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Jason Wu for Target GETS + 11 questions

Hey! Does anyone remember me out there? haha! Well it's not so funny I dropped off the blogosphere for so long, but I honestly had nothing to say. I didn't think that day would come so soon actually but that's just how my whole life is going right now. What should I do? What should I say?

Luckily the Jason Wu for Target capsule collection launched today and it gives me something concrete to report! (I wrote about the collection here earlier)

I wasn't one of the many many many people who lined up early or arrived right at opening time to get my hands on the items. But perhaps that was not a wise idea haha! All the scarves and bags were well sold out by 9:00am when I arrived!

Trying some items on! This skirt was only left in size 10 and 16. But I couldn't make the 10 work (normally a 4) which sucked as it was an item I rather wanted!

But in other parts of the country I guess everything was getting scooped up right away, and one of the big complaints amongst shoppers was the lack of buying limits. Luckily in Minnesota people are not so brand obsessed so I still could get a few items I liked. But many items on my wishlist were not stock, sold out or only left in the L and XL sizes TT

But here is what I picked up!

Sheer caplet blouse with dot print

They had tons of these dress, not popular? but it suited my tastes best^^

This cat is the mascot of the collection, but the T is already wrinkly just from being in a shopping bad DX

Lace large clutch

I was sooooooo lucky to get the clutch, like I said all accessories were gone right away. But one young woman put the clutch back as I was talking with an employee by the rack. I really wanted a bag and the caplet blouse so I'm satisfied!!

After the fun morning of fashion hunting Mom and me had brunch at Subway. We got a footlong Egg whites, cheese and ham breakfast sandwich for 5$ and shared it. I really recommend their breakfast sandwiches, as they are filling and low calorie XD

And since I've not blogged for a bit, I'll share the other items I've bought lately:

Lapel cardigan from Target and wrap dress from Express

A peplum shirt, and the perfect black dress - look at that great shape it creates!

And to wrap things up, I was tagged in a meme by the always always sweet Chiihime. It is the 11 Questions meme that has been going around. Though I often don't do memes, I thought this is a great opportunity to write and share a bit about myself^^ Thanks Chiihime!!

Rules:
Each person must post 11 things about themselves on their blog.
Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
You have to choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post.
Go to their page and tell them you have linked him or her.
No tag backs.

11 things about me:
1. I love food more now than I did before I lost weight.
2. Collecting things is a big hobby, I collect My Little Ponies, UFO catcher items, Super Dollfie, Manga, stationary etc.
3. I was actually considered a "gifted" child in elementary school and was in some special clubs for that.
4. Procrastination is key for me, I need a close deadline or pressure to motivate me.
5. I had surgery on my elbow to reconstruct it after shattering it by falling off the bottom of a slide.
6. The shortest amount of time I've worked a job was for 2 days at a pizza shop, then I quit!
7. The bathrooms in my Jr high and High school were so dirty I wouldn't use them, so I held it till I got home everyday.
8. I have more regrets in my life then I can tolerate, but I still feel so blessed to be born as who I am.
9. Some people I knew since Kindergarten were not my friends until high school.
10. From age 11 to 14 or so my dream job was to be a mangaka, and actually I drew several pictures everyday until I was 18.
11. I took swimming lesson all throughout my youth, swam constantly in the summers, but now swimming is an activity I find bothersome.

Chiihime's 11 questions:
1. What's your favorite make up item? Hmm, I guess eyeliner because you can define your eyes easily with a bit of liner, and create lovely wings/shapes with it!
2. When you need some inspiration for styling yourself, where do you search first? Shop staff blogs, they show the popular/new items of the shops but add their own tastes and ideas to them.
3. What color does describe your personality the best? Black. I think it's black because black is not well "understood" and is often perceived as mysterious. But it contains all the colors, and I like all colors haha.
4. What's your favorite sweet drink? That's hard! I never drink anything sweet. I used to like Shamrock (mint) milkshakes tho.
5. What matches you better: powder eyeshadow or cream eyeshadow? Why? Powder, because it's what I've always used, I'm most comfortable with it.
6. What's your favorite thing in your room? Another tough one. I have so much, I guess my bed, because it's most useful for sitting and sleeping.
7. What's the best way for you to laugh loudly? To watch America's Funniest Home Videos!
8. A place you would love to go, but you had never been before? That's most places XD I will say Versailles.
9. What's your favorite song? Last Song by Gackt.
10. How is your morning routine? Wakeup, bathroom routines, make tea, eat some fruit then check blogs.
11. Do you usually doll up yourself for going to work and/or school? If yes, please describe. No. I used to do my typical gal styled makeup and outfits for school.

Well since I am no good at thinking of questions, and I always feel villainous tagging people I will just answer the questions. I hope this will be the end of my little hiatus haha, but it depends all on my willpower!

My new haircut, and Jason Wu x Target

Oh here I am again laying in bed, I almost justified not blogging tonight. Then I just thought "This is be a little post, I can do it!" haha. I will make up for today's small post with something a bit more useful tomorrow.

Actually I'm a bit nervous to share the pictures of my haircut now because I have built up my getting a hair cut too much perhaps haha. Especially when several people said they were looking forward to seeing it DX Oh no, it didn't come out as interesting as I wanted. Even though I asked the student to put more layers in, there is still as much shape as I hoped for.

I mean it's a big improvement over my scraggly plain straight hair, having some shape to my hair really improves it haha. As my mom suggested, this is a good base for more deep layers next time.



My new hair cut. The mosaic seemed the least distracting way to censor my face





When I looked at these pictures my first thought was "There's no difference!" haha, my pre-cut nerves were all for naught I guess XD

Well another thing I want to talk about a bit is the upcoming Jason Wu capsule collection for Target! It's coming to Target stores across the US on February 5th (giving me a reason to look forward to Feb. besides Valentines^^) Its another big name collab, like the Missoni collab late last year, but these items are more wearable for the general public.



Here are my picks from the collection, but you can see everything on Target Style. I am gonna try my best to get the white bag and white top. I think the trench, white dress and lace skirt would all be lovely, but who knows with these limited things XD The yellow and nude dress is unpopular so far, but I think its interesting.

I read a funny comment that some woman thinks these clothes are for pre-teens. I would say the 10-12 who'd want to wear these are rare haha! But as with designer wear these items are cut slimmer. Are you going to get anything from the collection?

* Sponsor Review * Dueba Shiny/Puffy 3 Tone gray lens



Good day friends! Thank you so much for sticking with me through the rather plain food post I did last. I haven't had much time to edit any holiday photos yet, next week I have such nasty work hours (even today I have to work until 1am and I can't stand it DX) But I will try my best to get those together!

Today however, I would like to share another review with you, and I'm particularly excited about this one because I really love these lenses XD The lenses were provided to me by Shoppingholics.com





Dueba Shiny gray/Puffy 3 tone gray Circle Lens



Origin: Korea
Diameter : 14.5mm
Water Content : 38%
Base Curve : 8.6mm
Life Span : 1 year disposal


These lenses were sent to me by Shoppingholics.com for review purposes, all following opinions are my own honest assessments. These lenses are quite different than all the lenses I've tried previously, as they are very natural, so I was very excited to try them!



With one lens in




These lenses are called Puffy 3 Tone lenses for obvious reasons - they have a darker outer ring, a middle color and a bit of brown color at the center. The brown inner color will make it blend well with naturally dark eyes, but I think they look great on light eyes too. The outer ring is not too dark either, it gives the perfect enlargement with being like bam! black ring haha.

Speaking of enlargement, for 14.5mm lenses, I felt these were quite enlarging. Perhaps its because the printing is right up to the edge of the lens (some don't have color all the way to the edge) or the design. Either way, they make your eye appear larger for sure.








Furthermore, I found these lenses to be quite comfortable. I wore them 7 hours the first night I tried them, and my eyes are not particularly irritated. These have lower water content than some other lenses, so make sure you have your re-wetting drops with you^^

These lenses fit to my eyes very well, no noticeable problems with wandering lenses. And they were easy to put on as well. Really I have no complaints with these lenses, and they match my eye color very nicely I think!








Quick Review:
Enlargement: ★★★★★
Comfort: ★★★★★
Color: ★★★★★★ (haha)



Really I love these lenses! I think they make the perfect otona look! I would say these are my favorite lenses at the moment. I also have them in Blue and Green to review, so please look forward to that.

I want to state once more how completely satisfied and how much I enjoy transactions with Shoppingholics.com! Their service is top-notch, above and beyond, they try really hard to consider the tastes of their customers and it shows. Take a look around Shoppingholics.com for these lenses, hundreds more and all the greatest beauty products!

Please check out Shoppingholics.com!

I'm a University Graduate

Good morning everyone, oh! It's already noon here, I've been busy getting the photos ready for this post and getting my graduation gift. Sorry I've not been updating this week, but this entry today is important to me so hopefully its adds up to two or three posts worth haha!

Yesterday night was my graduation commencement ceremony, I graduated from my university with a Bachelors of Arts in Global Studies. I couldn't graduate with honors because of the grades I got in my first year but I think I did a good job pulling it up from ridiculously embarrassing to better than average XD




My gown was too long, but I wore my Murua tights and blue shoes (blue is a school color)


Though I have been in school since kindergarten, and I knew someday I would graduate from University, somehow this day was unexpected haha. It was a bit strange to be standing on a stage again (tho this was obviously better than my high school graduation!).




I wanted to graduate with gal style makeup so I wore lashes and lenses haha


With 3 of my classmates


Now I really am an adult, I can go back to get a Masters of course but this is the start of my life as an adult who must find a path and career in world. The ceremony was nice, though a bit long since we had soooo many management grads in my class. I didn't have much time on stage, but we all got 3 photos taken and I got my medallion!




My tassel and medallion


I still have to wait for my diploma to come, but I'm really done! Though it's just my university graduation my parents and best friend gave me some nice gifts! And my toughest, most memorable professor actually clapped for me specifically as I exited the stage #^^#



I got some lovely cards from my mom, dad, and best friend. Though most of my relatives had some excuse not to send me a card haha... But I got an amazing gift from my mom which is much too much, more than I deserve.






My graduation gift!


I got a new laptop! I've had my current Toshiba laptop for 4.5 years, I've luckily had no problems with it all (though I often hear bad reviews of Toshiba) but my microphone went out recently. This new laptop has 6gb RAM and a 750gb hard drive, my current one has 1gb RAM and a 150gb hard drive.

Anyhow, it was a good experience, I am enjoying the accomplishment, but I'm going to start looking for another office job asap. I've liked my office jobs much more than my service jobs and I want to save enough money to move to Japan for awhile quickly!

Big shopping day at the Mall of America

Oh whew, hehe, I got my thesis almost totally done today! Just gotta clean up the references page, print it out and hand it in tomorrow evening. It's the last night of class ever for me (unless I go for a masters XP) and we are having a pot luck so I made oatmeal cookies drizzled with peanut butter chocolate.


I hope my classmates will like them, luckily there's only 15 of us in the thesis seminar, so I didn't have to make many. But this is just the beginning of our Christmas baking, me and mom plan to make a wide variety of cookies this weekend.

Another usual Christmas activity is shopping, it really is the biggest shopping time of the whole year. Usually it's for gifts to exchange on December 25th but yesterday we went out just to shop for fun and relaxing. A staff at some clothing shop told us 90% of the people she talked to that day were shopping for themselves, not gifts haha!

These giant Christmas bulbs are so cool!

The Mall of America always has lovely decorations for the season, so its very festive and fun just to walk around. Also they have recently remodeled several areas, with new tile and high-shops so it looks much nicer now. It's been so long since it opened TT it was time for some sprucing up.

There are lots of silver-y trees like this all over MoA 
(and thats what I wore for the day)

We went to several shops we always frequent, plus some others we rarely shop at. One of the highlights was the Bettie Page store which features all retro style clothing from the 50s. Very cool to see something out of the normal trendy or casual clothing XD

Me and mom did a lot of window shopping, but the great thing was because we went in the middle of a week day there was quite a bit of elbow room^^

And this is one of two "main" trees in the rotunda, seems big right?

That's because they reach all the way to the forth level *O* there was a highschool band playing at that time

It was a long day of shopping, but it didn't wear me out at all so I would say it was a great day. Just enjoying the season, looking at nice things and checking out all the new things in a familiar place. Well here's what was purchased yesterday:


From bottom left: MAC Snowglobe palette in Sultry, MAC Desert Rose blush (m), Lorac Oh La Lace palette, Philosophy cleanser sample, black glitter pouch, copper color watch (m), Bath & Bodyworks Dark Kiss and White Citrus (m) body washes, and Fresh gift set (m).

The items marked with (m) are my mom's gets.

And my clothing gets (the stock photos are better than what I'd take). I also got a plain black shirt and bodycon Tshirt dress.

Well I really wanted the white colorway of the bare top but it wasn't in yet (I'll get it someday!) It was a fun day and I hope you also enjoyed seeing the decorations in Mall of America. A few more days of work from tomorrow then I have some truly free days to enjoy next week!

* Sponsor Review * Fynale Hello Kitty pink lenses



Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow US citizens! I often forget this is not a world holiday haha, but I really appreciate this day of peace before the frenzied storm of unadulterated consumerism tomorrow. Today I just watched Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Christmas movies and had a healthy Thanksgiving meal^^

I would love to write a Thanksgiving post today, but rather I am writing a review for the lenses I recently received from Shoppingholics.com. These lenses are very cute and unique - perfect for the character lover in all of us haha^^/


Fynale Hello Kitty Pink Circle Lens



Origin: Korea
Diameter : 15.0mm
Water Content : 42%
Base Curve : 8.6mm
Life Span : 1 year disposal


These lenses were sent to me by Shoppingholics.com for review purposes, all following opinions are my own honest assessments. I was very curious to try these lenses out because I had never tried lenses with a special pattern like this before, though I knew such patterns existed. And the result was very nice!





Without makeup shots


As you can see, up close the design of Hello Kitty's cute face is very obvious. However from a distance it blends together to create a more common pattern. The Hello Kitty design is especially nice with this pink color, which looks great on brown eyes, but also looks nice on lighter eyes if I may say so XD

As for enlargement - they are 15mm but they appear to be larger than that. Perhaps its because of the thick dark outer ring. Anyhow if you are looking for lenses that enlarge well without going bigger than 15mm these are a good choice.








They are quite comfortable because of the higher water content. I could wear them without any discomfort at all. The lenses are also very thin, flimsy you could say as they fold in on themselve/your finger easily. So it may take more effort to get these in if you're not experienced.



These following shots include false eyelashes


Another note is I had some lens displacement, or wondering with them. Generally lens stay in place perfectly on my eyes (luckily!) but I had to mind these. I recommend checking your eyes time to time to make sure you aren't derping haha.






Quick Review:
Enlargement: ★★★★★
Comfort: ★★★★★
Color: ★★★★☆



Overall I'm very happy with these lenses!! I was surprised that the design was not as obtrusive as one may imagine. And they are very comfortable, especially being on the larger side. I didn't know about the Fynale before this, and so far I have a positive opinion of them.

I want to state once more how completely satisfied and how much I enjoy transactions with Shoppingholics.com! Their service is top-notch, above and beyond, they try really hard to consider the tastes of their customers and it shows. Take a look around Shoppingholics.com for these lenses, hundreds more and all the greatest beauty products!

Please check out Shoppingholics.com!

= Coordinate Post = Sept to Nov

Hello again. Thanks to everyone who continues to support me, I'm always so glad when I receive your comments and pageviews. Today was a busy day, as I cut down a spruce tree in my yard. My work tried to call me in for an extra shift as well, but luckily I could decline. The tree took so much time and it was really sad to kill a living thing, but now I have a little free time.

And I'm like "What do I do..." when you have a lot of schoolwork, yardwork and work work then you have some spare time in the midst of it, it gives you a rather stranded feeling haha!

So then I figured I would blog, and catch up on some coordinates that have been languishing since the end of September.




9-21-11 Coordinate
Cardigan: Forever21
Top: Forever21
Pants: CRYX
Shoes: Steve Madden



11-5-11 Coordinate
Hat: Tralala
Cardigan: H&M
Dress: Forever21
Tights: Target



11-6-11 Coordinate
Hat: Target
Sweater: INC
Skirt: Express
Boots: Steve Madden


As you may notice there was a big jump, from September skipping over October entirely. Apparently I didn't make any coordinates last month, and I have not made any in the past few weeks. I really like all these coordinates so it just makes me want to make some more as soon as I can. (and listed it as a goal on my 12 by 2012 project)

But everything is getting cold, limiting my options, and I just don't have the time to. I have a few hours to make coordinates tomorrow, but thinking about it just makes me want to sleep...haha TT

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