thank you from my heart ♥

 

Beeing stuck in my memories, I also started collecting "old" Ma*rs items, that were super trendy when I started Gyaru. I managed to get my hands on these babies recently ♥

Lovely ♥

The furry one is a bit tacky... but I feel like that's exactly what I WANT atm! =P
Aaaah, I miss the times when Ma*rs still did those over-the-top designs... nowadays it's only flashy prints or toned down x golden buttons... =/

 

Also, after lusting over this for 3 months, I got myself a Coastal Scents make-up Set!!

 Brush Set, Lip Color Palette, and Eyeshadow Palette - WORTH EVERY CENT!! I've never had higher pigmented cosmetics, I'm super satisfied! I will definately buy from them again! =)

I feel like my make-up already improved because of it! Oh, and I also think I stepped up my Gel-nail game! =P

Definately not perfect, but I'm on the way. =)
From the "design", this is my favorite so far! =)

I love to do experiments and try new techniques, so I actually already removed these - I wanna do new nails tomorrow! 

I wonder if I should go for

Kuronba style Zebra & silver glitter & pink
or

Mature style Nude & navy

Hmmm... we'll see... ;D

 

I also did some experiments with my style recently...

Dug out my black wig. lol

Hmmm, this actually make's me wanna get my bangs cut... 

Nah, forget what I said. I'm too chicken to do that anyways. lol

Dark Coord

Spiderweb Shirt: Ghost of Harlem
Tank Top & Skirt: Glavil
Rest: Offbrand


Super basic Coord

 Everything Offbrand

 One of my favorite and most comfy looks recently ♥


Gyaru Lovers Winter Meetup Coord
(Had to cancel last minute because of personal reasons)

Jacket: Ed Haardy
Top: H&M
Skirt: Selfmade
Belt: d.i.a
Rest: Offbrand
Yes. I reached another level. I became so picky about my clothes that I even prefer to sew my skirt on my own. lol (True story. None of my skirts satisfied me, so I altered an old dress)

With my d.i.a jacket, the look is completed ♥

This is how I would like to see myself all the time. ♥ Happy Wish ♥

I hope I can improve my style a lot more in the future, there's still plenty of way to the top! ;D

Today, I cleaned up my closet... so now I have 1.945.573 Outfit ideas, haha!

My Gyaru closet ♥

This makes me so happy. ♥
Cought myself sitting in front of the closet and staring at my treasures for 30 minutes ♥

On the other hand...

 I feel like a fu***ng brandwhore, and somehow have to question my spending habits... is this really okay? ^^"

Nyah, most of the tags were from my Fukubukuro anyways... ^^" *trying to console myself. xD"*

TEASER:

Next up: What was in my d.i.a & Glavil Fukubukuro? ;D
See you soon!

xoxo, Chira ♥

Update! ;D ♥ International Gyaru Lovers Winter Meetup ♥ Amihamu LOVE

Hey Gals,

I'm gonna make a short entry today... have to go to bed soon, work starts at 6 a.m. tomorrow! ;D

I got my ticket for the International Gyaru Lovers Winter Meetup in January!! SO HAPPY!!

Now I'm searching for a nice Hotel in Frankfurt, close to the Main-Station... but I heard there's the biggest red-light district of the city! O__O

Most of you will possibly think: "So what's the problem with that?" ... Argh, I wish I could be that cool! xD" I'm coming from a tiny village, so things like red-light districts scare me a lot! I just don't know what to expect from this! xD"

Anyways, hope to overcome my fear. lol

I'm gonna travel to Frankfurt by highspeed-rail. I hope to arrive quite early on Friday, so me and Hubby can go on a big shopping spree!! Frankfurt has so many stores that are unavailable in my area (OMFG PRIMARK!! TAKE ALL MY MONEYYYYY!! xD), so I gotta make a big use of that trip! xD

I'm very looking forward to meet lot's of awesome Gal's and Gyaru-o, also some of my Gaijin Gal Idols ♥

(MAGGIEEEE, SIMONA, ZUKA, KITAI, ...(the list goes on here... xD)... I'M WAITING...... ♥♥♥)

Hope to see YOU there, too? ;D

 I wanna try new things with my Make-up and Hair recently...

I'd really like to level up my Sujimori skills!! I actually practised a lot, but in the end I always failed... I think it's because of my curling irons - I just don't have the right barrel to create nice waves! Also, most of Sujimori tutorials I've watched so far are working with... HOT ROLLERS! :'D

So I've got myself a box of used Remington Ionic Rollers. ;D

Can't wait to try them out ♥

Also, I found Amihamu's Instagram recently... SO INSPIRING!! She really motivates me to push myself further in order to improve!

I also just got myself a pair of red lenses, haha. xD

Some impressions of this Godess:

LOVE this photo of her ♥

Those red lenseeeees... ♥

Inspired by her, I tried another Goshikku / Rokku coord the other day!

Dress & Garter: Glavil
All the rest: Offbrand

It's interesting how this dress seems to be so long in the front, but barely covers my butt in the back. lol *forever fat ass*

I also tried a different eye-make... I came to like it a lot! I just wish my lenses weren't so basic... =/ It's the only pair I have atm, black ring lens. Q__Q

I wanted to try this hairstyle for soooo long! It's actually rather easy to do, and it gives a cool sidecut effect!
BUT: Taking out the rubber bands was a pain in the ass. :'D My hubby had to help me cut them out, and I almost fainted because I feared he's cutting my hair! xD"

Btw. I really hate my nose... I even debated with myself over a nose surgery. lol I got some good advice, so I'm gonna try finding some suitable nose-make-up tutorials, maybe I can "visually" shrink it... somehow? xD"

Off to bed now! Good night! ♥

ZZZ zzz ZZZ ♥

xoxo, Chira ♥

♥♥♥ Wedding ♥♥♥

DISCLAIMER (lol): This is going to be a rather personal, maybe cheesy and pretty much non-Gyaru / non-fashion post, so feel free to skip it if you like! 

I'm gonna make it short anyways - I'm not the kind of person to post such personal stuff online, it feels a bit awkward to me. xD" So I'm basically gonna drop a few photos here. ;D

I got married on 25. Oktober, and I couldn't be any happier about it ♥

Our Wedding was actually a rather small deal - we only got married at the register office anyways, so we wanted to only invite the closest family members.

Considerung my mothers poor health and my sisters 2 little toddlers, we went for a very simple and private meeting - no big dress, no buzzing party or anything. And it was the perfect decision! I couldn't think of a more perfect wedding. =) 

At 8:00 I had an apointment with the hairstylist. They prepared super sweet wedding themed deco for me! ♥

When I arrived back home, my husband already picked up my wedding bouquet for me - it was so delicate and beautiful, adorned with little pearls and stuff ♥

I am currently drying the bouquet, I wanna keep it forever ♥

Me posing with my flowers... x3

Here you can also see my super simple and minimal styling. =)

My hair was a tiny little updo in the back, decorated with flowers. The make-up I did myself (I cannot trust anybody else with this! xD") - it was also very toned down, the only flashy thing probably was my smokey eyeshadow. =)

My simple wedding Outfit! ♥

I bought this "Jesus Diamante" dress in Tokyo last year - since I got it, I knew it would be my wedding dress for the register office, haha! =) However, I had no intention to go fully JD style or whatever - just simple and elegant. =)

I felt very comfortable with this ♥

Me and my hubby ♥

♥♥♥

We also got so many cute presents! It was really hard to get all of them on the photo! xD"

The piggy balloon is my favorite! xD

Some days after the wedding, I baked a cake for all the lovely people that helped organizing this wonderful day! Here's my new creation: Cherry x Banana cream cake ♥ (I loooove baking!)

To all those people who were interested in my wedding: Thank you very much for caring, and all those nice wishes! I still love to go through the comments, they all have a place in my heart! =)

Even though I only wanted to post these few pictures, I hope you got a good impression on how cozy and awesome the wedding was. I hope you can understand me for not posting too many personal things! =)

Oh, before I forget: Here's the answer to some questions I got! ♥

Q: Are / Were you nervous?

A: Actually, no. I was just looking forward to it very very much, so I'd rather call it positive excitement! xD

Q: Are you having an asian last name now?

A: Yes, I do! =) It's a very common chinese last name, so actually nothing special - but at least 1.000 times better then my former german last name! That one was even a bit embarrassing. xD"

Q: Are you going to move to Asia?

A: That's definately a possibility that we will keep in mind! =) Currently, I'm a bit bound to Germany due to family reasons - luckily, my husband is supporting me in this situation. =) If I were to move to Taiwan, I'd really like to live in Kenting, Tainan City or Taipeh! LOVE everything about it! (And also... it's so close to Japan, hrhrhr... xD)

Thanks for reading. ;D Next post is going to be Gyaru related, I promise! ;D

xoxo, Chira ♥

H&M finds Autumn 2014 ~ including Swankiss style sweater! ♥♥♥

Hey sweethearts! ;D

I've been hunting for a casual military style winter-coat the past 3 weeks, unfortunately the stores don't have what I want... 

(Am I picky? I just want something that keeps me warm AND looks nice... it shouldn't be that hard, right? xD")

I happened to find some really great items at H&M this time, so I wanted to share with you. ♥ If you like something, you might want to go (online-)shopping soon - some of the stuff is already on clearance sale! ;D

Amekaji style knit cap

The flashy pink and the capitalized letters immediately reminded me of oldschool Amekaji looks - I really wanna try this style one day! x3
It's from the kid's accessory section, but it can easily fit an adults head! Price is 7,99€. =)

Bat print mesh tutu - reminds me of Glavil / TutuHa a bit!

Super cute and SO FLUFFY I'M GONNA DIE!!! :'D
It's from the Halloween kid's collection - a petite gal could fit this perfectly, I think. It has a pretty stretchable rubber band on top as well! =) 
Unfortunately my butt is too big for this... xD" *needs more squat exercise*

Cute snowflake and stars skirt

I really wanted this one so badly. =/ It's from the teenager girls section, but they only had the very small sizes left on the rack - and it's not for sale at their online shop. Unlucky me. Q__Q
The snowflakes are so cute, this photo really doesn't do it any justice! It has an elastic rubber band on the top, and a chiffon under-skirt! =)

Swankiss style sweater

MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE ITEM!! ♥
The heart cut-outs are covered with smooth organdy, and the embroidery is very well made - overall, I'm super impressed with the quality of this item!
The playful cute heart cut-out and the half transparency reminded me of some ever so popular "Swankiss" (japanese brand) items, so I guess some of you Gals might be interested as well. =)

I found this while in-store shopping - it was the last one on the rack, and it's in light blue color. IT WAS INSTANT LOVE. So even though it's 1-2 sizes too big, I just had to buy it! (Guess I'm ready to try some oversized looks. lol)
GOOD THING: You can also buy it at the online shop, and it's currently on sale! Original price was 29,99€, but now you can get it for 17,99€! =)
BAD THING: They only sell a white version online (...though at the store they only had this light blue one left). So if you want a pastel blue sweater, I suggest you to go in-store shopping as soon as possible! ;D



I guess I'll go back to check H&M's collection regularly now, they sometimes really have gem's hiding in their racks. ;D


And since I'm already spamming you with shopping photos:

D.I.A longsleeve shirt

GOT IT FOR 10€ AND IT STILL HAD THE TAGS ON OMG. SO LUCKY! :'D

I wonder if I should make a full-wardrobe-post next... we will see. =)

Thanks for reading sweethearts, have a good time! ♥

xoxo, Chira ♥

Summary of the past weeks! ♥

Hey Gals, how was your summer?

My summer was basically non-existant, due to horrible rainy weather in Germany... I rarely go the chance to wear any of my sexy summer clothes, what a giant waste!! I'm still upset that autumn is already here... Q__Q

I've been asked why I went on a hiatus again... it actually has a very happy reason! I'm getting married this month! ♥ (Just at the register office for now, but yay! xD)

I'm super excited and happy, I hope you all can be happy with me! 25.10. will be the big day ♥

Well, but such an important event also comes with lot's of preparation work... which explains my hiatus, I think. ;D

I'm going to wear my Jesus Diamante dress for the wedding ♥

I hope I can be a beautiful bride ♥

Some of you might know that my future husband is coming from Taiwan... his native languages are Taiwanese and Chinese (but he's also fluent in English and German), so I decided to learn Mandarin!

Obviously, this is just a random page of one of my study books. lol ~ Way too advanced Chinese here! I'm still at a beginner level. =P

It's still quite hard for me, especially because of the writing... I have to work out a learning strategy. xD" Thanks god I have the best teacher at my home ♥

Besides Chinese, I also improved my Gel-Nail skills, I guess! ♥

Favorite Nail-Set so far... I especially liked the middle finger! That's gonna be my wedding nails ♥

My coworkers always make fun of me, because any of my nails looks different... they won't believe it's supposed to be like this. lol

That was my Mermaid-style Nail-Set... wasn't too happy with this, but at least it gave me a little summer vibe.^^"

I also got new clip-in hair extensions from dirtylooks! They're really fabulous ♥ But I had a hard time to tone them to the matching color...

Left: Original Color, Right: After toning 3 times

And it's still not perfect yet! xD" Don't know if it'll ever be, but I'm not giving up! xD"

So... as I'm already talking about my shoppings...

 2nd hand d.i.a shorts ♥

I'm so happy to fit into d.i.a pants, I can't even describe the feeling! ='D

Super sexy d.i.a pants! Needed them in my life after I saw Yumachi wearing them on an EGG photoshooting ♥

 2nd hand d.i.a top! It's super sexy as usual, but unfortunately it makes my boobs look like meatloafs. ~.~ I guess I'm going to sell it soon!

ABSOLUTE FAVORITE D.I.A SET-UP SO FAR!! 

The first time I saw it on mbok was in February... but I couldn't bring myself to buy it, because it was quite expensive. Same thing in April, and then I couldn't forget about it anymore. (God, I am so sick. lol) When I saw it still for sale on mbok last month, I took a heart and bid on it! BEST DECISION EVER!

The skirt has built in shorts, and the material is fluffy and warm! I already have unlimited outfit ideas with this! :´D

Super comfy Ghost of Harlem shirt, because I'm absolutely into wings atm! ♥

Super cute Ma*rs Set I exchanged with Chewiee ♥ That's actually the back of the top, the front is just plain black - thought this side is more interesting. =P

Somehow I didn't take any full outfit photos recently, just some snapshots... but better then nothing, I guess. =/

That's actually a year old, I just happened to find it on my cellphone. lol

I was in Tokio back then, this was my cozy outfit for exploring Ikebukuro. =) I've met some super sweet girls at the train-station back then, they were all like "Wah, kawaii! Neko-chan!!" I wish I would have been brave enough to ask for a photo with them, they were so pretty and cute! Q__Q *forever too chicken*

Topic of the day: Put as much d.i.a on your body as you can. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. lol

Aaaand the cute Ma*rs Babydoll I just bought from Sui Princess ♥

What a mixed entry this has become! xD" But that pretty much sum's up the past weeks! =)

Thanks for reading, I'll try to blog again soon!

xoxo, Chira ♥