Giveaway prize from Cute in Korea!!!

Wallet, business cards, and face mask!!!

I recently got a mini-prize package from a giveaway from Cute in Korea for a wallet in one of her recent shopping trips! It looks super cool... I might give it to my brother as his Christmas present this year! Also, if you love learning about new cool places in Korea, I would recommend reading this blog! Elle is an American engaged to her Korean fiancee (they met in art school! how cute!!!) and she's a really good illustrator too! Please visit her blog if you like fashion, beauty, and culture~

Pink Candy Kids Arpakasso Review

So I kinda went on an arpakasso spree this month since I knew it's my birthday next month? So my dorm room has like 3 arpakasso on the bed now (besides the Chibi Amaterasu plushie). I'm on fall break because you deserve it for the going to a private university~

This time, I bought from penult aka Alpacasso & Fandom Sales on Storenvy [tumblr] [storenvy] [lj]. She is living in Japan and has great prices & customer service! A plus side is that she knows English very well (American?) However, the shipping dates may not be so consistent depending on when she can go to the post office. Mine arrived in a cardboard box with some wear and tear on it. I got the extra $5.25 shipping upgrade to E-packet Airmail w/Tracking (so it would arrive in a week to USA instead of 3-5 weeks). Additionally, it only cost about $41 for me with a discount code.

40cm Candy Kids Alpacasso Pink aka Momo-chan

HER FACE IS SO CUTE!!! 

I thought I bought the white one but now there are two... it's onee-san and imouto-san!!!

Btw, I've been watching Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! It's the hit of the fall anime season since it's like reminiscing on when I had such weeaboo moments in middle school. Chuunibyou means "eighth grade syndrome", basically meaning a short period of time when a person is heavily influenced by something (generally anime) and believe they are a mythical existence or have supernatural powers... I think a lot of people go through that stage too before they become pretty casual with showing their fannishness and end up channeling that energy online?

My Maido Arpakasso Review #2

OMGOMGOMG I GOT ARPAKASSO IN THE MAILLLLLLL >_<

55cm Jumbo White Macaron aka Shiro-kun & 11cm Pink Candy Kids aka Sakura-chan 

Purikura version!!!

I ordered via email <info@mymaido.com> from My Maido, a stationary store located in San Francisco, California. It also has locations in San Jose, CA and inside Kinokuniya stores (Seattle, NYC, LA) [tumblr] [website]

Shipping: If you order above $25, you get free shipping in the US! (So if you buy two 11cm/5in arpakasso ($15 each) or a 55cm/22in jumbo sized arpakasso ($50), you'll have 3 day to 2 week shipping)

Customer Service: They respond pretty quickly (in a few days) and are super nice! The items arrive quickly since I got it within 3 days of payment with tracking. My package arrived in one of those bags that you can ship stuff in, and the Jumbo arpakasso was much, much bigger than expected?! (that's what she said)

Quality: They're a legit seller of Arpakasso. The tags were still on the arpakasso and although their faces were derpy as alpaca goes, it was quite cute! My only complaint would be that they might have been mad that I sent out the payment late after the order, and they sent the available jumbo one that had a slight stitching error under it's mouth (the white stitching or fluff is kinda falling out and I'm picky)... ^_^;

Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5 stars)

I also got a fake alpaca pouch in the mail (yes, the quality is not great but it was on the cheap end!!!) The funny part was that I was looking through a lolita ebay store and it was labeled everything except "alpaca"!!! XD

It's kinda washed out in this pic but it's the same shade as Sakura-chan, the pink candy one.