Tips On How To Shop Online

Believe it or not, a lot of people have asked me "how do you online shop" or "how do you find all these cute things online" or "it's so hard for me to buy clothes online." In this post I will lay out the basic steps of online shopping and hopefully answer these questions as well.

#1 Measure Yourself!

This is a very important step because you need to buy clothes or shoes that actually fit you! Get a measuring tape and measure your bust, waist, hips, and feet. Know your height, shoe, dress,shirt,and pants size in both American,European and in cm. This will come in handy in the future!

#2 Material

You don't want to spend a lot of money on clothes and find out later that it's made out of super cheap material. Always try to look up what material the clothes are made out of. If you don't know what type of material it is, look it up. Contact the seller if you need to.

#3 Look Around

If you see something that you like, but it's too expensive, look around at different online stores or maybe wait for it to go on sale. If it's "one of a kind" or something you've never seen before and you have to have it, then just buy it!

#4  Look at Shipping Prices

Some stores offer free shipping if you buy a certain amount from their store (sometimes $50, but depends on the store). Individually owned stores offer bundle shipping, which means that shipping is a lot cheaper if you buy more than 1 item from their store.

#5 Tax

Most big named online companies (Forever 21, Nasty Gal, Urban Outfitters, etc..) charge tax, so just remember that shipping and tax prices can make your order a lot more expensive. Individually owned stores on Etsy, Storenvy and even eBay, don't charge tax which is another reason why I love those websites a lot.

#6 Safe

Make sure that whatever website you're using is safe! If you are not sure if it is safe or not, do not buy from them! Look up reviews on any store before you buy from them! (I learned my lesson!)

#7 Payment

Check to see what kind of payment the website is asking for. Ex: Paypal, AmEx, MasterCard, Visa...
Most websites only except Paypal nowadays which is a safer alternative than just typing your credit card number in any website.

# 8 Search

Go to different websites and type in something that you like or interests you! You might make amazing discoveries this way!

                    Remember: BE SAFE when shopping online!

WINNER OF THE GIVEAWAY!

I hosted my first ever giveaway this month and I'm happy that a lot of you participated in it! I promise that I'll do another giveaway some time in the future! Rafflecopter has chosen a random winner that had followed me both on tumblr and my blogspot and the winner is..... SYDNEY PENROSE!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Thank you so much for entering my contest and I hope that you will love the tights!

~Super Cute Tights GIVEAWAY!~

I've been wanting to do a giveaway for AGES, and today I finally got the chance to do it! The more followers I get, the more giveaways I will do and the better they will be! ^_^

I bought these tights on ebay a while ago and sadly they are too small on me. They fit perfectly on my legs and everything,but they're just to short on me (I'm about 5'7,so around 170 cm). If you are shorter than me, you can probably fit into these tights.
I HAVE NEVER WORN THESE TIGHTS OTHER THAN TRYING THEM ON!

Here is how you can enter this giveaway:
a Rafflecopter giveaway ~GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!~

Giveaway ends on August 30th!

Red Cherry Lashes Review!!

I never heard of Red Cherry before until I was watching one of Beckii Cruel's makeup videos. She said that she uses lashes called Red Cherry and I knew that I just HAD to get a pair.
(For those of you who don't know who Beckii Cruel is, she is a 18 year old British girl who got famous in Japan from YouTube. Here's a link to her blog)

I bought the Red Cherry #747L from ebay. They are huge eyelashes, so I probably wouldn't wear them on a regular basis, but they are perfect for certain makeup looks, costumes/cosplay, videos, etc.

Before

After 

I absolutely love this lashes!! Red Cherry uses 100% human hair, so they look more natural than synthetic lashes and last a lot longer (up to 20 uses)! They are super affordable too!

Comfort: 10/10
Volume: 8/10
Length: 10/10
Realistic: 8/10
Price:10/10
Overall: 10/10


I would definitely recommend Red Cherry Lashes!

~Till next time~

What Have I Been Up To?

I've been very busy lately! I went to two birthday parties for my cousins in one weekend, started summer school at my local university, and joined a gym! I'm even thinking about going to ballet camp 4 days a week!

Summer school is very tiring, but it will be worth it in the end when I don't have to take chemistry next year! I'll just work super hard and try to get a good grade! 

*Sigh* Well anyway, here are some pictures I took from the birthday parties I went to.

UPDATE: Marina And The Diamonds: Lonely Hearts Club LA

On Saturday, I went to go see Marina And The Diamonds in Los Angeles, and it was such an AMAZING experience! My friends and I got to the venue 4 1/2 hours early so we could get good spots in the front when the concert started. We made some friends in line, to kill time and it was a pretty good day so far, until they started letting people inside.

Since this was my first concert I've been to, I did not know that they had a rule about how you can't bring "big professional " cameras into the concert. I looked online and it said that you could bring cameras, but I guess they meant the small ones (THEY DID NOT SPECIFY!). I saw a lot of other girls in line with DSLR cameras as well, so I thought it would be fine. The security guards told us to either drop it off somewhere then we'll be able to cut the line and get inside or don't go inside at all. The problem is that we got dropped off and we all live far away from the concert so we didn't have any where to put the camera. My friends and I tried to reason with the security guards asking if we could leave it with them,saying that we didn't know about the rules, that they should have explained this before security check etc etc. There was nothing that they could do to help us,so they just escorted us out of the line to deal with the camera. We all started freaking out, especially me, but luckily my friend started talking to a group of police officers and they were nice enough to offer to hold onto my camera until after the concert!
*:･ﾟ✧ THANK YOU LAPD!!!✧:･ﾟ*

When we got inside though, it was whole different problem. We were able to get good spots,but the crowd in the front was so crowded that you could barely move and the lack of oxygen was unbearable. Many people couldn't handle the chaos in the front,so many had to leave because they started to have panic/anxiety attacks. One of my friends was also on the verge of an attack, but thank goodness that the security guards were nice enough to give out water cups and bottled waters or else my friends and I probably would have left too,but everything was worth it for Marina!

She is one of my favorite singers in the world and it was amazing to finally see her in person! I am happy to say that my first concert I've ever been to was at Marina and the Diamonds' Lonely Hearts Club Tour! She sang all of my favorite songs and her energy on stage was so powerful that the whole crowd was going crazy! Her opening act, Charli XCX really pumped up the crowd before the show and gave a wild performance. You guys should check both of them out!

                                

We were a lot closer to the stage than it looks    

*Not My Picture!*

*Not My Picture* Charli XCX

My best friend and I at the concert!

Security: 9/10
(Not holding a grudge, I know they were just doing their job!)
Opening Act- Charli XCX: 9/10
Main Act-Marina And The Diamonds:10/10
Crowd:7/10
Price: 9/10
Overall Experience: 10/10

Maybeline Great Lash Waterproof Mascara Review!

  I recently bought "Great Lash" Waterproof Mascara by Maybeline since I was running out of mascara and I've heard really good reviews about it. 

What the brush looks like

Close up of the brush

(Left) No mascara (Right) Mascara
You can't really tell the difference! >_<

Waterproof: 8/10
Length: 6/10
Volume: 4/10
Clump Free: 4/10
Overall: 4/10

I didn't really like this mascara at all! I was born with really short straight eyelashes so I need the extra volume and length that mascara usually gives me. I didn't get any of that from Great Lash, but it did give me a lot of clumps! When you apply the mascara, it dries really fast so it's hard to apply more coats.The mascara bottle may be pretty, but looks can be deceiving!  Maybe this mascara works differently on different people, but this is just my experience with it.

Bow Kuma Review (✿◠‿◠)

Hey everyone! For those of you who do not know what Bow Kuma is, it's a super cute online store where they sell products from bows, clothes, jewelry, etc. They've been expanding their store and coming out with new products like the bow I'm going to review, "Bow Hair Tie". It comes in lilac, pink and stars. I bought the lilac bow and I love it so much!

Cute packaging!

                       

 Very professional with their business cards!

                   

               The free "goodies" it came with! A cute Hello Kitty candy and some stickers!

Customer Service: 10/10
Product: 10/10
Shipping: 10/10
Overall: 10/10

This bow is super cute, very well made and I have gotten a lot of compliments on it!

What I love the most about Bow Kuma over any online bow store, is their customer service. One time, there was a delay in the shipping, so when I finally got the package, along with the bows was an apology letter about the delay and a free bow! That was very professional of them and shows that they care about their customers.

Shop now at bowkuma.com!


 
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