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I don't know if I posted this too late, but if you haven't already and want to continue to get my updates, go to the right hand side there & click the bloglovin button to follow me!

google+ friend connect (or whatever it was called...) is shut down! So I think starting as of today (Happy Canada day!) GFC shouldn't work...however I can still see all the blogs I follow in my newsfeed :O?!

xoxo NANA

P.S
I have posts I'm writing, just not done them yet XD I'm trying here!

New Concept Idea @___@

I still have one more exam left...but in my spare time I've been thinking this blog, my dA, YoutTube, needs a new layout/look. I need a new concept. This just feels juvenile, doesn't feel me >___< I realize that I did just make a new header....that's besides the point though! :P 

Aimi Hana, I created that when I was in highschool, randomly using Japanese words T___T

Supposedly (who knows if my source was correct), Aimi means beautiful, and Hana means flower (I can say with a guarantee that is a real word! 

As you can see by the NEW banner, I've picked a new theme/name for my blog! What do you think? I'm not changing the URL just yet until I'm sure I love it. However, the name does hold meaning for me. As some of you might know, part of my heritage is Chinese, a nickname I had when I was younger was 小月 (pin yin: xiao yue). Which literally translates to little moon. For those of you who don't speak French, petite means small/little and luna means moon (explains why in Sailor Moon, Usagi/Serena's cat from the moon is named Luna σ^_^;).

Let me know what you think! The true few who read my blog, your opinions matter to me! Leave a comment below! Even on how you think the banner could be improved ^^"

xoxo Nana

Cat's out of the bag! ！(◎_◎;)

Cat's out of the bag! ！(◎_◎;)
What do I mean by that?
To give a little background knowledge, when I started this blog I had no intention of followers, or letting any IRL people I knew find out, blogging was just a more accessible "diary" for me, one that was okay if it was read ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ I hadn't expected to like it so much, and really love the community of bloggers. Overall a great positive network (*^^*)
Soooo back to the present, recently my parents have found my blog. I've at this point only told a few friends (including my boyfriend) who I thought would understand my craziness to be on the World Wide Web, much to my surprise (I stress SURPRISE lol) my parents welcomed my blogging with open arms!
It's a great feeling to know you have the support of friends AND family now. So that's me getting personal & pulling at your heart strings (⌒-⌒; )

Here's my simple OOTD, it's all black only because I work later |(￣3￣)| they never said I couldn't get crazy with the accessories though hehehe (insert evil cackle) & I remembered to take a quick photo of my MOTD ♥

*Also, a UK store called Lashes of London is doing a giveaway right now! You don't have to make a blogpost or anything to enter, super easy to enter! Click on the link below ↓ and it'll take you where you need to enter the giveaway!

xoxo NANA♥

Rinkkopuff's 1st Giveaway ★ !!

I'm just going to spam you all with giveaways :P ahaha, her blog is quite interesting though! And she's a Canadian gal!! Which is exciting, since we seem to be a rare breed in Canada T___T

This is her blog: http://rinkkopuff.blogspot.ca/

* If you click the image, it will take you to the post with all the details about the giveaway. ALSO if you are prominently more on Tumblr, she made a separate giveaway for her Tumblr followers, details about that on her blogpost as well!

Good luck to everyone! & I will be posting actual posts soon...after finals >__> I should get back to writing my final paper -__-

( TT p TT )" Flora Gerbera Circle Lens Review

hello lovelies <3

I'm already writing again :O This semester feels like it's going well, my work schedule seems more consistent, time with my best friend+boyfriend (gotta keep it balanced!), family time, & being on top of my school work :) Finally what seems after a year & half I've found a happy medium! I feel I finally can manage my life a little better & still enjoy the things I love~
So sad, already the end of the semester that I'm finally posting this TTwTT I'm sorry!!

Now I did say I would review on the haul of falsies+circle lenses I got, & I was on the fence for a couple days whether or not I actually wanted to go through with that idea...not that I go back on my word, but I felt all of a sudden I was "commercializing" what blogging is to me. I don't want to endorse honeycolor.com ( T  w   T )"...but I figured I'd say something briefly for the sake of anyone looking to see what these contacts/falsies are like (an unbiased customer opinion ._. ) Since at the time when I was ordering mine, I couldn't find a review on them & took a HUGE leap of faith >~< I don't want anyone else to have to do that & not end up liking them ):

Initially I felt like the contacts weren't really that comfortable, I found them a little stiff. Let them sit in some solution overnight--most magical lenses ever :) My first time with an unnatural color as well >3<

This is how it looks without flash, it does look darker the purple!

As you can see, in the light (with flash +the photo ↓) the purple is much brighter.

The purple looks pretty cool with my hazel eyes underneath  ^o^ In love with the design as well. Very happy of the result of having an unnatural colour, people don't usually notice right away it's purple but they do a double take when they look at my eyes XD

 For those of you who have lighter eye colour like me (specifically HAZEL) this is how the colour will appear. I've found it especially frustrating looking online, and most of (virtually all) the reviews I found the blogger/reviewer had either dark brown eyes or blue/green. So, I've had to try to picture in between the brown + green/blue what the colour would look like on myself (TTwTT)||

COMFORT: ★★★★☆

DESIGN: ★★★★★

COLOR: ★★★★☆

OVERALL: ★★★★☆

If you are looking to order these here's the information:

Flora Gerbera Violet

here's the link to the site! → Honeycolor

I know I said I have tons to write about...I DO, but with finals literally right around the corner, I don't have much time to blog ): however, I really wanted to get this make shift/spur of the moment review of the contacts done. Cosplay season at cons is coming up, & this might be useful to whoever might want some purple eyes :P

I have started my draft for my next entry....it's just a matter of time for me to finish it x) 

xoxo NANA ♡

IM SO JELLY 2 year Giveaway!

Literally one of the cutest giveaways, if you've seen one of my previous posts where I've shared her first giveaway, you know already she has good taste! I've recently just got into TommyHeavenly, so the CD makes me happy!

*Click the image to go to the blog entry about more info on her giveaway!

2o13 *___* !!

First off I'd like to say I TOLD YOU SO to all the people who thought we'd all die in 2012....yeah that didn't happen T____T"

Wow this entry has been in my drafts for almost a week now....

Before Christmas I was trying to eat healthier, limit eating unhealthy foods or OVER eating. Which is very hard to do during Christmas season+Finals at the same time. You want to be a lazy slob & eat all the delicious food around you T___T I resisted! Could also be due to the fact I was sick most of December...so my appetite went down the drain. It was almost a bad thing that people were telling me I was looking nice & thin...all I thought was WTF I've barely eaten one full meal a day for the past 2 weeks @____@

Now that the new year has officially begun (a month ago XD) I'm still trying to be healthier, which includes exercise as well! So far for the past 3 days I've managed to do some type of workout. I'm curbing my snacking habit with LOADS of vegetables. I'm not necessarily cutting all fatty foods, I love to eat, I always will, I just need to eat healthier more often. My boyfriend has been pretty supportive, it makes it hard that he eats whatever (fricken high metabolism -___-). For instance, I've developed this obsession with pop, more specifically Coca Cola. Before it didn't really bother me not to drink pop, but due to series of events lol, I want to have a pop almost everyday. Pop is FULL of sugars, carbs, and excess sodium my body doesn't need. I haven't had a Coca Cola for 3 days...I caved today. I have night class once a week, and I completely forgot to pack my veggie snacks & tea. T___T Gonna have to make up for this later!

Here's some fitspiration!

Let me know what you think about getting healthy/being fit! (/side note: the word diet is often misinterpreted, a diet doesn't mean to lose weight, a diet is what a person, animal or community habitually eats.)

Photo spam time! (roughly oldest to newest :S)

I've been playing a lot with my makeup, I've tried the "no blending" with dark colors, so it seems more blunt. Seemed "edgy" at the time XD 

Even though once a week I have school 9:30am-8pm, I'm still trying my best to have my makeup looking good! I know some people may find that silly, but I feel more comfortable when I feel put together :)

Getting bored with my hair, tried a new style :) & YES that is my real hair, went to work with my headband braid & so many people kept poking at it asking if it was my hair or not -___-*

"glamorous" makeup shot hahaha

it was a "plain face" day, woke up late & only had time to put in contacts Dx

SOOO...my order finally game in from www.honeycolor.com :) I got Decolog who's (Dolly) lashes, Eyemazing No. 301 & 302 (bottom & top lashes), Flora Gerbera Violet contact lenses (for my Sailor Mars cosplay), & Flora Gerbera Red contact lenses (for my upcoming Black Gold Saw cosplay~)

/sidenote: I will do a review on all these items at a later date (the post drafts are started!), as of right now my midterms start in a weeks time for this semester )':

Photo with Flora Gerbera Violet & Eyemazing No. 301+302. 

Photo with Flora Gerbera Violet & Eyemazing No. 301+302. 

*Can you even tell I'm wearing bottom lashes? Finally caved in & bought them...but if I have mascara on the bottom falsies were shorter then my natural bottom lashes ): talk about disappointment! I did however wear them for my Sailor Mars cosplay (this past weekend), with NO mascara, & I did the "below your waterline" trick. Looked decent...not really my style for everyday makeup though :S

More makeup shots of the lenses & lashes, I'm overall super happy to have all that I ordered. I was feeling my makeup had started to lack somewhere, & that filled up the hole sorta XD

With my "fitspiration" I've been having, I've started to cook! I was never bad per say, I just never had any initiative to cook. The dumplings (left) were pan fried & the bruschetta (right) oven toasted <3 I truly enjoyed making my own food, its great to have homemade food to pick from in the fridge then packaged snacks!

Random photo, don't remember where I got it off of, somewhere randomly over the internet ehehe.... I'm thinking of wanting to lighten my hair! I've had the dark brown/black hair with ombre for sooo long, I'm bored of it T____T I need change! & I'm thinking of some bangs! For reals this time! Which shade in the picture (above) should I go with? If they all look the same to you, just pick a style! I'm leaning more towards the girl in the front row, second from the left (hmm?)

Makeup inspiration! LOVE what was done with the eyeliner here, must find a time to try it out! I'm needing some waterproof eyeliner, I had gotten regular liquid liner from the Sephora brand...love the applicator, but hate that when you put on lashes & while you're adjusting the lashes (with glue on it) the eyeliner smudges T____T super annoying! /Color palette is beautiful as well~

Design inspiration! I was at HomeSense, & came across this bedspread, I fell in love with the design. Thinking of incorporating something similar into an acrylic piece I've been working on.

Now I'll leave you with my last Youtube video I uploaded about 2 weeks ago! What do you think of this one? I worked on editing a little more :S it's a new concept for me!

xoxo
NANA <3