HUGE update & mini photo spam <3

HUGE update & mini photo spam <3

I'm back! I need a mental break from studying, since this has been me the past couple days (above hungover looking owl XD) TT_TT I'm done 2 out of 4 of my finals! *celebratory dance. Really trying my best to do better than first semester, since second year things will be even tougher \: Had my English final this past friday, so I had spent the week before re-reading all the material (one of them was No Country For Old Men) & I had my yummy pocky (strawberry my favourite with little chunkies <3). 

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I got my hair cut about a week ago also! Still have the centre part, just cleaned up how the bangs were to blend in more to the rest of the length, and took about 3 inches off the bottom. It feels so short even though it still looks long XD My "before" photos that I took...even though I never really took a nice "after", I had good intentions beforehand!! Just need my layers to keep growing out longer in the back, that way when I do a side braid, the side of my hair won't keep coming undone >_>

I'm sorry in advance too if this post seems really sporadic, I've wanted to post a lot of photos/updates but hadn't found the time in between school and work, & then the "TAG 11 Things" post took up more time then expected :S But I wanted to post something at least, I've only had one post so far (excluding this one) in April ): meh! Hopefully once exams are over (Thursday, Apr. 26) I can get into the groove of some regular blogging :') If that doesn't win you over, look at this cute little puppy!! OMG I'm in love with this little guy <33 & he was a moustache (even cuter!!) 

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So the day that emixlea tagged me, lovely spring got dumped on my winter...typically Edmonton weather to be miserable ):< The weird thing was it wasn't cold out, I had bundled myself up with layer after layer of clothes, only for it to be warm & slushy -_-*

I made Snickerdoodle cupcakes that night! They turned out really well, & were super yummy <3 & this was my first time making the right amount of icing & it actually tasting good ._."

While I waited for the cupcakes to bake, I made myself a salad (FRESH bacon bits everything is better with bacon..., cherry tomatoes, red peppers, chopped up boiled egg, romaine lettuce & caesar dressing!<3) and a salmon sandwich (like when you mix tuna with mayo...but with salmon instead :D just as tasty!)

I took photos of my campus that night when I was studying at the Science building :O isn't it so pretty?! There's so many stairs & pathways that criss cross...couldn't get a good shot, but it's like Harry Potter stairways...except the stairs don't move... >w<

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Last weekend my family (mom's side) had our weekly family dinner on Sunday at my grandparents' house :) My cousin introduced us to her new boyfriend & he brought CUPCAKES (I quickly accepted him into our family first...food always wins me over XD). They were delicious! Pictures [from left to right/top to bottom]: Reeses Peanut Buttercup, Red Velvet, Cotton Candy, & Oreo. All of the cupcakes were different flavours (these are the only ones I tried, not all in one night!) and the icing tasted like cheesecake but with the unique flavour of the cupcake.

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I've had this renewed obsession these past two months of constantly watching....

Buffy the Vampire Slayer!!

This show is seriously the best, I'm already half way done season 4, Joss Whedon is an amazing creative person! I think every project (Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, go watch it!) he does is a success. I had been looking for awhile for somewhere to buy all 7 seasons, since I was in grade 8 or 9? Either way, a long time ago. Now that my parents bought Netflix, I found Buffy...all seven seasons...so obviously I had to start watching to satisfy my cravings for some REAL vampires (none of this sparkly crap), and you know the first season or two didn't have a very good story line. But in season 4 you can see a huge shift, there is character development, plot is continuous, I'm so addicted to watching episode after episode TT---TT

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I'm also getting pre-excited for the anime convention that is happening in my city: Animethon. I've been going for about 6 years now, even volunteered at a Japanese Fashion Show (represented gyaru! though at the time I didn't know much about gyaru...), but never cosplayed. I have a huge respect for cosplayers, takes balls & talent. Especially to those who make their outfits, you're undoubtedly amazing. So this year I am going to cosplay! I already order one part of my costume, trying to get everything in order waaaay before the event (which is in August....I wasn't kidding when i said pre-excited.)

I'll be cosplaying as...Hatsune Miku!! I ordered the butterfly headphones from the MikuXLuka in Magnet, since those headphones look really kickass. What I can't decide is if I should use the butterfly headphones with the regular Hastune Miku outfit, or with the outfit you typically see her in with the butterfly headset. 

Randomly found this photo through google searches, this is NOT my photo & I was trying to steal it in anyway.

Let me know what you think!

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Last night (finally caught up to present day T_T) I went shopping at Murale's for makeup :) I needed some eye makeup remover, new foundation (always had problems with getting the right tint), & ended up buying a coral blush I had been hoping to get! They gave a free sample of a Chanel eau de toilette (basically watered down perfume, but stronger than body mist), & a $30 giftcard for next time!

The coral blush I got was benefit's Coralista, it smelt really nice too! The blush goes on really nice, & the cute little blush brush was very soft. Love it! Will have to take some pictures with my makeup done & using Coral for the first time :)

I got my standard Lancome eye makeup remover, I don't splurge much for makeup usually, but if it is a good product I will. I find that the Lancome one isn't very oily, cleans ALL my makeup off in one go (I use one cotton pad per eye) & don't have to use too much product. 

I've never bought anything from Bobbi Brown, but whenever I've gone into Sephora, admired the products, quality seemed good, but never really needed to splurge on something I didn't need. The sweet girl who worked at Murale helped me pick this foundation out. Before I had never quite found a foundation that quite matched my skin tone, it was either too pink or too yellow/orange undertones to it, I needed a 'cooler' foundation color, and hadn't found it till yesterday <3 She removed my foundation I already had on & applied the Bobbi Brown foundation, first only one half so I could see the difference, it matched my skintone perfectly! The makeup artist had found something exactly that I was looking for: lightweight, moisturizing, not too oily, & had good coverage!

I would definitely go back <3

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I drew one of my OC as a gal, & my attempt on sujimori hairstyle :) I really liked how her eyes turned out (my favourite part to draw!). 

On that note it's late, & I'm FINALLY done with all the updates I wanted to post XD I'll leave you with this cute kitty! omg I'm posting cat photos now....-__-*

XOXO NANA <3

TAG 11 Things ~EmixLea

HI :) I was planning on giving a big update post again when I saw a comment left by EmixLea on my last post saying they had TAGGED me! I'm glad they tagged me, since I've never been 'tagged' in a blog before <3 So thank you Emi & Lea!! *Honestly everyone should check out their blog, I love how it's either Emi or Lea blogging, their writing voice is similar but they're both unique ^^

* On a side note, did anyone notice I switched to DISQUS for commenting, good / bad ? Let me know! If it's too annoying, I can always switch it back :)
*~ Comments started disappearing so I took off DISQUS until I can figure out what was wrong T_T

ON WITH THE TAG POST (*does a happy dance)

Some RULES :P

*Post 11 random facts about yourself

*Answer 11 questions that the tagger asked

*Tag another 11 and ask them 11 questions that they are supposed to answer

*Inform them that you have tagged them

*NO TAGS BACK!

11 Facts About Me (...that have randomly come to mind XD)

1. I don't have one favourite food. I through phases of different types of food I like to eat <3 I like to try all different ethnic foods too, I'm always looking for somewhere cool to eat yummy food :) *Currently my obsession is toasted sandwich with mayo, tomatoes & bacon <3 delicious!!

2. In grade 10 I loved gal magazines, but at the time never knew what the heck gyaru was. 

3. I love learning languages! I've taken Mandarin Chinese as a second language from kindergarten to grade 12. & my first year of university (this year!) I started taking Japanese :) Next language I'd like to take is either German or French!

4. I'm a die hard Sailor Moon fan since the dubbed anime came out <3 Now that the manga is being re-released in North America, I'm buying it up!! I love all the characters, Usagi & Mamoru BEST COUPLE EVER!! I read SM fan fiction too ehehe (don't like other anime fan fics, just SM!) As a kid I looked up to Usagi so much, I was sure I was a moon princess too (I was in kindergarten!) TT-TT

5. I'm cosplaying as Hatsune Miku this summer at Animethon 19 :) first time cosplaying!

6. DISLIKE when random strangers ask me what my ethnicity is...& they always ask "what are you?" what kind of question is that?! -_-*

7. I love to wear makeup, because I can experiment with different styles, techniques. I could care less about not wearing makeup, but for me it's fun so that's why I always wear it :)

8. I love to draw. Whenever I draw up a character (usually supernatural) I create a little background story about them, even if I don't ever decide to write a story/draw a manga.

9. I like to joke around / tease people XD Can't get enough laughter! or I'm just a smart ass XD

10. I have two bucket lists, the first is a list of things I want to accomplish in the next three years (when I get my Bachelor of Arts) & the other list is lifetime goals I want to achieve 

11. Deathly afraid of heights. I will hyperventilate & probably cry Dx Yet if dared / challenged to go on a roller coaster I'll do it T_T* 

11 Questions from Emi & Lea :) !

1. Well since we are twins, if you where a twin how would you like to tease other people with your twin?

Hmm to pull a prank on other people I'd wear the exact same thing as my twin (same makeup, hairstyle) & go in two spots, have my twin say one thing & when the person saw me I'd act like I didn't know what they are talking about and say the opposite XD does that make sense O_O...

2.What is the thing/person that facinates you the most?

Bad Drivers! I do NOT understand how someone can get their license (they'd have to be a decent driver) & turn into a psycho driver?!?! 

3. If you could choose 3 languages that you where born with, which would you choose and why?

Toisan (dialect of Chinese -my dad never taught my siblings or I the dialect he spoke)

English (so I could talk to my mom still & other half of family!)

French (it downright just sounds sexy) 

4. What is your favorite memory?

The day my youngest sibling had a successful second surgery to remove the tumour on his liver. Best day ever, I've never been so happy.

5. What is your pet peeve?

People who are passive aggressive, & don't just say what they mean. 

Ex. "I'm sooo hungry, I wish I had something to eat..." *they stare at you.

WTF get off your lazy ass & get your own food! T_T getting angry just thinking about it...

6. If you had a superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it?

I'd want wings :) Giant feathery wings, so I could fly! I have an obsession with wings (which doesn't make sense that I want to fly if I'm scared of heights....) I draw them all the time on my OCs :)

7. If you could choose any one animal in the world and have it compleatly obedient as a pet, what animal would you choose?

Dragon. How badass would that be :D ?

8. Where have you traveled to, and which of those was your favorite? Why?

California (Disney Land), Hawaii (Maui & Honolulu), China (Xi'An, Cheng Du, Shanghai, Beijing, Hunan, Hong Kong).

China was my favourite! Love all the different food there! Love everyone there, the fashion, music, everything about it :) & I'm including HK in China, not trying to start a political debate but that way I can pick it into my fave :P

9.  What kind of fashion style do you like the most, and what really "different" stylle do you want to try?

GYARU! I'm an aspiring gal, I hope to be one soon :) I know I don't look like an Ane/Ora gal, but I loveee that style of gal & it's very different then how I look. I'm sorta " undefined " in what style I'm in, I prefer the more rokku edgier look (love wearing black :D). But Ane/Ora I love how it's concentrated on eyemake! Which is my favorite part of makeup :)

10. What is your favorite online shop?
YESSTYLE :) Because there are so many different brands & different stuff you can buy! You can buy clothes, accessories, shoes, make up, bags, swimwear, you name it!

11.  Favorite anime/TV show? Why?

Sailor Moon. No questions asked. *explained above in random fact #4 :P

Questions from Me!

1. What is your favourite food & Why? (Pick one only!)

2. If you could have some sort of supernatural power what would it be?

3. A zombie apocalypse: run & hide OR fight? If run & hide, where would you go? If fight, how would you take down the zombie onslaught?

4. What are 3 things you want to do before you die?

5. Top 2 favorite manga or cartoon/anime? & WHY :P I have to somehow make these questions interesting XD

6. What is your bad habit (pick your nose, litter, be a sparkly vampire)?

7. If you could describe yourself in 3 words, what would they be?

8. Who was your childhood hero?
9. What's your favourite drink? I'm asking too many food related questions x_x
10. What's your favourite holiday & why? :)
11. Vampires or Werewolves? I might have ran out of ideas for questions... XD


TAGS

1. Emi ♔ : ! *Beauty is an opinion へようこそ* !

2. れいや : suicidal rock city

3. shizukon : the lazy life of shizukon

4. Fanny : Fashion Parade

5. ~*NeNe*~ : .:♡NeNe´s World♡:.

6. Astralys : Ginger Gaijin Gyaru

7. Aurélie オレリ : CHICUTOPIA

8. jasminblog4ever : jasminblog4ever

9. SUSEIKI : &forever

10. ✦christian✦ : dim skeletons

11. Sasu : .【B L A C K † M O R A L】.

okay bye! this is the last time I do one of these, seriously took me over a week to finish it =_=

* I don't know why the heck a huge chunk of this post is mini sized....I went through 2 times going over the font size & it still looks smurfed *@* !! especially since it looks normal when I go into edit it.....ARGH sorry readers ):


xoxo NANA

ZARA splurge +lip stick overload ❤

Back with a picture heavy post! I hope this will make up for the last post and its nonexistent photos >w< " This is going to be a looong update, so bear with me, & I hope you read through all of it XD

On Thursdays I have a weird schedule at school, where I have classes from 9:30 to 12:30 and then a huge gap until my 5PM class >_> (didn't really plan that out well :S), so I took the train to the nearby mall to spend the ZARA gift card I got for my birthday ^-^

*initiating photo spam!! (these are the few outfits i DID like, since I must have tried on everything in the whole store T_T

The first one was short jean shorts (booty shorts XD!!) that were fringed on the bottom, super cute! Paired with a loose blouse that was cut off at the shoulders. It was buttoned up all the way, and had these neat metal pieces on the tips of the collar. Very different! Which I find appealing. The only thing I was kinda iffy about with the top was that it was really long in the back, but still quite long in the front. So to pair with the shorts would be hard, since I don't want to seem like I'm not wearing any pants ... Or else I'd like it! I'm usually really into tops like that! O_o ...weird

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this skirt! It's long in the back, and short in the front, but the short skirt is the same length all the way round, but the see through overlay (covers the whole skirt) is longer in the back. I find it's a compromise for my body type, for the maxi dresses that do the short skirt underneath the see through part that makes the dress into a maxi. I paired the skirt with a few different tops. The photo on the left, was a long sleeve blouse that was "crocheted" (I have no idea what the right word is), adored the high collar, thought it paired well together. & even looks not too bad with the flats I was already wearing! Would boots go well or maybe the booty heels? Never had a skirt like this, not 100% on how to put it in coordinates. & then on the right, same skirt just with a striped t-shirt (actually quite long, length went to about wear the front of the skirt ended), felt it gave it a more casual look. 

My hair is super long, goes past my mid back (wear your bra band is), and wearing it in a pony tail gets heavy (crazy headaches!), soooo I looped my hair and put it in a hair clip! Thought it looked pretty cute :) I took a photo (with the assistance of the amazing double mirrors in the change room) & tried to brighten it up as much as possible so you could see! & the other two photos are just some makeup shots❤ My eyeshadow was a peach pink/purple/white gold mix that day~

* On a side note, what does everyone think of my centre part? Pretty much all through out the posts on this blog, I had transitioned to the centre part (I used to have a straight fringe, busy in university = no time for hair cut...but yet I have time to shop o_O so must mean I'm just lazy XD); the people in know IRL are biased, either already hate the style of centre part or in my BFs case don't really know or don't want to hurt my feelings. I want the TRUTH, comment/pm me if the centre part needs to go! As I said, my hair is super long, freedom for different hairstyles! It's a canvas waiting to be created!!

Now here my lovelies, is my lip stick overload! I was cleaning up my makeup bags (yes that is plural for the amount of stuff I have.... It's including brushes too) I sorted out all my lipstick, to find that I have a lot of lipstick...(later I found 3 more...but I was too lazy to color my arms up again lol) 

All the red labels, just mean they're by Lancome and the other one is the RIMMEL London I wrote about in a previous post. I don't have any BFF-ness with Lancome, but they give awesome freebies which usually include lipstick, when you purchase so much. I happen to like a lot of their face wash products, hence I get a shit load of freebies from Lancome hahaha. The Retro Rouge and the Rich Cashmere are my faves, I use them all the time, and I took money out of my own pocket to buy them XD they're my lip stick babies! Good thing I cleaned up my makeup, because I found doubles of a few, so I chucked the old ones (smelt stale T~T)

Last night I went to go watch 21 Jump Street...never laughed so hard!  The only other movie I can remember where I laughed at the point where it hurt, almost consistently from the beginning to the end was Bride Maids. This had the same raunchiness as Brides Maids, but in a bromance sort of way! Channing Tatum (yummy sexy beast) usually gets cast as the not so bright characters (maybe because he isn't so bright...lol kidding!) but I felt like he genuinely made the character in this movie, his character actually had character growth that was relatable & so darn sweet! & Jonah Hill, that boy (or I should say man, it's been a long time since Super Bad! hahahaa) is gifted, anything out of his mouth was funny. He's quirky, and he had real character growth as well! I don't want to give away any spoilers, because I really do believe everyone should go out and watch it! I knew nothing about the movie going in, & loved it. Usually movies like this, seem like the type where the commercial has ALL of the funny parts, not this movie! I threw in the trailer to entice you to spend $7-$10 on something amazing! So go watch it before you dare to look back at my blog! Seriously! No, just kidding don't leave me ): But really, go watch it :D

Jelly Anna is having a giveaway! Congrats to her for a year in blogging :) Visit her blog at IM SO JELLY ❤ & check out the rules to being in her giveaway! If anything, she is such an inspiration for gal fashion (& she's Canadian :D), check out her blog anyways :)

xoxo NANA

Birthday Blog ♪(*^^)o∀*∀o(^^*)♪

Finally I'll write about my birthday lol, over due much T-T sadly the day before & actual bday day I failed as a blogger and didn't take pictures （ーー；）hopefully my words will fuel your imagination!! d(￣ ￣)

So the day before my bday I had pulled an all nighter to complete a paper for school, that day I was running on adrenaline & wanted to celebrate my birthday when I didn't have to cram again. Soooo my boyfriend & I decided to go to Brewsters (chicken wings special too om nom nom!!). We got hot wings, salt & pepper wings, & BBQ wings; we shared a lobster macaroni & cheese (first time having it & it was amaaaazing, I had seen it on TV & my expectations were met!); and had a calamari appetizers with chipotle sauce yum! （＾∇＾）We were so full afterwards, I swear I thought we have to roll ourselves to the car XD

NOW on the actual day of my birthday day (i've confused myself >.>) I had only one class Ｏ（≧∇≦）Ｏ muhahaha! Then my cousin treated me to lunch at...RED LOBSTERS!! OM NOM NOM ❤❤❤ for months I kept seeing commercials on TV about red lobster (I'm in a Prairie region, seafood isn't fresh or plentiful...just lots of beef =_= poor cows...), my cousin felt the same so we both went XD service was great! Food was great! Our waitress was very friendly, when I found a hair in my complimentary salad (good thing I didn't eat it, saved my appetite for the main course >:D) she was right away to apologize & offer dessert! Which was ironic since it was my bday, she later surprised my cousin & I by not charging us for BOTH our desserts! Which were deeeelicious! I had a chocolate chip cookie lava cake & my cousin had one of theeee most delicious chocolate cakes EVER :D

Rest of the night was uneventful, as I studied the night away =_=

Next post will be pic heavy!!

xoxo NANA

Happy Birthday to Me d(^_^o)

Soooo I went MIA for awhile, I didn't abandon ship!! hahaha. Last couple weeks were busy with finishing up papers (that I left last minute to do -.- like a dipshit) & finally the end of my midterms yesterday!! *freedom dance

Something else was special too......I turned 19!! My birthday fell on this past Wednesday -.- which I spent studying that night for next 2 days of exams (@￣ρ￣@) not what i call bday fun! & most of all my family was busy that night, besides my youngest brother only because he's too young to go anywhere on his own ._. My awesome boyfriend & I celebrated the night before :) ....but i'll write about that & my actual bday next post! Here are some videos to tease you with ;) one is me camwhoring in the car on my bday & the other is just to showcase the new lashes I bought :)

Till next time muah! (^^;;

NANA

P.S. I noticed the 12 followers...each new follower makes me ecstatic XD so I hope I'm not disappointing anyone, any comments are more than welcome! I'll be excited that you took the time to write anything :)

Monica Ai's 500+ follower giveaway!

☆Rilakkuma lunch or whatever bag

☆Dripping blood Chanel hair tie

☆ Etude House BB Cream samples

☆Blanchul Cacao Chocolates (these are freakin' amazing)

☆CanDo Eyelashes (ranked #2 on cosme.net)

☆MISSHA snail slime mask

* Honestly go click on that picture, LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF. Kay so maybe you don't want to enter the giveaway...(*cough cough* party pooper), but I do suggest you check her blog out. It was one of the first blogs I followed when I made a blogger account. I find her blog refreshing, it's not just "here is my make up, kthnxbye", it's like you really know her after reading her blog for so long. So check her blog out! M O N ☠ R A B U

❤ New Job !!

I got the job at VICTORIA SECRET ❤!! Monday they called me to book an appointment for a second interview :O I was so nervous wednesday for my interview, all I knew was it was a different interviewer then on Sunday. I was sooo stressed to dress to impress XD got to the interview early, was waiting for her, & then I heard my name called...！(◎_◎;)....the interviewer was...my old coworker from a previous job at a retail store (=´∀｀)人(´∀｀=) !! What my luck!! Basically the interview was spent catching up with each other haha. Since we had worked so many times together, closed together & got along really well, she didn't have to ask any questions since she knew how I worked already :D BEST interview ever!! My first mini "shift" is tomorrow, I'm so excited!! Not just excited to work at VS, but to be working again \(//∇//)\

Afterwards I rewarded myself with buying this lipstick (RIMMEL London Coral Queen 620) I had been eyeing ❤I have an addiction with bold lipstick now, looks good with neutral eye make up that I've been leaning to lately. Also bought a new foundation (ALMAY smart shade) I wanted to try out. It's SUPPOSED to be 'skin tone matchiing'. I'm going to do a trial run with it for a week...because of using it for one day I don't see a difference （ーー；）. & I got some more hairspray (can never have enough hair products!) - AUSSIE Sprunch; catch the wave *non aerosol. Good for spritzing in with damp hair while styling :) the commercial with the kangaroo doesn't lie!!（笑）

I made a pasta dish! Penne Garlic Alfredo ❤ soooo yummy, & I had it with my fave drink ever: iced tea :D I could NEVER get tired of iced tea (sweetened!)

Over the weekend I got back into some drawing again, paid my OCs a visit ｖ（＾＿＾ｖ）♪ poor things got dusty with neglect...& I started working on some new sketches! February feels like it's going to end in a good note ❤

xoxo NANA