The inspiration for today's blog post is that I haven't posted a music review in ages so that is what we are going for. I randomly picked an album in my blog backlog and it is the 2nd Mini Album from K-Pop group Kep1er!
First post of 2025 is a monthly favourites as this is the first time I've been back on blogger since the start of the new year. Unfortunately January hasn't been the best month for me as I had to suddenly go to the hospital one day as I was quite unwell. So I haven't been too active this month and wasn't on my computer really at all. Today I am feeling slightly better and thought it would be nice to put up a new post. Let's get into it!
Gaming
I thought being unwell would give me time to play my Nintendo Switch whilst lying around but I couldn't because of vertigo/dizziness. So the only thing I played was Island Farmer which is a puzzle game where you re-arrange blocks to form farms and landscapres. I have completed the game previously and just restarted all the levels as something simple to play to past the time. Definetly check this game out if you are a fan of puzzle games as well as the developers other title Island Cities.
Downloaded Animal Crossing Pocket Camp after the longest time and I have been enjoying the new version. The main reason I stopped playing was the constant stress from events and grinding to complete them. However the new Complete version of the game as made it less time consuming and you do not have to constantly be checking it every three hours. Luckily I saved my data to my Nintendo account so I still have my previous save which was great as I had high levels and cool items.
Not something I played this month but a game I was thinking about recently which is Fashion Dreamer. I was reading some information about the future of the game online and I saw rumours that they are planning to discontinue the online servers. Now I totally understand why the devs are doing that however it would be a shame if that part of the game wasn't accessible anymore. I am going to wait to see what happens in the next update announcement of the game and honestly I don't see much future for Fashion Dreamer as we never got the fashion shows feature or the fairs are just repeats of previous ones.
Beauty
Received a lovely order from Sportsgirl recently as I took advantage of their great selection of items in the sale section whilst I was unwell. Nothing like a little retail therapy to make you feel better. I needed some small sized bags/wallets for different things and a few things from their beauty range. Sportsgirl has a great range of make-up and you often see the display surrounded by tweens in the stores. Which is awesome because I feel Sportsgirl is more age appropriate for them than somewhere like Mecca or Sephora (which are both stupidly expensive here in Australia). I used to wear quite a lot of Sportsgirl beauty when I was a teenager mainly because it would be gifted to me. One of the items I brought is this bright eye shadow palette as I've been wanting to buy a new palette for ages but couldn't never find anything besides the typical browns and neutrals. So this colourful palette was right up my alley and I love the retro Sportsgirl design. I did have a palette from the brand a while ago however it gave me a reaction on my eyes. So I'm hoping this one will be better as the shades are different and I only paid $5 so I won't feel bad if it doesn't work out.
OMG I'm am so stupidly busy this time of year and I have had zero time to plan new posts! So today we are doing another OOTD for Fashion Dreamer! I found it funny that the outfit I picked to post this week was another purple toned outfit. I must really love purple clothing items in Fashion Dreamer! I recall absolutely nothing about this outfit apart from I think they are items I designed myself, who knows? All I know is that it is cute and I'm incredibly run off my feet with work and stuff. Of course the outfit has many of my favourite items such as a plaid skirt and preppy vibes. Not that I would wear it this time of year here as the weather currently is very hot and looking towards the 40s the coming days. I wonder if Christmas day will end up being a hot one? Anyway enough weather talk and I hope you enjoyed this cute outfit from Fashion Dreamer.
This was an outfit that I designed myself and I was pleased with the result. Thank heavens for the feature that allows you to use the same colour palette as it makes it a billion times easier to create outfits in the same colour scheme. This is an older look however I did wear it for ages as I loved it that much. It has many items that I adore and obsess over. Considering I made it myself, I clearly was inspired by my favourite items. Let's go through them; a skirt that is my favourite print plaid, the essential beret, collared shirt with a cute accessory, preppy style shoes with socks and a cardigan the finish the look off. I really do have a certain style when it comes to outfits in fashion games!
Did not even realise it was the end of November and I kept thinking there was 31 days in the month. The last two weeks have been crazy busy as the Black Friday sales here don't go for one day, we do it for way longer. So I've been busy at work with that and there are still more days to go! Haven't brought much myself in the sales besides the new hair dryer I will buy soon as mine is about the explode. Thinking about trying one of these new air style ones as they are better for your hair and look quite light to hold. Will update on which one I end up getting and what I think about it next month!
Gaming
I have played my Nintendo Switch quite a lot this month however it has kind of been a mix of games. Mainly I've been playing this cute game called Summer Paws where you find cats hidden across various locations. It is super adorable and relaxing! Only have a few levels to go before I finish it and one negative that I don't like about the game is the zoom feature. I wish you could zoom in more as it doesn't go in enough for me to see. There is a level where I cannot for the life of me find the final cat! I thought I found the last one yet the bar says there is one more to go. It frustrates me so much as I cannot figure out where they are hiding.
Been playing Fashion Dreamer mainly to just load into the game to clear out my likes. I do enjoy the game however I go through periods where I am bored with it and this seems to be one of those times. It is fun to make outfits and I'm slowing working on a new colour collection series in the game to post on the blog. That is always a fun activity and motivates me more to play the game.
Time to share one of the photos from my model portfolio in MODEL debut3 #nicola and this one is called Date Outfit. Now I do not recall why on earth I called it this and it does not scream date night. Sometimes I find it hard to name stuff and I obviously just threw this one out in the world. The outfit is a mix between preppy and chic in my opinion. Some of the items remind me of Enid Chen such as the top and the skirt is very preppy coded. The hair is quite similar to my own except much shorter.
You can download this photo to your portfolio in MODEL debut3 #nicole with the ID Code br6T nG?- V4d8. If you require assistance in using this feature, you can check out my handy guide I made on downloading portraits in the game here! It doesn't matter which version of the game you are playing (Japanese or English) as the game is not region locked with the online.
OMG the last few weeks have been incredibly busy with work as it is the sale season. So I didn't have much time to checking on the blog and now that I have a spare moment, I'll post a new entry. Thought I would clear out some of the Lookits I have saved from Fashion Dreamer. Basically this post is a photo dump as it was the quickest and easiest thing to do.
This collection of Lookits covers a wide range of styles and clothing items. The colour brown seems to be the overall theme overall which I liked as that is a nice colour for clothing. There was some hints of dark green as well which looks great as well. Thank you to everyone who gave me a beret and totally understood that I'm obsessed with them. Swear it is my most used item in Fashion Dreamer besides plaid skirts. I feel like most players gave me girly and casual inspired looks which is usually how my character is dressed. A few Lolita styled looks in there as well because they always show up in Lookits.
I've added notes to some of the Lookits and thought why haven't I been doing this in the other posts? It is way easier and you can tell which outfit I'm talking about. A big thank you to all the muses who dressed my character up! It is always exciting to get a new one and thank heavens for the events as that increases the amount you receive. I hope everyone is having a nice day and I'm back to work now as we still have one more week of Black Friday sales to go! Such a crazy time of year.
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| Such n adorable colour scheme |
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| One of my top favourites and I would 100% totally wear this |
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| A fun casual preppy look |
