November Favourites

Oh my god how on earth did we get to December already!?!? The weather has been awful here lately and it feels more like winter. Lots of storms and cold temperatures even though it is basically summer. I've never seen the weather this bad however at least my power didn't go off like it did in the last few storms. Anyway the forecast looks like it will warm up next week so that is something to look forward to. Apologies for missing last months monthly favourites as I ran out of time to post one and it just got too late. No point living in the past so here are my favourites for the month of November!

Gaming

I've actually been playing a few different games on my Switch this month. First off being Fashion Dreamer which came out at the start of November. Thinking of posting a review of the game once I have time as I have a few opinions on the gameplay. It is a fun game and I've been taking lots of cute photos or more like dumb photos because I'm still working out the camera.

Since it was Black Friday recently, there was a nice sale on the eshop and I picked up a bunch of games. Next year I'm planning on posting about my favourite Nintendo Switch games as there are just so many great puzzle games on the online store that I enjoy! I have been playing some MODEL debut2 #nicola in between Fashion Dreamer and took some cute photoshoots.

Been waiting for a delivery to come with two exciting gaming items and I am planning to post them on here once they arrive. The package is taking a little while to get here which is ok since the light is terrible at the moment to take photos anyway. Will post about them hopefull in the next few days!

Music

I randomly came across this Cignature EP album at my local music store and was surprised to see it available. The group just doesn't seem popular enough to be showing up in Australia. I did get Cignature's 2nd Ep from the same store so maybe it is just a supplier thing. The selection available has slowed down and I even had to specifically order aespa's new release. Usually the shop will stock all the versions however it only appeared as online only at first. Then that changed to customer order so I've ordered three versions. No clue which one I want to buy as the variety of contents wasn't very good with this release in my opinion. Way too many poster versions and the store website doesn't have good information on each version's contents.

Cignature's 'Us in the Summer' EP - There is a photo card included however it is not pictured as I already placed it in my photocard album.

March Favourites

OMG I cannot believe I forget to post the monthly favourites for February :( It was such a busy time and the first week went by rather fast. Well I'm here for March at least and have a few things to report for this month!

Gaming

Been obssessed with pixel art games on the Nintendo Switch and have played way too many hours. I brought a stack of them during the Boxing Day sales and it is so relaxing to sit down after work and colour in. Even brought a stylus for my switch and now I cannot go back to not using one. It was a life changer and is also great for jigsaw games which is my other obsession! My top games are Love Colours, Calm Colours and Pixel Paint. For jigsaw ones, I love Hatsune Miku Jigsaw Puzzle and Jigsaw Masterpieces.

Seems like old news however I haven't mentioned it on the blog yet that there is a new fashion game coming to the switch. It is called Fashion Dreamer and honestly I'm not really going to say much on it until we know more details. All I know is that I'm definitely going to miss the management simulator aspect if it is missing. I'm not sure about the whole influencer thing or maybe I'm just too old haha. I will be patiently waiting for more information regarding game play especially if it is mostly to be played online.

Beauty

2023 was going to be a low-buy make-up year for me but I have zero self control so that went out the window quickly once Colourpop had a sale. Picked up a number of lovely items including some last-call products. The package is taking a long time to reach Australia though and is just going around in transit circles at the same facility. I did manage to buy a few items this weekend whilst shopping but they were just repurchases. I needed a new NYX glitter primer as mine had expired and the Chi Chi lip balm set was to match the other set I brought a few months ago. This one comes with Cherry, Blueberry and Grape which two smell amazing whilst the Cherry doesn't have a strong scent. Picked up more Wet N Wild brushes as I was pleased with the last one I got.

K-Pop Haul - CIGNATURE, Kep1er & aespa

Jeez I don't even recall the last time I did a K-Pop haul on the blog. Seems like forever ago and it was time to change that. I picked up three new releases for my collection, well more like two new releases and one older one. It's new to my collection haha. The titles I brought were CIGNATURE's 1st EP Listen and Speak, Kep1er's 2nd Mini Album DOUBLAST and aespa's 2nd Mini Album Girls. The first two came from YesAsia and the latter is from JB Hi-Fi.

First is aespa's 2nd Mini Album Girls and I got the version which is called the retail exclusive version. In America, I believe this is called the Target Exclusive Version however in Australia it is referred to as the Retail Exclusive version. The only store stocking it over here is JB Hi-Fi who has the retail version along with the Digipack versions. It is random at what stock is sent from online or stores will have random versions you can see in person. Luckily because the Retail one is a separate SKU I was able to pre-order it as I wanted this version as I liked the cover the most. Honestly I wanted the Real World version but that isn't being sold at JB Hi-Fi. Haven't had a chance to listen to it just yet and I did like their previous releases so I'm sure I'll enjoy this one. For the photocards, I got Karina & Winter and for the poster I got NingNing. So excited for NingNing's poster as she is my bias in the group! The one thing I dislike about this album is the cardboard sleeve design but that's because I dislike that design in general.

I actually randomly decided to buy this Kep1er mini album! I was quite sick when I placed this YesAsia order and was like 'why not it's cheap!!'. Ended up actually liking the album so that was good! I brought the jewel case version and I really wanted the Blue Blast version but got sent the Yellow one instead. Still super cute and the photocards are cool. Now I have no clue about the members of this group so I had to look up who I got photocards of. Looks like I got Bahiyyih, Yujin and Hikaru. It's cute that I got Yujin's card as I do have her photocard from the Chamisma mini album! You can check that one out here as I've reviewed it in the past. I wish more companies would do jewel case releases as I really like them and the price point makes them easier to collect. I know a portion of the K-Pop community hates them but for someone like me who just likes buying albums randomly it's a cheaper way to do rather than buying the larger ones. I've seen lots of jewel case style K-Pop releases at JB Hi-Fi and it would be great if they become more common. Hey I'd even settle for random style ones if it makes it easier to buy albums to listen to.

The other album I got from YesAsia was CIGNATURE's 1st EP Listen and Speak. This one has been on my wishlist for a while as I enjoy their discography and wanted to support a nugu group. The design of this EP is good quality and it matches well on the shelf with my MOMOLAND Fun To The World Mini Album. They both have a beautiful blue tone to the album design and are a similar size. Photocard wise, I got Jee Won's student identity card, Ye Ah and Belle. The EP also comes with a cute sticker sheet and now I do love stickers but I can never bring myself to use the ones from albums.