Self-Care Day: Flushing Trip

Hello Hello, Lil Buns!

Hope you all had a lovely day! I know I said I was going to blog about my day trip yesterday, but I was so exhausted by the time I got home. So here I am blogging about it today.

I woke up at my usual time 9.30 and caught up on my Insta feed. Then I got up, fed the bunnies and got ready. I actually got to doll up yesterday! I was so proud of my look. I wanna say it's more Gyaru-kei because it's borderline Larme...

☆Outfit Rundown☆
Hat: Offbrand
Sweater: Offbrand
Pants: Offbrand
Shoes: DreamV
Earrings: Kate Spade
Necklace: Offbrand

I was very happy about my make too! I think I'm getting better~

 

I finally left at about noon and got the bus pretty quickly. I was already getting hungry so my first stops were to get food and bubble tea.

I went to my favorite cafe, Tous les Jours and picked up some yummy buns. I got a custard, 2 curry, 1 kimchi and a sweet sausage one.

And I started heading over to one of the few Coco tea places while visiting a couple of the kawaii shops left in the area. I was trying to be so good and not buy anything I didn't need. I'm on a very tight budget now...

I got my usual 2 ladies drink; hot version for the cold weather. 2 Ladies is chocolate tea with both bubbles and pudding. It's so refreshing in the cold version for the warmer weather and so soothing in the hot version for the colder months!

After that, it was time to check out the mall and see what was new at the Sanrio store! But the only new thing was that it was no longer there! I looked all over the mall and was hoping they just relocated....but sadly, it's completely gone.

The Lunar New Year is approaching so everyone in the Flushing area is preparing for that. I saw these pretty decorations up at the mall already. At least that lifted my mood a little bit.

I decided to head back to the main streets and try to get what I actually went to Flushing for. There are still a good amount of 99¢ stores and kawaii shops with the most random things!

Amekaji seems to be getting popular~

Morning Glory shop~

Getting ready for Valentines Day!

I wanted these buns so bad but the smaller ones are still 16$!

Molang!

After a while, I started to notice it was getting colder and darker. But I managed to get all of the important things off my list minus 2 not so important things so that wasn't bad. And finally, I went to catch the bus. It took forever to catch one though because it was already the beginning of rush hour so all of the express buses were filling up the streets more than the one I needed Dx

For dinner, I had the sweet sausage bun with some curry rice I had made the night before with the custard bun for dessert.

Here are my gets!

I got this decent-sized mirror for 3$!
Unfortunately, part of the stand was broken so I am hoping krazy glue will keep it together!

Some very pretty nail sets! These designs are just perfect for some of the gyaru looks I'm going for!

And some supplies...
Don't worry, all will be revealed soon~

And that's my day!

Here's some photo spam of my look!

I even tried the new Meitu filter a little bit XD

This one is a sneak peek at my special review coming tomorrow! Look forward to it!

That's all for now! See you next time!

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Kawaii Review: Doki Doki Subscription Box by Japan Crate

Hiyo lil bunnies! 

How are you all? I brought another review for you today~!

I decided to try subscription boxes again and this one is from Japan Crate. It's called

Doki Doki

For those of you that don't know "Doki Doki" is the sound your heart makes in Japanese. Pretty cute right?

Let's get started~

Everything arrived in this adorable pink box! It's nice and sturdy so nothing was crushed.

I do admit, I love how they designed the outside.

And here we are inside!
This box just screams kawaii. There are cute little illustrations with the logo.

Sitting right on top is a little booklet that has a comic, a list of what you get inside as well as contests and fan photos.

I believe the book covers are based on a mascot.

Quick photo of all the things I got! Let's check them out.

Rilakkuma Stationary Book set
It has 4 different pads of cute little note paper. It even folds down to like a mini book! Very cute~

Baby Alpacasso
The one I got is a sweet little white Alpaca wearing a little bowtie with strawberries. It's super soft and fuzzy and fits just about anywhere.

Domo Stickers
I received 4 different stickers of everyone's favorite little monster.

Hoppe Chan
This little item is actually my most favorite out of the box! According to the booklet, it's a famous Japanese character found in convenience stores. I never thought a jelly could be so adorable XD

Sushi Socks
These are such awesome socks! When rolled up a certain way, they look exactly like the sushi you'd eat. Don't try to eat these though lol!

I love everything I got so far! But here's where we run into a little trouble though...

Sailor Moon Blind Box Figure
I'm not an expert on Sailor Moon items but I feel that this may not be legit. The box images are very poor, like a bad reprint. I do know that official Sailor Moon merch should have at least a print of the official sticker. I found nothing. It also doesn't help that it says it was made in China and not Japan.

The character I got was Sailor Saturn! The figure itself is still pretty cute and an okay make. The paint and sculpt is decent. (Stand looks abused though Dx ) Though like I said, I am doubting this is real Sailor Moon merch.

Hello Kitty Wallet
Here is another item that I am feeling is a replica. The outside features Hello Kitty in two different outfits. The print is very clear and clean. But it's inside where I start becoming doubtful.

Usually Sanrio decorates EVERYTHING when it comes to wallets. Even the zipper pull itself will have some kind of kawaii element. The inside is just a plain brown and there are a ton of loose threads. I couldn't even find a Sanrio tag!

Pikachu Hip Pop Parade Plush
Nintendo had come out with a series of Pokemon butts! XD It's an adorable concept. Especially if you love cute animal booties. (Owning a bunny will do that to you lol) In this box, everyone got a cute little Pikachu butt.

 

But sadly, it's another one I'm thinking is not legit. Here is a side by side comparison of what I got versus the real one. The tail is not even attached properly and there are loose threads again. The tag tries to look real but there is no official Nintendo logo and some of the copyright text is wrong. So sad =/

Sentimental Circus Fan
I love San-X Sentimental Circus! This is such a cute fan but some of the colors were scratched off and there is no official logo. :( 

Kieli's Rating 

(out of 5)

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Overall Rating

This was not that great of an experience for me. I usually love to get subscription boxes but this one was a bit of a disappointment. I didn't contact anyone to get this box so it's not applicable to my rating. The price would be great if it was all just real kawaii merchandise. Even if it's lots of offbrand stuff and not expensive like Pokemon and Sailor Moon tend to be. I would be fine with anything kawaii. And while they didn't say anywhere that it was to be all non-bootleg stuff, at 30$ it's a bit much to pay. Shipping was free so that was not an issue. The first few items are great quality and everything was very cute. But the last few items suffered greatly in quality and were not official. I feel like I don't want to try my luck again with next month's box. It's surprising considering how well their regular subscription of Japan Crate is so great.

I'm sorry, but I don't think I will be continuing my subscription.

That's just my honest opinion.

Hope you liked my review!

That's all for now! See you next time!

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