t u t o r i a l ♡ [ Aye Space Captain ! ] video and product list

Okay, I am just going to post this. I have a lot of things to say - for example, I ended up completely panicking with the music - but it is unimportant. Going to stay positive! It is my second video, hopefully someone will enjoy it despite the somewhat messy editing! And most importantly, I had a lot of fun with this look. 

Brought to you by the glitter and aliens 

I always come to think of when I am wearing this sweater:

[ Aye Space Captain ! ] Makeup Tutorial

p r o d u c t s ♡ u s e d

B r u s h e s :

Every day is Caturday set from Forever21 

H&M's own brand 

eBay

L e n s e s :

GEO Eyes Cream RayRay Gray (click !)

- Get them from Pinkyparadise, and apply coupon code irodohieru!

La s h e s : 

Upper lashes - PLAYGIRL from Decorative Eyelash

Lower lashes - Off-brand value pack from eBay

Duo eyelash adheshive

F o u n d a t i o n : 

MAC Studio Fix Fluid, NC15

Manic Panic Dreamtonic White (it's vegan!)

P o w d e r & b l u s h :

MAC Blot Powder Pressed, Light

Estée Lauder Deluxe All-Over Face Compact

E y e s h a d o w : 

H&M basic smokey eyes palette

- All shades except light light grey used.

M a s c a r a : 

Max Factor Wild Mega Volume

Isadora False Lash Wings

E y e l i n e r & e y e b r o w p e n :

Dolly Wink

Off brand liquid eyeliner

Wet & Wild liquid eyeliner, brown

Isadora Eyebrow Pencil, 21 Dark Brown

L i p s : 

Tony Moly Cat Chu Wink lip tint, Cherry Pink

Face Stockholm Nektar lipgloss, Äppleblom

♡  

There we go! Again, I hope someone enjoyed this or found it helpful! Feel free to subscribe if you like! But then you have to go to bed, it is getting late. 

Much love to each and every one of you (and please be nice, remember it is only my second video, haha...) !

P.S. Oh my, looks like I almost forgot these lovely behind the scenes treats.

t u t o r i a l ♡ video and product list!

I have to say, this turned out a bit awkward, I had to cut it quite ruthlessly to not make it too long (I started with 50 minutes and literally butchered it to get down to 10),
the camera angle in the talking parts was a bit unfortunate, so enjoy the lovely sight of the underside of my chin.

Now, I always apologize too much, so I will bother you no longer.


Modern Witch Vibe Makeup Tutorial
A little inspired by American Horror Story: Coven

p r o d u c t s ♡ u s e d

B r u s h e s :

Every day is Caturday set from Forever21 (standard flat brush)

H&M's own brand ("smokey" eyes brush, round and angle brush)

L e n s e s :
GEO HoliCat Sexy Cat Grey (click)
- Get them from Pinkyparadise, and apply coupon code irodohieru!

La s h e s : 

Dolly Wink

Top & bottom (click)

Duo eyelash adheshive

F o u n d a t i o n : 

MAC Studio Fix Fluid, NC15

Manic Panic Dreamtonic White (it's vegan!)

P o w d e r & b l u s h :

MAC Blot Powder Pressed, Light

Estée Lauder Deluxe All-Over Face Compact

E y e s h a d o w : 

Too Faced Chocolate Bar

- White Chocolate, Marzipan, Black Forest Truffle, Triple Fudge, Haute Chocolate

M a s c a r a : 

Isadora False Lash Wings

E y e l i n e r & e y e b r o w p e n :

Dolly Wink

Off brand liquid eyeliner

Isadora Eyebrow Pencil, 21 Dark Brown

L i p s : 

The Balm How 'bout Them Apples? cheek and lip cream palette

- Caramel, Cider

Clinique sheer lipgloss (that I hae had for at least five years, no shame...)

Done!

Thank you for watching,
and please enjoy this sexy foursome of screenshots.

r e c e n t ♡ l o o k s

Another "just thought I would post these real quick post."
So much for saying Japan part three would be up next. Oh well.

♡

Firstly, I went to my best friend Jözz (known online as Sayariin), and fixed my hair, after months of my dad saying "hehe, you look like I did in the Eighties!" 

The headband is from a store called Glitter, 

lashes from some brand called Decorative 

(I found them at Donki in Japan), 

glasses from H&M, 

jacket from SEX POT ReVeNGe.

♡

And then, secondly, my most recent experiments. The months of looking like my father in the Eighties also included a serious amount of neglecting myself and not being very creative with my looks. Zero inspiration. At the moment, it seems like I have it back.

Flower thing from eBay, 

wig from Taobao,

lashes are Dolly Wink,

sweater from H&M. 

I do not feel like posting the whole outfit here, because I am not too happy with the picture I took, but I did post it on Tumblr. Just click these little words, and you will get redirected to it.

Beanie from Wildly Unpopular Apparel, 

wig from Taobao, 

lashes from Dolly Wink, 

padlock necklace from SEX POT ReVeNGe,

shirt from Wildly Unpopular Apparel. 

This and the picture below are my favorite looks from the past couple of days,

 for the record.

Hat from H&M, 

lashes from Dolly Wink,

sparkly gems from a toy store 

(it is not a freaking bindi, they are from a toy store),

wig from Taobao,

necklace from Dolls Kill,

zodiac t-shirt from Dolls Kill.

♡

Now, here are two more proper high-quality outfit photos as well!

Hat from H&M,

cardigan thing from Dolls Kill,

necklace from Dolls Kill,

sweater from Dolls Kill,

jeans from H&M,

Qozmo platfroms from YRU.

Hat from H&M 

wig from Taobao,

(yes, wearing it a lot...),

collar tee from Taobao,

sweater from H&M,

 necklace from Dolls Kill,

pins from Eyecandy,

(my best friend Emilia aka Pastelbat's Storenvy ♡),

skirt from H&M, 

tights from H&M,

socks from H&M,

Qozmo platforms from YRU.

Also, wearing the same lenses in all of these pictures. Their peculiar name is GEO Holicat Sexy, in grey, from MapleLens.

♡

That is it! Next time will actually be Japan part three, I promise. Most likely it will be all about the food porn me and Sofia, who goes by Neonkan online, engaged in, before and after the concerts we went to. Will be writing about those too, because it was everything I have been dreaming about since I was eleven years old and I am still very emotional and baffled by what I experienced. Emotional roller coaster, I tell you.

Oh now I am getting flashbacks, time to log out and shed a couple of tears. 

Helvete. 

Bye bye, and good night (it is night here right now, let us pretend it is in whatever time zone you are as well). ♪

P.S. Kind reminder that my new Instagram is @Captain_iro . . . My old one was one of the accounts that got lost a while back. My password got reset, and I never got an email when I tried to reset it again. Sigh.

B o d y ♡ S h o p

I have a few membership and bonus point cards to a few places. One of them is a big grocery store chain called Hemköp, another one is another big grocery store chain called Willys (these are some serious adult points right here), then there is Espresso House because I live in Sweden, where you either drink coffee and have a fika (something to drink and something to nibble on at a café), or die a gruesome, lonely death, H&M, and last but not least – drum roll please – The Body Shop. 10% discount is nice, indeed.

I always go to The Body Shop when I leave my cave and take the metro to the center of Stockholm, just to creep around like a weirdo, spray perfume on myself and smell all of the little test samples. Definitely my favorite place to be when it comes to shops, aside from IKEA, and huge supermarkets.

I mean, just look how neat the shelves are, 

and how simple and pretty the products are. ♪

My goal is to one day own everything on these pictures, to be perfectly honest. That will take me a while though. In the meantime, I just thought I would share my favorite products with you real quick! 

♡ Perfume, or "Eau de toilette" ♡

These, ladies and gents and everyone in between, are my babies. I am obsessed with anything vanilla or coconut scented, and I have been since sixth grade, when I was on a class trip and a classmate of mine decided to poison the air in the girl’s cabin with her vanilla perfume. I have not been able to shut up about my love for vanilla perfume ever since. My dear mother gave me the coconut perfume as a gift after I had finished my level 7 English and Philosophy 1 courses – I lost literally all of my shit, pardon my French – and I later decided to reward myself the vanilla perfume as well. It had been one of those “when you do this you can reward yourself with that” things for me, but mum sort of ruined that for me, and I am so glad she did.

For this price, I have not been able to find good coconut and vanilla perfume anywhere. They each cost 155 SEK, which is about 18 USD (use xe.com to convert to your currency), fairly cheap for Body Shop!

I smell like cookies all day long, totally worth every penny. Or, you know, krona, in my case.

♡ Drops of Youth ♡

This is the best thing that has ever happened to me. No, not really. I do value my cat, family and friends higher than this unbelievably amazing skin care series, but you get what I am trying to say. Exaggerating for added effect.

The Drops of Youth series!

The Bouncy Sleeping Mask is the best one of them all. You put it on about an hour before bed, sleep, and wake up with a new born baby face. Put on some of the day cream for the same series, and you are good to go.

I am not big on skin care. Questions on the subject usually makes me go “…well, I remove my makeup with liquid hand soap and… then use whatever moisturizer I have within reach… sometimes hand lotion.” I really could not be bothered. The liquid hand soap remains the same, but I can at least recommend this now.

They are a little expensive, sadly, but with the sleeping mask for example, you only have to use a tiny little drop, so they will last for ages. The Bouncy Sleeping Mask is 325 SEK, 38 USD, and the Smoothing Day Cream is 285 SEK, 33 USD.

There is also a face wash and some other products from the same series, but these are the ones I use, and I do not miss the other products. I am not made of money, after all.

♡ Shower Gel and Body Butter ♡

Bonus - Snow Fairy from Lush. Fantastic. 

Other than that, I must say I prefer the chocolate shower gel, 

and the coconut body butter, but these are the ones I have at home.

Do I need to explain why it is nice to smell like cookies and fresh fruit?

There are smaller bottles of shower gel and smaller tubs of body butter, unfortunately I cannot find them online, but anyway; the large tubs of body butter cost 185 SEK, 21 USD, and the large bottles of shower gel cost 85 SEK, which is about 10 USD. I think I think I remember the small tubs of body butter cost around 60 SEK, 7 USD, and the shower gel something close to 40 SEK, 4-5 USD.

If I remember to check next time I go into town I will update this post. I apologize in advance for forgetting. At least I have been somewhat thorough this far, right?

They have a ton of other great products as well, but these are the main ones. I do not think I need to mention any more products, it would most likely just get tedious, I do not wish to make you yawn. And besides, every product comes in so many different scents, these few I have mentioned in this post are more than enough. Mango, coconut, strawberry, hazelnut, Aloe Vera, chocolate, go have a look for yourself!

I know The Body Shop is a bit pricey, and I do try to mostly recommend cheaper products, but you know what? Spending a little more on a few treats is so worth it. You will most likely end up using it a lot more than you would have used a few cheaper, less nice products, anyway. Expensive products tend to last a whole lot longer as well. At least that is what I have experienced so far.

Take it from a true cheap skate; Treat yo’ self every now and then.

You will most likely actually save money by doing so, because you will not feel like “well this is cheap so I might as well buy four wait why am I not using these?”

That is it for me! Now please do have a nice week. ♡

P.S. Next stop; Japan part three! Thank you all for bearing with me and my long writing time, and for all the lovely comments you have left on my previous posts! I am very. very thankful and I want to hug every single one of you. 

J A P A N ♡ Part two, first impressions + Harajuku

This post will begin where it all begun.

In other words - I will not write about day 10+ the first (or in this case second) thing I do, completely out of the blue, without even dedicating a single word to my first impression and the rollercoaster of feelings I went through over the course of two weeks. I must admit I kind of regret that decision now.

I just really wanted to share all of my Disneyland pictures. 

I am the worst blogger in the history of the universe. Forgive me.

♡

f i r s t  i m p r e s s i o n s

Despite taking three sleeping pills in Denmark and literally falling asleep the exact same second the plane left the ground, and still being very, very drowsy, twelve hours later, I remember very clearly the very first thought I had when I stepped off the plane and headed for customs at Narita Airport; "Holy fuckaroo, if the air is this heavy in the city I am going to suffocate within ten minutes."

Not "oh my god, I am in Japan", no, "holy fuckaroo." Lovely, right?

Fortunately, the air felt lighter past security, and I soon fell asleep again on the train to Shinjuku station. I must have been heaps of fun those first few hours. Note to self; Saga Malva, one pill is enough, I do not care how scared you are of flying. One is enough.

Anyway.

You know how things are often much better in your imagination, and then when you experience it for real, it feels like a major disappointment? This is not the case with Tokyo. It was much better than I could have ever imagined it to be. I realized this about an hour after leaving Narita Airport, which says a lot, I think.

This is Shin-Okubo station and the colorful entrance of Hanabi Hotel, which was our home for two weeks. Now, I will actually end right here, because our hotel is the one thing I still find myself whining about, half a year later. I was cold, got no sleep, and do not get me started on the futons, my back still hurts a little.

I suppose it was a fun experience, though, because it is one of those cultural things.
But once is enough, I will do whatever it takes to find myself a bed in a quiet, warm hotel.

Hotel aside, Shin-Okubo is a really cozy area. There was a K-pop dance studio at the end of our street, as well as a 7-Eleven and a supermarket where a tiny old man hung out with a bunch of cats late at night and early in the morning. I always woke up before everyone else and ran down to get coffee from the vending machine by the hotel parking lot, then got some fruit and eggs from 7-Eleven and took a walk and boy, do I miss it.

Shin-Okubo felt like home almost immediately. ♪

However on the first day, we did not stay in the area very long, predictable as we are we simply threw our luggage into our rooms and left for, you know.

h a r a j u k u

That is Bea with the amazing hair winning the race to Takeshita Street.

As you can see, we arrived on a rather grey and rainy day. Well. "Rainy", not really, at least not literally - it did not actually rain, which was fortunate, but the atmosphere was rainy. And humid. Remember the heavy air inside the airport? As I wrote up there, the air was not as heavy as I feared, but Japan is still very humid. Write that down. It did wonders for my horribly dry arms. Anyway.

I was embarrassingly excited. I was practically jumping of joy, on the inside, that is. I think I managed to at least remain cool on the surface. Harajuku, my friends. 

Emilia, Emma and Amanda waiting outside Closet Child. Not sure if this is actually from the very first day, but hey. This part is about Harajuku and this is from Harajuku. ♪

If you ever go to Harajuku, run as fast as you can to this Closet Child and do not look back. When you get out, probably euphoric, buy yourself a crepe. You deserve it.

During my two weeks, I did not have enough time to explore all of Harajuku. Above mentioned Takeshita Street is the "main street", you could say, but Harajuku is huge. At least it felt that way. SEX POT ReVeNGe, LISTEN FLAVOR, Closet Child, off to Laforet, Monomania, SUPER LOVERS, Algonquins. Full on fangirl mode for me.
My favorite shops were definitely Closet Child, Monomania and Spinns. Spinns in particular, as I have not seen anything from their shop online. If you want false eyelashes, there are plenty of shops along Takeshita street, but I bought most of mine at Donki - which is heaven on earth, they have everything. Literally. Weird socks, sex toys, hair color, eyelash glue. Their makeup is great, and fairly cheap.

Look at me, being a good fashion blogger!
Now here is an outfit with some finds from the first day, to make it even better.

         

Do I look a little drowsy? Well, that is because I was.

Outfit rundown; Some of this I brought from home, mostly Taobao junk and as you can see, the SUPER LOVERS bag I have been dragging around for years now. But the sweater is (I have to run and check the tag now) from HELLCATPUNKS, found at Closet Child, and the headband is from Spinns, lashes from Donki. The more you know!

I think I went to Harajuku on seven out of our fourteen days, at least for half an hour or so. Not even ashamed, Harajuku is awesome, and there are so many cute chokers to buy and strange little shops to see, one visit will simply not cover them all.

♡

Now, my friend told me "listen, you shouldn't just write everything in one post, I know you want to but come on, it'll get messy. Do you like messy?" and I thought no, I do not like messy. Messy makes me anxious.

So, I will make a separate post about concerts and events, exploring other areas, and end this one right here.

I have to share a memory real quick though, Harajuku related, here goes;
About a week in, I was walking from Shibuya to Harajuku, after spending the day with Sofia doing... well, you will have to wait until I write about the food. Anyway. It was raining a tiny bit, and I was listening to my Japan playlist. In other words, these two songs on repeat.







Whenever I listen to them I remember literally everything, from the scents I picked up, the temperature, people, and so on for all eternity. It is probably the most insignificant memory one can have, but I was truly happy walking down the street, even though I tripped over my own feet once or twice.

I love the little things. ♪

Good bye for now! Next post is in my drafts, will continue when I get my new laptop on Monday. It literally died as I was putting it down on my desk, writing this on my dad's old Toshiba now. Technology, not my friend.

J A P A N ♡ Part one.

As you have probably noticed by now, it has been 100% impossible for me to sit down and write about my trip to Japan. I am not quite sure why, but for now I will just blame the extreme lack of competence I had to deal with at the school where I took the courses I just finished a week or two ago. It has worn me down, really. And The Swedish Winter has not exactly done wonders for my stress levels and general mood either. 

Now that I think of it, I do kind of know why it has taken me so long to get this done. I want to do my memories justice with this post. It can not be half-assed, because that would irritate me so much I would not be able to move on with my life. I want the pictures to be sharp and have nice color and contrast, which requires a lot of plowing through 587365876587465847 pictures and picking out the ones I want to keep, not to mention edit them and put them into folders... Maybe you get why I, who lately have felt like I have no reason to get out of bed because life has been too much, have not felt like it? 

This is not for the sake of anyone else, this is all on me. I had been dreaming about going to Japan since I was about 11, it was fucking awesome, pardon my French. If I were to just spit out a boring post with dull pictures, it would be like betraying my own damn memories. I want to be nice to my memories now that I am finally ready to let go and share them with you. And yes, I am also a perfectionist, who can spend hours on the tiniest of details, until a boiling point is reached and the mission is abandoned in an angry outburst.

As the great Ron Swanson once said; Never half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing. This post shall now be whole-assed.

I will not complicate things as much, though. I will let the pictures speak for themselves and add something where I have something to add. 

♡

I will split this great adventure into a few parts, not sure how many, but some things need more space! Starting here may be a bit odd, considering this even took place during our second week in Sushi land, but I had fun editing the pictures so I just thought, why not? So here goes; 

T O K Y O ♡ D I S N E Y L A N D 

Ask any of my friends, and they will tell you I must be part alien, because I grew up without the classic Disney movies. The morning we headed off to Disneyland, my dear, dear roomies had kept me up all night, someone had been smoking right outside our window, also all night, my head was exploding and that week of the month was a little bit too close. This, combined with the whole I-must-be-part-alien, why-should-I-spend-copious-amounts-of-money-when-I-do-not-even-like-Disney, was not good. I do not think I have ever been so rude to friends' friends in my entire life (I am so sorry). I slept on the train instead of introducing myself and did not open my eyes until we switched trains. Both because I literally could not keep my eyes open, and because I did not want to open them. I felt as though I would tear the first person I saw apart if I did.

Exaggerating to illustrate just how horrible I was. Again, I am so sorry.

Disneyland reminded me of something important - Winnie The Pooh, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse. My childhood heroes. And of course, Pixar is a part of Disney now. I ate a turkey leg and it was delicious, so thank you for that, Toy Story and Pixar.

Of course it was simply gorgeous as well.

H I G H L I G H T S

I bought myself a Pooh bear and Space Mountain was out of this world (pun intended). The Nightmare Before Christmas haunted house was incredible. Emma was dressed up as Mickey Mouse and Emilia as Minnie Mouse. Mickey was a ladies' man, and a real one at that. "There's enough Mickey for all the ladies" was a sentence I heard more than once, followed by a seductive wink and a pat on my shoulder.

Apparently Christmas came to Disneyland in November, so the whole area was decorated. I also accidentally snapped an incredibly romantic picture of a cute anonymous couple who just happened to be in the way.

I brightened up eventually. I think I just needed an hour or two to myself - living with other people, no matter how cozy it can be, really shows me just how much I value my quiet alone time and personal space. Which is why I started out grumpy, and also why I left an hour or so before the rest of the group. 

But I did make sure to eat popcorn and help Mickey take gigolo pictures by a fountain in the darkness before I left. Disneyland at night is the best. 

And of course I stayed for the light show!

In retrospect, I am very happy I went, despite not feeling super at first. I have a new sleeping buddy now and speaking of which, a new dramatic story about that sleeping buddy, but I will leave that for now because this post is already very, very long, even though it mostly consists of pictures.

I will always treasure this great day I got to spend with my favorite people, and I few new faces I wish I had been nicer to! (Again, I am so sorry.)

If a friend of mine ever happen to read this; I love you very much and thank you for the awesome day hunbun. ♡

l o o k s & s t u f f ♡ In other words, a lil' something before the next something

As I have just gotten back from Japan, I do obviously have a lot of pictures and "anecdotes" to share with you here. It was over a week ago, I know, but it feels like I have just landed and I have not had the energy to melt everything and edit pictures... So I will have to save this for another day or two!

What I can say is, I have already started saving up for my next trip, so it was definitely a good experience. 

In the meantime, however, I have to make this post, because 1. I meant to post it three whole weeks ago, before leaving, 2. I have only mentioned the winner of the giveaway I held here elsewhere (i.e. Tumblr), 3. Sheinside has kindly waited for me to make a new post with the latest items I received from them for a bit too long now, and 4. why not share when I have something to share? 

First up...

This is actually a picture taken at Hanabi Hotel, my home in Tokyo -! 

From the day I met up with two Ayabie buddies, in other words, the day we shared feels and frustration over a very hot okonomiyaki meal. Nice. ♪

No real need for a rundown, as it is just one of those "selfies" and I am mostly wearing things I bought there (Spinns and Monomania), but the sunglasses are from Sheinside and I love them to bits and pieces. Been eyeing them from weeks. 

Here is a link! 

Wig: eBay

Hairband: Glitter

Bow: Taobao (part of my maid dress)

Shirt: Second hand

Sweater: Sheinside

Jeans: JC

Now, I was smart enough to bring this beauty with me on my trip. 

23 degrees Celsius, knitted sweater? Not my brightest idea. 

Lending it to Jözz to save her from the swedish cold? Another not so bright idea. 

I blame this one on the jetlag. Thankfully, Jözz was kind enough to still take a picture and I can still share the link with you. This will most definitely help me survive yet another winter. How I've made my way through 20 already is a mystery. 

Find it here, friend. 

♡

Oh, and Viki Kayima won my giveaway! Here is the Tumblr announcement I made, in case anyone is interested. Once again, congratulations dear! You deserved it. To the rest of you, there will be more giveaways in the future, so please try again next time and thank you so much for participating. 

This is actually good bye for now. I am starting my next round in school today, so I will get right to that and start fighting. Psychology, more advanced Swedish. And more religion, ironic as it is. Who would have thought that I, the passionate atheist, would have religion as my favorite subject ever. 

Okay, work time. Wish me luck! 

Lots of love cuties.