Colour Outfits Collection - Magenta

Finally after what seems like forever, I have some time to make a new blog post. I'm back with a new Colour Outfits Collection and today is all about magenta coloured outfits! Magenta is a colour that I've worn often in my life due to it being one of my old school uniform colours. It's also a colour that suits me so I tend to wear it more in winter months than in summer. Styling Star has an excellent range of magenta  toned items and it was interesting seeing the variety available with each brand. It wasn't difficult to piece together outfits with this colour and I was able to put together a range of looks and use some items I rarely use such as the bold and feminine outfit.

Only a few favourites in this collection and they would be the eastern, girly and psychedelic outfits. The main reason I love the eastern outfit is because of the outer which is one of my go-to items from Kanokoi. I really liked the girly outfit because the leg warmers and off-the-shoulder jumper worked out so well! I didn't think this look was going to work at first but with the right boots, the leg warmers give the outfit that special touch. The psychedelic outfit was a favourite of mine as this style has grown on me and I love the combination of stripes and polka dots.

Lively

Eastern

Basic

Zenmarket Haul - Crayon Pop, April & わがままファッション GIRLS MODE よくばり宣言!

A while back I received this exciting order from Zenmarket and it's finally time to share my finds! Managed to get my hands on some rare Crayon Pop singles I had been searching forever for as well as the guide book for わがままファッション GIRLS MODE よくばり宣言! better known as New Style Boutique or Style Savvy: Trendsetters in the west. Let's take a look at this collection then!

First off is the Regular Edition A and B of April's first Japanese single TinkerBell. You may recall I picked up the CD+DVD edition of this single back in my June Zenmarket haul. I mainly picked these two up as it was really cheap for the two in a set. April has been a group that has really grown on me in recent months so I'd love to pick up more of their discography. I have two of their Korean singles and I'd love to get The Ruby soon as it has a great track selection.

April - TinkerBell Regular Edition A & Regular Edition B

Next are two rare Crayon Pop singles that I'm excited to add to my collection. I finally came across one of the PCSC editions of ラリルレ Ra Ri Ru Re which you don't see often. This one is the Type B edition with the cute pyramid formation on the front. I've actually found the Type A edition as well recently so I'll have the complete PCSC set of ラリルレ Ra Ri Ru Re now! I also got a copy of Crayon Pop's Bing Bing single which is impossible to find yet I managed to pick it for under $15! This single was a promo release and features a cute photo book of the early days of the group. This particular copy of the single is actually signed to a Japanese fan which is interesting. I usually don't collect signed things, but I couldn't pass on the deal for this single and it's a fun addition. The last Crayon Pop single I picked up is the Limited CD+GOODS Edition of Dancing All Night. This edition comes with a adorable Crayon Pop branded beanie and the CD of the single. I got this one brand new unopened for like $7 which is way under the normal cost of the single.

And lastly here is the guide book for わがままファッション GIRLS MODE よくばり宣言! which is an excellent addition to my Girls Mode book collection. The official title for the book is わがままファッション GIRLS MODE よくばり宣言! 超完全コレクション. I really wanted to pick this up as I wanted the guide for the glam/flirty items to find out which ones originally fell under that style. The book is wonderful and is similar to one I have for ガールズモード３(New Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward). This book however has pages where a real life model showcases outfits from the brands which I thought was a nice touch. I will be posting a review of this book in the future and share some of the pages from it. Here's a quick selection of some pages covering hairstyles, the Purple Moon brand and some boutique interiors.

わがままファッション GIRLS MODE よくばり宣言! 超完全コレクション

October Favourites

A few days late, but I'm finally here with my October Favourites! Last month went by so quickly and the weather was all over the place. I thought it was start to finally warm up but we had quite a number of cold days and only about 3 days over 30 degrees.

Gaming
The 100 Outfit Challenge in Styling Star finally ended in October and you can check out the challenge page if you wish to catch up on it. I really enjoyed it and discovered so many new favourite outfits. I've also seen a number of players on tumblr doing my older challenges like the brand ones, so I will need to post about those soon. I've loved seeing all the amazing outfits players have come up with and their interpretations on the prompts. Here's a sneak peak at one of my upcoming Styling Star posts I will post later this month!

Music
I've lost track of how many orders I have coming to me from Japan currently. I brought a bunch of rare albums and singles that I have been after for years so I'm excited to receive those. I still need to post my last Zenmarket haul from a few months ago on here, so I'll try to get to that this month. I actually did buy some non K-Pop and J-Pop releases this month! I got The Living End's recent release Wunderbar in the CD+DVD limited edition for my Living End collection. Picked up The Essential *Nsync because I do love my *Nsync! The TLC and Gwen Stefani ones were random purchases as they were cheap. All of these CD's came from JB Hi-Fi which has the best selection of CD's in Australia. They do have a small selection of K-Pop and J-Pop but it's limited to boy groups unfortauntly. I pick up a BLACPINK mini album a while back that I'll probably post about in my yearly collection post as it's not a main group I collect hardcore and just brought it for my collection.

Song wise I've been enjoying a whole stack of releases. I've been interested in TWICE for a while now, but don't collect any of their physicals currently. Usually I listen to their releases a few months after they come out and after the hype has died down. I found that's the easiest way I can get into their stuff. So I've been loving their song Fancy and especially the Japanese version. Might actually pick that up one day as it's on the Breakthrough single which is another song I enjoy. A bunch of other songs I've been super into include Happiness - Chao Chao, Elris - Summer Dream and Saturday - BByong. E-girls just announced a new single which I'm hoping is another digital release as I would like to take a break from physicals over the holidays. Let's hope it's as good as EG-ENERGY which is still playing on my playlist everyday.

Shopdo Update - Announcement & Blue Girly Boutique Interior

First off with a quick Shopdo Update announcement! From this week onwards, I will be doing monthly Shopdo Updates instead of weekly. With my work schedule, it's a challenge to update my Shopdo each week and with Christmas coming up, it's going to get a lot busier. I've enjoyed doing the weekly updates and coming up with a billion different outfits over the last few years. But it's time to slow down a bit and I will be uploading new outfits at the start of each month. Not sure if I'll change the boutique interior each month yet, depends on how much I like the interior style and outfit wise.

Now onto the outfits! I've given the boutique a new interior as I've packed away the Halloween interior for another year. This time I've gone for a girly themed boutique with a lovely blue colour scheme. All of the Shopdo outfits are themed around this colour scheme. First up is a feminine ensemble that is one of my favourite feminine looks in Styling Star. I love the cut of these new items to the Chorale brand, they look stunning in every colour. The second outfit is a elegant Baby-Doll coordinate as I really wanted to use this combo of the striped skirt and top. The green tie is a nice touch and brings a pop of colour to the blue scheme. The final outfit is a cute casual girly look which I tried to use items I was a fan of in Fashion Forward. I don't use these much nowadays but they always look great together as seen in this outfit. You can find all three outfits at Shopdo ID 0006271056 in New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star (EUR/AUS Region).

Here is a look at the new girly inspired boutique interior and as you can tell from the pictures, the colour blue is the theme of this boutique. I based it off an old pink themed boutique I had in my Shopdo once and just swapped out the furniture items for the blue versions. I really miss the blue tall cupboard miniature that was in Fashion Forward, it would've looked stunning in this set-up!