First off happy belated holidays to all of you~ I hope you all had good ones. Mine was okay and as usual-was full of 'TREAT YO SELF'. But I certainly did a lot for my family this year and that somewhat made me feel accomplished.
For Christmas instead of receiving gifts I mostly bought for others and for myself. As reward for finishing finals with high marks I ended up doing another Rakuten haul. I saw a really adorable Liz Lisa one piece dress for 20.00 and HAD to get it. To make shipping more worth it (because shipping murders my ass every single time I do this) I ordered a Ma*rs top along with it. I'm really happy with these pieces and have gotten a lot of use out of them.
The red dress I've been eyeing for years now. I LOVE the lace at the bottom and finally I had another Liz Lisa dress that wasn't brown. Believe it or not, I have THREE Liz Lisa dresses in a brown color way, a hoodie in the same color way, and then a cream and dusty pink floral maxi dress I got for my birthday. This, however, was red!! Liz Lisa rarely does red colorways so I grabbed at it and have adored this dress a lot. It's long sleeve and keeps me decently warm if I'm not out and about for a long amount of time.
The Ma*rs top is GORGEOUS. It's open back with lace sides and rhinestone buckle closures. It's really plain in the front but the back totally makes up for it. I've worn it to school on certain occasions as well as wore it to a con.
Along with my clothing it was time to get a damn new phone case. Most of my shit like my handbag and such are all magical girl themed. I couldn't find a Sailor Moon case I was head over heels in love with and all the Uranus/Neptune ones are for the iPhone 6.... which makes me some sad trash. So, I opted for the next best series and saw that there was a Card Captor Sakura phone case that they were catering for the 5s which made me VERY happy. I also liked the design because unlike the wallets (which are admittedly equally as cute) this really does resemble the book of Clow! I got the replica for it but honestly, it's a pretty decent replica. The original was 90.00 and I couldn't justify but the replica was 20.00. The only sad bit is the real one has a foil gold metallic finish versus the one I have which is matte and faded a little. :( Regardless Sakura's key wand is the little keychain in place (I want to get Touya and Yukito charms to hang off of it lmao) and the inside has little pockets that I've used to hold hotel card keys or train tickets for when I can't be bothered to shove them all the way down into my big ass wallet. The little pocket has Kero's face stamped onto it and I thought it was a cute touch.
As for Christmas, I decided to do a really elegant coordination with the dress I got. Even though my family didn't do much on Christmas, I still wanted to dress up for the sake of the holiday. For my make up I wore a neutral eye with Princess Mimi contacts (they're kind of a signature of mine), a interestingly colored Givenchy lipstick I got back at my birthday, Motto Eye eye lashes, and Diamond Lash bottoms.
For my hair I did really cute bunned twin tails that I curled. I was inspired seeing a couple of girls in another Liz Lisa dress I owned rocking them in a street snap from a couple of years ago... Being 24 years old, I wasn't sure if I could pull off such a hair style but I think the style of my make up and coordinate helped pull it off a bit better. I certainly felt young in it.
For my make up everything it almost the same except I did a three-toned gradient lip using the Etude House BE104 lipstick, a Jill Stuart orange lip on the inner part, and then added the Etude House Cherry Liptint to the very innermost parts. I also placed a focus on my cheek make up. I was really impressed with my high light and contouring and how I really tried to do kind of a blush that changed colors in the light. I've been into tri-toned everything lately. I'm secretly blaming the Korean make-up artist Pony for the inspiration.
Anyway, I got a bit of an early start down in Sacramento. I thought I was going to be a badass warrior princess and stroll around without a jacket because my d.i.a jacket don't match for shit, but no....half way down the sidewalk from the parking lot I told my friend that I had to haul my ass back. It was the wind more so that the cold. Miguel graciously was determined that I wasn't spending most of the weekend outside and enabled me to walk around the con. Thank you very much sir! The pre-reg line looked like a fucking nightmare but thankfully ours was at con reg which wasn't as long thankfully.
We took a couple outfit pictures of my coordinate (I really wish I could find shoes that match it better! D:) and waiting for Emma, Sydney, and Bella to arrive. Emma and Sydney were doing the zombie police versions of Panty and Stocking which looked great. And Bella was doing an ADORABLE version of Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter.
To stall around line wise for them, we all ended up chilling at Starbucks and had a Starbucks date. I was so happy that the Sacramento Convention Center location still had the Caramel Brulee Latte because everywhere where I live was sold out. I was gifted a selfie stick over Christmas and kind of derped around with it with the girls and Miguel. I wouldn't use it on anything but group shots where my arm doesn't reach long enough. After nearly fucking over my phone tho I was pretty done for the day D:
Afterwards the kouhai picked up their badge and we roamed around the convention center majority of the time. I'm usually literally there to see friends and that's it. We *did* end up going to get dinner after Emma's boyfriend Henry arrived which was nice. I don't get to dine with them often and it was over all a nice experience. We ended up trekking for shitty Japanese food. ONE DAY I will get to take them to the good places.
Afterwards we roamed around more and I finally ran into Sara, Brian, Jett, and Vale who had a late start.
We derped around at the Sheraton hotel for a bit while other people did shoots and such. Vale's cosplay apparently got mistaken for a variety of things other than what he was cosplaying. lmao
The boys ended up randomly arm wrestling while Sara and Miguel went to the swap meet. After it was a thing random people started joining it. It was really funny. Poor Jett kept getting so close but no cookie.
At the end of the night I wanted to melt crying because Sara contributed to my trash life. She ended up finding Ranka and Sheryl figs at the meet and I had *no idea* she was getting into or into Macross F at all. The sweet soul gave me the Sheryl fig while she kept the Ranka one. I have the cute little thing sitting next to my LunaPi! <3 Thank you so so much hun. It was totally unexpected. ;_; <3
Everyone went onto iHop and I decided to turn in early knowing I still had a long day ahead of me. I ended up cleaning and soaking in a long ass bath and my ass passed out...not before realizing something as I was drifting off to sleep.
My dumbass forgot to pack my make up brushes and mirror.....fuck..... I was super anxious for the morning.
The sweeties I roomed with ended bringing me loads of breakfasts stuff to naw on while I attempted to get my ass ready. A lot of shitting brush techniques were used and I seriously used my fingers and a damn eyeshadow pencil to contour my face. I used a different end of my Naked3 brush to highlight and use as a blush brush...
At the end I felt challenged and proud. The Kardashians don't have shit on me because I contoured with almost nothing to work with. -sobs- So I throw on the wig I borrowed from Emma and god dammit my head was too big. Supposedly Emma wears extra small wigs. Not only that but the bangs/part was giving me so much shit. So I literally only rocked this cosplay for part of the day before saying 'fuck it'. I'm super glad I brought my flatiron to fix up my real hair for later.
For Kurose I wore a jean mini, my ma*rs top (because I planned to be a bit more femme later on), my d.i.a jacket, and thigh high boots. It was a seriously simple look. I really hope I am capable of doing a round two and with a Shirotani. :')
I also ran into Johnny, Neth, and Jessica and hung out with them for a little while. It was so nice seeing familiar faces. Neth hella tried lifted me up in my little skirt....I was afraid I was about to flash the shit out of everyone. Jessica was such a sweetie and was so happy to see everyone from what I could tell. Johnny was well trolling with his sword. lmao and trying to have phones tell me dirty things. smhhhh
Miguel and I went to Mana for all you can eat Japanese and Korean food... I was a total piggy. Miguel bailed so so early dammit. I did a lot more side dishes than main courses this time around. Hopefully next time I last long and have more help..
We then decided that we were going to stay an extra night. We found a great deal on the Sheraton and decided to stay there so Miguel could properly rest since he had an insanely long drive back. Once we were checked in we went back to the con and spent time with Johnny, Jessica, and Neth before they left. I ended up seeing the kouhai off who had just gotten finished with the rave.
With that we called it a night. I was so glad to be CLOSE BY in terms of the hotel and convenience. It meant Miguel could properly rest and we didn't have to worry about a commute to the con or con parking at all. I was super greatful for that. It for sure allowed us to sleep a bit more thankfully.
The next morning was MAKE UP TECHNIQUES FROM HELL PART TWO... Ugh I even stalled because I was dreading figuring out how the fuck I was going to do my face for the day. Thankfully I had brought an extra set of clothes having a feeling I might stay in Sacramento longer than intended. I did a really casual gyaru look. I don't even know if you can fully call it gyaru or agejo. Everything was technically in place but I just couldn't do my hair. I didn't bring hairspray to curl my hair a ton so I just settled for putting my hair half way up. It was the last day of the con anyway so I didn't matter. Plus, believe it or not, it was the most comfortable I had been all weekend minus my damn shoes. My boots are the worst. I limped for a good majority of the day.
I can't believe I had actually figured out a second make up look using only one brush. -forever proud of self-
I wore Golds Infinity..mainly just a dress and tunic and my d.i.a jacket to keep warm. Go figure the day where I am dressed the warmest and most comfortable the weather turns out being warm and nice. wtf Sacramento?
I met up with the girls for a little bit after they had went to the Marvel gathering. Sydney did a really neat version of Captain America and Bella did the neighboring Winter Solider outfit. They looked super super cute. They had shorts, fishnets, and bunny ears!! Emma and Henry did kigus and probably happened to be the most comfortable of us all...
We went into the dealers hall where I fawned over Sailor Moon lockets (which were wayyy over priced gdi) and lots of bunny plushies. The amount of plushies they had were ridiculous. I wanted to cry because they were all so cute but I totally couldn't justify them. I was actually pretty surprised at the amount of Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura goods they had. It's kind of a small convention that's grown over the years but I always thought it catered to the younger crowd or was more of a pop culture convention than anything. Not that Sailor Moon isn't a thing but I expected the US goods and not the Japanese ones. I've always felt like the Japanese goods looked way nicer...more elegant and grown up even if they were toys.
After walking around we settled for Starbucks. Sydney was trying to be all chilvarious and shit and buy her senpai a coffee. I told her if they were out of Brulee to get me an ICED GREEN TEA LATTE... that girl comes back with an ICED DEATH LATTE. lmao at first everyone thought I was being a super duper pussy about it knowing how much I liked sweet things. However, after everyone tried that poison they realized I wasn't joking. Miguel salvaged it by throwing twelve fucking packs of sugar into that shit. Jesus christ.
Later on we met up with some friends and honestly just walked around for a bit. The end of me at SacAnime ended up like this... I'll just leave this picture here..lmao
LOL This is exactly what the last day/leg of con looks like folks!
Afterwards, Miguel and I booked it to Ryujin Ramen House where I was SUPER excited to get ramen. It's actually one of my favorite ramen spots and I hadn't had it in a year and a half. Because of this, I was super anticipating getting it..
Ryujin when I used to go was never ever packed. We would be in and out in no time. Now a day when I pass by, there's always a crazy line and a wait time. The wait for us was long but so very worth it. This is serious comfort food to me after not having it for so long.
I ended up getting takoyaki to go with with my ramen~!
For dessert we heading to Cool Tea Bar again where I got more boba and where Miguel ended up showing me how to play Jenga because I had literally never ever played before. It's a really horrible but fun game. All the evil comes out of me and I can't wait to play again and with other people. We played for so many hours and each time we played the worse we were to each other.
In all, SacAnime Winter was a really fun convention. It was more for seeing friends and chilling but I wouldn't have it any other way. I feel so at home here so matter how far I am away from it, That sense of familiarity is incredibly calming, plus I got to try new things along the way.
So far the end of 2015 and into 2016 has been decent and I can't wait for new adventures in the near future!
Until next time guys~~~ <3
