Winner of Giveaway and Florida Trip

Happy Easter everyone!  

 First off, congratulations to Monika for winning my mini birthday giveaway!  She will be receiving the items listed in the previous blog post~ a Rafflecopter giveaway

Anyway, something very sad happened to me recently.

My grandma passed away about two months ago. I didn't have it in me to discuss it on my blog back then, but my grandma was a wonderful lady. She inspired me so much to be who I am today. She passed her love of Japanese culture to me as well as her love of fashion, and she taught me to be kind and loving to others. I will forever miss her. 

This is a photo of me and my grandma. I was probably 2 or 3 years old in this picture.

So in the middle of this month my dad and I went to Florida to visit my grandpa as he was very lonesome and down. We live in Illinois so we're very far away from him and don't get to see him very often. It was so nice to be with him and to help cheer him up. We spent nice quality time together talking, going out to restaurants, the beach, and enjoying the weather there. My dad golfed with him, golfing has always been my grandpa's favorite past time. It was time that doubled as quality family time as well as vacation time since I got to be off of work for a little over a week, and the temperatures were much warmer there than in Illinois where it's still snowing lol.

 So while in Florida, I made sure to take lots of pictures of my grandpa and the things we did. I'll post some of them here~ (The ones I posted here are also on Instagram along with more photos)

I can see the beach! (photo from inside the plane~)

A family friend let us stay in their vacation home (which just happens to be really close to my grandpa's house!) during our stay. Here's the room I stayed in.

Our rental car was this cute little Fiat 500


Grandpa :)

Pretty flowers~

Docks and seagulls

Beach (only went one time while there and stayed for a short period but it was nice~)

Saw this cute little guy relaxing poolside!

Went to an anime store (grandpa was like "oh this is like the stuff you draw huh?" hehe) and saw this super adorable Vaporeon plushie. He's super soft too. Had to get him and had to bring him to the beach for a photo op hahaha

Drew this in the car on the way to a restaurant for my birthday dinner~ Ended up giving the drawing to my grandpa because he liked it  

Found my favorite coffee in a store there!!

I dunno, I like this photo of me hehe. I was told by shop staff in an accessory/clothing store that I looked Greek because of the headband haha


Bought the backpack for myself so that I could travel easier than with my purse. Plus it was super cute being lavendar and all~ Attached Korilakkuma to it. The shoes and wallet were a gift for my birthday.

Food snaps:

And I might as well post my nail art that I've done since my last nail art post.

Glitter and pastel


Simple pink and polka dots


Color blocking and leopard


Ribbons


I'll end this post by saying I love and miss you forever grandma, and I already miss you grandpa! Much love~

Mini Birthday Giveaway!

Okay, my birthday is coming up soon and to celebrate that I'm going to do a mini giveaway! Here's what the winner will receive:

- 3 Bracelets
- 1 Rose-scented soap
- 1 Bathclin rose-scented bath salt packet
- 1 Mini Rilakkuma notepad

You can enter for this giveaway using the Rafflecopter app below. Each task is worth 1 raffle entry. Entries will be accepted until March 20th (my birthday!) March 31st (due to lack of entries probably because my blog is newer and because this giveaway isn't super exciting ) and I will randomly select a winning raffle entry soon after that.

Good luck everyone~!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

I.myss Cell. 5 and Flower's Liquid Eyeliner

Hello all~ 

Today I will be doing a little review on two products! One is I.myss's Cell. 5 Multi Cleansing Foam and the other is Flower's On Your Mark Eyeliner!

First up for review, I.myss's Cell. 5 Multi Cleansing Foam

I received two free sample packets of Korean brand I.myss's Cell 5. Multi Cleansing Foam some time ago when I bought a cosmetic online I think. It was only recently that I decided to try it though. 

The sample packet apparently it features K-pop group 2AM on it.
"A new concept skincare line which the naturally fermented cellulose forms moisturized screen to make the skin moist."

The back of the packet~

Product placed directly on my skin

Product smoothed onto my skin

When I opened the packet and put the product onto my skin, it was kinda chunky. Smoothing it over my skin didn't quite get rid of the lumps of product. I don't know if the bottled product has this lumpy consistency or if it is just the sample packets I got. I couldn't quite place my finger on the smell of the product... my boyfriend smelled it and told me it smells a lot like watermelon! I kind of agree, though it smells like a slightly off watermelon, haha 

After massaging it into my face, my skin instantly felt softer, and when I rinsed it off, my face felt totally squeaky clean! Makeup comes off so easily with this product and it also cuts through oil really well. 

Over all, I wasn't sure about the chunky/lumpy consistency, but I didn't mind it either. The smell was okay- I didn't hate it but I didn't like it either. But the end results of super clean and soft feeling skin is worth it! I'm seriously looking into buying the full product because of how well it works~

The second product up for review is Flower's On Your Mark Liquid Eyeliner. 

The packaging is simple and features a pastel rose~

Flower is a new brand by Drew Barrymore featuring pastels and natural looks. The products are made in the USA and are not tested on animals 

I've been looking for a good felt-tipped eyeliner kind of like Dolly Wink's eyeliner pen when I saw this at Walmart (the only place you can get Flower products, apparently.) It was around $7. 

When I opened it, the tip was white and there was so eyeliner ink/fluid on it. You have to press the tip against your skin or something to get the eyeliner to flow. Took me awhile to figure this out haha

Once it is flowing, this eyeliner pen is perfect! The pen eyeliners I have tried before tend to have stiff/hard felt tips but this one is nice and soft. You can easily vary the line thickness and thinness. I love it! I will definitely repurchase this.

I'll end this post with an Instagram pic that I purikura'd.