Liebster Award

Thanks a lot to Misa Lee for nominating me as a part of Liebster Award >w<
She has a cute blog and if you love gyaru and lolita style. Furthermore, I also want to thank Sonya Crawford for this award <3 She has a cool beauty blog.
Check out their awesome blogs :D
Truthfully, I can't stop smiling on the day when I got notification for getting this award xDD

Here are the rules:

1. Each blogger should answer the questions the tagger has set for you.

2. Choose 11 new bloggers to pass the award onto and link them in your post.

3. Create 11 new questions for the chosen bloggers.

4. Go back to their page and tell them about the award.

5. Each blogger should post 11 random facts about themselves.

6. No tag-backs

Questions from Misa:
1. Do you play music instruments?
Yes, I do :) I can play piano since elementary school xD But, I'm still not a pro on this instrument, because my progress were rather slow. Usually, I'll play classical music, but I also love to play other genres of music such as pop or jazz. 

2. What's your daily morning routine?
Brush my teeth, Take a bath, doing my skincare routine

3. Your favorite song?
Love Blossom (K.will), C'est Si Bon (Lisa Ono), Goodbye Days (Yui)
4. What's your favorite lipstick?
So far, I love Rimmel lipstick in #070 color (Airy Fairy). That's because the color have a mixture between pink and brown, so it can produce a lovely nude lip color <3

5. Do you have phobia? What is it and why?
I don't think so. But sometimes I get scared with cockroach, especially for the flying cockroach. In my opinion, they are disgusting and ugly :( I don't know why, but even when I'm thinking about cockroach it made me feels bad :X

6. What's your favorite TV show?
To be honest, I rarely watch TV. But, sometimes I like to watch harajuku kawaii. Is that include as a TV show? hahaha :P

7. What's the yuckiest food you ever tasted?
I don't really remember, because I usually don't want to try food which looks weird or smells bad. hahaha xD
However, if I need to answer this question, I think it's jengkol (sorry I don't know the english name of this food). I don't know why, but I just don't really like that food. LOL. 

8. What do you do when you're home alone?
Playing computer and browsing the internet :P or sometimes I will sew my dress, it will be a perfect time to catch up the deadline. hahaha xD

9. What's your favorite drugstore?
Watsons! Whenever I go overseas, I'm willing to stay at watsons to saw the products there while my family were seeing another store.

9. Where would you like to travel if you had the chance?
Of course, on the top of my list is JAPAN~ I really want to visit Shibuya and Harajuku, I think it's really fun to take a look in the shop and see the pedestrian around those places, because I'm sure that the people would have an awesome styles! xD 

10. Your dream hairstyle?
Ash Brown hair color with ombre style on the bottom part. I think semi blonde-brown on the bottom part would be great! Moreover, the color should be accompany with wavy hair<3 <3

11. Who's your inspiration in blogging?
My favorite blogger all the time Cominica Len :D Before I start my blog, I love to read her post and I think she really puts much efforts in making the post looks good. Even until now, I still admire her as my inspiration in blogging :) Another bloggers who inspire me are Kelly, Eki, Miyake, Cheesie, Stella Lee. Actually there's more, but I don't think I should list all of them one by one, otherwise this will be a super long post! hahaha xD




Questions from Sonya:
1. How long does it usually take you to get ready in the morning? What do you spend the most time on?
Usually I need 20-30 minutes to prepare everything~ My skincare routine takes the longest time :P hehe.

2. What was the last book you read and how was it?
The last book I read was Sunshine becomes you. It was super great and romantic x3 Actually this book is a best seller in Indonesia too~

3. Name your top 3 favorite songs.Love Blossom (K.will), C'est Si Bon (Lisa Ono), Goodbye Days (Yui)

4. What is one type of makeup (blush, foundation, mascara, etc.) can't you live without?
Concealer. Because I have panda eyes even though I get enough sleep TTwTT

5. Is your room usually clean or dirty?
Clean~ I'm a type who likes everything clean and neat. Whenever I see my things are untidy, I will tidy it up.

6. If you had to become an animal, which one would you pick? Why?
Dog, because I really love dog, especially the cute one. hahaha xD In my opinion, they are a great companion in any situation.

7. What is your favorite thing to do in summer?
Watching TV in a room with air conditioner xD

8. What did you want to be when you were younger?
Fashion designer~ I always dream to be a successful fashion designer when I grew up. However, I'm not sure if this dream will become true. hahaha.

9. All time favorite movie?
Paradise Kiss. It's a movie which I always remembered whenever people ask me to recommend a movie :P

10. When you have extra money, what is the first thing you buy?
Actually I have many list of things to buy, but I think I want to buy a digital camera. That's because my digital camera is broken yesterday :(


11 Random Facts about me
1. I loves to cook and eat healthy foods
2. I really concern on my appearance (mostly, but not all the time) xD
3. When you meet me in real life, maybe you'll see me as a quiet girl, but just wait until we got closer. I'm such a talkative person! hahaha.
4. I can almost eat any kinds of food, as long it's not weird :P
5. Butler and Maid cafe are a MUST visit place for me if I'm able to go. LOL.
6. Some people see me as a lady, which means I usually show my elegant side in daily life
7. To achieve my goals, I always work hard and rarely gave up.
8. I'm good at memorizing
9. I can easily sleep whenever I wanted
10. I eat lots of fruits and vegetables.
11. Fangirling when seeing handsome boys (but I still know the limit) xD


Questions from me
1. What items that you always bring everywhere?
2. Gadget(s) you can't live without?
3. Who's your idol?
4. What kind of music genre that you always listening to?
5. What's your dream room?
6. What's your favorite country? Why?
7. Your favorite food?
8. Do you have art talent(s)? Mention some of them~
9. Where do you live and what are the things which you really love in your own country?
10. What's your favorite restaurant or food store ?
11. What's your motivation in blogging?


The 11 blogs which I nominate :)
http://princess-tulip.blogspot.com/
http://candymusiclove.blogspot.com/
http://sincerelydolly.blogspot.com/
http://beautyneverdates.blogspot.in
http://miss-sennnaa.blogspot.com.au/
http://www.hellosasyachi.com/
http://torukogyaru.blogspot.com/
http://ariisa-blog.blogspot.com/
http://yozellynj.blogspot.com/
http://jessicaliani.blogspot.com/
http://strawberrysweetprincess.blogspot.com/

Sugar Bunnies and Kurumi dress

I just came home from retreat yesterday. I'm super tired, but it was really fun and worth :3

Actually, I want to post another reviews and I've prepared for it. However, the memory card of my camera were broken. All photos which belongs to the reviews are there, so I need to retake the photos :(

Finally, I decided to post my recent artworks to keep this blog alive xD

and here it is =)

Photo taken by kamego~

I also found this photo at a fan page. It is HaraShibuBara, they usually post many things which relates to Japan culture. Mostly they are about gyaru, harajuku, and lolita! I really love to see their posts xD hahahah.

The photos above are taken from ennichisai. I was so happy at that time, because there's a Japanese man who said "Kawaii" to me. Maybe it's only a simple word, but it means a lot to me~ LOL.

Furthermore, there was an aunty who praise my outfit at that time. She said that it's cute and the design is unique. When hearing it, I was extremely happy! xD

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Do you know Date a live? If you see the picture below, it's kurumi outfit that she use for her date~ You can see the movie on episode 8.

This outfit is like a miracle to me, because the final product turn out great even though I was really busy preparing my piano concert at that time. 

This piece is made for my friend~ :D

Well, I can't make many outfit on May-June. Hopefully, this month I can make many dresses. xD

Currently, I'm working at 2 biggest project for this year. 

*Spoiler: 1 of them will use a light armor, so this time I will learn to make something new *v*

The other one is taken from a popular anime and movie, Paradise Kiss. I was deeply in love with the movie and characters, so I decided to cosplay it. hehe.

Thank you for reading my post and see you :) :)

Where to buy lolita bags

Hello everyone~
I think some of you knew that I really love lolita~ and these days, I really wanted to own another lolita bag.
Why? 
Because actually I only have 2 lolita bags and sometimes I find difficulties to coordinate my lolita dress with the bag.

Finally,
I wanted to buy a lolita bags from taobao and there's a GOOD NEWS :)

For you who lives in Indonesia, I will help you to get the lolita bags from the store which I wanted to buy. 
So, my intention to help you is just to spread lolita culture in Indonesia <3 Because I will be very happy to meet new lolita friends, since the lolita girl population in Indonesia is very few TTwTT

However, I will only limit the types of bag, just to avoid the seller send me the wrong items. Moreover, all price will be in Indonesia Rupiah, just to make everyone easier~
The price includes local shipping in China and Indonesia, shipping from China to Indo, and agent's fee.
All price will be stated below each photos.
Anyway, currency in yuan strengthened and the cost for shipping is very expensive. Therefore, the price still not cheap when buying it from Indonesia TTwTT

First model~

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w1003-2357381893.7.A5lCT5&id=18737759079&scene=taobao_shop

Price: IDR 320.000

Second type~

 http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w1003-2357381894.20.A5lCT5&id=22259412244&scene=taobao_shop

Price: IDR 274.000

Third model~

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w1003-2357381886.4.A5lCT5&id=17261963883&scene=taobao_shop

Color available: red, black, white, pink, light blue, mint blue

(please open the link to see the product of each color)

Price: 272.000

If you want to order the bags together with me, just send message to my email: rika.nathania@gmail.com

I will close the order on 4 July. 

*Fyi, on 25-30 June I will have a retreat so forgive me my response are slow, because I'm only allowed to use handphone on break time.

The items will arrived to me at approximately 3 weeks. After that, I will notify to those who buy the bag(s) :)

Hopefully this will be helpful :)

Don't miss this chance while I'm still kind *just kidding* LOL xD

why someone should be grateful

Actually, this post is not related to beauty or fashion. To be honest, I need to think almost twice to post this. However, I just thought that after reading this post you can found a new motivation.

Basically, it will be about my experiences. If you suddenly get bored when seeing my long writing, just close it, but I recommend you to keep reading. 

Why? 

You will never knew if you have a similar experience with me and maybe you will be grateful for it.

These days, so many things happen to me. Most of them are bad things. I don't know why, but it seems all of my hard works never turn out good..

First,

The IELTS test. I need to take this test as a requirement to enter my university.

I've done my best to study hard EVERYDAY, even I need to ask for approval to my school for not attending the activities after my final exam finished and use that time to take an IELTS course.

When I took the test, I'm 100% sure that I will be passed, because the test was easier than what I thought.

The results? I was failed. My overall score is 6.0, but the writing is 5.5

I only need to get 0.5 more and it made me dfdsfsdfsdfslgjskdjgksjdkgjsldgkj. *Super bad mood*

Second,

This past, actually I'm not 100% that I'll passed :P However, I want to try it, at least I will get some experience.

I don't know if actually I need to share these things :X However, yea I decided to tell it..

I join 2 auditions which held by MMK (moe moe kyun maid cafe) and angels. If you haven't know about MMK, it's actually a maid cafe that usually opens at AFA (anime festival asia). Just google it if you still don't have ideas xD LOL.

The second one, which is angels.. Actually it's an audition for cosplayer in my country, that later after some people are selected, they will be a team to do some cosplay together. So, basically they will do a freelance job as cosplayer in some events.  What I thought, someday Indonesia will known as country that has friendly and talented cosplayers because of this team. lol~

Finally.... I don't called for interview at MMK but get called for angels. hahaha.

At the end, after I've quarrel a little with my mom to join this things, I still didn't pass.

To be honest, I feel down when seeing the announcement, because I think there's still a hope that I will pass this time.

Third,

I've prepared many properties for my piano concert on the 15 June. The time management for making these things are not good. So, we (the committee) need to make everything in less than 1 month. Of course, almost everyday I feel super tired and almost get sick TTwTT

When the day come, I can't play well. There's a part where I stopped for 2-5 seconds and so many wrong notes! Erghh,, so sorry to Chopin for not playing your song well >w<

So, what's the point of telling those stories? Am I only complaining and get angry with it?

Absolutely not.

I never regret those things to happen. If I got the chance to go back and fix many things, I won't do it. Because, if I didn't experience it, I will never be better.

If I didn't failed on the previous IELTS test, I won't achieve a better score. Right now my overall score is 6.5 with 6.0 on writing, 7.5 on listening, 6.5 at reading, and 6.0 on speaking.  Moreover, I won't rely on God when waiting for the score. The 2nd test were harder, so I didn't think that I would pass. However, I believe God can do a miracle for me.

Other than that, I also made my parents proud because I was called to stand in the stage for getting 100 on English national exam and pass the ielts test with a good score.

If i didn't try my luck for joining the MMK and angels audition, I won't know the feeling when I got rejected and needs to improve in many things. Also, I also learn a lot that even though physical appearance is important, but socializing with others are more important. When people find something special from me, it means that I'm succeed.

If I didn't being a part as a committee, I will never experience on how to create an event and how to make it successful. Furthermore, I learned  a lot to make various things. Right now, I'm really good at using glue gun and wires :P (I rarely use them before. LOL xP)

There's still many things I should be grateful, but it will be too long if I list one by one. hahaha xD

If you feel really down and think you're not good, list down things that you feel happy in your life. For me it's really effective, because there won't be any people in this world who never feel happiness.

Every little things give a big impact.

So, I list 1 or 2 things that I'm happy everyday. If there aren't any, I'll just write a motivational quotes that I found on that day :P 

Hopefully this will motivates you to reach goals and be better.

Don't forget to believe in God on everything, but you needs to work hard too~ hahaha xD

Remember, 

be grateful for everything <3

SG haul + tutorial survey

Hi everyone <3

If you notice, I rarely post anything for the previous week. My life got super busy due to my piano concert which held on 15 June.

As a part of the committee, I need to make bunch of properties and attend some meeting :(

However, today I'm back to my routine as a blogger xD So, this will be a super late post after my first post of May haul. LOL.

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I went to Singapore at the end of May with my grandma and mom. Also, we only spent 2 days there! LOL. But, I could still bought some items and I'm really happy about it~ hehe xD

When I flashback that time, I went to many places to get these items. The great thing is I don't get tired! *The power of shopping* LOL xD

However, I'm a little bit sad because I can't come to Funan Anime Matsuri. I really want to meet Kaname and the other guest star. Moreover, I want to visit the Maid&Butler Cafe too TT___TT

But that's fine, I just need to wait for AFA :3

So, what did I buy?

<3 A pink shoes. Bought from Vincci store

(Please pardon my big legs TT___TT)

<3 Rohto Cube eye drop and Hello Kitty Hand Sanitizer from Watson.
(will review the Rohto eye drop soon~ )

<3 Fabrics. There are so many cute fabrics in Singapore, but the price is a little bit pricey :P At least, the quality is really good!~ Bought from a store in People Park.

Last picture~
A photo of me after doing the piano concert. My face looks so freakin' asdjfkajskdfj :X

Anyway, I wanted to ask 1 question for all of you~ hehe.
In your opinion, should I make a video tutorial or tutorial in pictures?
Because I'm thinking to make another tutorial x)


Thanks a lot for your comments. I'm really happy to hear your opinion xD

[Ecotools] 5 piece Mineral Brush Set

Hi everyone x3

I'm so sorry that I rarely update my reviews :X

However, today I'm back to review another product which is produced by Ecotools.

Specially designed as a friendly set brush. Let's take a look closer to the information which are written on the back part.

At first, I'm really confuse why this set is called 5 piece brush set, but I can only notice that there are only 4 brush on the website's picture.

Until it arrived, finally I know the remaining one is the cosmetic case. hahahaha xD

I love the design of this brush, it's simple and the color is nice. Also, the size is rather petite, so it's really convenient to use it as travel brushes.

From left to right =

eye shadow brush - concealer brush - Powder Brush - Baby Kabuki brush

Eventhough it is stated powder brush in the catalog, but sometimes I like to use it as blush brush. I will take fewer time when applying blusher to the apple of my cheek :D

The cosmetic case is not really useful after all, because I rarely put my brush in this case. However, at least I can put another makeup in here, so it's not a waste~

The good side for this brush that it is so soft. I'm so happy to play with the brush sometimes, because it's fluffy <3 LOL

Moreover, I have use this brush for around 4 months and I found nothing bad about this product.

So, I definitely recommend you to buy this set if you are searching for make up brush :D

What's your favorite brushes anyway? 

Share your opinion here~ hehe.

Thanks for reading,

have a good day :)

May Haul

Hello everyone! ~

Since the new month has started, so I'm going to show you what I buy in May <3

However, this Haul will be divided into 2 parts~

Why?

Because I bought many things :X 

The first part is taobao section :D

Actually, I ordered it on the end of April, but there was some problem in China so it took longer time until the items were finally arrived.

If you notice, I buy so many socks. Yeah, I need to admit it that I bought too many :X 

*just realized it now* LOL.

However, how can I refuse not to buy these socks, they are too cute :(

Some of the socks have the same style, only the color is different~

If you notice, the brands of this socks are Caramella and Tutuana. Did you know them ?

They are SUPER popular in Japan~

*Fyi, this socks is not originally from Japan xD It's only a replica produced by taobao. They are much cheaper compared to original one. That's why, I decided to buy! xDD

I really want to show how it looks when I wear it, but things are so hectic these days :( 

Next time, I surely will take a picture of the socks when I wear it~ 

Last, here's my new wig which was bought from Lucaille x3

This time, I chose a gradient wig. The color is so soft <3 <3

Will review it later! :D

I got so many cute things in this month. Maybe I should start to save money next month >w<

Anyway, I think I'm going to sell some of those socks, but only for people who lives in Indonesia only. Sorry for the others :X

If you get interested, please make sure to check my 'blog sale' tab later :D

Thanks for reading, make sure to check out my MAY haul part 2. You'll know the main topic later on the post. See you~