Anime North 2012 Report!

Hey everybody! Man has it been a long time since I last blogged! I've been craxy busy getting ready for my final exams, but I finished my last one on Friday, so I am officially done high school now! I graduate on Tuesday, and I'm very excited :3

But this post is to talk about Anime North 2012, which I attended during the last weekend of May! This was my fourth Anime North, and I had a great time as per usual! But let's start with my cosplay from this year. This was the first time I've ever cosplayed more than one thing at a convention; usually I wear one costume the whole weekend, but this year I decided to wear a different one each day!

First up is Melty Granite from Shining Hearts, which I wore on Saturday:

(Truly) Daily Style + Cosplay Progress!

Hey y'all! It sure has been a while since I last blogged :P I can't even say I've been very busy, just a little bit lazy! Haha. I guess you can say I've been a little busy getting ready for proms, since I am a senior this year! And I was asked to two proms in addition to my own school's, so it's been a little stressful trying to prepare for all of those as well as Anime North! I had my first prom last weekend, but my camera's battery wasn't charged so I didn't take any pictures myself ; ^ ;. Thankfully, other people did! I'll post a few pics at the end of this post for those who are interested :3

Anyways, usually when I do a Daily Style post, it's more like a staged daily style than what I truly wear on a day-to-day basis. Meaning that it's usually an outfit for a special occasion or something. But recently I've been trying to take more pictures of my actual daily style to show on my blog, since this is definitely becoming more of a personal blog :P

Anyways, I have two outfits today to show you! (P.S. I am trying out new locations in my room to take outfit pictures, so bear with me! xD)

Necklace: inherited

Top: F21

Skirt: F21

Scarf: F21

Top: Urban Planet

Shorts: F21

Both of these outfits were quite simple in essence, but I really like them! The first one I wore for dinner yesterday (Mother's day!), and the second one I wore to run errands after school today. These are truly outfits that I wear every day :P I was really happy with the second one :D I quite like it, and those are the first pair of high waisted shorts that didn't make me look like an old man, which is AWESOME.

I'm going to try and remember to take pictures of my outfits everyday now, or at least a few times a week so I can do more posts like this! What do you guys think?

And now on to cosplay news! Anime North is approaching VERY quickly (almost too quickly), and I've just started working on my costumes. Yeah. Go me. King of the slackers. Anyways, I finished my Matryoshka Gumi sweater the other day, which if you follow me on Tumblr or my FB fan page you would have seen already! Here are a couple pics in case you don't.

Yay for being cheesy! Anyways, that's done, and pretty much the only other thing I need for this cosplay are striped stockings, which I can buy easily. This was 90% closet cosplay for me, considering all I had to do was stitch the details on the hood! :P But at least it's done now!

Melty however, I have barely even started =_______=;; I've cut some patterns and I've got all my fabric and what not, I just need to start sewing like a mad man now!! And I still need more lace and some notions for the accessory bits. I am super pleased to know that the anime version of Melty does NOT have the ribbon wraps on her gloves or stockings, so I will most likely be omitting those details for now. I'll probably add them after Anime North though, because I want to try and go to FX or some other summer con this year, and I'll probably just re-wear Melty if I do!

I got my contact lenses in the mail today as well, JUST in time! :D I'll probably do a review of them soon, I need to buy new contact solution though :P

And as promised, here are a couple photos from the first prom I went to! Anyways, I'm going to try some fun nail art now, so until next time! :D

Happy Easter!

Hey y'all! Just wanted to drop by and wish all those celebrating a Happy Easter! :D I took this opportunity to camwhore in a cute somewhat Easter-themed outfit, but most of the pictures turned out crappy ; ^ ; So I just have a couple of photos to share today!

Not really Easter-themed, but I had the ears anyways :P So I figured, why not! But I did get that dress recently and I'm super in love with it :D It has a super cute cutout in the back too! Unfortunately you can't see it, but I might do a Spring GETS post soon and I'll show it off then!

Also, I'm going to try harder to take more pictures of my outfits daily, since I do wear some pretty cute stuff some times :3 So let's hope this works out!

And I finally cut the bangs into my silver Melty wig this weekend :3 I'm super happy with the results! I was super nervous as I didn't want to mess it up and then have to order another wig :| Now I just need to trim up my Gumi wig!

Anyways, I do have something else I want to blog about soon, but I've yet to take any pictures of it! So hopefully sometime this week!

Until next time! :D

Wigs!

Hey guys! How good of me, blogging two days in a row! :D I'm on a roll right now! Woo!

Anyways, today my second wig arrived in the mail! I was super stoked when I got home from rehearsals, because I was chattering endlessly to people about how excited I was for Anime North and the cosplays I was doing today. So I immediately took it out and tried it on, because when I get a new wig, that's just what I do. So I'm gonna share some photos of my two new wigs, and do some mini-reviews of the eBay sellers that I bought them from!

This was the first wig to arrive. This is for my Melty cosplay, which I am doing for the Saturday of Anime North. The eBay seller I ordered this from is cos-wig. They are located in China, and have 99.6% positive feedback!

The estimated shipping time was between 14 and 20 business days, and it got here in 13! So I was very pleased about that. The wig was packaged well too, in a bubble envelope. The wig was in a wig net, inside of a plastic bag, and came with one of those free black mesh hair nets, which I actually like quite a bit! The seller also packed a little business card in with the wig, which I really liked, since I'll remember to buy from them again! Also, shipping was free and this wig only cost me $24! It's a little thin in a few spots but it's not noticeable unless you are looking directly down on top of my head, hahaha. The fibers are really soft too!

The second wig to arrive is for my Gumi cosplay! This wig was from a seller on eBay named yucui2008. Another seller from China, with 99.7% positive feedback! This wig was $21, and came with free shipping as well.

The estimated shipping time for this one was 15 to 25 business days, and it came in 15, so spot on! This wig was a little less well packaged, as it was not mailed in a bubble envelope, but the bag they sent it in was made of a thick plastic and was well sealed! This wig also came in a wig net inside a plastic bag, and more black mesh hair nets! >:D wahaha. They also sent me a pair of earrings as a free gift, which was very nice! The wig looks a little bit different from the picture they had on the listing, but it's a marginal difference. It's also a little bit more lime-y in colour than I thought it would be, but I'm okay with that! This wig is also really soft, and looks like it'll be super easy to manage :D I'm just going to have to trim the longer parts in the front, since I find them to be a little too long.

I've always had good experiences ordering my cosplay wigs from eBay, although I've heard lots of peoples horror stories about ordering from eBay as well. But usually if they have a really high positive feedback percentage, they are pretty good! I only order if they have something in the 99% or higher ^^.

Anyway, that's all for today! I need to go to bed now, since second semester starts tomorrow (well, I guess today now LOL), and I've got class at 7:40 AM ;__;.

Good night y'all! I have another blog post planned for the next couple of days, so please look forward to it :D

(P.S. I started reading the Hunger Games books! Have any of you read them? What do you think about them??)

Anime North 2012: Plans!

Hey everyone!

So I'm back at school now, and I've been working quite hard on my end of semester projects and studying for my exams! I only have two, but they are going to be hard enough. But I'm taking a break right now to get ready for our end of semester performance, so I felt like I had enough time to blog today! :D

So today, I want to talk about my plans for my cosplay at Anime North 2012! Whats cool about this year is that I've already made and set my cosplay plans! Normally I'm switching cosplays up until the month before the convention, but this year I've already chosen my cosplays and I'm sticking with them!

My main cosplay (for Saturday), is a character named Melty from a video game (and soon to be anime) called Shining Hearts!

She is a witch, but all her attacks in the game are based off of ice cream! Hahaha. She is so me. I also am very excited to have a large hat like hers, because last year I got major sunburns on my shoulders and back. So now I get some sun protection built into my costume! :D WOOHOO!

I really like the character designs from all of the Shining series, but especially the ones in Shining Hearts! I actually have a group coming with me as a few of the other characters as well! And I'm thinking of making Melty's sidekick (Sorbet, the little guy by her feet), into a sort of purse! Functional, and actually goes with the costume!

For Sunday, I chose a much simpler cosplay, but one that still has lots of impact! I chose to do my second Vocaloid cosplay, Matryoshka Gumi!

I was going to do Matryoshka Luka, since I already have the wig, but Gumi's design is much more vivid and eye catching.

I'm going to (most likely) be teaching dance covers at a K-Pop workshop on Sunday, so I wanted something that I could move around in easily! Plus Sunday is usually a more lazy day for me, so I want something that won't be to cumbersome or uncomfortable either!

I'm really excited to do the makeup for this cosplay! It'll be a good chance for me to start working on my more theatrical makeup styles! I haven't decided on whether I'll powder my face or not yet... but we shall see!

And those are my costumes for Anime North this year! I've already ordered both of the wigs for these cosplays, and hopefully they'll arrive in the next couple of weeks or so! I'll post pictures as soon as I get them! I hope they look good ; ^ ;

Anyways, since I have all this free time, I'm gonna try and work on my FSEs now ;___;

Until next time!! 

Youmacon 2011 (photo heavy!)

Hey guys! I'm actually being pretty punctual with my blog posts now, haha! So, as you all know, I went to Youmacon this Saturday! I went with two of my friends, and we had such a great time! Youmacon is definitely one of the smaller conventions, but it's gotten a lot bigger in recent years! Attendance last year was over 9000, I believe? Don't quote me on that, but it was quite a large group! And it definitely felt like there were more people there this year in comparison to last year. But anyways, lets get to the photos! I had my new camera with me, so the quality is quite nice too :D

First up are some pictures of the location!

The first two photos are of Windsor's skyline. Youmacon is in downtown Detroit at the Renaissance Centre, which is right on the Detroit River. And there's a large outdoor area that's right by the water, so you got a nice view of the city while you were there. The third pictures is of (me holding) the Rennaisance Centre! It's such a gorgeous building to hold a convention in, because the whole atrium of the building is glass so you get lots of natural light all day. It was especially nice for photos! The only thing is some of the areas of the RenCen are kind of smallish, so some events got a little crowded at times, but other than that, very nice! And the convention this year was so well organized, the crowding was hardly a bother!  

This is a photo of the atrium from the third floor of the atrium. It's very open and a good area for meeting up with people or sitting and relaxing between panels, etc. There are also a lot of shops lining the atrium, where you can purchase food and drinks, as well as a food court further back on the first floor. Also, since this building is the GM building, the very centre houses a showroom of cars!! Which makes for some interesting photo ops, haha.

Now let's take a peek at some of my cosplay photos!

Personal Panda: Recent (& upcoming!) Events!

Hey everybody! So, I know I've been like, the slowest blogger ever recently, but hopefully everything will be going up from here!

The next couple of weeks I am VERY excited for, and for two reasons. Reason number one is that the upcoming week is SPIRIT WEEK at my school! Most schools will have a Spirit Day, but my school likes to go a little bit further than that and have full weeks of school spirit! And since this years first Spirit Week is leading up to Halloween day, this years themes are mostly Halloween themed! And I definitely plan on posting pictures of all my outfits for the next week!

The themes this year are: Black & Orange Monday, Vampire Tuesday, Witch & Wizard Wednesday, Super Sweet Thursday, and Zombie Friday! And then the following Monday is Halloween, so it will end with everyone wearing Halloween costumes!

The second reason why I'm so excited is because the next weekend is Youmacon! I'm so stoked, because I've been dying to cosplay for the last month or so, and now I basically get two weeks of cosplay, haha! I checked the guest list today to, and I'm very excited to see some of the guest this year! I really want to go and see Lemon Demon/Potter Puppet Pals this year, as I always seem to miss them when I go to Youmacon!

While I'm on the topic of Youmacon, lets talk cosplay! Youmacon is in less than two weeks, and I haven't started my cosplay. Ha. Haha. Orz. However, I did get my Luka wig delivered to me today, and I tried it on immediately!

I look gross because I just got home from school ; ^ ;

The lighting in this photo is subpar, but you get the idea. The wig is soooo soft and silky, and the bangs only need to be trimmed a little bit! It also came with a really good wig cap, so I'm super psyched. When I have my hands on a better camera, I'll take some better pictures of the wig and what not!

And the last note I'm going to post here is: I got a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise the lord, I'm actually going to be able to afford cosplay now! I start training next week, and will be working by early November! I'm so excited about this. Please wish me luck xD

And now I have to go work on a few assignments and projects and what not =____=;;

Until next post! :D

Cosplay Conundrum!

Hey guys! So, since I've decided to integrate more of my cosplay life into this blog, I want to get some input from some of you guys on what my next cosplay should be!

My next convention is Youmacon, which takes place in early November (click here for their website). It's a smaller convention, and still pretty young, but its close to me and still lots of fun! And who am I to deny myself a reason to cosplay?

Anyways, so today I'd like to ask you a question: who should I cosplay!?

I have two options that I was thinking of doing for this convention, which are:

Luka Megurine, from Vocaloid!

OR

Nanami Haruka, from Uta no Prince-sama!

I really like both characters, and their outfits, but I'm having a hard time choosing which one to cosplay! So I turn to you, my faithful blog readers, to help me choose my cosplay for Youmacon! Let me know what you think in the comments down below!

Thanks, and have a wonderful day!

Anime North 2011 + Announcement

Hey all! So this last weekend, I attended one of my all time favourite conventions ever: Anime North! It's located in Toronto, and its one of the biggest in Canada. I went with a few of my friends this year, and we had a blast! As I mentioned in one of my last posts, I do cosplay at these events, and I thought I would share some photos with you today!

If you're unsure of what cosplay is, click here to read the Wiki page!

Anyways, this year I cosplayed from the series Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt! It's a relatively new series, and in essence it is basically perverted Powerpuff Girls. It's actually very funny! I cosplayed as the character Panty!

Panty (left) and Stocking!

May/June Favourite Coordinates!

Hey everyone! So, I know the going has been a little slow around here recently, and I feel really bad about it. I am not used to having 4 academic classes in one semester (plus a dance class), so I have quite a heavy work load to deal with. Especially since its only 30 days to exams, and I have all my final projects to think about. But rest assured, I'm still thinking about this blog!

Anyways, I FINALLY got back on track with my usual mags that I download, and I have been ignoring them far too long! So many great outfits and trends. So today, here's a selection of coordinates from a few June issues of magazines, and one May issue. Enjoy! (If you click on the photos, you can view them full-size)

Ageha

Egg

 Jelly

 PopSister

 Popteen

I still need to film/photograph my Spring makeup tutorial, though at this point I might make it a Summer makeup tutorial, eheh. Anyways, that will hopefully be up soon!

Also, while I'm thinking about this, are any of my readers on here cosplayers? I don't know if I've ever mentioned it before, but I cosplay myself, and I'm currently getting ready for my biggest cosplay event of the year (in 17 days!). 

Until next time! 

Happy Halloween!

Hey everyone! As you all know, this weekend was Halloween! And as you may or may not know, I absolutely LOVE dressing up and costuming. I have always loved Halloween, and this year was no different! And since my next blog post isn't quite finished yet, I decided to share my Halloween costumes with you!

This year, my main costume was: SPOCK from STAR TREK!