Cyber Lolita for Taiwan Tea Afternoon Tea!

 Got to wear my Metamorphose Neon Cyber Girl skirt and harness set for the first time this weekend!  The makeup took FAR longer than I expected 😹 All those YouTube tutorials make it look quick and easy!!!

I am happy with how the liner turned out at least~ 

Friends from Tokyo Visit!

 Oh gosh I meant to post this weeks ago!  Two of my friends came to visit Taipei over Golden Week in Japan! I got to spend a half day with them~  We went to Taipei 101 observatory (89th floor) and the current IP collab is Monday Bruce!!

For any working class adult, Monday Bruce is such a vibe.  He doesn't want to go to work, suffers through work, tolerates the travel to and from work, and is lazy on days off.  Basically all of the adult workforce cat😹

It was a bit difficult to get full photos due to the sheer number of people there, but it was fun to do photo that weren't "pretty" as we tried to match Bruce's energy!

It was evening as we were there, so we actually got to see Taipei go from daylight to night through the windows

There were also more "influencer" types this time compared to the last time I went.  They were getting timelapse videos so they took up window spots for very long periods of time.

 

The pressures of work 

In addition to Monday Bruce, there were some floral exhibits too!  Those were also fun for more "pretty" photos.

 

Dreaming 

We also got some vegan bubble waffle and ice cream at a place called Nice Cream nearby!  It tasted quite nice!

 

 

We went to Shihlin Night Market afterwards, but I didn't remember to take photos then, haha!

 

It's always so nice to see friends!  We met during the Tokyo wedding trip back in November and they're both so lovely~

  

Baby's First Gyaru Attempt: Himekaji

 A TikTok viewer had requested a gyaru look, and I have a LizLisa dress that was gifted by my coven waifu, so I figured, why not?  I like Himekaji style after all!

For the makeup, I just directly followed a tutorial by @usatanipaisen1215  in Instagram! She's an inspirational gyaru, and I think she's an official gyaru ambassador or something?  Not sure, but she had a two-part reel that showed basic gyaru makeup, so I followed it to the best of my ability!

 Unfortunately I forgot a full outfit photo 😿 I was a bit tired after getting back from the hospital with my mom, so I just took off my hair/makeup without thinking!

 

T-shirt Surgery

I forgot I had this post sitting in my drafts!

Before I started doing hair/makeup GRWM on TikTok, I did some T-shirt surgery to kill time.  I was flagged three times for being "too revealing" for the three days I did it.  Who knew showing a picture of somebody's back was scandalous?  Or that a dressmaker's mannequin was risque?

 

TikTok AI is so stupid. Anyway, I ended up being pretty happy with most of the surgeries I did!

Before

The first shirt I did, I only cut the back.  I probably could have cut more strips up higher, but it is still ok to me!  It's pretty simple no-sew style; double laddering and then tied into ribbons in the center.

After