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(Recent) Daiso Haul~ (armwarmers, socks, makeup, notebooks, hairbands)

November 13, 2013

Hi guys!! Haven’t updated for days. SCHOOL HAS BEEN STRESSING ME OUT ASJHDF

Anyways, the night before I took my SATS, my dad took me out to One Pot (Japanese hotpot) for dinner. We went to Daiso afterwards! It was my first time going in a couple of months. I thought I would die from deprival.

Here is a picture of the things I got!

I always buy or restock on a lot of things when I go to Daiso. This time I bought more arm warmers and socks!! (It’s getting colder wahh) I also bought two headbands, a beanie, and a neck warmer. Bridgette says it looks like I have a broken neck when I wear it. ^^”

I also bought a scrunchie just for fucks, a plastic container, two blank notebooks and a set of graph notebooks, eyebrow trimmers, a foldable comb, tissue packs, fake eyelashes, eyelash glue, three eyeliners, and a lipgloss.

This is how I store my arm warmers and fuzzy socks. Arm warmers are great for colder weather, especially since most of my cute shirts are either tank tops or short sleeves. I wake up really early to do homework, so I have to wear fuzzy socks or my feet freeze off and I end up gravitating back towards my bed.

Here is the makeup I bought! I’ve always bought fake eyelashes from Daiso, but recently I’ve been trying more of their new cosmetics. (In the past year they started carrying Kleancolor products.)

I will be doing a separate post swatching the eyeliners and the lipgloss!

Click on this link to view the swatches and review: http://www.allygong.com/?p=33

Thanks for reading!
Comments and questions/feedback always welcome~

-A

Sunday Morning Crepes!

November 4, 2013

Came home from a date yesterday and Tiffany was at my house!!!
We ended up sleeping late, and we woke up and just lay around in bed for a couple of hours. We decided to make crepes!! So we were off to Safeway to buy whipped cream and strawberries.

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JetPens Haul! + my current pencil case

October 31, 2013

I bought a few new Japanese pens recently! As usual, I ordered them from my favorite online Japanese stationary site: Jetpens!

www.jetspens.com

This site has really reasonable prices, and offers free shipping over $25! This year I’ve found myself way too busy to drive out to the Kinokuniya in Cupertino, Maido in San Jose, or Japantown (which has both Kinokuniya and Maido) in San Francisco, so I’ve had to look into buying things online more often.

Jetpens is super reliable and quick! I love the site so much that I wanted to spread the word for anyone looking to buy Japanese pens, pencils or other stationary!

All of this was roughly 30 dollars? I mainly wanted another Uniball Style-Fit Pen and refills, but I bought some other things I use as well to fill in the rest of the price needed for free shipping!

(From left to right) I bought

one Pentel Color C Felt tip marker
five Uniball Style-Fit individual ink refills (blue, red, green, orange, purple)
three way Kokuyo Beetle tip highlighter in yellow
three way Kokuyo Beetle tip highlighter in pink
Uniball style fit limited edition Majolica Majorca pen barrel
Ain polymer eraser
Flashcards
Petit-corre whiteout

As always, Jetpen had really fast delivery! I’m always happy with my ordering experience from there.

Here is a post on what was originally in my pencil case before the addition of these new pens!
http://www.allygong.com/?p=87

Questions or post requests welcome.
Stay tuned,

-A

My Skin Whitening Products!

October 31, 2013

Hi guys!! I’ve received requests to share how I whiten my skin, and I thought I would make a post sharing a few products that I use for whitening my face. Let’s go~

Here is my face after I shower. I’ve been really busy, so I haven’t been sticking much to my routine at all. These days I’ve basically just been removing my makeup, showering, and then going straight to bed. During the day, I haven’t had time to wear any face makeup either, so I’ve gotten a lot tanner from all the lack of SPF. (I also went to camp last weekend and tanned a few noticeable shades from that. More on camp in future posts!)

My favorite whitening products! As you can see, they are all Asian. It’s really hard to find whitening products in America that are for the entire face, not just whitening or bleaching of certain spots of evening of discolorations.

The product on the very left is from Maybelline Shanghai. It’s called “White Refine” and is basically this amazing whitening lotion. I love the packaging and the smell, and it works wonders!

The next product is a Japanese whitening toner. (Hada Labo). This toner works well too, but I noticed it’s a lot better when it’s not used on it’s own, and instead used on top of another whitening lotion.

The third product is my absolute favorite whitening product. It gives you instant results. Introducing POND’S pure white facial wash!!! This facial wash literally whitens your skin among contact, so that’s fucking awesome. This one is also from Shanghai. They sell these in all drugstores and department stores in Shanghai. There’s actually an entire line of Pond whitening facial washes, but I think this one works especially well.

The last product is an Olay Natural white cream. This product is pretty good too! It’s really moisturizing as well, so I like to use it when my skin is feeling drier 😀

I have a post of some Asian beauty products here: http://www.allygong.com/?p=155

Here is a picture of my skin that I took after my shower. I use the Ponds whitening face wash in my showers, and it works soo well. I’m in love with that product. Honestly since it’s from China it probably has some sort of illegal poisonous substance in it, which shocks your skin and makes it whiter, but there’s at least there’s a visible difference so… LOL

(Flash lighting, no makeup)

It usually takes me a few days of using the lotions after my shower to start seeing results. These products are actually really great at whitening, especially if you cover and protect your skin from the sun during the day as well!

So that is my whitening routine! I start using these products whenever I notice myself getting too tan, but I don’t use these products on a consistent basis throughout the year, mostly because it’s 12 by the time I get out of the shower, and all I want to do is be with my pillow and bed asap.

Hope you guys enjoyed this post! Feel free to share any methods you find effective or ask me any questions!

-A