Storenvy Saturday #5: Hime Gyaru Edition

Sorry for skipping two Saturdays in a row but on both I worked 13 hours shifts in high heels so I completely collapsed when I got home. Thankfully today I only worked seven and a half so I still have some energy left after eating my weight in pizza. (Okay, so not that much but I still ate a lot.)

This is Storenvy Saturday HIME GYARU EDITION.

So quick history: I was really into Hime Gyaru in the 6th and 7th grade but given that I was on a strict allowance and didn't have a Paypal account or even a debit card, I couldn't really invest in the style and appreciated it from afar. Especially because I am not stick thin, so I was discouraged. However, I discovered a plus sized gyaru who is absolutely gorgeous and brilliant when it comes to Gyaru despite not being in Japan. Yay for creative gaijin gyaru ~~ I found her while I was browsing my Tumblr dashboard and saw several Hime Gyaru tagged posts.

So I decided on a whim to do a EDITION-HIME ~!!

This purse is $28.99 USD, and totally reminds me of something Liz Lisa would proudly display in their store. I am not sure if it is a very light pink or a soft ivory, either way it would be an amazing edition to a Hime Gyaru wardrobe. Even a Sweet Lolita could wear this quite easily. Plus a Classic Lolita could wear it too since it has nothing overly sweet about it, however simpler Classic Lolita's may think too much is going on with the eyelets, the lacing, and the bow. 

$15.99 USD and incredibly Liz Lisa, so Hime Gyaru. Easily Jesus Diamante too ~~ For the quality of the product I think this is a fair price, I mean look at how rich the bow is and THAT LACE. Beautiful embroidery, I could seriously cry over how beautiful it looks!

Below are more bows from various shops all in the $10.00 USD ~ $15.00 USD range. Some bows are more extravagant than others, but all resemble Hime Gyaru, perhaps even Hime-Kaji (Princess Casual).

There is also a more spendy alternative, but the quality is super impressive because the gal designs bows for Lolita, and Lolita has strict rules about what materials and lace can and cannot be used.

The Royal Rabbit carries bows of extremely high quality, but the price is equally up there, the particular bow above going for $24.00 USD. It is not the most expensive bow one can buy but it isn't cheap. She sells many gorgeous bows, some of my favorites are in pink but have sadly sold out already. Stock rotates fairly frequently and sometimes sold out styles come back - or at least I think I have seen styles go missing and reappear. That being said, it is a shop to enjoy and check out!

The bow above is $5.00 USD and a much more affordable alternative for most pocketbooks. Although, to me, it looks more Hime-Kaji, it would look absolutely adorable. 

But maybe you are all bow-ed out, I know I could never be but ~ I know my sister thinks I should stop posting so many bows. So those of you who are not bow-obsessed like I am please take a look below!

$14.00 USD and you are awarded a gorgeous pink rose polymer clay headband! Apparently you can slide the bows off the headband so you do not have to wear all three. It also comes in white. Personally, I want both. I think flowers are beautiful and they are a popular motif in Hime Gyaru. Just looking at Dream V and their dresses you can see that the Hime Gyaru crowd loves floral print. 

My goal is to add one "in-home" item in every post I make for Storenvy Saturday. This means it is something you can use or display at home, rather than something you can wear around. These decorated picture frames are $8.00 USD, and absolutely gorgeous. I love the one on the bottom right corner. That being said, I also love the pearl details on the top frame. 

My Kawaii Box always has cute nails, but to me these scream Hime Gyaru in length and style with the gold, pink flowers, pearls, and silver rhinestones. The set is $25.00 USD which is about normal for nails this decorated, I have seen some lower and some much higher (around $40.00 USD) so these are reasonable.

This item may seem a little silly but I have seen plenty of Gyaru in Japan running around in rabbit shaped coats, so why not a subtle scarf? 100% wool, although the user says it can be made in another material for those with wool allergies - actually she doesn't say what she will do but she suggests that it can be suitable for vegans or people with wool allergies so I assume she would make it in another material. For $30.00 USD this scarf can be yours! This is expensive for girls on a Fairy Kei budget but not bad in the Gyaru and Lolita world. It's up to you to decide if it is too expensive for you or not. I know I have seen a lot of scarfs sold where I work fall apart in a matter of days and they are around $48.00 USD ~ $60.00 USD. Then I have seen scarves go on sale for $19.99 and people go on to use them for years. . .and this is coming from the same boutique too.

Last item for today is this purse for $30.00. It comes in several colors but I like the light pink the best. I easily fall for anything quilted, plus this has bows so I am seriously thinking about getting it. There is something very Chanel about quilted purses, and I have loved Chanel perfumes and accessories ever since I was a little girl especially Chanel bags. My dream is to one day own a vintage quilted Chanel bag in white and gold ~~ * u * ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN !! 

I tagged this with Fairy Kei and Lolita because there are select items in here that could work for the styles, it depends on how you coordinate the items (with the exception of the photo frame). I'd love to know what your favorite items are, if you have ordered from any of the shops, or if you own any of the items above or times similar. Are you liking the themed finds as much as I am?

I hope you enjoyed this post~~ As per always I appreciate comments, emails (kiminokokoro@mail.com, from my old blog), etc. I will love you forever if you follow my blog. ^^ I appreciate all of your support.

XOXO ~~ 

Storenvy Saturday #3 ! CREEPY CUTE EDITION

I can't believe we have come to another Storenvy Saturday! This week went by so quickly for me! I can't complain, because I got my paycheck this Friday. The portion not going into savings was spent on tights (for me in all sorts of cute fairy kei/mahou kei designs) and jewelry for my younger sister (whose style is very creepy cute). So you guys can look forward to those posts eventually.

Anyway, ONTO STORENVY SATURDAY.

This time I am doing something different and making a CREEPY CUTE addition in honor of my sister Theresa (who is turning 17 on February 26th. She is getting so grown up. TT u TT <3) and her adoration for all things fluffy, adorable, creepy, and maybe slightly morbid. Some of these items are on the sweeter side, and some could be use in Gothic Lolita, sooo~ this gets the lolita tag and the fairy kei tag.

Choco Cloud carries items that are Fairy Kei but some delve into Creepy Cute, for instance this bow works for both Spank! styles and Creepy Cute. For $4.50 USD this bow can be worn in your hair with an alligator clip or pinned to clothing with a pin. I just adore polka dots so this is ranked pretty high in my book. Plus there is purple. Plus there is sparkle. Look at how that bow glitters. It shall hypnotize you with it's shininess!! "Buuuuy meeeee~~"

For $3.50 USD these earrings can be yours at Darling Deers Kawaii. Heck, I bought them for Fairy Kei since they look so pastel and 80s. However, bats and pastels are common in Creepy Cute. (Bold colors such as purple, teal, hot pink, and lime green are also used with black, white, and gray of course.) Every other picture of a girl in creepy cute I see pastel colored hair, bat motifs, and crucifixes everywhere. So these are something I frequently find missing from my room and hanging from my sister's earlobes. Up close in this picture you may see "flaws," how some beads don't close up as much as others. However, once on your ears (and even more so moving a bit) you really can't tell - but mine were really nice too. They look so cool when my sister is walking because they look like flying little bats.

Also - my sister has really sensitive ears, so most metals and heavy earrings bug her. Let me go into mini-details here because you may think you have sensitive ears but you have no idea how bad it can get. Theresa had to get her ears pierced three times - and I am just talking about a simple lobe piercing. She still has to sanitize her ears after having them done for years because they become red and infected so easily. Plus she should be doing it every time she takes earrings in and out. I can't say that she always cleans them, but that may be why around the lobe her ears are often dry and red.

The amazing thing about these? She has had no problems with and she says they are super light weight.

Vinyl, leather, lace - you may think I am talking about the wardrobe of Lady Gaga or Adam Lambert but nope. These three items are common for clothing and accessories in Creepy Cute. So why not showcase a vinyl bow by  Melty Dream that costs $8.00 USD. For a vinyl bow that is sewn this well, I could see myself purchasing this for the price. It's actually a fairly large bow. Warning though: Melty Dreams isn't exactly thrifty. A lot of items in her shop are more. . .wishlist items.

It was tough to only pick one headband from Creepy Little Girl because to be honest, I want them all. Flower headbands are still appearing everywhere in Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese magazines - and I would think in many other Asian magazines too. Even Vogue caught on and had a few girls dawning bouquets in their hair. It's trending right now, which makes people give you a few less looks but it also works well in a lot of Fairy, Lolita, and Creepy Cute looks depending on the flower quality, the headband quality  the colors, the additional items mixed in, etc. The headband is $15.00 USD and the anklets/shoe garters are $15.99 USD. More expensive, but these could make fairly easy DIY experiments. (I think my sister may take a trip to dollar tree so we can make these for a DIY. . .) This gal makes a lot of cute items though.

These little devil horns have made their way all over Tumblr, and I can see why. They are super adorable in Creepy Cute, and my sister who is also a Homestuck fan already has plans to paint the white ones into. . .I don't know who the character is, but apparently the character has candy corn colored horns like that. (I avoid Homestuck because the fandom is obnoxious. Yet I am a Whovian. Whut?) These are sold for $8.00 USD at Jinx Me.

Now, want to know a secret? EVERYTHING ON JINX ME IS ON EBAY. For at least half the price. Just do an ebay search and you can find everything. 

If this looks familiar it is because I bought it for my sister for $12.00 USD at Miss Jediflip. And since my sister is a total creep (or a cutie - both terms are correct for Creepy Cute) she is IN LOVE with this amazing bow. Although the bat has photographed silver it is a metallic lavender and gorgeous. The quality is amazing, and my sister loves wearing it every way she can. Including pinned to clothes.

Sugar and Spice DIY is my sister's second favorite storenvy shop. (I promise I will show you her first favorite too!) It contains a lot of Creepy Cute stuff in bold and bright colors, which can sometimes be the more difficult colors for her to find. So I listed a ton of our favorite items from the shop. In order of appearance: Crucifix Bow - $7.00 USD, Crucifix Necklaces - $6.00 USD each, Graveyard Dust Charm Necklace - $9.00 USD, Suck My Bats Brooch Set - $7.00 USD, Star Brooch Set - $8.00 USD.

Spooky Crafts is my sisters third favorite store which sells mostly hair accessories but does dabble in bowties and necklaces. This coffin box is $15.00 USD, and Theresa's most loved item from the store. It is her favorite of all of the handmade coffins Wendy has ever made. Wendy is also happy to do custom work! Be sure to check out all of her glitter skeleton hands! Those are so fun and sparkly ~~ (plus reasonably priced).

(Con)Artistry sells a lot of Victorian, Lolita, Creepy Cute items. This is our favorite item and it only costs $6.00 USD which is our most thrifty find since this hairpiece looks so darn expensive.

The Biscuit Bar!! This is her favorite FAVORITE shop on Storenvy which sells amazing rings (for the most part its all rings) and some iPhone cases, but neither one of us has an iPhone. We are Andriod gals. All of the rings shown are $10.00 USD each, which isn't expensive but not super mega thrifty either. I am including this shop because it is her favorite shop of all time. Including everything on eBay and Etsy which is saying a lot.

Storenvy. . .Saturday? #2

Some of you may have noticed that Storenvy Saturday didn't appear in your blog subscriptions yesterday. I am sad to say that I am a day late posting this, life just got busy for me over the weekend. So here I am posting this super late at night on Sunday. ONTO THE POST~

Cuteness Overload is a sensory delight from Sweden specializing in all things cute and fluffy. Everything in the store is a reasonable price: the best example is that these bracelets are $2.00 USD each! She carries so many cute bracelets, a lot of them I have envied and can be viewed in my profile. These are perfect to stack on your wrist for Fairy Kei and possibly Sweet Lolita. ( Oh my goodness - the blue with the lavender stars in Sailor Lolita <3 I am overflowing with joy ~ )

I know anime and manga sometimes go over pretty roughly with the lolita crowd, mainly because so many are asked if they are cosplaying when fully dressed up OR cosplayers of Miku, cosplayers in maid outfits, etc, all think they are dressing up in Lolita even though they are clearly not to all Lolitas. However, anime and manga are strong themes in Fairy Kei so I present to you an adorable pastel Pikachu button from Shadow Anime which carries all sorts of otaku gear. This pin comes in at $3.95 which is reasonable since it is a giant three inch button!

Baby Cupcake Boutique has some of the cutest headbands this week. If you click the picture linking to her post, she has better pictures of three adorable Hello Kitty headbands and one bunny. Priced at $7.00 USD I am so jumping on getting a white one for my winter white Sweet Lolita co-ord. These headbands have so much frill and sparkle, plus if you are a budget Loli this can be a great substitute for a big brand headband. It's versatile enough that you should get a lot of wear out of this headband.

Bowkuma is well known for elaborate bows, and even I have purchased some from this lovely shop. Now for $3.00 USD you can get your very own Sweet brooch. It's even made with a fancy fancy turning lock, meaning it's going to be extremely difficult to fall off whatever you pin it too: clothing, bookbag, stuffed animal. I know I have seen this resin piece before but this is the best made brooch I have found of it and one of the cheapest too.

$2.00 USD earrings? I am so there! In fact I was just over at Little Sugar Girl a little over a week ago. These are on my next purchase from her shop, and I am so excited to see them in person. Absolutely Fairy Kei but a Sweet Lolita could easily get away with them. I love anything with stars or planets so these earrings are definitely on my list plus the shop owner is darling.

Before you Lolitas call me out for not being elegant enough, I am featuring these lovely earrings from Roaring Through Crowds. Priced at $8.00 USD these are more spendy but they also look much classier. I want to buy most of the earrings in this shop because they look so magical. This perticular design you could wear with a fancy Fairy Kei outfit, a Sweet Lolita co-ord, or even with my sister's style Creepy Cute.

From Creepy Cute to Fairy Kei Pii Kawaii is the perfect shop to visit for really unique accessories. These rings come in at $6.00 USD each with a lot of customization available. I think these are adorable for Fairy Kei and Creepy Cute because Fairy Kei has that made-it-myself feel it it and with Creepy Cute anything goes as long as it is pastel or black (and white!) and adorable.

Millions of Bows always has many many many cute bows - right now her store is actually lower in stock than normal. Anywho - this pin is only $4.00 USD and LOOK AT HOW 80'S IT IS~ The colored mesh can be layered in any combination you want as well. Possibly my favorite find of this week and oh so Fairy Kei. Be sure to check out her three dollar scrunchies too if you are into the style!

That finishes this week's Storenvy Saturday erm. . .Sunday. As always your feedback is greatly appreciated! Is there anything you want me to change? Perhaps you would want me to post only stores I have bought from even though I try to review all of them? Or maybe you want me to focus on one shop every week? I love hearing feedback from all of you Fairies and Lolis out there! ^^

Storenvy Saturday # 1

I adore Storenvy's format to Etsy and I notice a lot of shops switching over as well. I just think Storenvy is more user-friendly from envying (Storenvy's equivalent to Etsys favoriting and Facebook liking) to actually purchasing products and imputing coupon codes. So I decided every Saturday to post some Fairy Finds for all of you adorable people out there. I may need to play with this for a month and figure out if you guys like me highlighting a single store each week or highlighting what I have found that week that I absolutely adore.

Ichigo Shop is a cute little store from Italy that I have ordered from before. They make the most amazingly flawless clay jewelry that is so sugary sweet! I actually own the necklace pictured above but it is still available in so many colors! I really want to buy the yellow version next! This necklace costs $13.00 USD which is a good price. The chains are a plastic covered in thread that makes them so soft and cute. The note hangs off of pastel colored plastic hearts with silver interlocking eyepins. The note itself is made from clay and is covered in a glitter finish which makes it super unique! All of the ribbons, the star, the heart, and the bow is made from clay and the note has a little piercing with a star hanging from it. I love mine and I am certain you will love yours too! VERY cute for Pop Kei and Mahou Kei too!

Reiji just recently posted a lot of really cute cell phone dust plugs! Based in Hong Kong this shop sells a lot of cute items, and one of my favorites is these macaroon dust plugs selling for $9.90 USD in a plethora of pastel colors. I have seen less elaborate dustplugs sell for a higher price so this I would say is very reasonable. That being said, I have also found cute dustplugs on eBay for $1.00 USD so the purchase is up to you. If you can't afford this, taking a preexisting charm and looping it on a chain and through the plastic hook on the base of the plug is simple to do as well. Either way these are cute for Fairy Kei or Lolita.

S&R Stationery sells all sorts of desk and stationery items are reasonably low prices. These pastel black ink pens come in three amazing colors: green, pink, and creme. I adore anything pastel and at $1.50 USD per pen these are A STEAL. Even when the ink runs out these contain a basic cartridge size and can easily be refilled. If you can't be bothered with that they make an amazing display. Show off your wild side in a conservative manner with these cute pens!

Okay you Otaku's or girls obsessed with Mahou Kei and Pop Kei - THIS IS AN AMAZING ITEM FOR YOU. Whether it's for a decoration, sending stickers to penpals, or making little ornaments to hang from trees or accessory shelves these envelops with diecutout paper are for you! I love the girly colors and the bold designs. $3.50 USD gets you five envelopes and five cut outs PLUS she is holding a special where you get two more free envelopes! Visit Strawberry Milkmade to find this and more handmade items that are just as magical and unique! 

I have ordered from Oh My Kokoro before and her rings are amazing ranging from $3.00 USD ~ $5.00 USD. This particular design is $5.00 USD. You get to choose the color of the biscuit and then you have many more options each coming in a range of different colors: melty drizzle, custom writing, stars, glitter finish   - ALL FOR $5.00 USD! 

Fun little story: I actually said for one of my rings to say "뽀뽀" but if it wasn't possible that "ちゅ" would be just as fine in chocolate writing. She was kind enough to make both and email pictures to me. I was in love with both so much that I asked if it was possible to send another $5.00 USD directly to her paypal account - SHE GAVE ME THE SECOND RING FOR ONLY $3.00 USD. 

I am not saying that the shop owner will do this for everyone, maybe she just felt extra nice that day or could afford to do such a thing at that time. I felt like sharing a special little moment with you all because it shows how kindhearted the shop owner is. THANK YOU SO MUCH ~ 

OKAY KYARMY! Now you can (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧  PON PON WEI WEI WEI all the way to the grocery store with this adorable Kyary Pamyu Pamyu coin purse available at Octopie for $10.00 USD! The artist even sells stickers and cards with her Kyary design! The artwork is so perfect and pretty and really encaptures much of magic and design in her music videos. This is perfect for Fairy Kei, Pop Kei, Mahou Kei, or any member of the Kyarmy! Be sure to check out some of her other amazing deigns and artwork to!

$2.50 USD will get you this adorable knit bow by Cake of the Dead. She makes lots of amazing knitted items as well as some jewelry. There are many different yarns to choose from for all of her items - including cute circle scarfs! These are PERFECT for Fairy Kei! I can easily see a Sweet Lolita wearing this on a casual day. I know I will be buying from this store in the future!

This last item is for all of you decoden lovers! Some of you make all of your pieces yourself but for those of you who buy items this is a great find! Over at Kawaii Junction they not only sell squishies but they sell some decoden supplies that are so cute. For a single silicone dollop of whipped cream it is only $0.30 USD. Yes it would be cheaper to make these yourself but for people who don't have the time, can't buy the supplies, or don't want to make a mess this is an excellent solution!

I hope you all enjoyed this week's Storenvy Saturday and I look forward to making a post like this every week! This was actually a great idea because I can do a little bit at a time and then set an automatic post for Saturday so you can always expect to see these. Let me know what you think of this post and if you would like to see more in the future. Is there anything you want me to change? Perhaps you would want me to post only stores I have bought from even though I try to review all of them? Or maybe you want me to focus on one shop every week? I love hearing feedback from all of you Fairies and Lolis out there! ^^