Animal prints

This was on my bloglist for a long time: animals!

I'm an animal lover and I'm getting two rabbits myself this Summer. I can't wait till they are old enough. 

An animal theme can work for any style. I created some outfits for sweet, gothic and classic as inspiration for an animal themed look.


Sweet
For the sweet looks I chose honey picnic and sheep garden. At the honey picnic jsk I tried to bring out the brown of the bears. The golden shoes make the look more summery and grown up. With some cute bear accessoires you make the look complete. The sheep garden outfit has socks, a bow and the bag from the same series. I think the sheep bag is adorable.

Bears and sheep van flowersandpearls met crystal jewelry

Gothic
Before I made these outfits, I thought it would be easy to create a gothic outfit with an animal print. But it was more difficult than I thought. These two outfits are darker than the other outfits, but they have still something classic. I combined the butterfly jsk with a black blouse and butterfly themed items. The flamingo jsk is combined with a bolero. To go a bit more crazy you can add boots with hotpink shoelaces and pink bows.

Butterfly and flamingo van flowersandpearls met heel boots


Classic
For the classic outfits I chose two jumerskirts from Innocent world. They ended up brown both, but it fits the animal theme fine. I added dog and deer accessoires. Deer accessoires are quite popular these days, so it wouldn't be difficult to find them in local stores.  

Dogs and deers van flowersandpearls met dog tag jewelry

Melty Mermaid Princess

Another mermaid post!

Alice and the pirates has made a new print: Melty Mermaid Princess. Now we can finally see the print and the designs of it. Many pople wondered how the print looked like. The print is based on the original Hans Cristian Andersen story and is very detailed. (Click at the picture of a lager version.)  There are four colourways, but I like the white x blue colourway the most.

The designs are a bit dissapointing, especially the jsk. The ruffle at the jsk looks unflattering and the ruffle at the bottom don't look good. The OP is fancy, but I wouldn't wear it myself. It just don't fit my style. I like the skirt most, but too bad it is too small for me. I do like the socks and the headress, but the necklace looks cheap.

What do you think of this new print?

http://www.babyssb.co.jp/reserve/melty-mermaid-princess/index.html

I made a quick outfit with the skirt.

Melty Mermaid Princess van flowersandpearls met disney couture jewelry

Eyeliner!

Today I found some inspirational pictures for using eyeliner. I rarely use eyliner, but after seeing this pictures I want to wear it more often.

Sweet and Gothic Mermaids

Aqua princess is one of the new prints of Angelic Pretty. This print reminds me of Mermaid Symphony and Twinkle Mermaid, two other prints made my Angelic Pretty with mermaids on it. Especially Twinkle Mermaid looks very similar to Aqua Princess. But this time the colours of the print are brighter and they made some nice colour combinations. It's made in the colours pink, sax, black and mint.  A print with a mermaid theme is perfect for Summer.


Aqua Princess

Twinkle Mermaid

One print, two looks

With the colourways of Aqua Princess you can make two different looks with using the same print. Sweet coords with mermaids on it are much more seen, but a gothic outfit around a mermaid theme is more rare.

I tried to create two different looks, but still with the same theme.

In the gothic look I focused on the bright purple, without making it too overwelming. And the sweet look is pink and with with a classic touch. Both looks has pearls, pararols and a shell shaped bag. Those items reminds me of the sea.

Sweet and Gothic mermaids van flowersandpearls met betsey johnson tights

Wigs, false eylashes and circle lenses

Yesterday I read an article in the newspaper about plastic surgery and it suprised me what people do to make their body look more 'perfect'. Things like: toe suregy to fit better in heels, laces transplantation and even iris transplatation! I don't expect that much girls in lolita do some plastic suregy, but how fake do we want to go?. Lately the trend of wigs, false eylashes and circle lenses is growing bigger. At a lot of meet-up pictures I see like 50% or more of the girls wearing a wig. What is this trend about? Are we not happy enough with ourselfs? And wear wigs, false eylashes and cicle lenses to look more pretty? Who decided that these kind of things look more pretty? And what do you think about this trend?

These are serious questions to think about.

Some examples of meeting pictures

(No offence to the girls on it)

Personally I don't have anything against wigs (I have one myself), but I think wigs are less creative, than doing something with your own hair. There are so many things one can do with your hair. One of the big disadvantages is that it takes a lot more time (not always) to style your own hair. A wig is easier to put on and somethimes it's nice to have anohter haircut without have too much trouble. It seems that wigs are a part of OTT sweet, but I think pink wigs looks ridiculous. I prefer wigs that looks more natural.

For the false eyelashes and circle lenses, they are not for me. I don't like so much make-up on my face.

A perfect example of a girl without a wig, but still looks cute.

So what do you think about the wigs, false eylashes, circle lenses etc.?

Opinions are welcome!