I’ve finally been able to purchase some false nails and what better than a set of Sailor Moon ones? My outfit itself for Hyper Japan wasn’t particularly exciting so I wanted to jazz it up with accessories, and as soon as I saw it on Lhouraii’s instagram I knew I had to get it. I always feel more gyaru when wearing nails, especially if they’re long and pretty!
Unfortunately I am terrible with false nails so I only wear them for special occasions, and I haven’t had the time to design my own nails lately. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Lhouraii’s nails and a couple of my friend’s have purchased from her before so I thought I’d give it a try. Luckily she offers both long and short versions – all I had to do was send her a little message and she sorted it all out for me.
Yep, this week I’m going to be talking about gyaru nails (well, gyaru nail art). I realised that I buy way too many clothes and don’t really think about the small things that really make the outfit pop, and one of them is (or is it ‘are’?) the nails! I only have a few sets and I really want to start making some for myself. So I had a browse on Tumblr/Pinterest and gathered a few of my favourites.
I know it’s going to take me a while to actually get good at doing nails but I might as well look for inspiration! I’m going to split it into two sections – Dramatic & Short – because I can’t really wear false nails at work. I’ve also included some neat tutorials too at the bottom!
Not too sure if you noticed but in my last post I was wearing some pretty false nails! It was my first time wearing nails properly, and wow the amount of things that I couldn’t do like getting money of my purse was endless! I got used to it at the end of the day, and they were so pretty that I refused to take them off until the day was over.
These babies were done by Laura of 8th Sin Creations. I was basically looking around for someone to design me a set of nails for my outfit for expo, and she was recommended to me. I’m happy to say that it was successful because she always kept me updated on my process and produced the most beautiful nail designs I could ever want! It wasn’t too overloaded with gems which was great, because I’d feel so bad if they all fell off haha.
They didn’t take too long to do at all as I received them well before the event, and I was dying to try them out as soon as possible but I knew I wouldn’t be able to do any uni work with them on!
They’re so sparkly and beautiful and *flails*
Here’s a video from my Instagram of the nails and the box they came in!
I hope the video works okay! First time embedding one on here…
Unfortunately some of the roses fell off afterwards but that was to be expected! All of the other gems were fixed nicely.
These nails were absolutely perfect for the event! Laura is great at making them and is full of ideas, as she provided me several sketches to choose from. She makes them nice and quickly too, for a really good price. I’d totally recommend her.
Oui c’est moi, Lizzie, back from her much-deserved break! Eurgh I seriously needed it as the past few weeks have been crazy! I’m so excited to be back not wearing makeup to uni and doing lots of work… Not.
Anyways, today’s post is about my time at MCM Expo! I was working with my bby Pixie at her Pixie Bunny stall and I had so much fun! I met loads of new people despite working behind the stall, and took part in the fashion show representing Agejo-gal. I was so nervous though, so when it was my turn to walk down the ‘catwalk’ I rushed my poses so I could hurry away. How embarrassing ><” Luckily I worked alongside Jada and Rosanna, or I would’ve died in embarrassment.
Here’s me and my lovely Pixie <3
I was also working right behind Charli and Dom who were working at the hentai store and omg she’s got such amazing boobs *_* People couldn’t stop staring at her, and I joked that she’s the reason why they had so many customers hahahaha.
Oh and something really amazing happened. I was serving one of our customers and she looked up at me and exclaimed, “Oh!” I got a bit worried until she asked if I ran a blog called mysticthorn, and told me she was one of my readers >///< I was so happy! It’s such an amazing feeling, and the cutie even asked if she could have a photo so here’s me and her!
Okay so I’m kind of running out of words so I guess I can let the photos do the talking.
Me wearing one of Pixie Bunny’s rabbit ears! Aren’t they adorable?
Photo from Marie~
A special mention to Svetlana who I finally got to meet after knowing her for seven years!
You could tell I had so much fun by the way that I’m grinning like an idiot in almost all of my photos, d’oh! Oh well…
Look & Outfit
This was my look for the day ~ I woke up super early in order to curl my hair, only for it to die because our darling England seemed to be suffering from a lot of wind & rain this month >_>
I guess that’s all for now! Wow it’s getting cold now isn’t it? So warm up my darlings! Don’t want you all getting ill or anything (like I did the other week ;_;) <3
Love you all! <3
P.S I actually had to cut down on the majority of my photos because there were so many ^^”
Seriously I’ve had the laziest weekend ever. I spent most of my time in my pjs on thurs after our school trip, and was feeling great until-
Well, until I got ill.
It’s sod’s law that I’d get ill on my only weekend off from doing any project work, and I was not happy. Yesterday I spent the whole day in bed watching The Little Mermaid (no joke) and sleeping. I haven’t felt this crappy in ages ;_; Today isn’t any better, but at least I made the effort to get out of bed, and because I got so fed up with just lazying about and sleeping that I dolled up!
I wasn’t pleased with my photos, so I got really lazy (again) until around now I decided to just take one photo to at least put up on my blog. Annoying thing is that my only good photo (how depressing) doesn’t even show my “real” coord -_- So annoying how you get a good photo like, 7 hours after you’ve dolled up and most of your makeup has come off >_>
Was inspired by Kanako Kawabata’s coord that she posted aaaages ago, just found it on my tumblr while I was looking for some inspiration 😛
Her coord:
And mine!:
Jacket from random store, Forever21 sweater,
BHS necklace, H&M skirt, Select tights, New Look boots
Tbh what really annoyed me was that my sweater was quite baggy, which made me look… Well, it didn’t really flatter me ;_; Think it’s ’cause of all of the layers I’m wearing ’cause it’s so bloody cold over here >_<” Had to wear like two layers of tights and some socks D: Crazy times. I didn’t even go out of the house >_<”
I did my nails too! Actually, I did two sets ’cause I was that bored lololol. They’re both a hell of a lot shorter than my first failed attempt and I can actually type with them! o_O They’re really simple ’cause I’m not that great at nails >_<”
Also, I bought a really cute MA*RS set off the lovely Emilie! I love it <3 Unfortunately I haven’t got any shoes… And it’s too cold to wear it ;_; But will definitely wear it in the spring! (If it ever comes OTL).
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