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

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

Cosplay & Convention: LBM/MCC 2015

Hello my dearest readers,

a few posts before I ask, if you still like reading about my life as a cosplayer and about visiting conventions. And some of you still like this content, so here comes another cosplay and convention post. :)

Last month - 13.03.-15.03. - I visited the bookfair in Leipzig (aka Manga Comic Convention) again. It's still one of my favorite conventions. Making my cosplays was hard this years, because I had a lot to do for university and not much time as I wanted for my cosplays. So I was only able to make two new costumes for me and one for my boyfriend, also I had to rush a few things and they didn't turn out as perfect as I wanted. It was so stressful: nights with less sleep, less social contact... and cosworking they whole day. But in the end it was worth it! 
We had a lot of fun in our costumes and I'm happy my boyfriend really likes how his new costume turned out. I also fulfilled myself a small dream and made a remake of Alice Liddell's classic dress from my favorite game "Alice: Madness returns". My cosplays for the LBM/MCC were on friday Alice in her classic dress and on saturday and sunday I was Ryuko Matoi from the anime Kill la Kill together with my boyfriend as Uzu Sanageyama (also Kill la Kill).

So, we arrived on thursday and went to the convention on friday. Friday is always a relaxing day, because there aren't lots of people, you can easily walk around and take a lot at all the booths and things, you can buy. Also there is enough space for taking pictures. I felt great as Alice, even though carrying my Hobby Horse the whole day is hard. :')
Saturday and sunday were more crowded, especially saturday... it was hard to walk around, searching for others and more... so many people! x_X
Sunday was more relaxed again, we also had time for a small shopping tour that day. 
All in all the convention was awesome! I had so much time with friends and I also met new people, I had fun in my costumes and we also took some pretty nice photos. <3

 - My Alice cosplay / Pictures by Nate_River and Romy -

 - My Ryuko Matoi cosplay / Pictures by Marco Russo -

- The boyfriend in his cosplay -

- Cosplay selfie! :D -

I was sad when the convention was over, but I'm already looking foward to upcoming conventions and I'm also excited to start with new cosplay projects. I also decided to make a change in my way of cosworking: these stressful days before the conventions aren't good in any way! They pull me down and sometimes I don't have fun in cosworking any more...

So, I decided to start earlier with my costumes, to reduce stress and keep the fun up. I hope it'll work and since next conventions are coming in May I'm going to start with upcoming cosplays this month. :)

I hope you liked reading a bit about my cosplay life. If you are interested in seeing more pictures of my cosplays you can visit my page of my Animexx-Account.

Have a nice day!

~Zhenya

Convention Talk: Connichi 2014

Hello my dear readers,

it's been such a long time since my last entry in this blog, but there was no Lolita meet up and I wasn't motivated to post my daily outfits. >_< I'm sorry, I like this blog, but sometimes I forget about it. I hope I can change that in the future. And normally during autumn and winter I wear more Lolita again, I also hope I'll have some time to visit a few meet ups again. :) And I bought some super pretty black velvet, which I want to turn into a winter lolita dress.
Anyway, in this entry I just want to show a simple daily outfit and the biggest convention in Germany - Connichi - was almost two weeks ago, so I'll write a bit about my cosplays and the convention. 

Let's talk about Connichi 2014: I was there for three days and I really enjoyed it this year! Last year it just wasn't "my convention", but this year is was awesome! Well, there were also bad moments: it was very cold on saturday and on sunday I fell down in my cosplay, ripped my knee and tights - I'm so damn clumpsy! >__< - but there were maaany great moments! <3 On friday I wore Rikka Takanashi from Chuunibyou with my boyfriend and Romy, saturday I was Ruby Rose from RWBY with an awesome group and on sunday I wore my (improved) Steam Dress Alice cosplay again.

I felt very busy during the convention: Meeting friends and new people, taking pictures, some filming, exploring the convention itself... so much to do! And I haven't met all people I wanted to. But this convention was a great experience, it felt so much bigger than the years before and I love cosplaying more than I ever did before. :) <3

Now on to some pictures:

- FR: Romy (on the right) and me as Rikka and Nibutani from Chuunibyou / Picture by Whitebutterfly -

- SA: Me as Ruby from RWBY / Pictures by Olze, Andy K. and Franky -

 

 - SO: Me as Steam Dress Alice from Alice Madness Returns / Pictures by Eingefangen and Falk Krönert -

I'm very excited for conventions next year, I just made a few plans and I'm happy to cosplay with some friends again. :)

But I have a question: Are you still interested in reading my cosplay/convention stuff here? Or should I keep that out of this blog?

Yours,

Zhenya

NiCon 2013: Last convention this year

Hello my lovely readers,

today I'm writing a few words about the NiCon 2013 in Hannover (Germany), which was the last convention this year for me. First of all: it was one of my best conventions this year! I had a lot of bad moments, especially during some bigger conventions. But the NiCon - it's a small convention - showed me that cosplay is also fun and passion. :)

I finally wore my Compa costume - Compa is a character from the cute game Hyperdimension Neptunia - I planned to cosplay her already in early summer this year. But I put the costume often away and stopped working on it. But... for NiCon I finished it - It's not perfect and I have to improve a few parts - but I'm glad I finished it. <3 
I thought Hyperdimension Neptunia is unknown and I never expected someone might know the character I'm cosplaying. Though a lot of people identified me as Compa and praised my costume. That was just... amazing for me! *_* I also felt very good being Compa and walking around in that costume, I think I'll wear it again.

Besides that cosplaying I met many people and cosplay friends. Talked a lot and I also met new people. :) And my sister Hanabi was also there. I'm always happy meeting me sister, because since I've moved away I don't see her often. So it's always great spending time with her. :)
Of course we made a lot of pictures and just had a good time... aaaaand I bought a cute Alpaca! <3 It's light blue with a lilac hat, Hanabi bought an Alpaca in lilac with a light blue hat. Alpacas are sooo cute and fluffy! :)

Here are some pictures from NiCon:

- Pictures of me as Compa (Pictures by Laura von Krone and Hanabi)

- Hanabi in her gorgeous Lolita outfit -

- Hanabi and I with our Alpacas <3 -

My convention time will start again 2014 when the bookfair in Leipzig starts in march. I hope future conventions will be as great as the NiCon was. I'm motivated for new cosplays and I think I'll also wear Lolita again on conventions. :)

I wish you all a nice week!

Yours,
Zhenya

FBM 2013: Finally wearing Lolita again!

Hello my lovely readers,

today I want to write a few words about the bookfair in Frankfurt, which was around two weeks ago. It was my first time at the FBM and I was a little bit amazed. I have been quite a few times at the bookfair in Leipzig (LBM), but the FBM is bigger and has such great places for taking pictures. Even the LBM has more anime/manga/comic stuff, the FBM has a pretty "cosplay corner" and also booths with anime/manga figures and more. Besides that great location I had a lot of fun and a good time with my friends Fuwari and Romy (and of course the others I spent the weekend with). :)

And of course I finally had a chance to wear lolita again! I decided to go with my beloved Wonder Story apron skirt. <3 It's been a long time since I wore Sweet Lolita, so at first I felt a little strange in it, but this feeling changend quickly and I was very happy wearing it. Unfortunately I haven't seen a lot lolitas. :( 
Anyway, here are a few pictures:

 (Pictures by Tom_Green, Aonir & Romy)

On FBM sunday I was part of a super cute Tamako Market cosplay group. Fot those who don't know what it is: Tamako Market is an anime by KyoAni with a group of sweet girls - check out this for more: Tamako Market. I was so happy beeing part of this group, we took a lot of pretty pictures, had fun and I got filmed for the first time by a videographer! *_* (Check out his YouTube Channel: MexxKite) The video isn't online yet, I'll show you, when it is. But I can show you some pictures of our cosplay group and my cosplay from sunday:

- The girls are: Fuwari as Kanna, Chikara-chan as Tamako, Romy as Midori and me as Shiori (from left to right) - 

(Pictures by Romy, Fuwari and Aryana)

I was so happy that I could be Shiori in this group and I hope to cosplay with this girls again someday. <3
In conclusion: My FBM was awesome! I hope I'll be able to be there next year again.

I wish you all a wonderful evening and a great weekend!

Yours,
Zhenya