☂ lens review (dolly eye: puffy 3tones green)

Hello again! Trying my best to pump out lots of posts since my next uni assignment is in two weeks (o´▽`o) Got lots of backlog with reviews, convention and photoshoot reports!! Today I'll be reviewing The Dolly Eye's Puffy 3tones in green, which I purchased from Adelaide Little Lens as usual.

Company: The Dolly Eye
Diameter: 14.5mm
Water content: 38%
Base curve: 8.6mm
Prescription: Yes
Lifespan: 1 year

left: outside view & right: inside view

COLOUR & DESIGN

★★★★★
I think I'm repeating myself a lot from my previous review of the same series, but these lenses are amazing. The green shows up so well on my dark eyes, which is always the first sign to a good pair of lenses. The thin, soft limbal ring and gradient colour designs really helps to blend everything into a more natural look, and it's just stunning I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

ENLARGEMENT
★★★★☆
It's not as big as the other 16mm lenses that are designed for the crazy dolly eye looks, but these nonetheless still has a bit of an enlarging effect. It can definitely pass for both casual wear and for cosplay! (♡˙︶˙♡)

COMFORT
★★★★★
I had no problems at all with this lens! Wore them for more than 8 hours for a photoshoot, and my eyes were perfectly okay and didn't even need any eyedrops.

OVERALL
★★★★★
I absolutely love this series!! The colour opacity is amazing and the colour is so vibrant and gorgeous, just like the blue version that I also own ♥ I'm thinking about collecting the rest of the series since it's one of the best designs I've tried so far. Can't recommend these lenses enough (☆▽☆)

I've used these lenses for Toujou Nozomi from Love Live! and Kinomoto Sakura from CCS, and hopefully these photos will do the lenses justice!!

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☂ コスプレMAKE (cosplay makeup) magazine review

Hello!! Today I'll be reviewing/showing a recently published cosplay makeup magazine ☆☆ The full name is メイクだけで誰でも人気キャラになれる!!　アニメ＆ゲーム コスプレMAKE (主婦の友ヒットシリーズ) , and I've seen many posts and some previews on my twitter feed and decided to pick up a copy for myself using Amazon.co.jp. 

The magazine itself is ¥1,111 and shipping + handling fees to Australia is ¥900, which totalled to ¥2,011. Although the postage may nearly double the price of the product, the insanely quick delivery and thorough packaging made it worth it. To my knowledge for this product, Amazon offers only this method of shipping.

You can order a copy for yourself here.
NOTE: I ordered quickly when there were only 14 copies left, and at the moment they have yet to restock. Hopefully the wait won't be too long!!

Ordered on 14th July, 2015
Paid at 1:30pm - 15th July, 2015
Received at 9:30am - 17th July, 2015

Incoming picture spam, please click for enlargement/////

package!!

contents sealed in plastic

magazine's front cover

The first 12 pages featured eye makeup tutorials for the very popular online game, Touken Ranbu. Some characters have dedicated single page, step-by-step guides, whilst other characters only cover half a page, showing close ups of the eye makeup. If you're planning to cosplay from this game, I highly HIGHLY recommend you check this out - they cover 15 characters so I'm sure it'll prove useful to you!!

Ookurikara makeup tutorial

Tsurumaru Kuninaga makeup tutorial

They also have plenty of other non-character specific makeup tutorials for  female and male looks. In addition, there's plenty of guides for eyebrows, lashes, eyelid tapes, contouring, face paint, post-cosplay skincare, photoshop, interviews and many more. What I found especially interesting was their small guide to instant face slimming by using sports tape! I've seen this method being used by many cosplayers on social media (though most of the time they left wounds behind;;), and always wanted to test it out.

female makeup tutorial

eyebrows tutorial

Another extremely useful segment they had was their beginner's makeup tutorial for 3 basic female and male looks. They covered a range of basic styles that can definitely be adapted to many characters.

Overall, I think this magazine was quite worth the price - for ¥1,111 to include nearly 100 pages of content seems like a pretty decent deal to me ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ  Even though everything is in Japanese, there's plenty of supporting photos to be able to guess what they're explaining. If not, Google Translate is pretty useful for translating small sections!

I think this magazine will be extremely useful for beginning cosplayers like me, who want to move on from the basic "dolly eyed" girl makeup and start creating character-specific looks and crossplaying ☆☆

I hope this short review is useful in some way!!
P.S I am in no way sponsored to write this review, these are all my honest opinions.

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☂ lens review (ifairy: dolly+ red)

Gather round kiddos, it's review time ♥ Today I'll be reviewing one of my favourite circle lenses; the iFairy dolly+ in red from Adelaide Little Lens! For a full review of the shop, please check the end of my previous review here. 

Company: iFairy
Diameter: 16.2mm
Water content: 55%
Base curve: 8.6mm
Prescription: 0 to -8.50
Lifespan: 1 year
Price: $20

left: outside view & right: inside view

COLOUR & DESIGN
★★★★★
WOW can I just say that these are one the most impressive coloured lenses I own? The red pigments are so vivid even against my black/brown eyes, and shows very well in photographs! The opaque black limbal ring further highlights the intense red colour and adds to the unnatural effect, which is a huge plus for cosplay. The red softly blends into my natural eye colour with specks of black, so I don't think it'll transition as well for light coloured eyes...

ENLARGEMENT
★★★★★
iFairy tends to only carry the larger sizes, and these are no exception. 16.2mm enlarges your eyes to great gREAT proportions, so wearing heavier makeup is a good way to balance it out!

COMFORT
★★★★★
I've worn these several times; once to a convention for 8+ hours, and another time to school for 6+ hours. On both occasions, there was no discomfort or dryness, and I only needed eye drops afterwards. Initially it did take a while to get use because of the size, but later it doesn't even feel like I have lenses at all.

OVERALL
★★★★★
As I said before, these are one of my most favourite circle lenses ever! The creepy factor and strange colouring makes it one of the coolest lenses I own and basically I'm in love it and you should be too. I have gotten so many compliments ranging from "your eyes are so cool" to "holy shit your eyes are scary." Many anime and Halloween characters have red eyes, so this is a very versatile lens that I guarantee you can get plenty of usage out of.

For the photos, I used this pair for my casual Chibiusa costest from Sailor Moon + zombie!maid for my school muck up day ♥ 

tw; fake blood + zombie makeup!

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☂ lens review (ifairy: jewel grey)

Hello, hello, time for another lens review! Today I'll be reviewing the iFairy Jewel in grey from Adelaide Little Lens. For a full review of the shop, please check the end of my previous review here. 

I'll also try to start making cosplay related tutorials next week for more variety of content in my blog, since I already have a lot of circle lens reviews prepared.

left: outside view & right: inside view

Company: The Dolly Eye
Diameter: 16.2mm
Water content: 55%
Base Curve: 8.6mm
Prescription: 0 to -8.50
Lifespan: 1 year
Price: $20 

COLOUR & DESIGN
★★★★★
This lens' shade of grey is so natural and pretty, it's well suited for casual wear and for cosplay :) The true grey colour only shows clearly under really good lighting conditions, and appears dark grey/black for most of the time. I'm also a huge fan of the soft limbal ring because they blend so well! 

ENLARGEMENT
★★★★★
This is probably one of the biggest pair of circle lenses I currently own, and dear god is it big. These obviously enlarge your eyes to freakish proportions, so makeup is highly recommended to balance it out.

COMFORT
★★★★★
I wore these lenses for approximately 8 hours for a convention on August, and not once did I feel any discomfort or dryness. It didn't feel like there was anything in my eye at all! I needed eye drops only after I took them out, but that issue is with every circle lens I wear. 

OVERALL
★★★★★
It's natural design and great enlargement definitely makes it my go to circle lens for cosplay, and even casual wear (with the right makeup of course). It would probably be better for first time wearers to start from smaller diameters and work your way up, but I went from 14.2mm to 16.2mm lenses right away, and had no difficulty with adjusting to the larger size. Absolutely love these lenses!

I used this pair for my casual and pyjama cosplays of Mikasa Ackerman from the popular Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin. I took these photos when it was a cloudy day, so there's a lot of changes in the lighting much sorry!

Aaaaand also for Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul! WARNING fake blood at the end just in case.

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☂ lens review (dolly eye: puffy 3tones blue)

Hello everyone! 

Awhile back I ordered a huge circle lens haul from Adelaide Little Lens, and finally decided to post reviews to start up this blog. This is my first time actually writing reviews, so please bear with me as I try to not sound too awkward and find a style I'm comfortable with. Obviously from the title, I'll be talking about the Dolly Eye Puffy 3tones in blue :)

left: outside view & right: inside view

Company: The Dolly Eye
Diameter: 14.5mm
Water content: 38%
Base Curve: 8.6mm
Prescription: 0 to -10.00
Lifespan: 1 year
Price: $20 

COLOUR & DESIGN

★★★★★
These lenses are gorgeous! The colour is very opaque, and shows up well even on my brown/black eyes. A natural look is created from the thin, soft limbal ring and yellow ring inside the lens, helping to blend in the colours (the gradient effect would definitely show better on light coloured eyes).

ENLARGEMENT
★★★★☆
Even though the size isn't the biggest, these lens still have quite an enlarging effect. This makes it passable for both casual day wear and for cosplay, which is a big plus for me.

COMFORT
★★★★☆
Definitely one of the more comfier lenses to wear! I had these on for approx 6 hours, and did not need any eye drops for rehydration. The only problem was after I removed them, when my eyes became significantly more tried and sore. This is probably due my eyes not being adjusting for wearing them for so long, so getting used to them is all I need.

OVERALL
★★★★☆
I am so in love with these lenses! Having such blue eyes is a dream for me, since my natural eye colour is the darkest brown in existence. These are a brilliant first pair of blue lenses to add to my collection, and will probably be the best!

Now time for some photo spam! I used these lenses to cosplay genderbend!Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians (who is my husband so hush no touching my baby). The wig wasn't very cooperative today, please excuse the messiness ;v;

I also used these lenses for Tetsuya Kuroko from Kuroko no Basuke ♥

SHOP: Adelaide Little Lens
★★★★★
As I bulk bought 7 pairs of circle lenses in one go, I'll post the shop review just once in this post. First off, the customer service is amazing! Communicating with the manager was very easy, as they are friendly and quick to reply to my questions. Using the multiple discounts available at the time, it accumulated into 60% off thus reducing the price of the lens from $20 to $8! (NOTE: the discounts are unfortunately now no longer available) This is probably the best bargain I've managed to snag, considering how expensive circle lenses usually are. In addition to this, free postage was included.

My only concern was the time of the postage. As a preorder, (which opens every two months) a month long wait is expected. However, I ordered on the 23 February and it arrived three months later on 23 June, with another two more pairs of lenses arriving on 22 July. This was understandable, as there was a problem with their supplier, thus delaying the process by over two months. A 25% off coupon or free postage for the next order was offered, so I didn't mind too much. I have purchased from this shop multiple times before, and such an unfortunate occurrence is very rare. 

Overall, the affordable prices, quality lenses and great customer service makes this shop my go to place for circle lenses. So long as you don't mind the one month wait for preorders, I would highly recommend this shop to everyone!

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