I have introduced Oui, Ayano Ruban briefly last year, and this recent Japan trip i was invited to visit them again!

Oui, Ayano Ruban is a fashion brand in Omotesando, Tokyo, which concept is “Grown-Up Princess”. As you can guess, everything is frilly, girly and oh so sweet.

In February they had a special collaboration with Hello Kitty, and Kitty chan herself made a grand appearance at the shop in Omotesando!

With the signature Oui, Ayano Ruban Kitty in real life, she has a special huge bow on her head, so big that it covers her ears! She was also wearing a glittery frilly dress dotted with pink hearts <3 read more

I’m pausing the entries for family trip in Japan because i’m so excited to share my experience of staying in the Hello Kitty Rooms in Keio Plaza Hotel, Shinjuku Tokyo!!

It looks like this!!

Honestly it’s really one of the prettiest hotel rooms i’ve ever stayed in my life!!

First of all a little bit of history about Keio Plaza Hotel. I’ve actually stayed in Keio Plaza Hotel, Shinjuku before during one of my blogger trips to Japan. Usually the organizers put the media guests up at Keio Plaza because it’s very international, and more importantly read more

I’m so confident that there are gonna be more posts like this so i added the month and year. 😛

Read my previous Tokyo Omiyage (Jan 2015) post here!

So i just came back from my solo trip to Japan for about 5 days. It’s pretty much a pampering girly beauty + shopping trip X everything Hello Kitty (will blog more about it!). And i bought tons of stuff!!

And the thing is that i noticed that now that i am a mother and a (sort 0f) housewife, the things i shop for in Japan is also completely different -_-. I bought zero clothes for myself this time (so strange, i didn’t even think about it), and when i go to the malls, i go to do groceries and visit the baby department -___-. read more

(This post is written quite awhile ago, i think when i was still pregnant! I only get to publish it now XD)

It’s been a long time since a make-up tutorial!

The last time i blogged about Candy Doll (a lip, cheek and foundation series produced by Masuwaka Tsubasa made for gyaru make-up) was in 2011!

I am sure you have seen Candy Doll series online and in SASA, and to add to their latest collection, they have a brand new packaging with new colors!

Here they are!

The foundation series.

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Junya turns 8 months today!

(Also read  first month , second month , third month , fourth month , fifth month , sixth month and seventh month here.)

The past month was a rather relaxing month mostly chilling at home for both mama and bb but it’s also very fun and adventurous as Junya went on an exploration on a whole new world of foooooood.

So let’s see what happened in the past month!

For Mama

1. Full time mama

After Japan, i took some time off and just relaxed. For the whole month i was mostly working at home (with occasional outings with Junya together) so i feel like i’m a stay-home mom! read more

When i was in Japan shopping for Junya, i almost wanted to knock of the whole baby food aisle and bring it back here. It was incredibly cheap and soooo convenient. I mean, it’s made in Japan (all the yummy vegetables!) so the quality is probably better than even freshly cooked one. I was thinking, why even bother to cook baby food where there’s 50 different types of Kewpie in a jar?

I told the danna about it an dhe just said, “Make your own Rinyushoku (solid food for baby) please.” And that’s the end of it. My baby food in a jar dream was crushed. read more

I’m really lucky to have number76 take care of my hair all the time, and i sort of take it for granted and think that i can do whatever i want and they will fix it anyway. So i actually neglected the very important home care and just use random shampoos sold in drugstores.

Did you know?? Most of the shampoos in the markets contain silicone because it gives off a smooth and less frizzy finish, but is actually harmful in the long run because it can cause hair follicles to clog and result in unhealthy scalp. read more

I have just finished watching this Japanese drama called “Namae Wo Nakushita Megami” (名前をなくした女神), literally means, the Goddess Who Lost Her Name. The tagline of the drama is “Welcome to the hell of mama friendships”.

It is a story about 5 families, mainly the mother of the family and the drama revolving their friendship. Some are crazy jealous and some are nice but turned out to be psychos lol.

(On a side note, watch out for this little girl who goes by the name Lala in the drama. She is by far the cutestttttttestestest Japanese girl i’ve ever seen T_____T. read more

New nails!

Guess when was the last time i had my nails done??

2 years ago. For real! Ever since i got pregnant, i haven’t been going to the nail salon. At first it was plain laziness (pregnancy fatigue, anyone?), and after Junya was born, there simply wasn’t any time. Sit at a nail salon for 3 hours?? I could have had built Junya a castle lolol.

Some of us just don’t have the luxury to spare a good few hours apart from the baby just to do nails! But… what if you still can have fancy elaborated nails done all at the convenience of your own home, on your bed even, if you like? read more

Quick note: I just realized that many comments got stuck in spam T___T. And i accidentally deleted all spam forever so means your commenst will never see the daylight T__T. Just want to let you know that if your comments didn’t appear it is not because i hate you ok? T___T. Please let me know (via email!) if it still doesn’t work for you. And if i didn’t reply your question, you can ask me again!

When you travel with a baby and out the whole day, for sure you will have to change a few diapers/nurse or feed the baby, and even just get yourself and the baby some rest. read more