If you happen to 'accidentally' sign up for NHK subscription even though you don't watch the damn channel! Here's a tip!
- Call: 0120-151515
- and tell them you're moving to another country!
That's what I did! Simply 'coz I don't want to pay ¥13,990 yearly for something I don't watch and is a lot more expensive than my Amazon Prime which I watch ALL THE TIME and only costs me ¥3,900 a year! Aaand. I get a lot of benefits from Amazon Prime! Do I get benefits from NHK? NO! Do all Japanese people pay for NHK? Certainly NOT! Even though you're REQUIRED by a STUPID LAW to pay for something YOU DON'T EVEN WATCH! I refuse to throw away my husband's hard earned money for something we don't get used out of. I mean, sure if you watch it, why not pay for it? But yeah, we don't! So, I don't want to pay! You could ignore and not pay for it as there is no punishment if you don't pay but the bills would just build up under your name and they would not stop sending you bill after bill until you die.. not until you cancel your account. So yeah, cancel your account..
- Fill up this form they're going to send you.
Only answer the space they've encircled
- Pay for the last bill if you wish..
- send it back.
- and then bye!
Next time they come knocking on your door, remember to always look at the peephole first or the camera thingamajig 'coz you never know.. sometimes they don't tell you they're from NHK not until you open the door. They're sneaky like that! Especially if they know you've been avoiding them for a long time (Based on experience folks!). And if you already know it's them (You can tell 'coz they always carry a touchscreen remote thingy.) just IGNORE.
It's that time of the year again! And since I'm totally prepared for this year's holidays! I wanted to share some gift ideas that are budget friendly but your friends & family would truly love! Here we go!
MAKE UP
You could never go wrong with make up! Especially for your girlfriends! The most budget friendly make up I could think of that I believe your girlfriends would truly appreciate is Colourpop and BH Cosmetics.
(NOT SPONSORED!)
With Colourpop you could get 'em a whole set worth atleast $50.00
and it's got everything your sister or your bestfriend would want.
Or if they're a Hello Kitty lover you could get 'em the whole Hello Kitty
set or in my case just some of the Hello Kitty set for me! Lol.
If they like to glow, get 'em a glow kit trio!
Not the Anastasia glow kit that costs a lot but it still does the job!
Mine came in broken though, just don't get 'em the broken stuff! Hehe..
Or you could get 'em the matte, satin, metallic or gloss lippies
and just pop it inside a cute packaging!
You could also get 'em brushes from BH Cosmetics!
They're soft, sturdy aaand cute! It just doesn't look like something you would pay for $10-$15
PERFUMES
This is actually a gift for myself and I've always loved this scent and I totally recommend it! It costs a lot when you order it from the actual Juicy Couture site, yet they have 'em in Amazon and it's 100% legit and it only costed me ¥5,400 which is around $48.00. I do recommend getting perfumes in the actual store, I know in Japan that they usually have sales especially at this time of year. They just didn't have these in stores that's why I got 'em from Amazon.
BAGS, PURSES OR WALLETS
Another gift for myself but I also bought more in different colors and style for my bestfriends and family. This is from Guess and it's branded but I only bought if for $30 because it's on SALE! I got the first 3 Guess wallets I bought for my mom, mom-in-law and aunt from Laketown and then I got this and another 2 for my bestfriends at Shoplist. It's a shopping site here in Japan and it's 100% legit.
CLOTHES
For the kids I got 'em these cute branded tops from Shoplist again!
And they're all under $10 each! Around $8 to be exact~
HOME & KITCHEN STUFF
This is a great gift for a couple or a family. I'm actually gonna gift these to my cousin and his wife. It's a Thermos cup and y'know it's a good brand here in Japan and it doesn't melt your ice for hours and your cup of tea or coffee will stay hot for atleast 2 hours of leaving it. It's a good cup! And me and my husband love these!
Another thing you could gift to your mom or dad is some kitchen supplies or home stuff that they might actually need. It's not exactly budget friendly for you but if you think they'll use it in the long run or they might actually need it like for example, a new rice cooker because their old rice cooker broke. I mean, it might be expensive but they'll use it for a long time and it's a necessity 'coz rice is lyfe! So yeah, I think it may be a good thing to give.
GAMEZ 4 DA GAMERZ
Hey! The new FINAL FANTASY XV is out! That's the best gift you could get to your final fantasy fan bf/gf or hubby/wifey! But yeah, my husband is a Destiny gamer and he wanted to look professional playing his favorite game. Lol. So I got him this SCUF Controller for Christmas but he cannot wait until Christmas so he's using it already. And he absolutely loves it! I don't get men with their controllers like how he doesn't get me with my blogging and make up! Lol. But yeah, it's custom made~ we designed it ourselves! And it's not exactly budget friendly but if you love your gamer husband sooo much and if you think he's working so hard. I know he'll truly appreciate this! Here's the link (click me!) of where I bought and made it and yeah, go look for coupons before ordering!
That's it for my gift ideas!
I hope I've helped you and until my next post!
Bbye~!
*edit*
I also wanna add a selfie stick to the list! And this one you could connect via bluetooth and it lights up! I think this'll be a perfect gift to your girlfriend who likes to take selfies! Or for your friends or family who likes to take pictures of their travels! I bought this at Amazon for under $20!
This just in you guys! It's been 54 years.. 54 YEARZ! Since it snowed here in Japan in the middle of November! So it's a big deal you guys and it's on the news! And because it's a big deal.. I wanna remember it! And so I'm gonna blog about it and just show a bunch of Haru's cute photos playing in the snow.. and I know this isn't facebook, it's a blog! But it's my blog so yeah~ here's Haru's cute photos and some pics of our front lawn and the back of our house!
My little model!
It's been a while since I took decent photos of Haru and I'm glad I did it on this rare occasion!
Today, I feel really productive and I just felt like blogging about it.. I did the lawn yesterday (I know so boooring) because we just bought a lawn mower and I know I should've bought one a long time ago! I'm so stupid! But yeah, nothing fancy.. it's a manual type and it's not that expensive.
And I'm really happy 'coz normally doing just our front lawn would take me 2 days to finish using JUST garden shears! Sometimes, even a week! 'Coz I couldn't move my arms any longer. This made my housework a lot easier and I don't have to deal with body pains any longer! Plus, it's a great workout tool! Lol.
Anyways, I wanted to record it so I could post it on Youtube but I just took pictures 'coz it's nothing special.. I mean, I don't have any tips to share on Youtube. I don't even know what I was doing? Or if I'm doing it properly.. I was just mowing away~
I put some stickers to cover up some rubbish I forgot to put away before taking photos! Hehe..
Lawn's done! So what I am really excited about is our toilet room makeover! But I forgot to take 'before' pictures omg! Even though I have been meaning to start a Youtube channel about organizing and decorating.. I just keep forgeting to record or take pics because I'm so focused on getting things done! But anyway, here are the after photos of our toilet room~ I'll just tell you guys what I did after every picture~
This is our downstairs toilet room and what I did is I bought a toilet lid cover and a mat which were a set and I also bought some tissue paper holder cover. Then I got a shelf and installed it on top of the toilet and I also bought the cute box sitting on top of the shelf which will hold my sanitary pads in the future. Then I just incorporated some of the stuff we already had like the plants and the wood it's sitting on.. and the little easle with japanese quotes on it.
I did the same on our upstairs toilet room except we already had the My Melody theme going on here~ Hung a shelf, put in a cute little box on top for storage + display and bought a slim trash bin/toilet brush holder on the left. The cute rose frame was a present from my husband when we were dating and I thought it looked good on the space but my husband is kinda not liking the idea so I think I might change this up~ This is not the final results anyway, I bought more stuff on the way and I'm really excited for the aroma diffusers I bought which would look perfect throughout our home! Especially in our toilet room!
Another great thing about this makeover is our genkan looked really neat afterwards 'coz all of the stuff I used to decorate our two toilet rooms are all displays here on our genkan and I know that's a lot of stuff! So overwhelming.. but yeah, thank God it's now clear! It looks really nice when you enter our home although I really need to change the picture! Nobody wants to see me and my husband kissing right off the bat when they enter our home! Lol.
Again, no 'before' photos! Urgh.. I'm such a failure!
Today we're going to review this beautiful Shaaanxo palette!
First and foremost this is what we're going to do.. well, I'm going to do.. I'm gonna take a picture of this beautiful palette and will give you time to appreciate its beauty. Then, I'll do a swatch and tell you guys what I think about the this beautiful palette. Btw, I sound so bias 'coz I already watched a lot of reviews before even buying this so I already know I'm gonna like it but we'll see if this beautiful palette approves my standards. Lol.
BEHOLD!
I got it for $12.50 ('coz sale) but it now costs $14.50. Isn't it purrty? Hmmm?
Here are the swatches!
I'm gonna start from the upper left up to the last~
#nofilter
The colors are very pigmented, not powdery at all and it has some sort of creamy consistency. There are only 4 matte shadows in this palette and the rest are shimmery. And my favorite of all you guys! This is why I bought this palette in the first place because of this gorgeous color! I don't know if you'll like it but I LOVE IT! It looks kinda bronzy from the swatch and it looks kinda green in the palette because it's a geochrome you know, it changes color and I think that's pretty cool! And I love it so much omg.. I wanna wear it all the time even when I'm asleep!
I mean look at that? Is it bronze? Is it green? THAT SHINE! SO SHINY!
As for the lip swatches, I took these lip swatches after doing this look
'coz I figured it'll be better to swatch 'em on my lips rather on my arms.
I didn't get to number the pics 'coz I was so lazy but the swatches start from the
bottom left up to the bottom right
I really like the lip pallette~ they're very creamy and easy to apply although my application isn't the best. I do find that the 6th color stains the lips but it's okay 'coz I do love lip stains and I really like the stain it leaves. Lip swatching on the lips is hard! Lol. I can't believe it took me an hour and a half to swatch these but yeah.. I do really like 'em! I can't believe they're only TWELVE DOLLUZ!
I LOVE THIS PALETTE SO MUCH YOU GUYS! That I used it for this look! I used everything from the Shaaanxo palette~ but what bugs me is that you can't see how pretty the eyeshadow is from the pictures! I guess you have to see me in person so you'd know that I'm not lying! The geochrome one really is the bomb!
I guess you could see it a little bit?
But you can't see it here!
These are the colors I used for this look btw~
if you want an everyday, glamorous, housewife make-up why this look is for you!
Overall, I LOVE THIS PALETTE AND I'M SO HAPPY I BOUGHT IT! I can't say nothing bad about it 'coz the packaging is great! You get a lot for $12.50 but they're now at $14.50 but BHCosmetics does a lot of sales and last I saw this it was 11 dollarz you guys, just wait for the prices to drop! Lol. So yeah, this is good stuff! The cheap good stuff y'know?! 😂 Kbye!
It's been 21 days since I last blogged.. according to Wordpress! And that's because nobody reads my posts anymore so it's kind of depressing to post content when nobody reads it but me! Lol. Anyways, I wanted to keep blogging even once or twice a month before I keep playing too much steam games that I forget about blogging again..
So yeah, today I'm going to review BH Cosmetics' Liquid Lipsticks!
Here's what the applicator looks like and this is in the shade Sandy~
Top to bottom: Clara, Muse (My fave!), Serena (The color everyone loves!) aaand Sandy
Here's what the applicator looks like and this is in the shade Sandy~
Here's what they look like on my lips!
#nofilter
So you could see how it really looks like!
The price of these are $11 each but I got 'em for $8.50 and BH Cosmetics often do sales and I watched a review on Youtube where she got it for only $6.50 but I didn't wait 'coz I'm impatient and guess what? Colourpop decided to do free international shipping for $50 worth of purchase! Urghh.. but anyway, I didn't regret getting these because I got a lot of compliments using these lippies especially the shade 'Serena'. Everybody loved that shade! Even my husband loves it on me and he doesn't like me wearing lipstick! Lol. My bestfriend loves all the shades I own that she also bought 4 for herself!
Pros:
♥ They're cheap! You could even get it for free shipping using the right Coupon code!
I used 'VALPAK'
♥ Easy to apply, one coat is enough!
The lighter shades I own which is Sandy and Serena aren't even blotchy.
♥ It's extremely matte! No transfers at all!
♥ It's not that difficult to remove
♥ Dries fast!
Cons:
✗ It's kind of drying.. so it's best to put on some lipbalm first.
✗ For a liplicker like me it doesn't last long..
but if you're not a liplicker maybe this'll last you all day 'coz it did say long lasting? Hehe..
Overall, I love the lipsticks! I really recommend them and to be honest I bought fake matte lipsticks before and omg these lippies changed my life! Never again will I buy fake products! I love all the shades go check out their site and no I'm not sponsored! (I wish! Lol.) Sign up to Ebates to get Cashback while you shop! I haven't tried Colourpop's Ultra Matte Lipsticks yet but it's coming! And I'll be happy to do a review in the future and compare these two because I watched several videos on Youtube saying that BH Cosmetics Liquid Lipsticks are more drying than Colourpop's while some prefer BH Cosmetics' Liquid Lipsticks rather than Colourpop's so I'm really excited to get my hands on the Colourpop Ultra Matte Lips so I can compare the two! Until then~ Bye~
Went cray cray again and bought make up! I didn't buy a lot this time but I did receive tons of freebies because of first order campaign and when you reach a certain amount of purchase. I did get the Pink x Skull limited edition palette and other stuff from the line because I thought I still don't have those colors and they're limited edition so I MUST HAVE! Anyways, Here are all the stuff I got! I'm gonna do a review on the palette with the lip tint soon!
And here are all the beautiful stuff I received plus the freebies! I got skin care freebies, their new 'Colorful Scent Perfume' line sample, a mirror and a Pink x Skull cusion case! They're really tempting me to get the cusions they have.. I'll think about it if they have some sort of Christmas sale 'coz you know, I'M ALL ABOUT THAT SALE! 'Coz I'm a cheap mofo! Okay, here goes the close up of the important stuff~
I got me the Funky Skull palette 'coz I'm FUNKEH! No, I don't smell funky.
I bought a new blush 'coz I'm all out of blushes~ and I misplaced my other Etude House blush.
This is the cute freebie cushion case I got!
NOW I WANNA BUY THEIR CUSHION FOUNDATION!
I saw a review on Youtube that they prefer this
rather than the other two mascaras from the line so I got this!
I paired my Funky x Skull palette with this Funky x Skull Shot lip tint~
Finally, I got me this for me brows just because and 'coz it's cheap lol.
That's about it for this Haul! Check out Etude House for their Pink x Skull limited edition line! They're so unique and cute and I know you guys will love it! This ain't sponsored btw, no, NO! I bought these with my hard working husband's money! Lol. Stay tune for my reviews! I'm gonna be active from now on! Lol. Oh and by the way, just as I was typing this blog I bought another package from Etude House! Lol. Oh my poor poor husband! I'm sorry, it's almost Christmas! Anyway, NO MORE BUYING MAKE UP FOR REALZ THIS TIME!
