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Monday 21 November 2011

AFA 2011 experience and whatnot.

 (Procrastinated post orz. Less pics as we were all too tired.)

YES! This is my first time going to AFA! Also, my first time going to an overseas event! 8D *happy maxx*

So i ONLY started packing on Thursday (10/11) when my flight is at Friday (11/11) morning. LOL lazee girl ish lazee orz. And when i was packing up my cosplay costumes, mom told me that maybe our baggage might be overloaded, so she asked me to bring only ONE costume set. She even asked me to pick out the lightest one.  I was like 'NOOOOOOO! I need to debut both of them!' In the end, i chose to bring my Mayushii set as it was the lightest and easiest. Come to think of it, if i did brought my Mayoi set it would be super troublesome cuz of the giant bag...

Arrived at KLIA, then we searched around for the Tiger Airways counter but could not find it. Mom as usual, panicked like mad. After asking around, found out that TA is supposed to be at LCCT instead.

FOL.

Sis and i bought some Burger King to eat as we were almost dying from running around. Took a cab to LCCT and finally checked in oTL.

Flight from Malaysia to Singapore is only about 1 hour plus. So i slept thru the flight~ 8D

Arrived at Singapore at around 9am. Took a cab to Park Royal Hotel at Beach Road. Le hotel was super nice okay! Our rooms were damn comfy too!

Didn't attend the first day of AFA cuz we were too blardy tired. So we slept till 1pm. And went out to grab something to eat.

ANNNNNNNND then Saturday arrived. Woke up early to eat Sg's most famous Chicken Rice at somewherewhichiforgot. Was almost late to meet up with le partner in crime Seki cuz of me spending 1 hour putting on make up lol.

Arrived at the event and it was super packed OMG! Had to squeeeeeeeeezr thru the crowd of peepol and finally arrive at a toilet to change into my costume and wear my wig. And that was when i decided to put on my entire costume and make up in the hotel tomorrow.

















Bloody hell look at the amount of peepol who turned up! I heard there were a hell lot of peepol from overseas who turned up. *Like me*

So sis, Seki, her mom and dad lol and i were roaming around the event and took pics of lots of awesome cosplayers. I too, posed for some peepol and photogs too. But tbh, most of the peepol who took a picture of me were from Thailand and all. I can differentiate their accent OKAY lol. So now i see how Mayushii has infected peepol. Also, i managed to take a pic with a Kurisu and Daru cosplayer! Sooooo happy but realized i didn't use my cam to take a pic with them too. *le sad, le emo at a corner*

And the thing is, i got lots of peepol who idk going up to me saying 'Tutturu!' and some even come up requesting for a hug. O_O There was one girl who hugged me and said 'Awww! You're such a cute Mayushii! I saw some other Mayushii cosplayers but i think you're the cutest and look almost like her!' Of course i was super touched lah! She even asked for a coscard from me and le sadly i told her i was a beginner cosplayer and didn't have one yet, YET. Sorry dear! :(

And for almost the rest of the day we roamed around, walking upstairs, downstairs snapping pic of cosplayers. While we were coming up an escalator, a guy looked and waved at me. He came over and told me he was cosplaying as Ruka but changed back his clothes and invited me to join his Steins; Gate group tmr! :O Super excited and we exchanged our email adds.His name is Kang Yu btw.

Walking and walking... And yet ANOTHER guy came up to me, but his costume looked familiar. LE GASP. He was cosplaying as OKARIN! :O so we snapped some pics together and he invited me to take more pics by his friend who was a really experienced photog. So we met up with the photog and posed for him. We had small talks among each other but i had to go back. So the photog passed me his name card and i was like OAO.

He is Hexlord OMG! I'm a fan of his work! Have been sorta stalking his works for quite sometime and i accidentally blurted that part to him too lol.

So that was how i ended my day in AFA, day 2.

Day 3 was pretty much the same except that Seki will be in her Setsugetsuka Len costume! Looking awesome with her epic costume! Also, both of us are super excited as there will be a photo taking session with renowned cosplayer KANAME! And we wanted to catch the Regional Cosplay Championship (RCC) live!

While we were about to line up to catch Kaname, i bumped into yet another Kurisu and Okarin! And the best thing was, they're Malaysians too! I automatically recognized the them as Chiko and Ranmaru! And she even invited me to their Steins; Gate photoshoot next year during early Jan! Whooooo super excited! And Hadi passed me their awesome Touhou group coscard! :D

So Seki, my sis and i were chiong-ing to get a pic with Kaname, we were like frantically waving our hands, jumping up and down (okay, maybe it's just me) and screaming 'KANAMEEEE KANAMEEEEE!' But in the end, we failed to get a pic WITH him orz but we managed to spam lots of pic OF him. *foreveralone.jpg*



FUUUUU i freaking swear he was looking at me in this pic! Cuz i think i was screaming his name the loudest  lololol!





















Zoooooooomed max so i can get a pic of his feiz. 8D

After that, more roaming around and then we managed to catch RCC. We made a pretty stupid decision to stand as close to the stage as possible and ended up having sore legs. So when Team Philippines was up (they were the last performance), we went to the back where everyone was sitting and sat down and watch and  that was when we thought that we were super dumb for not sitting at the back at first.

Team Malaysia's performance was REAL GOOD STUFF! Srsly! Not that i'm being biased or anything, but Venus and Antony's performance was damn amazing! Plus points to the scene where Venus spat blood while being 'stabbed' by Anthony! :D And Anthony aka Blur happen to be one of the photogs i stalk too. :P

The other teams' performance was pretty good too. But most of them had over sized weapons and armors, fighting on stage with all the swords having the 'ching' 'ching' 'ching' sound. So yeah, got bored. I mean most of them were fighting with their epic weapons while saying some heroic quotes lol. They're all the same imo. And you might think that this paragraph sounds really biased, well fuck off. :) This is my blog and i can say what i want. :)

So that pretty much ended my day 3 of AFA. Was really exhausted, sore and tired all over. Took a hot shower and went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night starving. :/ Luckily mom da bao-ed some food for me. <3

Conclusion time! AFA is really one helluva event! With many peepol from literally all around the world attending, AFA really deserves the title of 'world class ACG event'. All hail Singapore! 8D

OHH OHH! Here is a pic of me as Mayushii and le Okarin Wil-Son, pic credits goes to Hexlord. 8D

























*Cries* le touched. 8'D

So nao we are all awaiting for CF! :D

Tuesday 8 November 2011

Dried Mascara Reviver review.

Back to reviews! :D

Since i do not have any productive pictures of my WIP of my costume parts, YET. It'll be here SOON. Yes SOON. I promise. :P No more procrastinating. *Pinky swear*

Anyways! I blogged about my loot from Daiso on my previous post. And one thing that i bought was this thing called le Dried Mascara Reviver (DMR). Yesh it haz teh powah to revive your dead dried mascara to life! *DEN DEN DEN*

LOL sorry was being uber lame. Took pictures of the process while using this DMR! Scroll down please. :)

















This is my dried-out mascara. D:
You can't even see the mascara at the mascara wand!Super dry. :/

  

So i spreaded the mascara wand 3 times on a clean finger and only THIS little came out. 
 

This is le DMR. Looks like eye drops to me.

















When you opened the cap of the DMR, you'll see something like this. 
WHAT NO HOLE HOW TO SQUEEZE THE LIQUID OUT?!

















So you'll have to cut off the round thing there loh! . __ .

















YAAAY CAN SQUEEZE OUT THE LIQUID LIAO! 8D

















OMG i captured water in motion! OAO
So yeah, the instructions said 'squeeze a few drops' but it thought it won't be enough so i ended up squeezing about 10 drops of the DMR. 8D

After that, use the mascara wand and 'stir' the mascara and DMR together.
Nao, time to test it out!

















WAHH! IT'S BACK TO NORMAL! OAO
I spreaded the mascara wand 3 times also on my clean thumb and THIS much came out! 8D

So the DMR really revives mascara! It really is super duper uber affordable! Only RM 5! Repurchase? YES DEFINITELY! <3

As mentioned, it can be found at any Daiso outlets. Not sure bout overseas but i see them in most of the Daiso shops in Malaysia. :o

No need to worry about drying mascara anymore! DMR shall rescue you! 8D

Saturday 5 November 2011

Cosplans for AFA and CF + shopping loot!

Okay, so there's like exactly ONE WEEK to AFA. And it's in Singapore! 8D

It's been like a zillion years since my last visit there! So excited to go back there after so long! Will be staying at Singapore for a 5 days and 4 nights. Two days fully dedicated for AFA! :P

Anyways, i'm here to reveal my cosplans for AFA, as well as CF. Since i'm too poor to afford anymore costumes. And i can't sew! D: Fine, i know some basic sewing skills and i did sew ribbons before but that's not enough! I really really really (x10000000000) wanted to take up sewing classes but i can't as i'm still studying fml! Maybe after SPM? Idk. But for now, i haz to burn hole in wallet to buy costumes. oTL

On to the cosplans! There are 3 days for AFA but i'm only attending day 2 and 3.

Day 2:




















Mayuri Shiina from Steins; Gate.

COME ON! Everybody agrees that Mayuri is super kyut! What drove me to cosplay her is cuz she's not only cute, but she's a caring and lovely person! And sort of a peacemaker. :) Plus her costume is simple and airy.

Day 3:




















Mayoi Hachikuji from Bakemonogatari.

AWW AIN'T SHE CUTE?! It seems like i have a liking for cute characters. :P
I kinda like the Bakemonogatari series because it's not those lovey dovey and fighting type. More subtle yet mysterious. And Mayoi is one of my favorite characters from the series. :)
And her school bag is so goddamn cute OMG! Plus her costume is pretty much airy too.

Oh! Here are some pics of the stuff i just got from my taobao and local shopping spree. :)

















The huge box which contains all the stuff i bought! OAO

















Opened! Look at all the parcels stuffed into it! :O

















And the state of my bed after opening everything lololol! xD





















My Mayuri dress! <3 It came a little too long so it needs to be altered. And the hat is too small to be worn if i were to wear a wig. GAHH! Shall do some altering to that too.






















My Mayoi dress! <3 Didn;t bought this from taobao though. It was locally tailored by Kikyo, a well-kn-own tailor for cosplay costumes. Love the cherry at the bottom! It was painted on but i was hoping that it would be sewn on. ;__; Shall re-edit it in future by myself!





















Annnd lastly, my Mayoi bag! 8D It was locally tailored too. By a really awesome tailor Mikano. It turn out quite nice! Though it is a little too big. D: My fault anyway, gave her measurements which are too big. But nevertheless it's super cute! :3

Some other stuff i bought too are Mayoi and Mayuri wigs, black boots and a pocket watch for Mayuri. BUT. Something went wrong... Instead of getting a nice pocket watch, i got these.





















Some random fur tail key chains! D: Was so shocked and mad! I inquired Lumix who helped me order my stuff and she too was shocked. But there's nothing i can do so i had to sell 'em off to get back my money and get a new pocket watch! Luckily Fenix from CF forums bought them once i posted it in the forums. Thanks alot! <3





















Loot i got from Daiso! An angled brush, pink cheek blush, duo eyelash glue,dried mascara reviver, a green bangle for Mayoi and some partial lash! :3 Reviews coming up!

















And also a pair of sunglasses and fake specs from Chictoe Fashion at FB! OMG they're too cute to not buy! Love the ribbon on the top maxx! The shop owner even gave me free pos laju! Thanks dear! <3

Still have some parts of my costumes to complete. Like the small accessories and props etc. Oh, and some wig trimming. *dies* And i have to pack my luggage too gahh! Hope i'll manage to complete them by this friday!

Or last resort, i can always skip school to complete 'em! I mean no one attends school anymore since the holidays are like next week! xD

Lens + Make up review.

Yey muh first review post! :D

First of all, i'm sorry if the pics are too ugly or too blur etc etc. Am using a compact camera and the lighting in my room is really phail especially at night. :/
And most of them are taken at night some more... . ___ .

Anyways, i'll start of with my lens review!

Brand: GEO.
Series: Fresh series.
Colour: Grey.

Pictures!
















Here's how it'll look like if you're under bright light or in a shopping mall.

















Annnnd here's how it'll look like if you're under low light, out in the streets at night etc. Yeaahh, it'll look kinda dark and black. ;__;

I bought this pair so i can wear it for my mom's colleague's wedding dinner. Aiyaaa, we only go for wedding dinners once in awhile right? So might as well look EXTRA NICE once in awhile too right? xD

Okay, so here's my verdict! :

Color: 3/5
Enlargement: 1/5
Comfort: 4/5

Love the color alot! Not too obvious yet not too dark (unless under dim light). Perfect for daily wear! The enlargement effect is poor as it's 14mm lens. But my eyes are naturally *cough* big *cough* so i think it didn't have much effect when i wear them. But for peepol who has small pupils i think you'll see a difference. :) And of course, have been wearing GEO lenses since last year so of course it's super comfortable! Imo, GEO is one of the most comfortable lenses among others, thought it still cannot beat EOS. (Y)

Next up, it's the make up review! 8D

Few weeks ago, i was searching around LYN forums for some cheap make up as usual heh. And i found a thread selling NYX lips from USA. NYX is one of those 'budget make up' line from the US which is quite famous among teenagers. First of all, the price is affordable and second, they have a wide selection of choices on lipsticks, lip gloss, eye shadows, eyeliners etc!

I've bought four NYX lipsticks and tried out the colors! Pictures below. :)














 









































Arm swatch. 

From left: Honey, B52 (weird name for a lipstick and it indeed it's name is the weirdest among all.), Mauve, Orange Soda.

















This is my lip without any lip products. Sorry for the water at my lower lip as i washed my lips. ><


This is Honey.
 













This is B52. 















This is Mauve.















This is Orange Soda.

Was trying out my Panty wig therefore the blonde hair. xD
So the lippies colour turned out, well, okay. Not of my expectation but what you paid is what you get right? It's RM10 per lippy btw.

My two fav colours are B52 (despite the weird name xD) and Honey. B52 has a nice pinky color which suits my lip colour. Although i was looking for a more lighter pink color but B52's shade is okay. Shall get a lighter color next time! Honey is more of a nude lippy which i can use for crossplaying! But one thing about NYX lippies is that it's too creamy. Choose a wrong color and you'll end up like this! (Refer to Orange Soda pic) D: As you can see, Orange Soda is too 'orange' for my yellow skin tone. Peepol with pinkier skin tone might suit this more. And Mauve is waaaaaaaay too dark! :/ And it ended up in my mom's make up bag. *emo*

Repurchase? Maybe. But most prolly not. D:

Soooo that's the end of my very first review! How did i do? xD
Will post about my cosplay plans for AFA and CF at the next post!