First days in Japan + Make Up Paradise ♥

Hello lovelies,

How was your week so far?

Another two days in Osaka passed and I'm still very busy! ^__^

There's a lot of work to do at my host family's house and working place! I help doing the most cliché japanese work I can imagine: cleaning and restoring old video games and consoles! I love it! xD Really interesting!

Yesterday one of my host family members asked me if I wanted to take public bus after work (at least I thought so) but was really confused later when I was asked to get myself a towel and shampoo ^^''' actually they meant public BATH lol

So this was my very first time ever visiting ONSEN!! ^____^

Onsen from outside! It was soo good ♥  ♥  But well, I guess it's even better in winter since it's still nearly 30°C outside at the moment..

Also yesterday at work we were given some delicious banana cake and coffee!

Aww! Very delicious (and sweet)! It was yellow cake with white cream and real banana inside! you can't see it very well but from the side the cake also looked like a banana!

Today before dinner I went for a 10-minute walk through Izumi City because I wanted to visit Drugstore Eleven!

Lampions eeeeverywhere!

Beautiful Osaka in the evening ♥

Drug Eleven from Outside...

...aaand Inside! *____* I went in and... kinda freaked out :D It was the first shop I visited and I found it so so awesome! I saw all the Make Up and Beauty Products I've only known from the Internet before!

Palty Haircolour!



Beautiful Tsubasa Masuwaka! *__*



Lots and lots of cute stuff! I could have bought everything :D



Dolly Wink False Eyelashes!! *////*



Beautiful Liquid Eyeliner! Maybe I'll buy it next time!



I was so happy spending time at this shop. I know it's a bit foolish but yeah... maybe I'm a weird person~^^'  It just felt so unreal to be there! I mean.. I wanted to go shopping in Japan since I'm eleven years old and even though it was just a small shop it was very special for me! It even got better when they suddenly played Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's Pon Pon Pon! Perfect! Felt like dreaming haha ♥

I had to laugh at this :D kawaii packaged tampons!

More False Eyelashes! So pretty! <33

And of course I also bought a few things.. but it was definitely not my last visit at Drug Eleven!! 

What I bought today:

Pink sparkling small Curling Iron! ^-^ I still have no matching adapter for my Hair Straightener and -Dryer (only phone cable fits -.- ), so this will be very useful! (and cute ^.^)

Cute Lower Lashes I found... I want to buy Dolly Wink ones as well!

 

...aaand Dolly Wink Upper Lashes 'Dolly Sweet'!! Finally! I alway wanted to buy them but why inconvenient online order when you can just buy them instore ;)

So, that's all for now! Tomorrow is my last working day this week and then on weekend I'm planning to do more sightseeing and shopping in beautiful Osaka!

I wish you all a wonderful day!

x

Arrival in Japan ♥

Hello everyone ♥
How are you?

Soo I finally have time to write an update on my blog about the very exciting things that are going on recently!
On Sunday my parents brought me to Frankfurt Airport by car because at 3:20pm I took the plane to Osaka, Japan!! ♥

Frankfurt Airport

 

I was reeeally excited about the flight, but I must say, at the beginning I was also very sad... because saying goodbye to everyone was really hard for me :( But anyway, I like flying and Emirates Airlines was just great! I could even choose a very delicious vegan meal! Plus I watched the Great Gatsby haha~  



 

 

Sunset over Turkey

 

I had to change to another plane in Dubai!

 



 

Dubai at night! It was so so impressing!

 

 

 

Dubai Airport! Everywhere were palm trees and fountains...

 

 

...aaand luxury shops ^__^

 

I had to wait at Dubai Airport for 4 hours! It was like 11:30pm when I arrived and still 35°C hot!! crazy! haha~ I had two scarves and a jacket on because it was quite cold on the previous plane! I really didn't want to behave like a crazy tourist but two stylish japanese girls waited with me and one had a Nadia bag *__* I couldn't stop staring at it, waaah! ^\\\^ Can't wait to visit the store in Tokyo!  Then plane again:

 

 

 

South Korea!! Awww can't wait to go there too ♥

 

 

And finally Japan!!!

 

I arrived at about 5pm at Kansai International Airport Osaka! ^___^ Still can't believe it! all in all the flight took me more than 18 hours!

While I'm in Japan I will take part in a program called 'WWOOFing' where you can live with a japanese family and help them with work and in return they provide food and a sleeping place! (no money, it's more about cultural exchange).

 

First I needed to take the train to Izumi Fuchu Station, where my host family picked me up. I asked a girl for the right train line and she was so nice and went the whole way with me and showed me everything! ^__^ I was so happy about it! Now we want to meet up again~

 

Everyone at my new place was so nice and friendly! But I was really tired and went to bed early...

Next day (today^^) I took a walk in the morning and enjoyed Izumi City ♥

 

 

 

 

Nice quiet streets

 

 

                                               

 

nice small river <3

 

                                               

 

Lampions everywhere!

 

And this was our lunch today: Ramen! ^__^ ♥

 

                                               

There's so much more to say about this first two days but I guess that's enough for now ;) I'm really looking forward to my time here in Japan!

 

Have a nice day!

 

P.S. can somebody tell me what's written on the lampions? :D

 

<3

Preparations + Newest Buys ♥

Hello lovelies, how are you? ♥

This is my last week in Germany before I move to Japan and South Korea for 6 months and I'm (still) reeeally excited! ^__^ I spend all the time crazily running around, planning things, making last buys and so on! I guess this behavior is normal (at least I hope so~ ) Also, I started packing the things I will take with me and it's quite difficult to choose what to take and what to leave!

♥ Two books about Japanese and Korean Lifestyle! I got these as a gift from my friends!

♥Random picture of feminist cookie! I think those are so cool!

Also, I want to show you some of my recent buys:

♥ Manhattan Eyemazing Effect eyeshadow + Manhattan x Bonnie Strange limited edition nail polish

I really like these colours! Has anyone got the same? Can't wait to try them!

♥ W ♥ C by Chinatsu Wakatsuki skull pullover

Aww, I'm so happy I've got it now! I really like w ♥ c clothing, it's so colourful and creative!

I can't wait to wear it for autumn/winter! I've heard winter in Japan and South Korea could get quite cold?
Here are some inspirational pictures:

(Pictures found on Tumblr)
Sorry for all the decoration, I tried a new purikura mobile app :D
That's it for today! Thanks for reading.
And if anyone of you is in Japan at the same time, please let me know!

Have a nice day ♥

Concert summer ♥

Hello dear readers,

How was your weekend? Did you enjoy Friday the 13th? haha~

As part of my diary blog entries I wanted to write a post about the concerts/festivals I visited this summer! I looove going to concerts, it's one of my favourite things to do <3

I didn't go to many/expensive concerts or festivals this year because I wanted to save up for Japan... and because of that I haven't bought tickets for some of the concerts I really wanted to see like Lana del Rey, CocoRosie or Emilie Autumn ;_; But anyways, I did quite enjoy the concerts I could go to !


* Betty Dittrich and The Baseballs

I went to see Betty Dittrich at an Open Air Concert and luckily The Baseballs played afterwards, who were really good as well ^__^
If you don't know her, Betty is a really cute girl that performs german songs inspired by the 60s and 70s! <3
Although it rained (unfortunately) we all wore flowers in our hair and I could dress in Vintage clothes, it was nice!
The Baseballs are quite popular in Germany, I guess? They had a lot of fans in the audience! They play modern songs from Rihanna, etc. with Rock'n'Roll music , good for dancing <3

* Tocotronic

I saw them at the wonderful 'Folklore Festival' in Wiesbaden, Germany! It was my first time seeing them and I was soo happy! They have such intelligent and moving lyrics, I really enjoy listening to their music for several years now!

* Frittenbude

This german band that is actually named 'fries' is maybe not that popular now, but they're really good and I like their attitude :) They are against discrimination, etc. On their shows everyone gets crazy and as you can see people in costumes were dancing around haha~

* Jennifer Rostock

I think this was probably the best concert of all *__* I love love love this women, she's so crazy and hot and has an amazing voice! Many of my friends don't really like her music, so I had to go to her concert at Folklore alone while my friends watched some other bands, but it was totally worth it!!! I had to wait two hours to get a place in the front row, it was very difficult! But during the concert I was just so moved and happy I needed to cry the whole time ^^' Jennifer even came down to her fans and I could hold her hands, I was very happy about it! I definitely want to go to a Jennifer Rostock concert again!

* Laing

They also played at Folklore so we spontaneously decided to watch their performance! ^_^ They were really cool and elegant! In Germany, they had a popular song this year, called 'Ich bin morgens immer müde' (I'm always tired in the morning) haha~

*Paramore *___*

Do I need to say anything about this concert? It was amazing! We went to see Paramore in Neu Isenburg, a town near Frankfurt! Hayley Williams has so much energy, it's just crazy! They played some of their most famous songs like 'decode' or 'ignorance', but also some songs from their newest album!


Besides that I visited concerts from sookee, a really cool lady and women's rights activist, and Folk Noir, who play medieval-inspired acoustic music

As you can see, I really like many different styles of music ^-^ Which kind of music do you like?
Also, I would love to go to a concert while I'm in Japan! Who knows? Maybe I'm lucky~

( Sorry for the blurry pictures, I couldn't take any good ones unfortunately, but I wanted to post them anyway! )

P.s.: I'm so happy I passed my driver's licence test this monday! I was afraid I couldn't make it and would have to wait until I'm back in Germany next year, but luckily everything went well ^-^

Only 11 days till my flight, yay ^__^

I wish you all a nice evening!
Love

Shopping: Katie Fall & Winter 2013 Collection

                                     Lolita Heart,  Baby Swan...

                                              

                                                 French Maid & Sweetened Discipline!!

 

 

Hello lovelies! How are you? ♪

One of my most favourite brands ever, Katie, has released their Fall&Winter 2013 collection and I want to show you some pictures~ ^-^

 

The collection is called 'Very Lingerie!!' and what can i say... I love it ♥ ♥
I'm so in love with all lingerie-inspired clothing in general, be it lots of frills and ruffles, creepy-cute fetish and babydoll ones, 50s-Style, or everything at once haha ♥ And the new Katie Collection is no exception *-*

 

Now on to the pictures~

 

 Pastels & Red is such an awesome combination ♥ I will definitely try this for autumn ^-^

                                        

Lovely Katie bags ♪

 ...aaand these gorgeous pins *-* I need all of them ♥

 

(Pictures taken from their Official Website)

 

On Katie's website you can find more lovely coords from their newest clothing!

So, I am, as expected, completely in love with the new collection... what do you think?

 

I get super excited when I think about my trip to Japan and that I will actually be able to visit the Katie store in person~ This is a dream come true for me!!

 

 

That's it for now, I wish you all a wonderful week!