Japanese/Korean bun maker step-by-step tutorial

Finally the promised tutorial! Firstly I would like to apologise for it taking so long, and also the not-the-best quality photos. But anyway, let's start!

The bun maker you can buy one of these online easily. Taobao sells them very cheap. I think this one cost like 15 yuan or something, which is around 2-3 dollars.

Tie your hair into a tight high pony tail. Personally I think doughnut buns look best when they are neat and tidy, but you can make it as loose as you want just not so loose that the ponytail seems to hang down, because your bun will be unstable and might even unravel itself. Remember, your hair will be a lot heavier than usual, so don't tie it as loose as you would make your messy japanese/korean buns.

Gently pull at the sides of the bunmaker so that there is a hole for you to thread your ponytail in.

Thread the bun maker in at the top of your ponytail and close the hole the best you can. I should be albe to sit there without you holding it.

Holding the bun maker, pull your ponytail upwards with it. I'm holding onto the hair at the front because I want a neat bun. Stop pulling when you have about 15 cm of hair left at the end.

Follow the arrows. Flip the hair on th end onto hair at the front and roll in towards your hair band.Stop when the roll fo hair is touching your hair band, like in the next picture.

Now bend the bun maker around your hair band, so that it forms a ring around your head band, don't worry about your hair at this point. The ends of the bun maker would probably overlap, this is fine, but try to make the ring as tight around the hairband as possible, because this will make your bun more stable.

Now spread your hair from the roll to cover over the bun maker. This could be hard, just be patient and start pulling gently from the ends, moving your hair from the roll to uncovered parts of the bunmaker. Make sure you don't pull hair outwards, because that could make your bun really messy and loose, move only around the hair band. You can pin any messy bits with a bobby pin. Also this bun maker makes the bun very stable, not wobbly at all, but if you like, you can stick in a few bobby pins at the base to keep it even more stable.

AND We're DONE!!!!!

Now add you favourite hair acessories. Here are some pictures of mine!

Do you like them?  If there is anyting unclear, comment below and I'll add a few more pictures and steps. I jumped a bit, because it seemed to take so long.

  >.<  Have a good day everyone!

Nivea Toner Review

Choosing the right cleanser, toner and moisturiser is very important for the health of your skin. My skin fits into the category of; oily with a dry surface. That means that the surface of my face will appear oily if I'm not careful, like if I use an extra oily moisturiser, but underneath that oil, my skin is rather dry. Therefore, when cleaning my skin, I have to be careful not to dry out my skin, but also not to use a moisturiser that would make it oily, because that would result in pimples.  :( Anyways, hopefully this review will help you choose the right toner for you. I will be doing reviews of other toners later on as well, but the gap between will be quite big, because I need to try it out and make sure I know it well before I introduce it to you guys right? :)

I picked up this toner, off the shelf a year ago, and I have been using it since, here is a picture of it:
It is the Nivea Visage young, purifying toner.

This toner has an alcohol free formula, and actually does leave you skin refreshed, clean and moisturised. With this toner, I can cheat, if I'm tired, I just skip cleaning my skin. I wash it with water and then tone it straight away. Also, I usually do not have to moisturise after using this, which is an extra bonus for lazy me. With toners, it is always better to pick the gentle ones. If you find that a toner it too gentle for you. You might like to try wiping your face a few times with it before using a stronger one. Strong toners have the tendency to dry out and harden you skin, so be very careful with using them. You can usually tell how strong a toner is by looking at the alcohol content. The more alcohol it has, the stronger it is.

This toner will also act like a gentle but effecient makeup remover as with most other toners, but only for makeup that is not waterproof. But, for eye makeup, you would have to use an eye makeup remover, as on the packet it says avoid the eye area. Now here is my summary:

The Good:
- Does not dry out skin
- Very good for getting rid of  or just fading blackheads
- Does not clog pores
- Suitable for most skin types

The Bad:
- Not much help against pimples, however, it does seem to help prevent pimples
- If you have really oily skin, this is probably not the toner for you. But if your not lazy like me, you can always swipe your skin several times.

*This is my first review, so if there is anything you think I should change, please comment below and tell me!  :)

Thingies I got from China! (includes randomness)

Have you guys ever felt so happy and felt so much love towards someone, or felt that someone is just too sweet, that it feels like love is tingling all through your body, and your throat feels kinda numb, you don't know what to say, your face is frozen in some sillt position, and you can't move? Weird yea? That what I felt when my dad came back from China,to attend my cousins's wedding, and told us he found extremely cheap shirts 35 yuan each!!!!!! Seriously how much cheaper can you get?!! He told us that he brought two long sleeved and two short sleeved. Mum and I were like, what da heck?!! Why did you buy so few?!! And then he said, because I didn't buy you two much, I feel selfish if I buy too much for myself. Then I felt the weirdest mixture of feelings. I was thinking "I love my dad he's just so sweet, and also why WHY?! you should have brought more!! "

Then he told me that the cousin I gave soap to as a gift, brought me $130 earphones?! That's soo expensive, considering I gave her two bars of $6 soap. I was in a shocked state, I have never even seen earphones, that expensive, ever, before. I don't know how I'm going to be able to use it for a while. I'll probably put it in a box and take that around me so that it doesn't get damaged or something, nah just kidding, i wouldn't do that. I'll just put it next to my bed and stare at it for a few weeks or something, if that's any better. I acutally really want to use it to see how good the sound quality is, but I just can't bring myself to at the moment. Here are some pictures of it. Its just too pretty, these pictures really does not do it justice. The crystals on it are genuine and they literally shine.

Its even made by Swaroski! :O  The only thing I own by that brand is a pen, as you guys would know from one of my previous posts, and nope I didn't buy that. I turn my head whenever I seen those prices, it just isn't really worth it, you know, like i'm not earning money right now, I feel like I'm wasting my parents money. Like I don't need a swaroski pen, I can just get a cute morning glory one.


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When you ask for something and you get more than you asked for, I find it really touching. I asked my cousin, (the same one!) to get me a small packet of makeup wipes, strange thing to ask for I know, but it's because I like the ones in china, they're smoother and thinner, that the ones I find where I live. They usually look nicer too with really cute packaging. hehehe :) You guys are probably thinking, what does the packaging have to do with the wipes? But thats just me I guess, please don't judge me. :D Anyhow, my cousin ended up getting me two large sized packets and also these two really cute mirrors that she found, when she was buying the makeup wipes. So sweet!!  Here is a picture of these.

Sorry, if I've been ranting randomly in this post (this is my longest post yet!), I'm still recovering from all this emotional overload. My realatives are just so nice!  And also, another happy little surprise , I finally got my Japanese/Korean bun maker!

Please anticipate my promised tutorial, and a taobao haul! for those who don't know what taobao is, its just an asian online shop, that has pretty much all types of asian fashions, korean, japanese, cosplay. It is famous for its wide variety of things on sale (sorry I can't remember what the word for that is, if you guys know, please comment and tell me). There's assesories, swimwear and even food. Personally, I like it better than yesstyle. (Another well known online asian store)

So hopefully I'll be albe to post more often now that's its the holidays, anyways, see you guys soon!

My new Swaroski pen!

 This pen is a gift from a friend I havn't seen for a long time, it was his nice to see you again gift. I felt a little guilty, as the gift I brought him was a plushie. :( Oh, well, I'll make up for it next time.But anyways, here some pictures of this pen.



This is definetly the most expensive pen I own. Look how pretty it is, although in the photo, you can't really see how the crystals sparkle, I really want to get a DSLR. Whenever I go travelling I see these little kids holding one, and I'm left thinking, I wish I had one too...