Sitting at home on a Saturday night in this freezing cold weather and I thought I might do some blogging! I was thinking about what to post and thought why not another Girls Mode 3 Glitter ☆ Coordination Book post? We finally finished the pages detailing the brands recently and now it's onto the other topics of the book!
Today I shall be sharing pictures of the various hair styles featured in the Girls Mode 3 Glitter ☆ Coordination Book. These are the styles available in the following games: Girls Mode 3 (JPN), New Style Boutique: Fashion Forward (AUS/EUR) and Style Savvy Fashion Forward (NA). The book shows an image on each hairstyle, information on unlocking new styles and general information about hair features in the game.
There are a large variety of styles to choose from and the book divides each one into the following categories:
Bob - Short or Medium
Short
Medium
Long
Updo
Fringes
Selected hairstyles are available from the beginning of the game however most must be unlocked through game play. This is either done through using certain styles multiple times or talking to special NPCs. You can find a detailed guide on everything hairstyles on my other blog Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward Guide.
I feel like it is a rare occurrence when I post a darker toned outfit as I tend to stick to girly looks. Thought I would try something different with a cute gothic alternative look! I went with a red and black colour scheme for this one and it ended being kind of a mess with all the different patterns. Guess it works though as this type of fashion is about statements and doesn't have to be perfect. The bunnies are an interesting motif for this top and it would be cool if you could change the images on items. I wasn't too sure about the shoes for this outfit and randomly picked these as they felt right. For the hair, I wanted to try out this two-tone style which isn't something I would ever really pick. Swear this is the only time I've used it in the game.
It has been a long journey however we are finally here today with the final clothing brand from the Girls Mode 3 Glitter ☆ Coordination Book. The last brand to be posted is アップビート Upbeat and this has been a highly requested one. Many years ago, I posted a Streetflow/Upbeat Guide that contained selected images from the brand but not all the items were included in that blog post. So to finish off this series, here is the pages from the book focusing on the sporty brand Upbeat!
Upbeat is the go-to brand for sporty themed clothes and accessories. It is also known as Streetflow in the Style Boutique/Style Savvy games and sadly the style was removed after Girls Mode 3. The brand and the sport image were not available in Girls Mode 4 (Styling Star in NA/AUS/EUR). At the time when the brand was in the game, I wasn't the biggest fan of the style but grew to love it years later. Sad that it was removed as I feel the sporty image has made a big comeback in recent years and wearing sport clothes on a daily basis is super popular here in Australia.
The brand isn't just focused on the sporty style and features items that fit within other images. These include lively, basic, girly, psychedelic, bold and preppy. I tend to combine sporty with lively quite often as the look of the items can be quite similar and have good colour palettes. If I had to pick an item type that I use the most from Upbeat, it would be pants. I feel like they work well with most sport themed outfits and are easy to combine with things such as an outer. The sneakers are another great item from the brand and I often use those when the colours match an outfit I have in mind.
It has been a little while since I updated the blog and life has been a roller coaster the last two months. I just couldn't bring myself to write new blog posts and luckily I had some Fashion Dreamer content scheduled to go up. Everything has been better the last week and looks like it might be on the brighter side now so fingers crossed.
I'm trying to get back into blogging a bit more however I am wondering on what direction to take the blog in terms of content. Some of my old content has been retired such as certain Style Boutique ones as I cannot play them anymore nor I do I play game much. Plus with writing up posts, some take way more time than others and it just isn't worth it sometimes. I was thinking more short content like outfit posts and not uploading every single week. It is too difficult to fit into my schedule and it may become harder in the future. Hoping to work through my backlog of Nintendo Switch game screenshots and they should make for some fun posts! Thank you for all the support on the blog and I hope you keep visiting xoxo
Gaming
Honestly I haven't been playing much as I started crocheting a cardigan and I've been working on that at night. Plus I've been insanely tired so I don't have much energy to game and when I was sick recently, I couldn't even look at my Switch. Nothing super amazing in the sales recently besides the Hidden Cat game series that I like and the new Paris one is super cute. There is an event going on in Fashion Dream that I have slowly been working on and need to finish. I haven't recently cleared off my Switch SD card so here is a random Fashion Dreamer screenshot for fun!
Music
My earbuds broke this month so that was fantastic. And only a few weeks out of the warranty but luckily I got the extended care so they got sent off to be looked at. After that, a whole bunch of my other electronics also died so not my month for technology.
I feel like I've listened to a billion different things this month and last month as I didn't post an update for May. Lately I've been really into this Finnish group called Nylon Beat and have a random rotation of their songs going on Youtube Music. Their sound is so unique and beautiful to listen to!
For a while, I was super obsessed with aespa's Supernova and it was on loop for days. Such an amazing song however I am currently on a break from it from over playing it too much. I was looking forward to getting their new album however my local music store stopped stocking aespa. So sad! The change in suppliers and price increase was the culprit and even though I could order it in, it was way too expensive. Could've ordered it for half the price from overseas. So I haven't got their new album yet but might pick it up on iTunes. I did get some cool photocards online of the girls and it was much cheaper than buying the pricey albums.
I swear the only pattern I wear in Fashion Dreamer is the plaid one. I cannot help as it just looks so good! I must've been in a purple mood when creating this outfit as it screams purple all over. This skirt is one of my favourite items and I thought it would be nice to pair it with a jacket rather than a cardigan. The denim jackets are designed really well in the game and look great with most outfits. Well all the ones I've tried it has looked great. I went for a mix of pastel and deep purples for this look as well as matching my hair to the outfit. This hairstyle is one of my favourites along with the pigtails one that I wear like 90% of the time. As soon as I changed my look at the salon, I just had to take a photo as I was feeling amazing! Plus the background looked great with the outfit as there was purple tones in the backdrop.
Here is an outfit made from some clothing items that I designed myself! I've actually been using that feature of the game more in recent months and at first I was obsessed with this brown toned colour scheme. I made so many items in these tones feeling like I was some sort of clothing designer. This dress has an interesting overall design to it and isn't like anything I've seen before. Reminds me of something I might see at Dangerfield which is a shop I like browsing through but rarely buy from. There was lots of different parts of this design that you could customise which was neat and I tried to keep the same neutral brown vibe. The silhouette of this dress is one of my favourite features and I like this style of cut in real life as it looks quite flattering and suits my body shape.
Another preppy inspired look for today's outfit and I'm just obsessed with this style. Even though Fashion Dreamer doesn't have set clothing themes or styles, I usually just associate styles to items myself. Guess it is a habit from playing Style Boutique so much and memorizing the brands. Anyway I put together this cute pinafore styled dress. I swear I have this dress in multiple colours and you often see it in the Pop-Up Arena as well! It seems to be a popular item design and that makes total sense as it is amazing. Matched these baby-doll style shoes with the outfit and a red lip for the makeup.
