Review: Lush in Ross Park Mall

So I think this is the nearest Lush to me unless there's another one in Pittsburgh, but this is the one we ended up at during our Pittsburgh adventures! The only other time I went to the Ross Park Mall was my freshman year when I was briefly a fashion major, we took a trip here. This was actually the first Lush store I ever saw, but I knew nothing about it at that time.

♡❤♡❤♡

The main reason I wanted to go to Lush was because of the Rosy Cheeks mask I've been wanting to try! I LOVE rose anything, and the other Lush masks I've tried before were awesome. But, the masks can only be bought in store because they need to be kept refrigerated

Then of course I wanted more stuff from Lush because I can't get only one thing...so bath bomb! Takeru said he wanted to see a really sparkly one, since I'd been going for the really colorful ones, or ones I'd already tried and wanted to show him. My first thought was Dragon's Egg, since I used that one before and it was an explosion of gold sparkles, and a citrusy scent I thought he might like, but they were out. So I asked the (awesome) lady (with pink hair, lavender lips, who recognized that my phone case was from Liz Lisa and asked about where I got it XD) what she recommended as far as glittery bath bombs go. First she said Twilight, which I still have waiting for me at home in my bathroom, and then Frozen which I'm reading about online now, and it also has rose oil in it! It doesn't right away smell very rosy, but maybe it will in the water. It does smell a little bit floral though

Then he also got me the Milky Bath bubble bar! It smells sort of like citrusy laundry detergent, but I mean that in the best way possible. Like really refreshing and clean smelling. The tip of it has silver glitter. Unfortunatly, it got a little banged up on the journey back

I might start to try to do separate posts with pictures of Lush products in use, if I can remember at the time I use them XD

♡❤♡❤♡

Blog: Pittsburgh Double Date Shopping and Places

Later, we went to the Ross Park Mall, because I wanted to go to Lush! I'll post more details about the Lush stuff and my experience there separately =]

After that, we wandered a bit around the mall

*Edit* I almost forgot to post about the Avalon Exchange! It's a super cool secondhand store with lots of designer and non designer stuff for good prices! I've even found Japanese, Chinese and Korean brands there. It's right next to one of the food places I always go in Pittsburgh, the Ramen Bar.

And then Karaoke!! As far as I know, this is the nearest and only Asian style karaoke place here. They had a lot of Japanese songs, though not as many as I wanted XD Not bad for so nearby though! Oh, I just found the website with a list of songs! I wish I had found this before to prepare, but I'll totally use this next time [Kbox website] We're planning another karaoke trip soon =3

Then we went to this place where you can see an amazing view of the city!

Next is all of the food places and food porn!

Review: My Lush Stuff Finally Came!

My amazing boyfriend got me a few things from Lush for my birthday because I have been dying to have a nice Lush bath for so long! I just opened everything, took pictures, and now it's just sitting in a basket next to me because it smells so good and is like an air freshener XD

♡❤♡❤♡

I had heard many good things about Lush and seen pictures online of all of the pretty things you could get there, but I first got hooked on Lush products while I was studying abroad in Japan. There were a few Lush stores around Nagoya; one of them in the Sakae train station where I spent a lot of time lost/shopping. I remember that I could always remember where it was by following my nose. Seriously, that train station was a HUGE underground maze with a shopping mall thrown in and you could smell Lush from pretty far away. Japan is super into bath culture so the bathtubs there are usually really big and deep. I've always loved baths/showers that turn into baths, over just showers, so I was in heaven there with my giant bathtub and Lush so easily accessible XD Unfortunately, coming back to WV, the nearest Lush is in PA. I can always order online of course, but the face masks you can only get in-store because they need to stay refrigerated. I wanna try the Rosy Cheeks one so bad! Plus, it's always more fun to actually shop in the store rather than online.

Their packing peanuts dissolve in water!

Anyway, I ordered the Sex Bomb, Twilight, and Blackberry bath bombs, the Rose Jam Bubbleroon, and it came with a small sample of Yellow Fun. 

Here are the bath bombs

Rose Jam Bubbleroon
I absolutely love everything rose scented

It got a little melty...

Yellow Fun sample
It has the smell of Play-doh mixed with vanilla, and the same texture as Play-doh. This isn't something I ever particularly planned to try from Lush, so it's interesting to get it as a sample.

I made it into a heart

♡❤♡❤♡

Everything of course smells amazing and I can't wait to try it! If I can, later I'll post pictures of what they look like when I use them

♡❤♡❤♡

Blog: Birthday Adventures!

I was feeling kind of meh about my birthday because every year my friends are always busy or out of town, or I'm moving or getting ready to move, or something is going on that I never see anyone or really do anything fun, and it's been really getting to me.  I mean, I totally understand there are important things that people need to do, but sometimes I wish I was always the most important thing on my birthday X( I never really have a big party or anything. Last year I sort of had a party thrown for me by my friend Chris and we went swimming, but most of my friends couldn't come, so it was only me and two others. It was still fun though!

♡❤♡❤♡

At little after midnight when it officially became my birthday, Takeru ordered me pizza from Papa John's! Good start to my birthday <3

I spent the first part of my birthday with Takeru, pizza, and cuddling, but he had a final exam to study for and work, so he couldn't spend the whole day with me. Later, Ashley came over with her bird, Callie, and gave me a present (I'll talk about presents later XD) and we went Pokehunting around town. Callie became my model (and tried to destroy things) when I found pretty flowers

 After that, we went to Olive Garden with two more friends and I got free cake for dessert! I took pictures of it cuz food porn XD Lasagna, chocolate mousse cake, and caramel lasagna

Then the next day, I had a few drinks at the Brew Pub with Katie, and we went Pokehunting for a while

Ok, now for presents! =D From my mom, I got the EOS Candy Brown contacts from Pinky Paradise, from Ashley, I got ILNP nail polish in Champagne Blush, and from Takeru Lush bath bombs (which haven't come in the mail yet) and I'll do reviews of everything I got eventually =D

Not a bad birthday this year =)

♡❤♡❤♡

Big Late Shopping Post Since New Years [Part2: Clothes and Other Stuff]

 ♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤Liz Lisa❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡

These are all from the New Years 2014 Fukubukuro

And here's Some other Liz Lisa things I've acquired. Mostly secondhand or on sale =P

This dress reminds me of their current Spring collection pin up dress

It was the skirt from this collection that I really wanted, but it sold out =[

Liz Lisa is definitely my favorite brand <3 I have soooo many items, and it's almost like I have a collection now XD I really wanna get as much as I can while it's easily accessible and while I can find it in secondhand shops!

♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤One Spo❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡

I got this dress when I was shopping with my friend Amanda in Shibuya 109. It was a little bit of an impulse buy, but I love it, and i loved it before when I saw it in their store. Plus, I didn't have anything from One Spo yet, and I wanted to own at least 1 thing.

♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤Axes Femme❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡

Goth this from Bookoff, and I also have a dress from Axes Femme, but I left it in Honjo by accident >_<

♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤Ank Rouge❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡

♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤Golds Infinity❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡

Also from Bookoff

♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤Other Clothes❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡

From Bookoff or other secondhand shops <3 Some even still had their original tags!

♡❤♡Ingni♡❤♡

♡❤♡Honey Bunch♡❤♡

♡❤♡Aabyrinth♡❤♡

And here's some other stuff =3

Next up are accessories!

♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤Chocomint and Paris Kids❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤♡

 And the rest I don't know/remember

And I assume this is from Milk, but I got it from a secondhand shop in Akihabara.

♡❤♡And the last things are some figures and stuff and products from Lush and Etude House♡❤♡

These little cuties came from vending machines

At the conbinis, they frequently have little raffles and I finally tried one and won this Bakemonogatari towel of my favorite character <3 Right now, this is my favorite and current anime I'm watching

Jerry got me this cute bunny stuffed animal <3

Madoka figure <3

I can't believe I found a Pudding figure from Tokyo Mew Mew!! I haven't been able to find any Tokyo Mew Mew things at all until this! ♡

Me and Emily bought one of the Etude House fukubukuros and split it, and this stuff was all part of my half

And this is the "Sex Bomb" bath bomb from Lush ♡ Me and Jer love these things.

Wow, I think I've finally caught up on this stuff at least! Now I just need to finish my huge post about my 2 Tokyo/Saitama trips this Spring break!

♡❤♡