Holika Holika

Hi, today I want to talk about Holika Holika.

Holika Holika means "addiction" and "temptation" the addiction comes from the English suffix -holic and the Korean word "holida" meaning temptation.

The brand has a concept of magical theme there logo has a witch flying on a broomstick, also many of their products are in purple colours (different shades of purple), blue and black with butterflies, stars and other intriguing packaging designs. I am especially in love with their magic drop perfume which is packaged like a potion bag. Its so pretty ^^ Also, the packaging uses a lot of sparkles~~~ if you like magic then maybe you'll like this brand. It also very popular amongst teenagers and young women.



 

 







I really hope to be able to use products from this brand and I super hope they don't disappoint me with my sensitive skin, I'm always apprehensive to try products out, because I always worry, will it make me itchy. ~~~ tell me in the comments section if you like Holika Holika products and whether, you like the products or not? 

In my next post, I'll show you some products that I got from Holika Holika.

Credits: None of these photos are mine, they belong to the original owners so credits to them. Also, some information was gathered from other sites on the internet, so also credits to the original owners.

Sweet Lolita

Hi, I'm back~~~ with another post, this time its about the super cutesy Japanese fashion called Sweet Lolita which is also known as "ama-loli",  if you have ever been to Harajuku or used Japanese fashion websites like Tokyo Fashion. You'll some people (mostly, girls. I presume) in lolita dresses with ribbons and bows and frills, that have cute patterns like teddies or sweets or unicorns on them and with cute accessories that bring nostalogia of the toys and soft toys we played with as kids.

Two of the most popular brands of Sweet Lolita clothing are "Angelic Pretty" and "Baby, the Stars Shine Bright".

Sweet Lolita is heavily inspired by "Rococo style" (which I love) as well as elements of Edwardian and Victorian clothing. Sweet Lolita uses the basic Lolita style then makes some changes such as using lighter clothes such as pastels, lights pinks and purples etc and child-like motifs. A lot of prints on sweet lolita use fruits like cherries or strawberries or other kinds of sugary fruits, flowers like roses and ribbons. 

Accessories usually follow a princess-like theme and bonnets, hair pieces and parasols are popular (I really want a parasol, they look so cute and pretty). Bags and purses follow in the same style, I've seen Unicorn shaped bags and fruit shaped bags on the internet before. The same applies for jewelry and all of these use pastel colours and such.

This is the first Japanese fashion that I discovered and its one of my favourite fashion styles, other styles that I like are "Decora", "Visual Kei (of course~~~)" , "Hime Gyaru" and "Gyaru". All of Japanese fashions are really awesome, whilst some fashions are really bright and colourful, others are just one colour scheme (e.g. black) and some focus on a specific them (e.g. medical).

Tell me, what are your favourite fashions? Do you like Japanese fashion? Thank you for reading and I look forward to your comments. 

Credits: Some information comes from the internet (various sites), as I wanted to do some more research on Sweet Lolita. Also, none of the pictures belong to me so credits to the owner.I hope the owners don't mind me using their pictures and information that I found on the internet. 


^^ see you on my next post^^

Can't Lose you?

Hi guys, I'm back with another post, maybe, if you know the Taiwanese F4 (JVKV) then you'll know the title is the name of one of their songs and its my favourite song of theirs. F4 became famous after the release of Meteor Garden back in 2001. They were put into a boy band and released music and went on tours across Asia with each of their individual charms, it was easy to see how they became popular especially with young girls and young women. They also bring back a lot of nostalgia and memories for those fans, as its a reminiscence of their high school days.

Recently,they performed together for a Chinese New Year programme for a long time, they haven't stood on the same stage. It must bring so much nostalgia and happiness to their fans.

Anyways, I got into F4 (I know this part isn't interesting and you just rather see some pictures of

F4) but I'm making you wait. I had my tonsils removed on March the 30th it was the first day

of my holidays (2 weeks) and I spent all that time on the sofa, my mum dug out a copy of Meteor

Garden, sadly it was in Mandarin (I only understand Cantonese) and no subs (I think).

However, I endured because of two things, because F4 are handsome (also, because I had become interested in Meteor Garden and the music was catchy) and because my parents translated it for me

and I had nothing better to do. :/

Without further ado, let me welcome you:

Pretty-faced Jerry Yan (I think he is perhaps one of the most popular members or at least

with older women), he was a model that was scouted. He is 180 cm tall, he has appeared in the

drama called Down with Love alongside Ella Chen and child actor Xiao Xiao Bin. He looks so gentle

and kind. Whoever, marries him will be very lucky :) he has appeared in other dramas as well.

Van Ness Wu (yes, it sounds like a girl's name. He said he got picked on by kids because of that)

Van Ness grew up in America, this means he is able to converse in fluent English and Mandarin, he

was the first member to release a solo album (Body will Sing). If you can't understand Mandarin

or prefer to watch something without subtitles then watch Van Ness's interviews in some of them

he speaks English and its extremely clear and good. He supposedly is engaged? =.= He is also a strong christian. You can follow him on Twitter and Instragram. 

 

Ken Chu, Ken got scouted to be part of Meteor Garden when he was working as a waiter. He has a reallysoft looking face, someone who looks friendly and kind but intelligent at the same time. He has releaseda cook book called Darling, lets cook together. He says he enjoys cooking and doesn't like eating food from outside. Me neither to be honest, home cooked food is the best. Ken, I'll cook with you! lol. I think he has appeared in some films.

Vic Chou, Vic was scouted too. He was waiting for his friend, who had decided to audition, and huddled

up in the corner of the path. The director or someone thought he suited the part of I forget the name

of his character, who is very shy and reserved. Vic also looks very shy and reserved right but again gentle. I say this word a lot but I think it best describes them. Vic has been in numerous films and dramas. Vic also has the nickname Zai Zai (which means little boy), it was the nickname his grandma gave him and his fans also, fondly call him by that name.

 

I really hope one day, F4 will get back together. I would love to see them on stage. They all have unique charms and I think you should go on YouTube and listen to one of their songs.

For music as F4, I like Can't Lose You and Can't help falling in love with you as soloists, I've

only ever listened to Van Ness's music and I really in particular like Love, Faith and Live.

To end this post, here is a picture of how they look currently. I know they

look different to how they were in Meteor Garden but that was over 10 years ago. Which look do you prefer? I prefer their appearance now.

When they first started out ~~~ back in 2001 (?)

  and this them now~ earlier on this year, performing together for Chinese New Year.

Okay, I hope maybe you'll give them a chance! !!

I guess, you are wondering who my favourite member is, its Van Ness but I noticed Ken first and I

actually really like him too, then its Jerry and then Vic. Sorry, Vic! To be honest, I like all four members.

Let me know in the comments below, what you think of F4, if you like their music or are willing to give them a try. :)

 Credit: None of these photos belong to me, credits go to their rightful owners.

Happy Birthday to...

This week, there has been many birthdays and of the many birthdays, there were three birthdays of members or musicians that I like listening to their music. I'm going to give you hints~~~ and lets see if you guess correctly who they are and no cheating lol. 

(1)

- He was a member of Malice Mizer.

- He acted in the film Bunraku.

-He is a member of super group S.K.I.N.

(2)

-He is a bassist

-He made a mobile phone game.

- He collaborated with another person, that shares the same name as him (did you get that?)/

(3)

-He is a vocalist

-His parents persuaded him to consider a career in music, he wanted to be an engineer originally.

-He was previously in another band with one of his current band mates.

Did you guys guess who the three people are ???

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Answers:

(1) Gackt.

(2) Kanon of An Cafe.

(3) Shou of Alice Nine.

Did you guess the correct answers, I hope my three hints for each person was clear enough.

So yes, Gackt is turning 39 (although, since no one knows if its birthday actually, I can't confirm if that's his real age), Kanon of An Cafe is turning 24 (again, I can't confirm this because Jrockers are so mysterious about their age) and Shou of Alice Nine is turning 32 ... :/

Yep, I just wanted to wish them a super duper happy belated birthday and I hope they carry on making music and doing what they love the most and stay happy and healthy~~~ 

Now, I shall finish with some photos of Gackt, Kanon of An Cafe and Shou of Alice Nine.~~~ credits: None of the pictures belong to me so credits to the owners of these pictures !!!

Gackt

 

Kanon of An Cafe

 

Shou of Alice Nine

Thank you for reading and see you next time ~~~ 

Shoxx X Fools Mate X Cure

 

Jrock magazines~~~ these three are the popular ones that I have seen other bloggers read and just seen them as the most popular Jrock magazines (I thought there was another one or two but I can't seem to remember the names of these magazines), although I understand no Japanese, I would happy to buy these magazines at reasonable prices, as they usually cover a wide selection of musicians and there is usually at least three that I like. 

Usually, these magazines cover bands and musicians such as An Cafe, SuG, LM.C, Mucc, Dir En Grey, X Japan, Alice Nine, The Gazette, Gackt, Miyavi etc. Although, I'm not sure if they cover older generation of VK bands like Glay or Buck Tick :/ which is sad... 


Shoxx is a monthly published Japanese magazine which carries the slogan of " Visual and Hard Shock " on the front cover of each magazine. Each magazine costs roughly 930 yen which is about 72 Hong Kong dollars~ and is popular with overseas fans for their pictures with the majoriy being full page, a poster of the cover star is included and advertisements, the magazine itself contains 20 page interviews and profiles on the cover star, that is awesome... even though I can't read Japanese yet. Some popular cover stars include Kagrra, The Gazette and Nightmare.

Some front covers of Shoxx magazine:
  



Fools Mate

Fools Mate is a magazine that started waaaayyyy back in 1977 but sadly, has since stopped publications of their magazine, this is really sad because its always nice to buy a wider variety of different visual kei magazines, even if you are buying for the same artist. Again, popular artists featured on the front cover of this magazine includes Gackt, Acid Black Cherry, The Gazette, Alice Nine, Vivid etc. 
 

Cure

Cure magazine is a Japanese fashion and rock magazine, that offers fashion tips and styling and has also has the latest scoop on the things that are happening in the Visual Kei scene. 

 

^_^ Thank you for reading ~~~ I just wanted to ask a question, do any of these magazines, if they do, give a large selection of mini sized posters to A3 sized posters (not those massive one) in their magazine.

I would love to buy any of these magazines and just look at the pictures and pin up the posters in my room~~~




Credits: To the original owners of the pictures and also the information that I found on the internet.