☆ YouMe cafe Book of Circus merch review ☆

Hello, everyone! Today I will be sharing with you some anime merchandise that I hold near and dear to my heart (mostly because it was only sold for a limited time):

 My  Undertaker and Grell merch from YouMe Cafe! sold to me by the lovely vvlin91 on tumblr~

When I first heard that both YouMe Cafe and Animate Cafe in Japan were selling these adorable items EXCLUSIVELY at their cafes, my heart sunk like the Campania.  I knew that these items would eventually be popping up on sites like Yahoo!auctions Japan, but for horribly high prices. 

Just when I though all hope was lost, I found vvlin91's blog on tumblr and found out that she had access to YouMe cafe and all of its glorious cafe merch (´▽`ʃƪ) truly a miracle.

Undertaker cafe badge: 20HKD ( 2.58 USD)

The first item I bought was this adorable badge, featuring little Undertaker dressed in a waiter uniform >u< so cute<3 It is a very sturdy badge and is about  4.5 cm in diameter. It's a decent size for a badge, and also very shiny~

Fancy Undertaker charm: 50HKD (6.45 USD)

The second item I bought was this fancy-looking Undertaker charm (for lack of a better word). It is very detailed for its small size, and the little Undertaker face in the center is, again, very shiny~ 

Undertaker and Grell rubber keychains: 50HKD each (6.45 USD)

The last items I bought were the two rubber keychains of Grell and Undertaker! Just like the badge, these keychains are HUGE (which I adore). If I remember correctly, these were only sold at random, meaning you were not able to pick and chose the characters you wanted, so I feel very lucky that I was able to get both of the ones I wanted. My favorite thing about these two is that they both have cute little stars on their hair/hats ￣∇￣

☆~Ratings~☆

quality:♥♥♥♥♥

I must admit- when I first found out that these were cafe-exclusive items, I wondered whether or not they would be of the same quality as the mass-produced Kuroshitsuji merchandise-and thankfully, they were! Not only are the items larger than normal, they are also very well made and cute~

cost:♥♥♥♥♥

I have no complaints about how much I paid for these items. I was given the price that they were originally being sold for, which made me very happy. I later saw on Yahoo!Auctions Japan that these items were being sold for CRAZY prices (like 50+ USD for one keychain), so I was even more thankful to have gotten them so cheap.

communication:♥♥♥♥♥

vvlin91 provided excelent communication on both how much I would end up paying for each item+shipping and for when her next trip to the cafe would be so people would have time to place their orders. 

shipping:♥♥♥♥♥

Shipping was very quick and cheap, and the items all arrived packaged sefely.

overall:♥♥♥♥♥

I have zero complaints about this order, and will definitely place more orders from vvlin91 in the future if any more hard to get Kuroshitsuji items come around. 

☆~Links~☆

I bougt all four items from vvlin91 on tumblr! She is still selling Kuroshitsuji and anime-related merchandise, so I would suggest checking out her blog!

Sadly I think all of the YouMe Cafe items are sold out just about everywhere, since they were being sold in January. If you still want to try and hunt them down, I would suggest searching on Yahoo!Auctions Japan or FromJapan shopping service. Just be prepared for high prices if you do find some left.

Thank you for reading this review!
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☆ Tony Moly SUPER SIZE peach hand cream ☆

Hello, Everyone! today I'll be reviewing pretty much my favorite hand cream ever-tony Moly's Super Sized peach hand cream! 

(ebay image)

This was actually a gift from my lovely boyfriend (▰˘◡˘▰), But I think he paid around $11 for it.  It took about 2 1/2 weeks to get here, which is what should be expected coming from Korea.

 It came in this amazingly cute packaging, which is always a plus for me~

(back)

Sadly I can't read the description/instructions >_> but I do know that it claims to be anti-aging.

What I love most about the way this hand cream looks is the fact that it almost resembles a little round butt (* >ω<)

PEACH BOOTAY

Also, as promised, this hand cream is a lot bigger than it's smaller version, the regular-sized peach cream:

at first it didn't look all that much bigger to me, but the super-size peach container actually holds 100g of cream, while the original only holds 30g, which is a big difference! 

~About the cream~

The cream itself has a slight pink-ish hue, and is very shiny! 

As for the way it smells....I think the first time I opened the container I was sitting there sniffing the cream for half an hour. It was like the peach goddess of delicious peach smells came down and blessed me with the most yummy-scented hand cream in the universe. (✧∇✧)

On top of that, the smell is not overpowering/allergy-incuding, which is good because many scented creams and perfumes make my nose run and my head stuffy >n<

(before)

The cream has a very light and creamy texture

(after)

The cream left my hands with a slightly shiny coating, which stayed until the cream fully soaked in. Sadly the scent only lated a few minutes, but it left my hands feeling soft and a little less dry.

☆~Ratings~☆

quality:♥♥♥♥ 1/2

I give this cream a 4 1/2 /5 because it was good quality, even though it took a little while to soak in. Also it smelled ~amazing~

cost:♥♥♥♥♥

It was a good price for its size, considering the smaller one costs more than half for less than half of the amount

performance:♥♥♥♥

The cream did what it was supposed to do: sit on your hands and smell nice and give you light moisture.

overall:♥♥♥♥ 1/2

Overall this cream was packaged very cute, smelled very nice, and was not expensive.  I would recommed this cream to people who want something gentle and something that smells nice, and light moisturizing. I would not recommend this for people who need clinical-strength moisturizing effects or who don't want a cream that leaves your hands smelling nice all day. All in all I am happy with the results, and would buy this cream again once I run out!

☆~Links~☆

While this hand cream came from eBay, I am not able to find any more listings for it, nor on amazon.  I will keep my eyes open for when it comes back in stock, and post the links then.  For now here is the link to the original-sized cream .

Thank you for reading this review!

If you have any suggestions or have an item you would like me to review, feel free to contact me~! 

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☆ AmiAmi Review- giant merch order ☆

Hello, everyone! Well, this is my first official website/merchandise review *GASP*. So, without further adieu, Here is my review for the shopping site AmiAmi ~

Here is all of the items I bought from them. They all arrived in a big box with styrefoam padding, which is very useful for keeping your precious items safe and cozy. ( ´ ▽ ` ) Shipping to the United States usually takes no more than about a week after payment.

~CardCaptor Straps~

cost:4,990 JPY (about 41.52 USD)

The first item(s) I got were a 10pack set of "TINY" CardCaptor Sakura rubber straps. 

I took about ten thousand photos of the box because it was just too cute >3<

Each strap came in it's own individual box, with more adorable pink artwork

Here is the full set of straps, in all of their adorable rubber glory. While the box they came in had the word TINY written all over it, these straps are by no means tiny! They are a good size and very sturdy. 

The only thing I would change about these straps is the fact that they have the dust-plug type of strap instead of the traditional strap. Because I have an iPhone5, it's very awkward to have a character hanging way down below my phone rather than up near the top of my phone.

~UT phone strap~

cost:920 JPY (about 7.65 USD)

The second item I received was a VERY BIG Undertaker phone strap/screen cleaner. It was 11cm long, which is quite big compared to any straps I've seen before! Because it was so long, the plastic was easily bendable, making it kind of hard for it to keep its straight shape.

(back)
I absolutely LOVE the little bow/lace design on the back. It was very pretty and girly (◡‿◡✿) (no offense, Undertaker)

and here is the screen cleaner part~! It is actually pretty hard for a screen cleaner, but the back side is still sort of poofy and soft, and it actually cleaned my phone screen pretty well! I really love the screen cleaner because it looks just like on of Undertaker's lockets, and they used a different image of him than on the strap. 

~CardCaptor  Koedarize figures~
cost: 3,050 JPY (about 25.38 USD)

The third item I received was a 6piece set of CardCaptor Sakura figures by Koadarize! 

CardCaptor items always seem to have the cutest box art

each figure came in its own tiny box. I fell in love with all the adorable artwork on the boxes, and even kept one so I could save it

I find it cute how they are all very square/rectangular >u< They are simple and tiny but very cute. Plus, each figure comes with an alternative face! By removing the hair you can turn the heads around for a different expression.
(example)

~Sakamoto-san plush strap~
cost:1,080 JPY (about 8.99 USD)

Last but not least, I got this plush Sakamoto phone charm! Often times it's rare to find a plush phone strap that has quality detail and proportions, so I consider this little guy a gem. Since he is soft and fuzzy, I've been using him as a screen cleaner as well xD I hope he doesn't mind.

☆~Ratings~☆

quality:♥♥♥♥♥
The quality of all of these items was top-notch! All items were authentic and new. I also love how AmiAmi always sends sets of items in their original store display boxes

cost:♥♥♥♥♥
I was exremely happy with the cost of eavh item. AmiAmi usually sells their merchandise for less than what most other sites sell for!

shipping:♥♥♥♥♥
The shipping cost was about average for the size/weight of what I ordered, not too expensive but also not the cheapest. It arrived within a week, so that's always great!

overall:♥♥♥♥♥
Overall I was very pleased with my experience shopping at AmiAmi. I would definitely recommend them to anyone who is looking for Japan-only items, or items not sold in the U.S.

☆~Links~☆

AmiAmi.com

CardCaptor Sakura TINY straps

Undertaker Strap/screen cleaner

CardCaptor Sakura Koedarize figures

Sakamoto-san plush strap

Thank you for reading this review! 
If you have any suggestions or would like me to review an item, feel free to contact me~!
contact: kittyxxcim@gmail.com