Tokyo winter 2015: Arrival, Shibuya and Harajuku

The past vacation to Tokyo was AMAZING.

I went together with Amber, Jojo and Isabelle and I could not have wished for better travel companions <3 Last year with my bf was very different, so it was fun to see another side of Tokyo and meet more with friends! This post will be about the first three days (Otherwise I will have to many pictures xD)

Day 1: Arrival

We had the worst flight ever, but when we arrived at our apartment it all did not matter anymore! It was in Shibuya, only a 5-10 minute walk from the station (depends on how high your heels are) and super spatious and nice:

In the hallway we also found something terrible... A nailmonster was living there as well! So you can imagine we were very scared it would come for us at night xD

After putting down our stuff and freshing up a bit, we decided to go out for dinner and explore a little. This was my outfit for day 1:

I did not have the energy yet to do my makeup and hair, so I felt a bit shabby xD Especially when seeing Shibuya 109 lit up for christmas <3

Our dinner this first night was not great, as we were to tired to look around for long, it was good though ^^

After dinner we were to tired to go out, so we had an early evening. I don't think I have ever slept as well!

Day 2: First day of shopping at Shibuya 109

Our first real day in Tokyo we as the shopaholics we are of course had to spend shopping at 109 \(^o^)/ Even though I had been there before, it still felt like a magical place. Especially when walking around seeing all the cool clothes, I normally admire from afar, in real life and being able to try them on... HEAVEN <3 Amber and Isabelle had never been there before so for them it must have been even more amazing! This was my look for our shopping trip: 

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One of the most surprising things to me this trip was that I really liked the clothes at stores like Datura and Rienda, as I normally do not really look at these stores much. But especially Datura's clothes were so nice and soft *^.^* We took a picture with one of the shopstaff, she was super cute.

As you can see I was the only one not in white xD

We did not manage to go through all the stores at 109 in this one day, and as it was already getting pretty late without us having had lunch yet, we decided to go eat pasta in the restaurant on one of the highest floors of the mall. It was surprisingly good ^^

I had a pasta with loads of veggies <3 And we had a really cool view over the streets from there:

After 'lunch' we decided to continue shopping a bit more  at MA*RS and Glad News, but then something really awful happened.. Jojo's wallet got stolen out of her bag! T^T It was so bad and e all were so sad.. 'Luckily' the person who stole it only took the money and then left it in an elevator, so she did not loose her passes or we would have been a lot further from home! After that we decided to make it an early day and go home to relax and get our bearings.

After some time, we headed out anyway, as the culprit should not ruin our trip or even our day! So it was karaoke time \(^o^)/ I love karaoke even when I am not very good at it (I can't hear myself so I sing verrrry badly.. Sorry for the others who have to hear it -.^) It was so much fun!

My haul of this day:

Day 3: Harajuku & meeting Miku and Marta

This day we went to meet the sweet Miku in Harajuku. It was so great to see her again <3 and to be in Harajuku again as well! In my opinion Harajuku is even better than Shibuya. Not for shopping of course, but for people watching which is just about my favourite thing to do ^^ In Harajuku you can see so many amazing different styles and even more stylish people than in Shibuya or any other district. Being there always gives me such a rush \(^o^)/ This was my outfit for that day:

 Harajuku <3

I went to the Etude House store for the first time, last time I somehow missed it.. It was so lovely! I took a sneak picture of the magical mirror in the store:

Of course a visit to Harajuku is not complete without eating crêpes and this is my favourite crêpe stand (they have soooo many flavours!):

After some more shopping we decided to head back to Shibuya to put our stuff away and meet with Marta and her friend for dinner and drinks in an izakaya, but not after we made some purikura together!

First with Miku in Harajuku:

And later also with Jojo and Marta in Shibuya:

It was great seeing Marta again as well and meeting her friend Jordi who was staying with her! No haul for me this day (except for some jewelry, but I did not take pictures so I can't remember what I bought that day -.-)

I am done typing for now, so I will post later this week with the next days! I hope you liked reading about our adventures. I am still a little bit the opposite of homesick and really want to go back, especially when seeing all the pictures again.. Well I suppose it will pass -.^

Much Love!

Agejo & Rokku Inspiration

As you might know, my two favourite styles are Agejo and Rokku but those are very hard to combine xD Anyway, I am always searching the internet for new inspirational images. This is a selection of my new inspirations! (It's getting harder to find new stuff now that a lot of blogs are inactive ;^; Luckily there's always still shopstaff and Ageha magazine!)

I hope you liked my inspiration post! While making it, I felt a bit like I was two different people. At one side I really love black, skulls and crosses and then I also like flowers, pink and cute dresses <3 Luckily I know more people who are like that ^.^

Much Love!

Outfit week

Last week I spend some time getting to know my closet better. I challenged myself to dress up every day even if I was just going to lectures ^^ It was a lot of fun even with the small amount of time I had each morning making it harder to be inspired, especially since I am not really a morning person...As a result I felt super cute all week *^.^* Let's go!

Day 1: Sweet memories 

With this sunday outfit I was revisiting my sweet style, which I favored up until a few years ago. It was fun to dress up this way, but a bit weird when looking into the mirror xD I do really love this style, just not really on me anymore. I guess I grew out of it -.^

Day 2: Monochrome

This day I wasn't really feeling like colours! The funny thing was though I didn't expect it, a lot of people actually complemented my outfit (usually people just look at me weirdly xD)

Day 3: Killer bunny

This look is a bit more old-fashioned with the high closing dress and ribbon boots, which you don't see very well because of the low lighting. This look made me feel very cute and girly ^^

Day 4: Ready for church

  

I got asked by quite a few people whether I was religious that day. I still don't know how to answer that question xD It may have been the big, glittery cross..

Day 5: Time for school

The last day before the holidays! I had to visit my tutor to discuss my planning for work during the christmas break -.- Let's just say I am not bringing it to Tokyo!

I had a very strange week outfit wise, now that I am looking back at it. Normally I like to dress more like the first two looks, plus I did not wear as much agejo as I normally do (forgot to do laundry -.^) Today I am leaving for Tokyo!!! So excited ^^

Much Love!

New nails for christmas

As christmas is drawing near and of course I needed new nails for that I have been really busy making two new sets ^^ However I only made pictures of making one of them:

Lately I have been really into pink and white <3 (Next to black of course)

After the base coat, I covered the tips of the nails in white glitter for the pink nails and pink glitter for the white nails ^^ You could only see it from up close though!

Then add some painted white crosses, the fat one was a bit uneven, and some gold flowers and finish it off with a few pearls for the glam <3

The end result:

Instead of christmas I ended up wearing them to my father's wedding last friday, so I also made some new ones. They are very much inspired on a pair of nails Jojo made and I just loved! I only changed the colors and used crowns instead of crosses (my family is religious so crosses for christmas just wouldn't do xD). Her nails are on the left and mine on the right:

Since I will be leaving for over two weeks of Japan next saturday, I will not be able to tend to my blog for a while. I will however prepare posts for the next three saturdays (I am already working on it -.^). If you want to follow my journey live, follow me on Instagram! We don't have internet all the time there of course, but I will upload pics whenever I can find some WiFi ^^ Of course I will also write a few posts about the journey afterwards with more details, so don't worry if you don't have Instagram -.^

Much Love!