[Got Lolita] Offbrand Alice Socks~

Today I found a pair of offbrand Alice socks at a local store.

I was not 100% sure if they would be good quality, but I got surprised when I wore them.

They look really good with my Rocking Horse Shoes.

[Lifestyle] Some Shopping at Daiso!

Today I went to the doctor in a city nearby, and took the opportunity to visit Daiso there!

These are the items I bought:

Little Twin Stars shopping bag

Bunny stickers

Pink Water Jug

Kare

Two Kitty Ramen Bowls

Furikake

 

I couldn't resist the shopping bag when I saw it! It will be perfect to go buy vegetables and fruits at the city fair on saturdays, in the most lolita way possible (so it can match my coord!).

 The water jug is so cute (pink, right?), and it will save space inside the refrigerator.

 As for the stickers, I plan to stick them on my air conditioning system, so my tv room looks cuter!

 Another thing I loved so much was the ramen bowls! We like to cook ramen sometimes at home, so it will be perfect for it!

And last but not least, the food! I just love Daiso's kare and furikake! Can't wait to eat everyting!

[Lifestyle] Petticoat caring day~

Washing is caring~

Sweet

Adapting to the new routine has been tiring, but nothing that the bakery on the other block can't help me with!

[OOTD] Falling down the rabbit hole

Outfit I am wearing today. 

The day was so busy but at least I had some fun making a tiktok with Paola Bracho's voice in portuguese ^^ I love her! She's so iconic!

Outfit

Headbow: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Blouse: thrifted, customized by me

Necklace: Chocomint

Bangle: Chocomint

Bracelet: Cotton Candy Feet

JSK: Maxicimam

Socks: Angelic Pretty

Shoes: Cotton Candy Feet

Bag: Cotton Candy Feet

 

What an upgrade!

So, my current lash glue ended today and I went to the drugstore in the corner of my house and bought this one, that is pretty good (at least it was when I used to use this one).

It is fun to have things available in the corner of my house; in the other corner, there is a cosmetic store that sells lolitable packaging makeup! I remember some years ago I had to travel 70 km to the capital city, taking two busses and two subways to be able to find lash glue. What an upgrade!

[OOTD] Cherries

What I am wearing today to stay at home.

Outfit

Beret: Angelic Pretty

Cardigan: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

JSK: Bodyline

Socks: Angelic Pretty

Shoes: Cotton Candy Feet

A trip to the Junk Yard

Today we had an adventure early in the morning: we went to the junk yard to buy chandeliers!

I saw these beauties on Facebook Marketplace yesterday at night, and couldn't help but want it so badly! As soon as the junk yard opened today, we were already there.

These were so dirty and with some missing pieces, but they are so adorable I wanted to take them home. Photos are from the ad.

At home, I cleaned them very well and we painted the rust spots. One of them I put in my bedroom and the other went to my closet!

 

 

The chandelier that was more detailed went to the closet!

It was missing a rose and that big crystal drop in the center, so I took both from the simpler one and put in this one. It looks so magical!

As I took one rose off the simpler chandelier, instead of putting roses on each "arm" of the chandelier, I put the roses all on the center, so it doesn't look that anything is missing.

Also, I took some spare crystals from the other chandelier and put them in the middle, where the big crystal drop was. It looks very cute and romantic.

I am very happy that I rescued them from the junk yard!

I hope they like their new home!

[Lolita 52 Challenge] 3 things I wish I was told when I was a new Lolita

Today's theme can get really polemic, so let's start!

3 things I wish I was told when I was a new Lolita

 

1. Don't buy the "do it yourself" mentality right away when you start in lolita

I am always harassed and people want my head on a silver plate when I say this, but just true facts.

People think handmade is easy, is cheap, and definetely it is none of those.

As a poor person, who would never afford burando in my early days in lolita, my natural response was: "I am going to make lolita myself, it is cheaper!". Hooo boy. Two sewing courses after (that took years of monthly pay and materials and time);  a lot of materials wasted in projects that did not went in perfection, just to gain experience; three sewing machines bought; I can say, if you are not really wanting to become a professional seamstress, and instead just want to enjoy a fashion, better just buy the garment done. Investing in learning to sew exclusively for lolita can cost as much as having a wardrobe full of brand, because if you want to achieve the way of making a very good quality item, sorry to tell you, it will cost you so much time and money.

Don't get me wrong, sewing can be very cool, but don't make your lolita clothes depend exclusively of YOU making the clothes of a fashion you don't really know and is just starting at.

2. Some people will dislike you for what you own, without having exchanged any words with you

Well, we are adults, and usually we do not expect everyone to love us, of course. But in Lolita, you can get really hated just for having an it print, or something other people want. 

I heard somewhere that the term "envy" mean something along the lines of: that person can't stand you having something they don't have or seeing you feeling happy. They don't look at you and say "ohh I want to be like that one day". Instead, they look at you and think YOU stole their place, that everything you own must be theirs. Of course, these people are sick. So don't buy their behaviour. You did nothing to deserve to be hated.

3. Being a Lone Lolita is better than you think

When we get into the fashion, we want to be accepted as a part of a group, it is pretty normal. Being in a group means more than friendships - also mean security. As I didn't had the chance of being anywhere near to a lolita community, I had to stay alone. I even tried to start several lolita comms where I lived (and each place I moved), but with no success - girls would be afraid to go out wearing lolita in public, often they would just not show in the place we would meet, etc.

So, after going to bigger cities to meet lolitas, I could get my comparision. While it is fun to go on meets, and big meets, for me personally, I prefer to be a lone lolita. I don't have much energy to get in a group of six persons and never have an opportunity to talk, or having six persons debating for hours to decide where we should get lunch (and each one wanting to go to a different place), or being forced to take photos with strangers when I don't want to, because the group stopped to take pictures, it is just annoying for me.

Being a lolita in everyday life is more appealing to me; it reminds me the blog posts of FYeahLolita I used to read in my early days. It is so beautiful and satisfying to look at your reflection at the counter's glass in the supermarket; or have my women neighbors wanting to hug me, inviting me to their houses and loving my home decorations; to have the children saying randomly how I look so cute while I am walking on the streets. I think I would not save these clothes just for one day in the month. No, forget it! I don't need to have a group to wear what I love, and I don't need to have a group to tell me I look amazing in it. I know right! And that arrogance that is also known as self esteem - I don't need anybody to tell me it, I just... know, right? One of the side effects to wearing lolita alone, with no group is, besides the self esteem, the courage. It takes courage to be different. The thing is - are you brave enough?

So, I wished someone could tell me when I was a new lolita, that it is pretty valid being the only lolita in a radium of 500 kilometers, and wearing lolita to go to the bakery store. You aren't less lolita if you don't have a lolita bff and if you don't have an Angelic Pretty store in your subcontinent. Lolita is all about being happy, and that my friend, do not require any other person than yourself.

And you, what you wished someone could tell you when you were a beginner?