Japanese Sweets & giveaway

Hey there sweet tooth~

This post is for you who has a sweet tooth for sweets ^__^  

Gonna show you some of the candies that  I have bought so far lol 

Also a small giveaway at the end!

 

First off Raspberry kit kat~ I think this is one of the newer kit kat flavor,, not too sure cause there were few other different flavors that Ive seen so far ^^;;

Tastes like raspberry!  the center wafer is tart and gives off a nice contrast with the outside sweet raspberry chocolate :)

Fujiya Milky in Matcha milk flavor soft candy~ I couldnt resist anything matcha especially Milky lol

 

Tastes good! have a nice matcha flavor I really like this alot and if you like matcha you would like it too~ :)

 

Marukawa Fusen gum its a classic gum that usually comes in a small box but this new packaging comes in a triangle bag! so cute I had to get it lol such a sucker for packaging ^^;;

 

Taste really sweet super soft gum in flavor of wither orange or strawberry with hint of mint~ my childhood classic lol :)

Hayakawa Mofy milk candy in milk, strawberry milk and chocolate milk hard candy

Tastes good not too sweet and has a nice milky flavor~ the packaging is too cute! 

 

konpeitou is a old classic candy that been around for ages pretty much made out of pure sugar with flavor added with color, its cute to look at has a nice texture but it just tastes like sugar lol XD

Now for the giveaway! ^__^

3 people will win a bag filled with the candies in this post!

Please leave your name/email or twitter @name in this post comment :)

open to anyone in the world 

closes on 7/4

working on editing a vblog video of places I've been so far at the moment so please stay tuned for that video post! ^__^

XOXO

eki

Small Daiso Haul

Hello~

Went to Daiso 100 yen store few weeks ago so here is what I got.

Originally I went there to look for converter plug from 3 pin to 2 pin for my macbook air powder adapter but I went to the nail section and end up with a haul lol

 ^^;;

Got this really pretty luminescent glitter polish, also found Nail color dry up spray I used it 2 times so far it works well if you spray in between each coats and a nail polish remover which it not that great takes a while to take off the polish..

Found this really cute candy couldnt resist the packaging lol flavors come in milk, strawberry milk and chocolate milk :)

Been buying way too many sweets cause I cant resist cute packaging so I will be having a Sweets candy giveaway next lol

I wanted to thank you for all the well wishes here, on twitter and on instagram! Means so much! I am feeling much much much better~ Ready to go out and share more cool things with you soon :)

XOXO

eki

Caught a cold!

Hi Hi..

Im sorry for the long hiatus ^^;; 

Was sick in bed the last 4 days....I got sick Sunday night after coming home from going to Machida 109... D; I woke up middle of the night with heavy sweat and pain in my throat, next day I could not wake up due to intense pain through out my body and my left side of my next was swollen! I didnt know what happened so my mom took my temperature turned out I had a fever of 39C about 102F and I couldnt really talk or swallow cause my neck hurt so bad so my family decided that I needed to go to the hospital.

We went to a local hospital near my house so I only had to wait like 10 min before I saw the doctor, he looked at inside my throat and touched my neck told me I had a viral infection in my lymphoid that is why my neck was swollen and it was painful to swallow. He said that this type of infection was common in Japan during this time of the year, not to fear take the meds, go home and rest for the next 3 days. 

When ever you go to Japan and end up getting sick you can always go to the local small hospital with a exam fee that run about 4000 yen about $50, since I dont live in Japan I dont have insurance I end up paying flat fee of 4000 yen for the exam and 2000 yen about $25 for the meds

They gave me the list of the meds with directions for each, I got antibiotics,  pain killers, powder meds for my stomach like probiotics and some throat mouth wash to take 3 time a day for 3 days.

In Japan it is very common to see people wearing face mask in the streets its a way to show your courtesy to others if you are sick so that your dont spread your germs or if you dont want to be sick outdoors lol ^^;; 

In my conclusion, before I came home me and my cousin went to karaoke before we left machida, I think I got sick from the karaoke place from either the mic or being in a small private room D; Even though being aware of high germs and bacterias being in highly concentrated populated area I tried to make sure to wash my hands, use hand sanitizer when ever Im out and after coming home but I got this sick,, D; I do also believe my immune system was weakened because I had stomach issues ever since I got to Japan and also it was my time of the month DDD;

So If you do come to Japan especially to Tokyo area please take a good care of yourself cause you dont want to get sick while you are on your vacation, make sure to wash your hands, carry hand sanitizers and gaggle your throat after you get back to your home/hotel :)

XOXO

eki

Emoda sandal winner!

Congrats!

@vanessaliang

Please email me your info ^__^

Please stay tuned to a sweets giveaway next! ♥

XOXO

eki

Glossybox USA June 2012 box

    Hi~

Super belated post on this month's  June 2012 USA edition Glossybox! Im currently not at my US residence so my bf Zach who is house sitting opens my mails and also takes the photos for me,, so I am sorry for the delay.. ^__^ 

 Here is what was inside this month's box! I believe everything was deluxe size except the tooth paste and the brush :)

July box is currently still open for sale, $21 per month!

Review: Beautylabo whip hair dye in pearl ash

Hello!

Been forever since I did a review on a hair dye!! I decided that since I havent used any foam type dye yet I wanted to do a review on this Hoyu Beautylabo Whip hair color that I picked up at a drug store.

There are several different series of foam style Japanese hair dyes out there but what made me attracted to this particular dye was its color selection, its lightening level and the cute packaging lol....

I mentioned in instagram how I was not impressed by this dye, I will show you why... D;

I have chosen this shade in Pearl Ash

Whip hair color comes in 18 different shades to choose from.

Here is before

It has been about 1&1/2 months since I have colored by hair last so I had about 1 1/2inch of new growth, my medium ash brown faded and I have bleached my hair last year, so about from mid of my hair they are slightly lighter,, kinda had a ombre going on.

You can watch the before, the process and the after in this video :)

After 

I was really disappointed after I dried my hair and took a look at the inside of my hair it was not fully processed evenly.  It didnt really lighten my new growth too well, my bleached ends were the only place it was fully colored in ash tone like the hair dye promo image,,,

I believe the dye was not evenly processed because the dye was really hard to apply since the consistency of the foam was really thick, it was also really messy to have to scoop out the foam dye with your hands in this cup container after looking at the mess I made trying to dye my hair with this I was not happy.. 

Another negatives 

this dye really hurt my scalp it burn like crazy and since the dye had a thick consistency it was really hard trying to rinse out this dye took like 20 min just to rise out the dye cause it just kept of feeling slimy D; 

with my past experiences with many other home dye this had to be the messiest, hardest to rise out and the color processed unevenly.

Color:

☆☆☆★★ 

didnt really color my new growth like the promo image

Application:

☆☆☆☆★ 

really messy!

consistency:  

☆☆☆★★

Thick and hard to apply evenly

Overall:

I give it ☆☆☆★★ 

I would not really recommend this dye,, Im sure there is far better foam type dye than this one. It was just a hassle trying to clean up the mess and having to deal with painful burning scalp not worth it...

 

My hunt for perfect foam hair dye continues lol I got many recommendation on Kao Liese bubble foaming hair dye maybe I'll try that next :D

thx for stopping by hope this helps~

P.S.
 Thank you for 9000+ follows! Means so much to have all of your support in my little blog :)

 ありがとうございます♥

XOXO

eki