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Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Saturday outfit!





 Yesterday I went out with bryan to breakfast and then I got my nails done! I decided to change from builder gel to acrylic so the appointment took a while. After that I just ran around trying to get some stuff for lashes but nowhere had anything I needed so I’ll have to order online. 


While I was waiting I took a look at the summer edition of egg from this year. 

I don’t really like the socks she used with the boots, but that reminds me that I saw a wide toe/barefoot cowboy boot that I’ve wanted for a few years. Might finally cough up the funds for that since I need the wide toe so I can’t do the regular versions. I’m glad someone is at least making cute styles of shoes I can wear though since I usually have to pass on anything cute.
 


My outfit was partially suggested by Alta, Tamiko recommended the app to me and I’ve been having fun with it. If you wanna friend me I’m Rae Melody there too! It’s kinda cool having a jumping off point for outfits. 




I’ve been feeling simultaneously drained and hyper recently. I have a bunch of creative ideas but work/life is also draining me, so I haven’t even gotten around to uploading Japan photos yet. I have to get some off my camera first.  

I’ve been looking at amekaji inspo images and I have some DIY ideas inspired by that, but with my own ideas mixed in too. I like the shapes and general ideas of the outfits, but the color schemes don’t feel like me, so I wanna make stuff that suits me. 

After my trip, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can use inspo from the past and make it work with items that are currently available to me. Part of the reason I really like old school is bc gals were using what they had and incorporating that into gal looks and eventually setting the trends that way. They weren’t always using brands made for gals or following trends, they were doing their own thing and eventually those ideas became trends. So I wanna take inspo from that vibe of being creative with what’s accessible to you and bringing your own ideas. 

I’ve become a lot stronger of a person over the past year-ish and I feel like my style is stronger because of it. I wanna keep refining it and keep getting in touch with my true self through fashion ~ ~ 

Monday, June 8, 2026

Casual outfit

 Today I have my last night class and presentation for my design class this quarter! We also went to see Bryan’s family for dinner. I haven’t been dressing up at all since I’ve only been going to doctors recently but I did actually put on makeup today to see everyone. 



Same make as yesterday! I think it must have been that my eyeliner or mascara primer went bad because I didn’t use either of them today and my eyes have been fine. Strange. I also got a new eyeshadow stick for the black that works better than the powder. 


I love these baby t’s from American Eagle! I went to get socks there yesterday bc they have cute designs and saw that the tops were on sale so I picked up two! I think the pattern looks very 90’s. 


Saturday, May 30, 2026

Birthday party


I’m so behind on blogging! I have had some health issues and haven’t felt like posting. I’ve been focused on healing since I only have a few weeks left before my Japan trip and I really need to be able to walk. Anyways onto happier things! 

I wanted to share photos from my birthday party. I haven’t had a birthday party with friends in yearssssss but now that we have a house and space to host people I really wanted to!
 (づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ




I went to the craft store and found these tropical decorations! I also had tropical plates and napkins. 


Furry party guest 


I told everyone to use the umbrella straws and Bryan put one in his water bottle O(≧▽≦)O


Watching the party  (⊙︿⊙✿)


Right after my friend gave me presents she made for me, hats for my long furbys ♥╣[-_-]╠♥ so many of my friends brought me thoughtful presents 




Outfit pics ★~(◡﹏◕✿)

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Birthday dinner (~˘▾˘)~

 Today we went out with my in laws for my birthday! We went to a korean bbq place that opened several months ago. I was really excited because I haven't been there before!



Outfit!! 
Top: victoria's secret 
Skirt: Marshall's 
Bracelets: Hollister 
Necklace: American Eagle 




There was so much food, this wasn't even all of it. Everything was really good! I actually really liked the edamame, I never use to in the past. I also had a lychee drink that was just lychee syrup and sparkling water, so basically like lychee pop! 


When I came home I saw that my columbine flower is blooming! These are native to my area, like all of the flowers I have in my garden. They didn't bloom last year but they are perennials, and they grew up super quickly and super large this year. 


Wonderful birthday presents from my in laws (◕‿◕✿)


This water bottle is sparkly, I exercise a lot and I wanted a bottle with a straw that wouldn't leak. I hate fussing with lids during class. 


Roxy bag! Inspired by some old school looks I saw with mini backpacks. I love natural bags like this. 


This was a surprise!! :D It has so many cute lip glosses in it that I'm excited to try. There is also a really pretty smelling body lotion as well! These are the two categories I like trying most since my lips and body (and brows but i usually always do the same thing to them) aren't sensitive like my face/eyes are, so I don't have to worry about ingredients. The only thing I can't use is the setting spray, but I will pass it along to a friend. 








Sunday, April 5, 2026

Easter

Yesterday we took a day trip to see my family to celebrate Easter! We celebrate a day early with my family so we have time to see everyone. 


It was around 80F yesterday so I got to wear summer clothes (づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ

**•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚*

We went to the art museum! I love their art museum, it's so much larger than the one at home. 



 


We went primarily for the Chinese paintings they had on display, the theme was flowers and birds. 





**•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚*


The restaurant we went to after had beignets! my favorite (✿ ♥‿♥) I also had ratatouille but it wasn't as photogenic. 

Do you celebrate Easter? What did you do? I love hearing how other people celebrate holidays. 






Saturday, March 14, 2026

New nail + this weeks outfits

The last few weeks have absolutely kicked my ass, I can't catch a break between physical and mental health issues. I haven’t been able to wear makeup for the past two weeks because I got a stye o(╥﹏╥)o I think it was from that eyeshadow that was probably 4 years old. So this week I was just focusing on wearing cute outfits. I also got my nails done!!




Luna :3 

I was sort of amekaji inspired this week. I've been exploring outfits that are more accommodating of my sensory issues. 



lol at luna sniffing my pajamas in the back


I just got this sweater on clearance at american eagle a few weeks ago because it reminded me of the kinds of sweaters amekaji gals would wear!! 

✿✼:*:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑

Do you like seeing makeup hauls? I spent a kind of embarrassing amount on makeup because all of my stuff ran out or expired at the same time -_- and I had to toss some stuff due to the stye so I didn't reinfect myself. I'm really excited about everything but I'm always kind of worried it comes off as weird for me to post when I buy something really expensive. I also bought new workout clothes since I lost a few inches since I started exercising in the fall, I might want to post those too?? Going to barre is such a significant part of my life now, I started going to manage chronic pain and it's really helped.   

✿✼:*:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑

I'm hoping for a better week this week. I can finally wear makeup again, the weather is slowly getting warmer and I think everything will settle into a routine soon. The change of the season is always difficult, but I'm looking forward to more sunshine and warmth ~ 





Saturday, February 28, 2026

Bryan’s birthday ♥╣[-_-]╠♥

Today we saw Bryan's parents for his birthday! We ate at a seafood restaurant. I didn't get food photos since I felt weird about taking pictures with his family around haha. 




My outfit! I wore my tan ugg mary janes with this. It's finally spring weather, which is so nice



Reiwa inspired make today! I don't know why I look mad, these are all the selfies I took xD I really like how this came out, even though I didn't put lashes on today. I wish I could show how sparkly this shadow is on camera!

I forgot how good quality eyeshadows feel, this is a charlotte tilbury one I bought a few years ago and am close to finishing. It might need to get tossed though because my eyes are suspiciously very itchy..  The palette I normally use is Dior but the shadows are all pretty dry and not super pigmented, even though their other palettes are normally nice. 

 I also refilled my namida bukuro stick, I got the orange instead of champagne but I think I made it work by layering lighter glitter on top. The orange alone is too dark, but they were out of stock of champagne and the others were pink which I didn't want. I forgot how nice it is when the stick is fresh, it's not pulling on my skin anymore. Note to self to replace it sooner xD 

This is the liner I use! tbh if I keep doing 90's style I don't even care about the orange end since I'll just be using pure white, but I change my mind all the time about if I want current or 90's make.  



 I used a fancy lipstick today too but tbh I'm kinda disappointed in it because every SINGLE time I use it, it dries my lips out so horribly in a way nothing else does. It even feels so creamy going on, I have no idea why it's like that. 

This is the lipstick, it's by pat mcgrath. I bought it several months ago as retail therapy, lol. 

✿✼:*:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑


Here's Luna sitting in the box from one of Bryan's presents (✿ ♥‿♥)

✿✼:*:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑

I tried putting on the more natural of the lashes I bought earlier this week and ... they were super ugly. I hated them and removed them immediately. If I end up using the clusters more often I'll either go with the spikes or buy more "standard" looking brown ones. The spikey ones sort of freaked me out because when I washed my face with them on they started shedding tiny individual lashes, even though I was very careful like I always am. It makes me sorta worried to wear them for more than a day, because I'm concerned I may rub them when I'm asleep and those fibers could get in and hurt my eye o(╥﹏╥)o I think I can make it work with "regular" clusters, instead of the spiky ones, especially since all the reiwa gals with exte have more wispy looking ones and 90's gals didn't really wear lashes much and if they did they were the western wispy type. I'm trying to be more in the mindset of doing what I want anyways, and not always forcing myself to copy someone else's idea in order to feel valid in my choices. 

I'm waiting for my order from this other lash company to arrive. They have a really interesting product that is little sticky tabs to put on clusters instead of liquid glue. I had a really hard time finding cluster glue that I can use and this was the only one I could find. They also had one liquid glue I can technically use, but it only comes in black and I'm not sure how that would look with my brown clusters. I'm hoping the tabs work because honestly it seems like such a good idea and will take a lot less time. 

✿✼:*:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑

I've been in such a weird mood the last couple weeks, I think it's probably just a combination of all the different stresses in my life right now. I keep going back and forth on how I wanna look and nothing really ever seems right. It's driving me insane. Every time the season changes i'm never happy with my wardrobe and wanna change it somehow, but it's always hard to find things I really love. I'm trying to just take it one day at a time and just wear what I feel like wearing in the moment without taking it too seriously or worrying about how someone else will view it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             








 



Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Star nails .・✭・.

 Saturday was new nail day! 




I brought in star charms this time, since Rui got this super strong Japanese putty stuff to glue charms on with. I think this is what jp gyaru are using to glue those insane charms down. I almost did just plain without sparkles, but she was preparing the charms and I was looking at my nails and I couldn't help it, I had to ask for glitter. I think last time was the only set I've had from her that did not include rhinestones or glitter, I can't help it. 


Then... a surprise. 





 Rui gave me this bag that she crocheted herself. W H A T. I was so surprised! It's so cute and I was thinking of getting a bag with this exact type of crochet square. It even has this really nice sewn interior with lots of pockets. I think it matches me perfectly, I am so grateful. (◕‿◕✿)

。・:*:・゚★,。・:*:・゚☆

Later, my friend and I went to the craft store. 


I wanted this but I didn't need to spend the extra money. I compromised and bought the tiny one for my work bag. 


This is the craft I got to work on! It's paint by numbers but with markers, and there are 4 sheets! It was only $10 too. 


≧◡≦ helping


Final product, I'm really happy with it. My eyes and neck hurt so much after 3 hours of working on it xD 

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