Daily Outfit: Golden dots

Hello my dearest readers,

long time no see, huh? Well, I'm stuck in working on my bachelor thesis and I rarely have time for this blog and other internet actions. But I thought about bringing more life to this blog again and I still like sharing some of my favorite daily outfits. So, here is one, which I've worn a few days ago:

Shirt: Takko Fashion

Skirt: Monki

Tights: DM

Shoes: The fabulous creepers

Necklace: Selfmade

I'm currently also thinking of how to change the style of this blog, but before I've finished my bachelor thesis (and therefore my studies) I won't have time for this. I still like this blog. I made it mostly for my Lolita Fashion things, but I don't wear Lolita that often any more, so it will be more for daily outfits and cosplay maybe. We will see...

I hope you had a good start into this week!

Yours,
Zhenya

Witch-inspired Gothic Lolita Outfit: 'Forest Witch'

Hello my dearest readers,

as you might noticed I forgot about blogging almost the whole year, but today I thought 'Why not bringing this blog back to life?' and that's what I'm trying to do. I'm not sure, if I'll manage to blog properly, but we will see.

Anyway, I'm starting this with my latest Lolita Fashion outfit. I haven't worn Lolita for a really long time. There was no meet-up for me this year. But I always wanted a Witch-inspired Gothic Lolita outfit, so before Halloween this year I bought a Witch-hat and decorated it. I also bought a broom, coordinated a fitting outfit and grabbed my fiance for a photo-shooting in the park. I wanted a witchy-autumnly atmosphere for the pictures and I'm very happy with our results. 

 

Hat: Toys are us (& self decorated)
Blouse: Bodyline
Dress: Alice and the Pirates
Tights: Primark
Boots: Deichmann
Broom: Réal (& self decorated)

 

- All pictures are taken by Dantecrise -

We also made a short video with this outfit:

Did you enjoyed Halloween this year? I had a relaxing evening with spooky movies and Halloween sweets. :)

Wishing you all a great start into this new week!

Yours,
Zhenya

Review: Matlens Circle Lenses (Nine big eyes WAN-A48 & Extra Bella WAN-A8X)

Hello my dearest readers,

today I have another review for you. My convention season 2016 is about to start in a few weeks and I needed new circle lenses for my cosplays. I ordered them at Matlens.de, a online shop for all kinds of colorful lenses. (I made some good experiences with this shop before, so it was time for a review!)

First of all, I wanted a new pair of blue, green and red lenses. Since I'm nearsighted I need lenses with dioptres (-2,50 on my right eye & -2,00 on my left eye). Matlens has a bigger selection for lenses without dioptres, but I also found some. Prices are always for one lense, because you can order two lenses with different dioptres each.
I ordered Extra Bella WAN-A8X blue, Extra Bella WAN-A8X green and Nine big eyes WAN-A48 red.

Order date: 01.03.2016
Receivement: 02.03.2016
Shipping time: 1 working day
Shipping via: DHL
Payment: Paypal

User surface of the site and selection of lenses: 4,5/5
The site itself is constructed user friendly. The search options are very helpful and it's easy to find lenses for your need. The overall selection is great! They have lots of different lenses, like circle lenses or crazy lenses. But as I said before, the selection for people who need dioptres is smaller - so I subtract a 0,5 points. 
Contact: 5/5
I never had questions about the lenses, so I never talked to the shop operators. But the offer many kinds of contact possibilities. The confirmations are sent quickly and they also inform you in a very detailed way about the shipping.
Delivery/Shipping: 5/5
I can't say something about international shipping, but shipping in Germany is very fast (1-3 days)!

And now pictures and reviews about the different lenses:

The lenses arrived with three bottles of solution and three lense cases.

Here are the three pairs in their packages:

left Nine big eyes red; middle Extra Bella green and right Extra Bella blue.

Nine big eyes WAN-A48 (red)

Design: 3/5

Color: 4/5

Enlargement: 5/5

Comfort: 5/5

Naturalness: 2/5

There arent't lots of red circle lenses on Matlens when you need dioptres and the other pairs were more pinkish red, so I decided to get these. All in all I like them, but as you can see, they don't blend well with my natural eye color, because of the inner dark circle on the lenses and my light eyes. Of course they don't look natural, but the don't have to, because I need them for cosplay.

Extra Bella WAN-A8X green

Design: 5/5

Color: 4/5

Enlargement: 5/5

Comfort: 5/5

Naturalness: 3/5

I wanted green lenses without a dark frame on the outer circle and so I ordered these and all in all I really like them. The blend with my natural eye color, for my taste the color could be more vibrant, but I'm still happy with the way they look like.

Extra Bella WAN-A8X blue

Design: 5/5

Color: 5/5

Enlargement: 5/5

Comfort: 5/5

Naturalness: 2/5

These are my favorites so far! The color is more vibrant than the green version and they still blend with my natural eye color. They look less natural than the green ones.

I hope my review was helpful and if you still have questions, don't hesitate in asking me!

Best wishes,

Zhenya

Daily Outfit: A fox, with glasses and a scarf...

Hello my dearest readers,

and another entry: today I want to show you one of my new favorite casual outfits. As I wrote in some earlier entries about my casual, daily fashion I rarely wear long jeans - mostly shorts or skirts. But lately I like to wear jeans again and I think it's because of my new sweater. ;)

 Blouse (underneath): NewYorker

Sweater: Clockhouse (C&A)

Jeans: Clockhouse

Boots: Deichmann

Necklace: Sailor Moon (bought on a convention)

Bonus pic of my new favorite winter coord

Hat: H&M (kids section)

Scarf: Ernsting's family

Coat: NewYorker

The story behind the sweater is that I saw Calssara wearing in during German Comic Con and I fell in love with it. I was like: "A fow with glasses and a scarf... AWWWW!" (Instant-Need and so on... xD) The gorgeous red coat is an early christmas present by my boyfriend's mom. My other winter jackets/coats aren't that colorful, so I'm happy to own this pretty and super cozy coat now. <3

When it's also winter in your country, stay warm and everyone: have a nice day! ;)

Yours,
Zhenya

November Lolita Meet up

Hello my dearest readers,

I'm late again with my entry, but I have something Lolita related to post, because I was able to attend the local meet up last month and I was so happy to finally wear Lolita fashion again! <3

So, on november 21st my boyfriend and I were on our way to Bremen. Unfortunatly there was soccer game that day and some fans damaged our train and it had a delay for an unknown time. We were so angry, 'cause the train is just driving just once per hour, which meant we were an hour to late for the meet up. =_='
Anyway, when we arrived in Bremen we walked straight up to the Café and met the other Lolitas. We ate tasty cake and I drank hot chocolate. I was also very happy to finally meet Berrii again. <3

The Meet up itself was way too short for my taste. Somehow we didn't stay in the Café for so long. We went outside for taking pictures - well, it was windy and rainy, so not the best conditions for a photo shooting. We rushed the group picture and for our single pictures we found a pretty place under a roof. But it was also very cold, so taking pictures didn't also take much time. We walked back to the main station and that was it... in the end the whole meet up itself was just 3hrs. :( But now to the pictures of the meet up:

- Our group -

 - My Sailor Lolita outfit - 

Hat: selfmade

Cutsew: Metamorphose

JSK: Btssb

Tights: offbrand

Shoes: Primark

- Berrii and me <3 -

This weekend will be our christmas Lolita meet up and I'm already excited (and I hope it will take more time)! <3 I still have to think about a fitting outfit - which means I don't want to wear my Chess Chocolate again (well, I love that dress, but I've worn it the last two years for the christmas meet ups xD).

I wish you all a nice start into this week!

Yours,

Zhenya

Daily Outfit: "You'll find me between the devil & the deep blue sea."

Hello my dearest readers,

today I just have another quick daily outfit for you.
Yesterday my boyfriend and I went hiking to the castle ruin auf Asseberg. It was windy and cold, but I used the location to throw my warm jacket aside and take a few pictures in my autumn outfit - until I jumped into my jacket again. ;)

The sailorstyle dress was a trade on the german site "Kleiderkorb", which is a side for second-hand clothing and I traded one of my wigs against this dress. When it arrived I directly fell in love with it. It's more a summer dress, but with a cardigan and warm tights it can also be warm in autumn and winter. Unfortunately it has only "mine" written as brand and I think it's from an asia clothing shop, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I think I'll wear it often and one of the best things is... it has pockets! Damn, I need more dresses and skirts with pockets!

Beret: H&M

Cadigan: Offbrand

Dress: mine (or offbrand)

Tights: Deichmann

Boots: Deichmann

I wish you a nice weekend and a good start into the next week.

Yours,
Zhenya

Daily Outfit: Sunny autumn day

Hello my dearest readers,

and another entry: today I want to show you a new daily outfit. Since autumn has arrived in Germany days are getting colder, leaves are falling down and it's time to wear cozy clothes again. Last saturday I used the sunny weather for making new casual pictures - pictures of me without cosplay, 'cause these are rare (besides selfies :P).
And of course this is a good way to show my autumn daily outfit.

 

 Hat: H&M

Scarf: SIX

Jacket: PROMOD

Button down shirt: AnnChristin

Skirt: H&M

Shoes: H&M

Bag: Mädchenwald

I hope the sunny autumn weather will stay for a while and I'm already looking foward to Halloween. I still have no plans for the Halloween evening, but I want to wear a creepy costume and... do something! xD

I wish you all a wonderful october!

Yours,
Zhenya

Review: Kill la kill - Ryuko Matoi Jacket by Cosplaysky

Hello my dearest readers,

first of all: I changed the style of my blog a bit. I want to use is more as a blog for all my hobbies - not just Lolita - and it should be some kind of homepage for me. I also haven't worn Lolita fashion often this year, that's why there aren't that much entries in this blog for 2015. I hope I can change that again.

Today I have a new review for you: Ryuko Matoi Jacket (Kill la Kill) from Cosplaysky.com.
Normally I make cosplays by myself, but for Ryuko's jacket I thought of buying it, because the buyable versions looked actually very good. I've also seen good reviews from other cosplayers about Cosplaysky and so I wanted to give it a try. So, I asked Cosplaysky and I was able to chose the jacket from their store. The conversation was very friendly. They sent ou the jacket on 28th august and it arrived around 5 days later, so it was very fast.
I've worn the jacket with my cosplay during Connichi 2015 and really liked it - it fits great and the jacket was comfortable and kept me warm during the day.

Link: Kill la Kill - Ryuko Matoi Jacket
Shipped on: 28.08.2015
Receivement: 02.09.2015
Shipping time: 5 working Days (+ sunday was in between)
Shipping via: regular shipping (DHL)

User surface of the site: 5/5
The site itself is constructed user-friendly: the article pictures are very good and the structure is clear. They have pictures of their products from almost every site and well made categories. So, surfing and searching is easy on the site. For costumes they also show pictures of the original characters.
Contact: 5/5
The contact was great! It was, as I said, very friendly and the answered all of my questions and also told me, when they sent out the jacket.
Article Quality: 5/5
The quality of the jacket is awesome! I did not expect it to be this good: it's soft on the inside and made out of a thick fabric. So it keeps you perfectly warm and it's of course very comfortable. The zipper works fine and the details on the jacket are printed with a very flexible material, so it won't rip or crack. I've also worn it without a cosplay, because it's so well made and also perfect for daily outfits. And for cosplay, all details are made like in the series and it absolutly looks like Ryuko's jacket.
Conclusion: 5/5
Overall I'm very happy with this jacket! It looks like Ryuko's jacket from the series and worked well with my cosplay and it's also wearable in daily life. The quality of the jacket is awesome. So if you're looking for Ryuko's jacket I can recommend Cosplaysky for it.

- Picture of Ryuko in her jacket -

- It was well packed in two plastic bags and the package had no stains -

- First try on, after I unpacked it -

 

 - Pictures by FloN -

 - Picture of the backside by Cleo -

- Picture with Dantecrise as Uzu Sanageyama | Picture by FloN -

I hope my review was helpful, if you have any questions about the article, don't hesitate in asking me. And don't forget to check out Cosplaysky, if you're looking for nice costumes.

Best wishes,

Zhenya

Conventions so far: Anime-Marathon, DoKomi, Animecon & Nisa-Con (picture heavy)

Hello my dearest readers,

I know, I know, my blog was "sleeping" the last few months again. One of the reasons for this is, that I had no time to wear Lolita fashion and this blog should be more dedicated to Lolita fashion. Another reason that I have less time. But I still want to write here, so I decided to write about the conventions I visited after LBM/MCC in march so far. Some of you like to see my cosplay-related things, so here I go:

Anime-Marathon 2015 - 02.05.2015 (Königslutter, Germany):
Anime-Marathon is a smaller convention with a Hotel as location. I visited it last year and I really liked it, so we decided to come back this year. It was also special, because I was ask to take part in the DCM preliminary decision (DCM = Deutsche Cosplay Meisterschaft = German Cosplay Championship) as a jury team member. It was a great experience for me! I've never done judging in a championship before, so I was glad that I got a chance to do it. Well, I haven't see much of the convention itself that day, because being part of the DCM-Team means being busy almost the whole day, but it was okay for me. :) I've also worn my Ryuko Matoi (Kill la kill) cosplay again and my dear friend Inulein joined me as Mako Makanshoku, at least we had time to take a few pictures together.

- Sorry for the bad quality, but here you can see the jury sitting in front on the stage -

 - Jury team: Inulein, Cage and me (Picture by Charaua) -

 - Kill la Kill pictures (first with Inulein as Mako | Pictures by Romy) -

DoKomi 2015 - 23.05.-24.05.2015 (Düsseldorf, Germany):

My next convention was DoKomi in Düsseldorf, it's a bigger convention and also one of my favorites. My boyfriend and I visited Cleo and her boyfriend, we slept at their place and together we visited DoKomi both days. DoKomi wasn't that awesome this year, because somehow my mood was gloomy, especially on saturday. I have no idea why and I noticed that some of my friends had a gloomy mood, too. Sunday was more exciting, I also had a great RWBY group on sunday. <3 The convention itself felt also stressful, because it seemed like everyone is running from A to B the whole day. Next year we definitly need to plan our days more relaxing. But all in all DoKomi was also nice this year and we had a lovely time with Cleo, her boyfriend and the others we've seen. :)

My cosplays during DoKomi were Mirai Kuriyama (Kyoukai no Kanata) on saturday and Ruby Rose (RWBY) on sunday.

 - Mirau Kuriyama | Pictures by Cleo | Bloodsword made by BarkingBeagle -

 - Our RWBY group <3: Me as Ruby, Calssara as Weiss, Black Butterfly as Blake and Lumis Mirage as Yang (f.l.t.r.) | Pictures by Blue Potion & Franky -

Animecon 2015 - 12.06.-14.06.2015 (The Hague, Netherlands):
Animecon this year was my first non-german convention, that's why I was veeery excited. The decision to visit this convention was spontaneous, because Cleo told us they still have room and were searching for friends to come to the hague. Well, all I can say is that Animecon wasn't the best convention for me this year. Of course it was a little different comparing with german conventions and we had fun, but it was very expensive for us and because it was also my first time being in the netherlands it wasn't planned very well... Somehow I would like to come back next year, but I would handle the weekend a little different. But all in all it was a nice experience and we had a great shooting at the beach. <3 My cosplays were: on friday Rikka Takanashi (Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai) in a bikini (my first time wearing a bikini cosplay), on saturday: first half Compa (Hyperdimension Neptunia) and second half Mirai Kuriyama. On sunday: Alice Liddell (Alice: Madness returns).

 - Rikka Takanashi at the beach | Pictures by Dantecrise -

 - Compa | Pictures by Dantecrise -

 - Kyoukai no Kanata pictures, Cleo was my Mitsuki Nase <3 | Pictures by Dantecrise & Cleo -

 - Alice with my new selfmade Vorpal Blade | Pictures by Dantecrise -

NiSa-Con 2015 - 04.07.2015 (Brunswick, Germany):

And the last convention I visited so far. It's in my homwtown and also a small one, but it's always relaxing for us to go there. Unfortunately it was very hot that day and not very cosplay-friendly. But we managed it to take pretty pictures in the park and later we changed into normal clothes, went eating ice-cream and of course enjoyed the AMV happy hour in the evening. :)

I also made a spontaneous Juvia Loxar (Fairy Tail) cosplay for the convention: a white summer dress, which was a very good choice.

 - Juvia Loxar (white summer dress) | Pictures by Dantecrise -

Okay, that's it so far. I know this blogpost is picture heavy and I just talked about the conventions in a few words. And again no Lolita fashion this time. I hope I'll get the chance to wear Lolita again soon. My next convention will be Connichi in september and I'm already excited for it, although I have a lot of cosplaywork to do. 

I still hope you like to see my cosplay and here about my convention-life. I'm also thinking about changing this blog more into a Cosplay and Lolita blog (and of course some daily fashion), but I'm not sure about it yet.

Have a nice weekend and best wishes,

Zhenya