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??)

Personal Panda: Let's Get Physical!

Hey everybody! :D Hope y'all had a pleasant day!

So today is February 1st, and it's four months until my favourite convention of the year: ANIME NORTH! I'm really looking forward to this year, as I'm doing not one but two cosplays in a weekend, which is a first for me! I'm also planning on participating in some panels, and I might even be running a workshop! More details to come on that though ;)

Speaking of cosplay, I received the first of my two wigs yesterday, for my Melty cosplay! If you follow me on Tumblr or have liked my fan page, you probably have seen the picture I took of it! If not, I'll actually blog about them once I have both wigs in my possession as to not clog my blog with wig posts :3 Hoping for the second wig to arrive sometime this week!

And now, in relation to the title of this post! I decided a while ago that I wanted to actually get into better shape for this Anime North, but wanted to wait until after the Holiday season (- w - ) harhar... So I decided, February 1st, I'm beginning my "Let's Look Good for Cosplay" training! :D Although it really isn't training...

I'm not going to lie, I have pretty terrible eating habits, and don't exercise as often as I probably should. So I've decided to make some goals for myself to look better for Anime North! I'm not really aiming to lose any weight since I'm perfectly okay with where I am weight-wise, but I could 100% use some toning up =____=;; So here are a few of the things I plan to do to reach my goals!

• Drink 8 glasses of water a day (optimally ice cold!)
• Stop eating past 9 PM (SO BAD, I AM EATING LASAGNA RIGHT NOW :| AND IT IS ALMOST 1 AM)
• Cut out all junk foods and sodas from my diet (I'm so addicted... T___T)
• Drink more tea 
• Eat more regular meals (I'm notorious for skipping breakfast... and lunch ; ^ ;)
• Cut out all unnecessary sugars from my diet (that's going to be so hard...)
• Do regular toning exercises (at least five times a week)
• Spend less time on computer/video games (; ^ ;)
• Stretch everyday before dance classes (I'm losing my flexibility!)

It's not much, but it's a start! :D The hardest part is going to be adjusting my eating habits. Especially eating regular meals. I'm always late for school, so I rarely every eat breakfast, and I never have time to make lunch and I don't really like my school's food... ^^;; I know, excuses, excuses. But I'm going to try to at least get breakfast every day! And cutting sodas... I drink so much Coke, it's ridiculous. Like, people shouldn't be allowed to drink this much Coke. So I'm only going to allow myself one a week, if I really am craving it that badly!

Exercise won't be a problem for me since I have dance class everyday anyways, now I'll just add some toning exercises when I get home! :) But spending less time on the computer... oi... That's gonna be a hard one! But hopefully toning exercises will fill up that time xD Plus I'm going to be rehearsing and performing in Phantom of the Opera almost everyday in February, so that's at least one month where I'll be less computer active xD

I'm also aiming to improve my overall skin health so that I can look good in photos too! :D I plan on going to Lush and getting a new skin care regime going, since I've run out of toner and moisturizer and have been too busy to go get new ones ; ^ ;. I'm hoping to order some cotton masks as well that I can use. I've used them before and really liked them! Do any of you guys have a mask that you really like? I've tried the My Beauty Diary ones before, but no others! I'm definitely looking for recommendations! :D

So starting today, I will be trying to get healthier and look better! :D Wish me luck on this journey, haha!

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Photo from first night show of Artistic Endeavours, our senior produced dance show that we performed a few weeks ago! I should probably do a post about that... maybe soon!

Anyways, until next time! :D


(P.S. I just noticed I hit 300 followers!!!!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, YOU ALL ARE SO GREATLY APPRECIATED <3 :D Possible giveaway soon? We'll see!! :D)

Happy CNY!

Gong xi fa cai! Today is Chinese New year! :D

It's the Year of the Dragon this year! The Dragon year is very auspicious, so anything could happen! Let's hope  we're all very lucky this year! :D I certainly hope I will be!

This year I've been paying particularly good attention to CNY customs and superstitions! A few of which I didn't know about until this year. Like you're not supposed to wash your hair or sweep your house on the day of, or else you'll wash/sweep your good luck away! Another good luck charm, so to speak, is to wear new clothes on CNY! So, I did a little CNY shopping a few days ago! Here are some of my gets!

Flowy floral top - H&M

Coral-pink-white printed cropped tee - F21

Bright coral cardigan - F21

Cowboy tie-front cropped tee - H&M

Bright coral burnout tee - Urban Planet

BlushxBlack Hello Kitty pattern cardigan - F21

The Hello Kitty cardigan I actually got for Christmas, but I really felt like sharing it because it's so cute! :D I tried to buy some brightly colours items, and some spring-y styles as well! Even though its still dead cold here in Canada, I'm hoping Spring weather will come sooner this year! ; O ; 

Also, I'm developing a ridiculous obsession with cropped tees, so you'll be seeing lots of those in my gets and outfits in the upcoming months!

I also bought one of F21's cute ecobags (only $1.50!), and this one features a super cute print of a Japanese robot family! I really love the dog :D

On a tech related note, I finally realized why I couldn't upload videos from my new camera! It's because it records in AVCHD, and I need a special video converter to use the files on my camera ; ^ ;. So there won't be any new videos on my channel until I can get some decent software to convert the video! Do any of you know of any good ones?!

Anyways, I have to go finish one of my FSEs now, so hopefully you'll be hearing from me again soon!

Until next time! 

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!! 

Holidays!

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year once again!

Today's post is going to talk about my holidays! I've been meaning to make posts all throughout the holiday season, but I haven't had the time until now, and it will be much more succinct if I just do it all in one post! So let's get started!

Firstly, I'll talk about the completion of one of my 12x12 goals, which was making a gingerbread house! Every year, my best friend's family holds this MASSIVE gingerbread house building competition. And believe me, this thing is serious. Everyone spends 5-6 hours constructing very over the top gingerbread houses! I can't find my picture of it, but the winners of the competition this year made a gingerbread house cattle farm. A WHOLE FARM! It took a up a whole table by itself! Anyways, here's some photos of my teams construction!

The unholy union of three gingerbread house kits!!