Frankfurt Bookfair

Hello my cuties!

Two weeks ago I visited the Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt bookfair) ... yeah I was a bit lazy to post about it xD In case you don't know it, well it's a normal bookfair with a lot of books and authors who present their books, and people who cook burgers in the cooking book area and give you rainbow cake and coconut soup to eat xD
Some years ago the bookfair wanted more young visitors, so they decided to organize the finals of the German Cosplay Competition there and that's why every year a huge number of Cosplayers visit the bookfair, even if there is no programming like at conventions. My friends and I decided to visit the bookfair - of course in Lolita - but when we arrived, we had to realize that they where just very few Lolitas and it was really hard to enjoy the bookfair in Lolita, because everyone wants to take pictures and don't take you for serious that you really just want to look at books xD. So we walked around, looked at some books, took some pictures and got bored xD But in the afternoon we meet two other very cute and lovely Lolitas and we talked for about three hours I think! So with this girls the bookfair turned out good but if we hadn't met them it would be probably a very boring day. The bookfair is really more interesting for Cosplayer!

One good thing: I could finally twin with Ami, but I think we can improve because we HAVE more matching accessoires but I didn't wore them xDD And I seriously need a pink blouse!!

 What do you think about my hair? And btw I still think headbows look weird at me, that's why I never buy them and I only have this one because I got it in a set with the dress xD

The two lovely girls we met are the 2. and 3. from left ^_^

Our group with Loopy, Ami, me & Jasmin

Thank you for reading~ ♪♫

What you should not do if you want to wear make-up

I didn't participated in this weeks Blog Carnival because I don't hit exactly the theme but I got very inspired by the current topic, so in case you recognize some similarities ^_^

Pictures are from here and here, klick especially the 2nd link if you want to read about a skin care junkie (there is nothing bad with it I just want to share ^^)

I think you all know the make-up gurus who tell you: "OMG YOU HAVE TO USE ALL THE TWENTY-FIVE PRODUCTS FOR YOUR FACE IN THE MORNING IN THE EVENING AT NIGHT OR YOUR SKIN WILL DIE A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH !!!!!11111oneoneeleven"

But to be honest, if you don't know what primer, eyelash curler and lip plumper are, you probably don't need it!
I think too often girls have fear NOT to use a beauty product, because they don't want to look like someone stupid. But do you really think putting more unnatural chemics into your face and torturing it with more tools is really better?

Unfortunately too many girls behave like this:
1. Favourite make-up guru says you HAVE to buy item xy
2. You run to the store spending too much money for something you don't even know if you really need it

But I think you should better do this steps:
1. You notice that your skin/make-up isn't like you want it or like it should be (for example: you used powder every day and now your skin is dry)
2. You search for a product that fits to your personal needs (buying moisturizer)

Of course it isn't bad to try out new products. But you don't need everything. For example I don't make masks with quark and honey and put them on my face, I don't dive my hair in coconut oil, I don't use base coat when doing my nails, I don't do facial gymnastics... and I still have healthy skin and hair and look pretty ^_^

So please girls, don't feel bad because you don't use something everyone else does... you can't measure healthy and good-looking skin by the amount of products you use and how much time you spend in the bathroom!

Lolita Blog Carnival: 3 Prints you would like to see

I have to say I'm really satisfied with the amount of prints and designs we have in our Lolita fashion. There are so many items I really want to have and I can't decide which I find the best. I also feel that the brands already made all kind of prints which are human possible, but then they come up with a new print every few months and I have a new item I can add to my already-far-to-long-wishlist xD

But there are a few things I really want to see on a dress and I would sell my whole closet to get these prints!!!! ... okay just kidding I could never sell my closet because I love every piece of it way too much xD

Royal Pug

There are already a few crown prints, but I've actually never seen a really glamorous pompus glitz I'm-so-rich royal print. And what is more royal then a pug! When I'm imagining the print, I also have to think at Harald Glööckler. He's a german fashion designer and famous for his crazy style.

(image credit: Jesse Draper & Harald Glööckler)

Diamond Princess
Nooo this print is not similar to the first one xD But you probably realized that I'm into glitter! I really love Hime Lolita outfits, and I think there are many dresses you could use but they are usually one-colored or have a flower print. But I think diamonds are also veeeery princessly so this is a print which is totally necessary :D

(image credit: favim.com)

OMG Hello Kitty
Sorry guys but I really really really love Hello Kitty so I need urgently a print with this cute little cat! Angelic Pretty and Btssb already released some Hello Kitty items, but the only one with an actual Hello Kitty figure on it was the Btssb dress (OMG I want it sooo badly >_<). I know that you can buy fabric with all-over Hello Kitty print, but I was thinking about a design like Milky Chan, where the little Hello Kittys are incorporated into a bigger print and not just randomly spread over the whole dress.

 (image credit: unknown & brothersoft & legossip)

I admit I just added the last picture because this dress is so hilarious xD

What do you think about my prints? Would you wear them? Please tell me :D

Thank you for reading~ <333

Other blogs participating in the Lolita Blog Carnival, please check them out:

Update 14th Oktober: I hope I added all blogs now!

Lemontree

Lucy the White

Sweet Lolita Doll

Fashion Fairytales

Her Lumpiness

Toothless Tigers

Parfait Doll

Good morning lovely

Darkly Darling

Candy Coated Life

La petite Princesse

Leather Lace and Arsenic

Le Pop Princess

Dix Macabre

F Yeah Lolita

Lolita Poupee
Emily stranger
Lolita Core de Rosa 
Laurita
Rainbow Star Candy 
Commercially Alternative 

Lolita meet-up and new Puri machine

Hello my dears!

On Saturday was a little Lolita meet-up in Cologne, organized by my lovely friend Loopy <3 We were around 12 people? I'm not really sure because some people left before we took our group picture.
I wore my new Little Bears Cafe JSK for the first time and I 'twinned' with my friend Evangeline ... okay we only had the similar print and nothing else, but at least it was the same dress so I was happy xD But we already planned our twin outfit, we want to sew Donut aprons for the dresses!

First we went to a Cafe and then we tried the new Purikura machine! I was so happy and excited when I heard that cologne also has a Puri machine, and I thought about how often I could go there... BUT the machine is not that great ;__; It has no real photo paper, there is no good light, and when you touch the screen to apply a stamp, the stamp appears 2-5cm away X__X The machine itself is nice because you can make as many pictures as you want and you can choose from 10000000 backgrounds and 10000000 stamps and can repeat a picture as many times as you want in case you don't like it, so it's really sad that the pictures don't turn out so well.

with Evangeline

with Loopy

with Vicky and Susaricah

We got the Mini Mochi as a present from the shop owner, they are really delicious <3

Thank you for reading~ <333

2nd Sweet Harajuku Day

On Saturday was the 2nd Sweet Harajuku Day. Well to be honest it wasn't really a Meet-up, most people did their own thing because of some troubles, but yeah we still had a nice day ^_^

At first I met Ami and Loopy a bit earlier, because I wanted to buy a Hime dress (my first one from a real Hime brand xD) from another girl. We went to drink a Bubble Tea and then we met the other girls. Most of them were dressed in Gyaru/Hime and a few in Fairy Kei and Lolita. They looked all so lovely and pretty! <3

After the obligatory Purikura and eating an Onigiri, we went to a chinese restaurant. Alina celebrated her birthday and she said we can come also to the restaurant if we want ^^ The food was really delicious and it was the first time that I ate real chinese food! Because the usual restaurants who dare to call themselves 'Chinese' have only fried chicken and other fried meat, with fried vegetables, with fried noodles... well you can eat it if you're hungry but it's not too tasty.

I also wore my kind-of-under-100$-Lolita-outfit ... "kind of" - first it wasn't under 100$ because I don't own the nice cheap shoes I showed you in my last post, and second I think the outfit doesn't look that Lolita-ish especially because I didn't wore my huge petticoat, but to be honest I also wanted that the outfit looks more like Hime and not so much Lolita xD

(Thank you Ami for the pictures again... I forgot my camera on that day ;_____;)

Me, Loopy, Ami and Marron

I traded a blouse for the Pony that day, and I searched for a name... Marron wanted to call it Edward, but I wanted it to be a female Pony xD So I decided to call it Marron-Junior :D

And here the new items I got that day:

Tralala dress, Chocomint headbow and Kidsyoyo pony <333

Thank you for reading~ <3

Lolita Blog Carnival: Design a complete coordinate for under 100$

I joined the Lolita Blog Carnival and this is the first post! In short, a Blog Carnival is a group of bloggers, who decide for a common topic and then all members make a post about it at the same time! If you want to join the group, you can click here:

And now, on to the post!
I think it's really hard to create a full Lolita outfit for 100$! I'm sure that every Lolita has an outfit in her closet which cost less than this, but usually the items were collected over a longer period and not bought at once. However I'm happy to tell you that my items are still available to buy... but not for long anymore because some of them are on sale (and that's the only reason I could find a cheap coord ^^)
Btw I also own all of those items except for the shoes!

Dress: 20€ = 26$ ORSAY

Cardigan: 15€ = 20$ ORSAY

Hat: 10€ = 13$ ORSAY

Stockings: 7€ = 9$ ORSAY

Necklace: 7€ = 9$ Ebay

Shoes: 18€ = 23$ Ebay

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Total: 77€ = 100$

I think my coordination is something between Lolita and Inspired, I had especially a hard time to find matching shoes, because all shoes I own are not available anymore or too expensive ^^' But I still like my coord and I want to wear it on Saturday for the Sweet Harajuku Meet-up! Then I can show you worn pictures ^_^

What do you think about my coord? And how much cost your cheapest Lolita coord in your closet?

Finally, here are the posts from the other participants of the Lolita Blog Carnival! Please check them out <3

F Yeah Lolita

Parfait Doll

Ramble Rori

Her Lumpiness

Starry Dreams

A Lace Jail

Magic a la Mode

Darkly Darling

Sweet and Simple

The different styles of Sweet - DECO LOLITA

DECO LOLITA

Deco Lolita is a mix of Decora and Lolita Fashion. Some people are complaining that this style is just Decora with a Lolita dress, but that's not true! I will show you the differences in my following explanations ^_^

Hair:

In Decora it's normal to use your real hair in your natural color. Dyed hair is also okay but you don't wear wigs. However in Deco Lolita it's necessary to have voluminous hair, usually a wig in unnatural colors. For the best overfilled look you can backcomb your hair into two giant pictails.

Colors:

The preffered colors are popping colors like hot pink, red or vibrant blue, mixed with some pastel colors. In this way you create a very busy appearance.

Accessoires:

This is the most important fact in Decora: Wear as many accessoires as possible! You're not only wearing multiple necklaces, bracelets and rings, but you also overfill your outfit from head to toe, which could be many buttons on your dress, plushies turned into bags, a huge amount of pendants on the bag, several toys placed anywhere in the outfit, and even rhinestones and stickers in the face! 

But the hair decoration is different in Deco Lolita: while you wear a ton of simple hairclips in Decora, you choose less but bigger hairclips in Deco Lolita. Usually you wear a big headbow and place plushy clips, rhinestones, decorated mini hats and more bows around it.

Clothes:

In Decora fashion it's necessary to layer clothes, like wearing multiple skirts and shirts. But in Deco Lolita you wear usually one JSK or OP with a poofy petticoat and all-over print. You can wear several socks and leg warmers. For shoes you choose typical Lolita shoes like Mary-Janes instead of sneakers.

Makeup:

It's important to wear heavy makeup, especially if you are wearing a giant wig and several stickers in your face, so your face doesn't get lost between all the hair and accessoires. That means fake lashes, Circle Lenses and a popping lipstick color. But the makeup should still look pretty, don't look like a clown ^_~

Example for giant hair